New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-26
Has he made q good Presi-

like kind When chooses a man 10 pilot Snip II ne
moving on strange waters be wants one not alone
keeps firm hand on the helm who understands tldes
and channels and rocks he wants so honorable as
hands Of pirates. Applause.l "or lead an army y
When nation 5 selects man to lead is army We
wants not alone General and Captain able TO lead
to Victory opt tbsIss sn and % honor mot 70
lowers to destroy all we gain. Applause.l When it
wse aS3 esD ne IN tbe letter OF our wants
judge whose ermlne Is without STAIN ana
SrSe mas ppSgse %SeP 4 wants an architect to
build hOuse-the honorable gentleman from New-York
himself when he secures an archect 70 plan ms nose
he wants TO make sure not only that the architect Is
skifu and knows how to plan, but that the man himself
s honorable and will not suoet his contract 70 mlSera
BILE J0bbers Applause.
REPUBLICANS FALSE TO THEIR DUTY.
What manner Of man the engineer may be who is TO
the locomotive, the accidents. socaled, in nine
cases out Of ten have not from skllful engineers
but drunken men, fGreat applausel The honorable gen
tleman has forgotten, II he ever knew laUghterL
that in the long run moral attributes are as
essential to thorough as professional ability,
intellectual powers. Applause None OF these
things acousations none OF these things said
concerning President have been said for the nrst
time since the meeting at Cincinnati Ihey are OLD ac-
cusatons Who so put his ear TO the keynoie OF any
where prominent Republicans gathered themselves
10 any f, place fT %o5s s heard Sst such
this One OF his most ardent and brilliant supporters
porters in oho.men who shall be nameless, since the
honor OF their past shall the shame
Savand sad t pefsstently last Wnter~nay last sum
mer-but unlike him who had rather suffer by speaking
silence, these leading Republicans incapable OF
rising to the needs Of the OCCASION When the public
fear of compromising themselves they held
their peace spoke in such language as not to be
party-the party with It's splendid record and its sub
lime memories: [Applause.l They might have saved
sent It out on fresh battle grounds nobler contests
They might, but they would not. Other men than
they, who held the Republic dearer than party, then
sad If reform cannot be accomplished within, shall
be withoutp lApplause.l other men, who held truth
tide of reform has risen. If cannot sweep through the
door OF government which ought TO- be open hospaDy
them away" TApplause.l Reform we Will haye-in the
party II needs be and can be- out OF the party II must
be! lGreat applausel
THE LIBERAL PIONEERS.
So these men, full Of their earnest purpose went down
TO Cincinnati "A handful" says some one-a handful
and be sneered at accordingly 30 were the Apostles
and Disciples handful have the prophets and martyrs
who have led in good in all ages been handful
Nay let remember that these same men have stood
handful before, said Mr. Sumner-lhere the most
tumultuous applause and cheering interrupted the
speakerl Said Mr. Sumner in 1s5O-in 1850, mark you
"In the consciousness Of right, am willing to stand
alonep Said Mr.. Sumner in 1872, having led great
army to victory In the consciousness Of right, am
willing to stand alonep (Applausel
Not only handful, but handful Of "soreheads," TO
eTicise them@peopie who as Cen Burnside said at
Pittsburgh into the party when the began and
who and what was Gen. Burnside or the men who
stood by his side to repeat such criticisms as TINS,
and Tumble and Greeley stood at the front,
there the whole audience rose e r ane
Greeley-men OF whom IL can be well SAID speaking Oh
them 10 connection with the course OF h9mahly anu 'nS
great idea the Republican party mas enlDOdleu Vi
whom be said Of Ney in connection with France
that they have fought hundred battles IN the defense
so these who went down to Cincinnati dld their
They sss w SrS SP y T a
sentiment behind them to sustain them ana urge
Why, then did this sentiment stand still Why IN
many cases did 1t turn backi Whyi There are plenty
mennot the Gen. Burnside has singled out such
but the men who catered to the worst passions
impulses the people against the black men, for their
own GAIN men who osered hatred TO the "nigger" so
long as they coud gain Office and power thereby, and
were only faced about when continue this thing
not only not to return them to power but to dis
place them. Such men have found ample well
come and liberal reception at the hands Of
h n Of it 5 day TGS
prominently the mouth-peee OF the PRESIDENT IN
Rebellion times for JEFF Davis and the Charleston Con-
vention. And the man who is chosen mouth-pieee in
facing 1000 people in Chicago: II by cutting the
throat Of every black man. woman, and child IN Cue
South the could be spared its continuance Tor six
months, am In favor OF such cuttingW
MERE POLITICIANS PowERLEss AT CINCINNATI.
Here is a humanitarian for you This class Of men
who have come the front looked at this Cncin
natl movement considered it all sides, meditated
whether they should get to this train and this
locomotive Fortunately, they certain Of what they
had and uncertain OF what they might get, and so
being OF what was In hand, they stayed
saved us tie shame OF an alliance. lApplause so,
coming this side they stand to night 10 the death
on what plant On the assertion that the war has not
vet ended that the needs of loyalty aud liberty are
too great stand against the aggressive power that
still exists in the South, and that the proof OF
this same thing lies in the Cincinnati Convention and
it's movement its action. Whyl What is the expana-
it was begun has nated with the worst class
of politicians in the country enable them TO Chamber
R Deer H and Ped led and Controlled by them, and
has been from the beginning Never was, |
fish politicians Of the Republican party were ever eff
ecay beaten down they were beaten down az the
Democratic party were ever thoT2ugnIy beaten down
lapplauselby public feeling so strong that nothing
could stand against II. -
"a cut and dried thing the resolutions understood
Good my friends, the speakers could speak, and the
politicians could lay the planks OF the Platforms and
the hired members and attorneys co9d SesnI ana
carry them through but II was the hert OF tae
people that at the close OF tne wnoo ne eg sIg ns
"Weil then; these masses themselves" say these
f6e southern people If not the southern pociansare
carrying out this movement To what endi To the end
senate Chamber, that they can place judges and
legislators in power; To the end that through
losses of the wor reestabsh system Of Slavery,
heat down the IOO0OOO people once slaves and to-day
erzens; 20 the end that they adjourn battle IN
which they have been beaten with bayonets to the
battle Of ballots from war Of cannons to war
Of words"
THE REAL QUESTIONS AT STAKE.
Is that so The naked proposition at which voters
have got TO look for their souls sake and their couns
sake and at which they ought to look is, Are these
things truei Are these Southern in earnest in
their assertions and being In earnest they to be
trustedT hope there some Republicans here TO-
night who are sitting in that most exceedingly unc0m
ooy,ooplv knovn aetride he