The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-10-05


priser of Customs 10 San francisco.
Another, Jno Dent, is United States
Indian Agent in New Mexico.
Another, Louis Dent, is Judge and
General Office Broker in Washington.
Another, Wilson Sharp, is United
States Marshel in tho District of Co
lumbia.
Another, James r Casey, is United
States Collector 10 New Orleaus.
have not given here the list Of
Offices held by the Presidents father,
by his brother, by his son, his nephew.
His foreign relations are somewhat dis.
agreeably settled, but his domestic re.
lations are all very comfortably settled.
laughter Do you not think the time
has come for remedyl
II Junius were alive, and should pen
portraiture Of the administration, how
he would make the colors glow aud
burn ! The President who had tran.
scended the spirit of the Constitution,
aud usurped rights which the Great
Charter reserves TO the Constitution
alone the President, who has invaded
and controlled political conventions from
Syracuse 10 New Orleans; who has
stood Janus faced towards the civil ser.
vice, and, like the Satyr in the fable,
blown hot and cold who has pensioned
an army OF relations from the public
fund aud committed more acts Of nepo
tism than are recorded against any
President from Washington to johnson /;
who has taken this high Office aud ad
ministered it more like private estate
than a public trust who, since his first
civil act oD the day after his inaugurS.
tiou, has shown either ignorance con.
cernlng the law, or else indifference
towards the law, or else defiance Of the
law There was a President not long
ago OF these States who, because he
violated one statue Of the republic-the
Tenure.of Office act, was impeached,
while here to day unimpeaehed, Is a
President who has violated n written
law 10 the Chorpenning frauds, another
in selling the French arms, another 10
the case Of employing military secreta.
RIGS, another in the case Of negotiating
a treaty with St. Domingo, through u
staff officer, instead of through the Sen
ate, 10 an illegal use OF the monitors, in
an rnlriendiy act against a friendly
power 10 the Caribbean sea. If there
was just ground for impeaehing Pres
ideut who violated one law, there is
seveniold ground for impeachDg one
who has violated seven laws. cheers. l
said "ii Junius were alive !" But
Jupius still lives, and his name is
Charles Sumner [Cheers1. lie uttered
the indictment against the Presi lent,
aud charged him with nepotism, with
gift taking, with all the fearful array oil
accusations that never can be blotted
out
And what is his defense, spoken ia
the Senate by Mr.. Carpenter, of Wis
oonsin 7 He said $50 there has been
nepotism; that is nothing; gift taking
that is nothing; illegal use Of the navy
against Hayti, that is nothing !" and SC
with all the rest; good people by and
by there will be but military dictator
ship, aud to this 100 there will be au
answer ''that is nothing" [Cheers.
We want an administration based
not on the law OF power, but on
the power of the law, and under
which the people shall rule, and the
ruler be ruled one where the Execu
tive shall be the servant Of the statute
book, not its master; one under which
dishonesty shall be construed as treason
aud political Ring" proceeded against
as II 1t were u conspiracy to overthrow
the State ; au administration whose Ex
ecutiye should no more dare cross the
threshold ol the Legislative chamber, a,
Grant did to strike Sumner, that the
Chief Captain Of the Jews, who entered
into the Holy OF Holes in the Temple
at Jerusalem; an administration which
should be as clear as Jeferson's, of eveI
the suspicion Of nepotism an admin
istration which at the end Of seven and
a-half years OF office, should now doh
the helmet, sheath the sword, aud hush
the brazen trumpet of military mandate
should join the North and the South to
gether iu good will and peace, aud bring
about the time spoken Of in Scripture
when MERCY aud truth are Joined
together, aud righteousness aud peace
kiss each other" CApplausc.
After brief comparison between the
Cincinnati aud Baltimore platforms
Mr.. Tilton continued: sm not an old
man, but | have seen three great
epochs: | have seen the Republican
party emaucipate the slave; have seen
the Liberal Republican party enamel
pate the slaves master, and | have seen
the Democratic party emancipate itself
1t you ask me which of these is the
greatest, answer: Times aoblest off
spring is the last =" CCheers.l
Here came great movement, like Q
new Arcadia. Ii came upon strong
men, stopping them in mid career, and
for the future uniting them, heart tC
heart and hand to hand, for one great
resolution "Who is wise to interpret
the signs Of the times" 1t is toker
that the old issues are past; that the
old parties are passing with them, anI
that the kaleidoscope Of politics has
taken a new turn.
"There Is n tide in the affairs Of men,
Which, taken at the lood, leads on to fortune
There was tide, too, ia the noun
tins. A new Mississippi was rushing
down to cleanse and purify the land. A
few months ago the Reform movement
was grain of mustard seed, the least
of oil seeds. Now il is the mustard tree
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