Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-02-17
TIE NEW YORK PRESS.
THE TROUBLE WITH THE FENToN MEN.
LFrom the N. Y. IIerald.l

THE TROUBLE WITH THE FENToN MEN.
From the N. Y. Herald
Public opinion knows quite well that the rea-
son the Fenton men do not support the admin
stration, it does not support them. 1t knows fur
thermore, that the support Of the Conkling men
springs largely from an attachment to the nav
roll. Public opinion remembers that every ad-
ministration is hadgered by similar oppositions
that no long as a President cannot appoint two
hundred thousand politicians to fifty thousand
places there will be one hundred and fifty thous-
and patriots in opposition. Political confidence
is plant of rapid growth. Jonah's gourd, com
pared to it., was as slow in maturing as the
American aloe But political coniidence-which
might be better expressed as political mendican-
cy = has little weight with the people Of the
United States. The men who pay taxes and earn
their own livelihood have way of voting as
they please and OF enforcing their will, in the
long run, even upon the big and little Indians
and OF giving us Presidents like Washington
and Jefferson and Jackson and Lincoln and
Grant.
is HORACE GREELEY AN INNOCENT z"
from the N. Y. Timesl
The Tribune has bounded down Mr.. Terwilli-
ger, who received "a, 800 in two years in pursu-
Rnce of a bad custom. But it is all but totally
silent about Hank Smith, Police Commissioner
and Fenton lobbyist, who appears to have been
concerned In cheating the poor depositors Of the
Bowling-green Savings Bank cut of tens Of
thousands Of dollars Is it because Mr.. Greeley
lent his own name to support this rotten bank
that he tries to cover up the acts of Smith ? He
LAS never even published the full and official
particulars of Smiths completely with a vast
fraud. No-he thinks it quite right that man
who is himself charged with serious offence
should remain at the head OF a force designed
to thrust swindlers into jail. Horace Greeiey's
own name was coupled with Smiths in the Bow
ling-green Savings -''innocently, he saws.
Every suspicious act in which he il caught at
II done ''innocently.' Never did the public for
give 30 much to any man as it does to Horace
Greeley or believe in the purity OF a mans mo-
tlves for the sole reason that he wears short
uowsers tucked into his boots.
SAVE THE TREATY
From the N. Y. Times.
The claims against England for special DANA
ges, arising out Of the depredations of particular
vessels, are estimated roundly to amount to $40
100000. The claims for indirect damages are
estimated to amount to about 81, 900 000. 600
more, as has been pointed out, than Germany
exacted from France after bloody war and d
complete conquest. People here generally smile
when the last little bill is mentioned. The
common remark is, Nobody ever expected that
to be paid" Every man mentions it with broad
grin. That being 30, il it not pity to see a
good Treaty lost orthe sake of fictitious claim
Is there no way Of meeting this difficulty Sure
~ this is a case il there ever was one, in which
little diplomatic skill might wisely be exercised,
Ii it too late TO save a Treaty which promised 90
much Tor the future peace OF the world: