Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-05-09

The Cincinnati fellows, to get
themselves overs very thin place, re-
solved to remit the discussion Of the
respective theories of protection and
free trade to the people, IN their
Congressional Districts and leave
the decision thereon to Congress
This is very kind to the people and
to Congress, no doubt, but while
heterogeneous gentlemen were about
their work, we see no earthly reason
Tor stopping so short. Since the
President has no particle OF power,
to enact laws, and scarcely halt the
influence, in legislative matters, OF
dozen newspapers that might be
named, why not leave pretty much
the whole matter about which these
malcontents are so agltated, to the
people in their Congressional Dis.
tricis, and to the Congress they may
select?
1t might be we'll enough to leave
to the people, by themselves or
through Congress, to say whether
the questions settled by the 18th,
18th, and 18th amendments to the
Constitution shall ever be re opened.
Since the duty OF the President,
especially in time of peace, is to
await the action Of Congress, and
execute its laws, perhaps it would be
as we'll to leave the subject Of ere
moving all disabilities imposed upon
sccount Of the rebellion, which was
finally subdued seven years ago." to
"the people in their Congressional
Districts" and to Congress Why
not let the Congress, since there is
no other power under the Constitu.
ton that can do it, regulate the Civil
Service matter; arrange "a system
OF federal taxation which shall not
unnecessarily interfere with the in
dus,ry OF the people , insure the
maintenance of the public credit ;
provide tor "a speedy return to spe-
| Gle payments" do whatever is neces
| sary to express the gratitude of the
country tor "the heroism and sacriti
| ces of the soldiers and sailors of the
Republic;' oppose "all further grants
OF lands to railroads or or other cor
porations;;" manage the government
1t is wonderful, on looking throlg 81
this platform to see how little ther,
is in it which at all pertains to til,
duties of an Executive. Since Con
gress has the sole power in these
matters, and since President Gran
has proved himself always ready ant
surprisingly efficient in executing
such laws as the Congress, in its wis
dom adopts, without stopping to in
qulre whether the laws are good Of
bad, is it not possible these Cincin
natl giants are aiming their blow
pretty much altogether against thu
wrong department of Government
Not the least suggestion appears ii
the whole platform with which the
Executive has anything to do, unit
the people or the Congtcss have act
ed upon it !; unless it be the base
charge that the public patronage is ;
"mere instrument of partisan tyranny
and personal ambition, ard this mat
ter it is the clear duty Of the people
in their Congressional Districts t.
look after.
| In fact it Is evident that these pat
riotic statesmen, assembled at Gin
clnnati made grave mistake. /
was not President they were after
at all! These pure, disinteresteG
lovers for their country could have
no possible personal interest in the
bestowal of governmental bread and
butter! They don't want a Presi
dent upon whom they shall have any
special claims! God forbid! 1t i.
the claims, alone, OF the poor bleed.
ing country they plead They wan,
good laws.-That's all they FRO after
and to secure these they get togeth
err from the four winds and strike uI
howl against a man who can have
if he would. nothing to do with max.
ing them, and move heaven and
earth, and still more distinctly the
other place, to secure the choice OF
a President, who, save in a hemmed.
in, negative way, can have no posi-
BILE voice in the matters about which
they, in behalf alone Of a bleeding
country, are so greatly troubled =
When they think Of it, and ali the
disappointed candidates are think.
ing Of it now, Mr. Greeley will be no
more potent in enforcing unenacted
laws than Gen. Grant, and it IS not
likely that he will be half so potent
in securing their enactment as Presi-
dent as he would be as editor of the
New York Tribune.
Viewed in the light Of unselfish
patriotism, the whole performance
was sad failure. It is Congress
men these men are after. 1t is Con
gressmen who should have been
nominated at Cincinnati Possibly
there is yet time to save the country
from ruin by doing what can be
done to repair the lamentable MIS-
take. Let the old Horace 60 to the
dogs, and make a new rally in behalf
of somebody who really can have
something to do with putting the
laws into joint. Let us at once have
some Liberal Congressional candi-
dates in Iowa, Set up tho nine pins,
if the timber can DO found, and let
the people take troll" at them.-
Cedar Rapids Republican.
That was large thing-tbe hiring
from Barnum OF the chair in which
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