Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-08-15

Mr.. BOUTWELL, IN MAsSACHUsETTS.
The Hon. s. George Boutwell, has supple
mented his able speech In North Carolina a
few weeks ago by another address TO his old
constituents al Lowell, Massachusetts,, fully
as pointed, as able and convincing as that
which he made in the old North State.
Throughout both Of these addresses there
breathes the most intense spirit Of loyalty to
the Republican party and to It's standard
bearers, and when we say that thus far they
have been the best general speeches made dur
ing the canvass, we only state what Is the sim
pie The best special speech was prob
ably that Of Mr.. CrcsWell in Michigan. As
defence of his own department Of the Gov
eminent, department upon which more reck-
less abuse and wholesale SANDER has been
poured out than upon any other branch Of the
public service, Ii was effective and unanswer-
able. Mr.. Conkllng's speech at the Cooper
Institute, some weeks ago, bean away the
palm for terrible lnvoctlve aud merclless
sarcasm TSa n kSiS
the subject Of our consideration, paid an able
aud eloquent tribute to his Official chief. His
analysis Of the characters and services Of
General Grant and Mr.. Greeley was close,
profound, and just. There was nothing re-
markable in the early life Of either candidate.
Mr.. Greeley was a printer, a writer, and an
editor. General Grant won no special dis
tiuctiOn at West Point. His genius as a SOL
der was first shown In Mexico, where he
took possession Of a church belfry aud shelied
out an enemy beneath him, about the same
time that Mr.. Greeley began to achieve some
distinction as a compiler Of statistics and
election returns. But 1t is during the last ten
years that the records Of both men stand out
in strong and glarlng contrast. When Gene
raj Grant was contributing all that in him lay
to the suppression Of the rebellion, Mr. Gree
ley was giving aid and comfort 10 the enemy.
The editorials OF his newspaper were read In
the Georgia State convention as so many
arguments to carry the ordinance Of ssces-
sion. From the time that General Grant
entered the service his course was oue Of
steady fidelity TO the Union. He never de-
SPARED Of finally suppresslng the rebellion
and restoring the insurrcctionGry States 10
their former relation to the Union. Mr..
Greeley was alternately upon one side aud
upon the other. His pen paralyzed the
efforts Of the Administration, aud did much
TO neutralize the successes Of our armies 10
the field. No candid man can set the one
record against the other aud fail TO como 10
the conclusion that the services OF General
Grant TO his country In the hour Of It's great
est peril were Infinitely greater than those Of
Horace Greeley. This Is the drst point In
Mr.. Boutwells speech.
The second point dlsposes OF the fimsy
arguments, which we so often hear and read,
that all Of Gen. Grants successes wOrU purely
the result Of chance; that the soldier who
conquered the rebellion and the statesman
who has brought the country safely through
the dangers that threatened and the perils |
that surrounded 1t during the last three years |
IL possessed Of no genius whatever, and that |
any ordinary man might have done what he |
has accomplished. Here Is Mr.. Boutwell, |
testimony on that score;
"AI general Of the army he commanded a |
million OF men, operating upon tho line Of the |
Mississippi river, along the frontier to tho At |
Gulf % Mexico 70 Texas, with one army pSne- |
tTating 10 the centre Of tho Coniodoraey and |
Othera moving upon and beslOglng Richmond,
and all without Instructions from tho President
or the War Department or the aid VI a council |
Of war. 1 reject the language Of eulogy, but |
NNNuIU
which signaliIe Den. GRANTS military career |
Great asaoSSls since TuilaS 1ysSf Nor " vii
history deny 70 him those qualities as a com.
hla6IS priasd m civil raeSa re g S1S S sSs.
cessss o. liio are mot accidents. For Jour years
S gn n va 9s sS ~ dhg %ruS&
he alone had The opportunity and the oipacity
TO e., sSye me country Gun =, n. o..., .,,,..,,
to hin lnTeliSstuSI power Of tho Or Il order, as
we'll AZ genius in the affairs Of wa =, then you
TioHty among men In imaSiSSIIo1 borrow
my Or a hundred years Of the future, aud con.
have w better claim upoa ne StiS1tiSn u pds.
terIty. From all this, however, Il does mot follow
st.1ss@sn TSiI SsIsyt IathsI thaS nsmit.
but such record implies many II mot AZ tho
ssseneni gSsi , o. me statesman: A0l
select suitable psrSOai for Important services,
m lrC pSSSi4 nice 5snJg II.ioti. a
moral aud personal courage and he ready 40
ssssSts au SIIy P5gRo5 u snasy eng S me
s!Sls.m , =, and these Gen. Grant Ros,s..ssi !