New-York tribune., 1872-09-13

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erient dispatch The Gladstone Ministry have been
reproached with not pressing their measures with the
zinc to tie nature of the House OF Commons and the
delays incident to popular bodies me EngIisn aIIeaay
begin talk Of rules similar TO those III our congress Ior
forcing measures through, and as their Goyernment
becomes moro democratic ana inc the people nave M
moro Obvious There Is "a limit 70 Ire capacity Of q
legislative body for managing public affairs and ths
is TO be attained either by diminishing tho
subjects OF their consideration, or by restricting the
extent Of the country submitted 10 ther g9v~erhnent ~
mo frat Is the American idea, and IL Is one OF tho great
est sins in the Radical party that seeks 70 aDhuOh
in the practice Of Government Iho analts OF tns
rea country require tue attention, not only Oh the com
mon Congress but Of the Legislatures OF different ates
which manage them ana deal Wen wi WIN & s9pio pa M Ior,
not TO be expected from Congress- 10 enO3iIass CQn
ess with all these concerns gonld % & 10 Ion % ~ az
tiou of the Executive viii and us supreme cOhtrO MUS
left Congress it had become exceedingly diiheut 10
W teir nrsdction Increase that number greatly and
- - Yvo,id ne impOssibe Fe0wctizens. 1t ~ neither
new nor singular opinion when say that sueh acuanse
m IT, r system must Inevitably lead to monarchy in some
~ % % or otner some OF the fathers OF the Republic and
STATE legislatures have long since proclaimed ~. I'M
think those Of you. who VIII cohsiuer INC supJeo' NJ"
come to tho same conclusion.
LIMITATIONS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Fellow citizens, you have already passed a Ia" "n'cn
laws the foundation OF Federal interference In stao eoc
lions. You have adopted an amendment 10 te Con-
stuton which, under pretense OF DONG justice between
tho races will enable the Central Government to control
tho state legislation 20 an extent not yet Defined but
great enough to be perous 70 the sOycrsS anu ',c
degree Of independence cohienpatou .oa nd ~ nov more
than seven years after the war has closed you nFo NJ
klg& Law o ana of Sonsfess VINO would have vested in
tho President the power to declare martial law IN tue
SOUTH and rule according to his unlimited discretion.
Add To this such concentration Of power and extension
OF ursdic0u in the Congress as to render dlscharge
Of its proper duties impossible, and chAISe III yvlr
form OF government becomes inevitable. am nOt 80
b-0ted an advocate OF democratic government as 10
deny that much may be said on both SIDES Monalcny
and repubicanism have each It's relative advantages
and Disadvantages, and although very decldedly pre-
fer the latter Of government pronounce no man
either kuaye fool because De iayOIs tho other'
But was brought up in the belief that republican
form Of government with proper limitations, was better
suited han any other 10 an intelligent people IKE ours.
For one am not willing to exchange tue goNtIhmenS
established by our Constitution ior monarchy III any Vi
Thera il m energy in democratic government, and
manhood in It's people, which, IN my opinion T. nowhere
else 10 De found Where al the prizes OF ambition are
eIess and elasticity IN the people YAy 10 De sonsno
under any other government. Nhefe mas the SAINT
degree oi energy been displayed by people OF the same
number and resources, as Was eAnpltcl vi 10 D'H roh
i'm the late warl well remember hearing the tFench
Minister Baron Mercler, say, during lls progress wien
ers souch s the facility and energy with which thoso
fnrib IN t6e scene OF action, from Washington. IL did
NOT seem 10 strike him. IL ala me, that THIS energy ana
dispatch were due To the form or government anu us
de,rocar, splrit Every citizen felt himself 70 be
r1rt of tie moving power OF the Government ana IN
SAID 6 mere Is no organized party which in favor Of
a change TO monarchy or substitution OF AN lmpera
not charge it. but say that the present policy Of the
Radical party must lead TO that result. IL may
broin with clothing the majority Of Congress with
much larger powers and concentrating IN It's hands az,
or nearly an the functions OF government Nheh this
l. accouplishcd Imperialism Is at hand Between Il
despOtie majority in Congress without limitation upon
their powers and the despOtsm or one man. VINO Wou
moi er Inc atterl III TO choose between the des-
posm OF the majority OF Legislative D0dy ana thal Ol
one man. should not hesitate to prefer the latte nor
would the country do so long. The democratic govern
iG' 0 @ T'Tt1 interests and where people have homo
aIfurz wifi
had with lowers distributed as Dy tine Constitution OF
t6e Tned states among different assemblies as to
oyerask none with many subjects as 20 deprive any
of the proper means for dclDeraunS aud forming COu-
man oin1n ii is for you my friends and for the peo-
ME OF mo United States 10 determine this great ques
lion in regard TO the future form ana spirit Oh our gov
erumeuf Is IL obe government Of the many or the
fewl For myse as SAID before, IhaYe as te to nope
or personally from the result OF TINS ceclOh s any
RIt have entertained the belief for long time that
our people were planted here upon mission OF Liberty
and popular government, not only 10 make great
marcl In human progress themselves, but 70 take the
world along with them, 10 become the great agency 10
develop now modes OF strength and happiness in the
social system so as consolidate liberty and TO suggest
plans OF moral Improvement TO elevate the race. Is
the noble purpose for which had hoped we were
placed here with many fayOrng opportunities to
write great schemes OF human liberty and progress on
the qJia raSG new continent, and to teach by our
example grander philosophy OF human rights ana pop
ular government than the world has yet could
understand without personal Illustration OF thelr tfuy1
These hopes and Expeditions We're perhaps eXtYagaA
hat 20 years ago how many Of our people entertained
them; and confess that should regret to be forced TO
the conclusion that theY were Illusions ana daydrea5
At hos III
the people should prove untrue 10 themselves upon tH9
great issues before theml know that much Is said
and to deceive the people and isdrect the upon
false issues. Suspicious suggested 70 influence the
public mind absurd that can hardly conceive how
intelligent people can De induced 70 ene. mem tiei
Among other things, j. said that Greeley De eccted
the war OF the South Is to be paid and this too IN
the face Of the Constitution, which forDids IT, Can any
man believe that threciturths Of the States VIII De
found ready TO change that instrument to cnect such
purpose Certainly no man in the south believes II
and If there be man in al that region VINO entef,'Sa
fancy 50 absurd have neither seen nor heard VI Aln
THE HOPE OF THE SOUTH.
The Radical party seems TO suppose that II the South
votes ior man it enough to cause him 10 be suspected,
and II 10 good grounds be found FOR entertaining
such suspicion, they areneher ashamed nor afraid to
trump UP charge absurd as this. This Is not good
symptom Of times least of the state OF feeling
In the Radical party. More than seven years nave
their power, has been rued Dy their will and s II she
goes II seems 10 be IA sulcent reason TOT then
~ 60 another Fellov-citizens, the South supports
Greeley and Brown upon the issues l have been dis
cussing. or course elected, they VIII expect from
them pure Government some reform IN the Civil Ser
vice. and a better regulation OF the vast patronage oi the
General Government Beyond these objects OF general
welfare they expect nothing OF which ever heard.
They look Tor nothing lar as know their opinions
OF sectional or exceptional good Dut OF such tI.th-
seendent importance DO they regard the peace OF the
comry and the local self lgOyernment OF the States
far as the Consutonhas provided, that they willingly
pass by the consideration OF all other subjects highly in
teresting they may deem them. They will not neglect
the attanaDe for the anatinablc especially when they
mink they have within their reach objects OF such I'M
portance those have described. IL used to be OBJ
ected 10 the South an particularly ~ my native STATE
that they were not pnctcal.
We have learnt some wisdom In this regard. more
practical and III some respects wiser people than the
whites of the South you Will hardly lind III THIS or any
other continent. IL more than two years since the
people Of my own state, finding that they must either
give up the right OF selfgoyernment OF adopt con-
sttu0n opposed IN many respects TO their interests
habits and spirit wisely adopted that constitution
and placed its administration in the hands or native OF
your own State. Experience has shown that they were
right They have escaped the debts and other
enormities practced by carpetbag government, and
.si, ov4rior has bern re not only To Theirs out aiso
TO his Obligations u the GeneraI government: We
sacrificed in the way OF interest," something. too
I'm the way OF feeling but we have saved more than
have lost and now rby electng Greeley ana Brown we