The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-04

thyoalce OF Second Assistant Postmaster General
iof He reason, rs stated by Grant, that he was 4
'rauicai, ana was therefore weakening the Johnson
administration Again, who was the most proml-
nent competitor ofGovernor Scymou. in the Fourth
OF July Convention at Tammany Hall Who but
Chiei justice .nase, whose rcpnbcanisln was as
old and emphatic as Horace Greeley's9 We all re-
nemper what swift, concerted and vigorous action
was found necessary in order to break Mr.. Chases
strength, and we all remember the expressed dsap-
pointment OF sundry politicians AID political
newspapers who Just now quite positive that
they never can support republican. Why, gen
tlcmen, 1t was dozen years or more ago that
honest democrats were constranng the recog-
nitlon OF slavery IN the constitution as authority
to carry slavery into the Territories, and when Mr.
Greeley was combating this construction. | am in
formed that the democrats who still vote for An
drew Jackson are confined to a single county in
pennsylvania. But the great democratic masses
are not voting on the issues OF the last decade or
the last year, but on the issues OF to-day alone, and
they will vote for Horace because they favor gen
eral amnesty, and they remember that Mr.. Greeley
was foremost to declare for that righteous measure
even when he knew the declaration would prevent
MS election to position second only to the
ne ,s win w, occupy on the ath Of March
cause they are in fun sympathetic unison and
accord with all those grand catholic principles and
with earnest men from all parties and creeds and
sections in pronouncng for a man who Is on an in
who is yet in fullest sympathy with all the people
man whose knowledge OF public affairs Is so wide,
whose purpose is so sincere, whose life Is OF such
transparent purity, that for four years to come no
smell OF jobbery corruption will longer surround
the White House. In short, we will nave Presi-
dent who wall administer the government, not in
the interest OF himself OF his wifes relations,
nor in the interest OF faction OF the party,
nor even an entire party, but In the interest
OF the country, the whole country and nothing
but the country. "Still in his right hand will he
carry peace. lie will be just and fear not The
ends he aimeth at Will be his country's, his God
and TRUTHS" But two weeks since, In c0nsulta-
tien with brother officers in Washington, General
Logan was dcvisng means for the defeat of Gene
raj Grant as the nominee at Philadelphia, and now
lie StlGmatIes vile and british America'A first
citizen, Charles Suplner, because he had the man.
hood to protest against the glaring inequalities of
Let US read 1t again, Why, that General Grant,
with his good right arm, saved the liberties of our
country. protest against this In the name OF the
gallant boys who rode with him to 80 many
victories Why, gentlemen. don't you remem.
Der that when General Grant was entrenched
in front of Richmond Sherman had already
planted his victorious banner on the ruins of At
lanta 7 He turned his back on the ruins Of Atlanta
and marched with his 10000 boys in blue nom At
moved over the Salkahatche, over the broad rivers
OF the Carolnas cutting q devastating swath
above the dome of North Cardinals Capitol, and re-
ceiyed the surrender Of the greatest rebel OF them
the battle Of gettysburg, the most decisive battle Of
the war Was it Grant or Meade Who sent
Early whrling down the Shenandoah Valley
Grant, or gallant Phil Sheridan Who scattered
like chaff before the wind the mighty army OF Hood
in front OF Nashville Grant or the Crock of Chica-
mauga,n General George II. Thomas General
Logan. in his reply to Senator Sumner, says:-
tell the Senator that now he will find an answer
to his malignant speech in every crutch that aids
wounded soldier who wends his way through the
streets, In every wooden arm, in the grieved heart
ofcvery widowed mother mourning for her patriotic
son." tell General Logan that he will receive
response in every shattered arm OF every soldier
who fought his country's battles, In the grieved
heart of every widowed mother, mourning for her
dead soldier boy, and at the grave of every patriotic
.boy in blue" and every crippled soldier of the
Union And can tell him mOre--that the SOC, 600
brave boys who live to-day the patriotic, loyal men,
how to answer that question at the ballot
box In November next. General Grant,
use would to day barter our liberties. why, gen.
tlemen, If General Grant, or Lieutenant General
Phil. Sheridan, or George H. Thomas or General
Meade, or General Mcclellan, or Howard--aye, or
General Logan himself-the greatest soldier OF them
oil, and whom love for ALL who stood during the
war and who stands to-day head and shoulders
above Ulysses s. Grant, for whom were 1t any mo-
ment for praise, | might say Is much worther OF
fame-aye and even Tecumseh Sherman, General
great deal OF, as they were brave men and gallant
gentlemen, every one OF them; and there are tens
are able ana willing to take them all, and who, with
their brave hearts and good right arms, would Sc
cure our liberties for us.
Speech of Colonel Mcclure.
Colonel Mcclure then addressed the meeting and
said :-Citizens of New York, our civil war is over
IS lingering relics, which preserved in our gov
eminent, are maintained by mean ambition OF
liberty, for law. Amnesty must he universal; civil
authority must be supreme IN New York, Philadel.
citizen, whether In the busy, progressive North, or
I'm the desolated, sunny South or I'm the golden
states so on the side of the IS m
and the despotism of prostituted power will learn
the lesson for all time, that here the voice
of freemen, expressed without lawessness
or coercion, is the sovereign power of the nation
With such great issues appealing to every patriot
ana to the ah Of an Overwhelming mi majority of
and 1t demands no surrender Of formal political as
ISOLATION. Let democrats be democrats II they Will
and let republicans be republicans II they prefer
but let patriots be patriots above all. Let US save
threatened institutions before we decide on
questions OF the details OF government. Let us first
assure free government to ourselves and to our
children, and then we may struggle for the issues
we respectively deem wisest in the administration
The issues and the duties of the hour point to the
candidate with unmistakable distnctness. Horace
Greeley Is the embodiment of the nations greatest
need. Ever independent, fearless and honest, and
pursuing profession OF daily utterance, he has an
tagOniZcd warmly, and erred as mortals ever do
But he has crowned his calling with II greatest
laures, and humanity, progress and peace have en-
listed his best efforts in one of our nobIest lives
lie is wise enough to know that Presidents need
the highest standard of craftsmanship, and that no
personal government, however pure or enlightened
successfully Or acceptably rule forty millions OF
freemen. He was brave enough to defend the rights
OF the lowly and oppressed, when popular prejudice
wthstood his efforts like walls of adamant, and he
was wise enough to labor effectively with STUN
bling, hesitating progress, until the harvest was
ripened and could be gathered in completeness.
When the passions of civil war, intensified by the
murder of believed ruler were sweeping over our
distracted country, but one voice was heard above
the storm calling for amnesty suffrage and peace
10 seemed like hurting the pebble at the thunder
bolt The Keystone will join hands with the En-
pire State in the restoration OF our land to peace
The palsied South Will speak from the homes of en-
franchsed slaves and masters for her safety and
prosperity The column OF the East will be broken
as New England divides her States between right
and wrong. The prairies OF the West will reverse
the mighty majorities given in the name OF peace
in 1868 they renew the demand for peace In 1872
and from the Businesses OF the Rocky Mountains
and the far Western coast will come an unbroken
voice. whose battle-cry will be peace for the living
and sefgovernment assured as the priceless
legacy OF successive ages to come after us.
The advice is openly given in recognized organs
and in Philadelphia the subject became so grave in
its relation to popular sentiment that the City
Committee, made up almost wholly Of Office hold
ers and dependents, formally resolved that Office
holders must go to to rear until the storm has sub
sided The same policy gave us the ST. Domingo
job and the st. Domingo disgrace, and with them
came measure OF executive usurpati0n that no
monarch OF Europe could have practiced with I'M
punty The whole treaty and war making power
Of the government was usurped when there was no
excuse to offer for 1t other than that secrecy was
essential to successful Jobbery. IL this Is not the
truthful explanation, then never were igri0r
ance and despotism more wilful and wanton
IN rights The indie