Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-03-02

and Member Of the Board of Public Works
Also to make choice of four delegates at large
to the National Convention, as well as 70 Sc
lect two electors at large for President and
Vice President. The Commistes recommend
county Conventions to choose delegates, to be
held on Saturday, March 10TH The basis Of
representation in the Convention will be oue
delegate for each 500 votes cast for Noyes for
Governor, and one additional delegate for ev.
cry fraction of $50 votes and upward in each
county, and Ashtabula having cast 4 y22l votes
is entitled to delegates.
CLEARING uP.--AstlQ dNst aMsl smoke
OF the Sumner and Sehurz attach up the
wan department lifts M,le the true pro-
portions and Eject Vi the onset begins
to appear. The most important part of
the charge-that considerably more
money had been paid to government
agents than had gone into the Treasury
seems to have been disproved even to
the satisfaction Of Messrs. Sumner and
Schurz. II would seem that any one Of
! the least practical iniog1@a,ion could fully
account for the discrepancy charged and
the TRANSACTIONS themselves upon the
simplest business principles. Congress
had authorized the sale Of all useless and
condemned material OF war. Private
individuals purchased the same. Large
quantities wero sold by these purchasers
to Cuba and South American Republics.
The greatest portions were sent to France.
This fact was we'll knewn to the Prussian
representative at Washington, and he at
the time notified his government Of its
chapcc to purchase if it wished, aud thus
prevent the sapply going to France
Bismark replied that be cOult get
them cheaper by taking them from the
French Oh the LoiTe-whieh, by the way,
he did. As to the alleged violation of
neutrality, it is one that Prussia has
never complained Of.
We cannot help thinking that in this
matter Messrs- Sumner aud Schurz are
influenced by desire to annoy the nd
ministration rather than with view to
the public good. The only practical eff
fort a successful impeachment of the ad-
ministration could have would be to
furnish our English opponents at the
Geneva Conference evidence of an
American breach Of neutrality of as
grave nature as the one for which we
are now claiming damages from them.
Our friend and successor, of the Norwalk
Gazette, A. II. BYISoToN, EST, whose obscr-
vation and foresight are exercised at Washing
ton, thus moralizcs upon this foolish and
foundationlcss drive at the government
To those who revere the sacred record
made by the great Republican party in
the past, and have undiminished faith in
its future, these demonstrations OF fhostile
feeling among those who have hitherto
battled ably and faithfully for its as
cendancy, produce only sadness and
bodings of evil to the cause all profess
to love. The greater the ability, and
the more CONSPICUOUS the disaffected
friend, the greater the injury produced.
In this view 1t is that great foYbearance
and concession should be made. Indi-
viduals are nothing-the cause, and the
success of it's principles everything.
Much, too, should be conceded 10 those
Senators like Morton, Edmunds, Conk-
ling, Harlan, Frelinghuyscn, and others,
who, chafng under the frequent, and
what seems 10 them unjust assaults upon
Gen. Grants adMinist ration, have come
to lie captioasly called his special guar
dians in the Senate. IL is because in
Gen. Grant they recognize the great head
of tire Republican party, and mutlny in
the ranks, more destructive tothat party
than to its organized leader, that they
are sensitive TO such attacks. The pat
riotic ont burst Of Mr.. Frelinghnysen
and the indignant response OF Mr.. Har-
Ian, were all in exemplitication of this.
That keen and far-sseing politician, Sen
ator Morton, with Conkling, and Car
penter, and Sherman, and Wilson, see
lug no other possible candidate whercon
the party can unite, have been quick to
rcpcl these assaults. Senator Edmunds,
whose ideas are as clean cut and incisive g
as a Damascus blade, interprets every
such assaults as attacks upon the cause,
| IdthcT tHun upon uen. uIuht VI uhy
mere person. TO his sagacious and far
reaching mind he don't see how quarrel
ling among Republican leaders is going
to "organiae victory" Cor the party, and
for the success and honor Of his party he
is as jealous aud sensitive NJ to his Own
personal good name. It Is most sincere
iy TO be hoped thaI tie angry feelings
now prevailing the Republican side OF
the senate, may be dissipatcd, and that
unity, strength, power aud victory may
be as truly the wa,chwords of our leaders
here, as surely as they are of the great
masses OF the Republican workers OF the
nation.
Tue ONO LIoueR LAw-The Columbus
correspondent OF the Cincinnati CemASsrsid
vrileS that Il is not pFobWAe that the liquor
law Of 1870 viii be either modified or repeal
ed. He thinks Il possible SAas the bin may
pass the Horse, but no, the Senate, the Legs
lature being satisfied that the law substantially y
represents the wishes Of the people Of III,
State In the way ef restricting Ae liquo
irafie. lie says:
The temperance hw, which has mad,