The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-26

NEW YORI
your reform Legislature could not alone protect us
and the people call General Dix to the rescue And
here the tried old faithful veteran comes. The
Know mat ney can abS snt he
highest once in the State-the last just browning
reward OF an honest life.
dresses Of Mr.. Sumner 70 show the inaccuracy OF
the Sen .0r's assertions concerning the late Sec
Grant ana several letters 81 the late Secretary
Affirming that General Dix was the sole author or
the "sn0ot him on the spot" order: Having dis
Language we wiil consider the fitness or
for IN. sfeas 6ss S0 sbsm G as
shall Try to present them to you fairly. Remem-
Der that ills the CHIEF ruler Of great people, after
s'vat CIVIL war, wnoM you are about to select,
governor; not those Of al artist, poet or man Of
letters men Of science, writer's, orators and liter
failed as rulers Of the State No man ofsense believes
that Jnyenal, Raphael, Shakespeare, Milton, NeYton
or La Place could ever have governed the nations
Charemagne, Frederick the Great, Napoleon william
OF Orange, and more than all, the great Cromwell,
soldier and then statesman Of UNDERESTIMATE iame.
Come down In history to our own country. Our
first great ruler was the immortal Washington the
great captain of his age. The next marked ruler
was General Jackson whose military fame pre-
coded his civil reputation. The greatest rulers in
every age have been the greatest soldiers Of their
time. Painters, sculptors, scholars writer's and
journalists OF other mems deeds have always failed
at the helm Of State. They have not that cOmbina-
requires. Upon this subject the instincts OF man.
kind have generally guided them Alright. H0r-
as unsuited to the Presidential once as was the
poet Horace for an Emperor OF Rome. 1t Ia one OF
the weaknesses OF our people TO imagine for the
moment that the man who has achieved great sue
cess in anything Is fitted for the Presidency; and
hence. we have had successful steamboat men, ex-
press men, railroad men, telegraph men, explorers,
patn-fnders, writer's and journalists talked OF as
candidates for the chief executive ONCE. Rosa
B0nheur can paint horse better than any living
artist, but she cannot shoe one would not detract
from
MR.. aREELEY's JusTLY-RARNED REPUTATION.
which he has always used on the side OF humanity.
He Is true hater OF oppression and OF privileged
classes-very placaole and OF kindly nature. In
money matters. honest; In politics, more far
sighted than ia generally supposed, and shrewd
even to cumming; with large love Of appreciation,
patty with liberal principes, he never keeps an
crOtchets the more dangerous because sincere.
He Is liable to influences OF whose evil he Is not
conscious His best friends would never select
assembly, to control bank or run q railroad
He has never shown any Of the qualities OF o great
leader, and we have no right TO suppose that he
can now make an able ruler over O great nation.
have given some study to the system Of our govern
its real dangers 1t differs radically from all others.
No feudal seed was ever planted In SOIL and the
feeble attempts to engrait feudal sciOns on our
stock failed, as they VIII always fail No reverence
Tor great families or historic names has any hold
here. In theory and in fact the power lies down in
pressed through public opinion, from which there
10 no appeal ONCE, being open to all, until within
few years, was GENERALLY sought for the advance
ment Of social position, to
Crafty PERSONAL PRIDE
and love OF eminent consideration for public ser
vice, or to perform useful duty to the State. As
wealth increased and corrupting luxury came In,
bad, cunning men discovered that they could use
official trusts to steal the earnings Of the people
under cover Of deceivng laws; and the cheated
citizens were made to believe that the fraudulent
taxes all came out Of the rich though they were
and the poor poorer, while no taxes were levied
upon the poor. They are just nov beginning to
learn a. that oil taxes really come out Of the lbor
capital pays the taxes ID covert fraud-the great
cost Of rent which the laborlng poor and the in.
caused by the fraudulent tax which the tenement
pays.
never talks or writes or speaks; he Is narticuate
silent. He does not impress men generally. He
seems inert, and IN mixed society draws into his
Q kind Of Sphynx. But he has done some things.
He is younger than Horace Greeley by more than
eleven years he has done things for this people
other man could do. The danger is over now, and
almost forgot; but there was . time, gloomy
thousand Horace Greeleys could not save it, and
General Grant did. We tried many other generals
the upper inuences In tho ianda IP failed i An
obscure man from Gelena, poor, OF no reputation
or family influence led the Union armies from vic.
sword of Lee was surrendered to his younger vic
tor the nation offered up heartfelt thanksgivlngs to
him now' why, what evil hath he done Ny
and honest you 40 not to
never did seek it. He don't want to be driven
from it in disgrace by the enemies Of the country
tell me why this great effort to drive him from the
Q1ice which he has so worthlly filled think can
tell General Grant had proved himself SO great
man that !ae patton expected t99 m1e9-mors than
THEY EXPECTED PERFECTION,
and would tolerate nothing less in their idols and,
he had been overpraised-a crime which the Anglo
Saxon race never allows TO go unpublished. In
republic where office is open to all each office mad
many enemies and sometimes an ingrate The
vanity and pretension Of ofIicial aspirants ere
wish to excite false hopes. Jealousy Of his po-
sit ion; jealousy which plays so vile part in public
affairs came in, and vague distrust, fomented by
envy and disappointment, and rebel hate Of him
who crushed their treason-all joined in general
plan to GUST the President from his seat; and out
unwished, and which amazed every leader Of the
and for time paralyzed their action.
THEY HAD sOwN THE WIND,
they did not expect the whirlwind would force
Horace Greeley upon them; and when the clouds
cleared away and they saw that ghost appear, they
stood aghast, like the murderous Thene at the
ghost Of Banquo! The career OF Grant mas been
marvel from the beginning-not to be explained
upon the ordinary principles OF judging men. With
reverent voice. say that believe he Is raised up
BY Providence for greater deeds than ne has yet
performed. find nothing In history which he re-
such selfposed head as his since cromweil died
Inn an earnest advocate for the reelection OF Gen.
,ral Grant because believe in him, because I
thnk It, under the circumstances, the only safety
or the country. am not an ONCE holder, and, as
We are talking rather conndentally tonight, will
tell you that do not intend to ne. have taken
the full measure OF that matter. / intend to re-
main your fellow citizen with unsealed lips free to
,rtticise any man who holds the peoples trust and
TO denounce any man who betrays 1t.
NO HONEST MEN
but the rich can ever grow rich In q government
where your officials are robbers and levy taxes for
plumber. II we cannot preserve our government
from Official cQrruntiQu uhertiea their