Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-09-11

by the administration Senator from
the State in which it is made. l have
begged of a Senator to support a GER
tain nomination, and he has replied
that he should like to crafty me, but
it would all depend on what the Sen
atOr from that State should say. The
Office of q Judge was vacant and the
Senator from that State wanted a
man appointed whom the President
knew snd believed to be unfit for the
Office. He nominated man after man,
each being ejected-unquestionably
because they were not acceptable to
the Senator from that State; and the
office remained vacant for more than
a year. l have come to the eonelu-
sion that no thorough reform is pos
sible without the cooperation of Con-
gress, or until public opinion asks of
every man nominated for Congress,
Are you in favor of a thorough re-
| form ?" and gets from him a categOr-
zeal answer. The President is guided
strictly according to the rules he has
adopted, but no man knows the diff
eulties in the way. This principle is,
however, adhered to that all positions
shall be filled by aseertained fitness,
and not merely in consequence of
political influence; and it is to my
knowledge that the President has not
removed any person from office solely
on account of political considerations.
RECONCILIATION"
One word further. We are told
that this is a campaign of reconeilia-
ton, that we want peace and there
fore we want change in party. Let
US clasp hands over the bloody
chasm,' says Mr.. Greeley. Very
well, answer we. Who in this cOun-
try has refused to clasp hands? Is it
these men in the Southern States
who oppose the new order of things ?
Is it those in the Northern States
who morally supported them, or those
men who have said equality for all
shall be maintained at all hazards ?
Let US clasp hands Yes, Mr.. Gree
ley, we have sought to clasp hands
from the moment of Lees surrender.
II am against the policy of hate"
says Senator Sumner. Fellow citi-
Zens, the name of your great Senator,
the name of Charles Sumner, shall
never be mentioned by me except
with affection, gratitude and respect.
do not forget-thOugh for the first
time I have come to that moment
which / believed never would come
to me in this life-when I, Repub-
lican, should stand before you, Re
publicans, and, above all, Massachu-
sets Republicans, and have to speak
to you of what Senator Sumner has
said, in infinite sorrow. But do not
forget, nothing can blot from my
mind the great past of your great
Senator. I remember his illustrious
services. remember how for twen-
ty years, during the very tempest of
our politics, eliminating in civil war,
in deadly peril of his life, he stood
erect, spOtless in character, unswerv-
ing in his principles. I remember
how, like the granite cliff, Charles
Sumner opposed himself to the oceans
of ridicule that came rolling in upon
him, and were swept back by him
into the impotent froth and foam. /
remember those great services-and
no departure of his from what seems
to me the true faith makes me forget
it-yet when Charles Sumner says 1
am against the policy Of the Republi-
can party, remember if any man
has shaped the policy of the Republi-
can party, it is Senator Sumner. If
that policy be as he implies in those
words, the policy of hate, he denOun-
ces his own work. He condemns
himself. He it was down to the last
days of Congress who urged and
urged and urged the passage of the
civil rights bill. He it was who in
the most convincing and elaborate
speech of the session asserted how
much remained to be done. He it is
who in his letter to the colOred men
declares that the. peace of the eolOred
man is still in great danger, and he it
is who declares that he will now trust
all the great purposes and objects of
his life in the hands of his most i'm
placable enemies.
Fellow citizens, never was a great
victor in a great war marching in
robes so absolutely spOtless of injus
tlce as the robes of the American
people. organized into the Republican
party. When the war ended, the
state of things at the South was very
sad. Greeley has described the
Southern modification and rage.
thought he used strong langrage, but
we knew from what our feelings
would have been if we had been con-
quered. 1 believe that paeifieation
by the Republican party would have
proceeded quietly, and would have
effected its end but for one fact, and
that fact is the Democratic party.
But just as fast as anything was done
the Democratic party declared it
ought to be undone. What would we
have done if we had been in their !
position at the South had we discov.
cred our own political allies still |
working with us2 The people of the |
South can not bear to give up. They !
believe their old political friends will |
unite in their behalf, and all that |
will have to be done is to carry their |
own States. They support Horace
Greeley to-day, because they think /
he will bring a Democratic TestOra- |
ton. So long as this feeling exists, |
81 long 1 believe reconciliation i'm
possible. In a word, l believe no |
reconciliation, that is to say, no per |
feet obliteration of all the wounds |
and sorrows of the war, is possible |
until the Democratic party finally |
disband. That is the source of all our /
hOct Us IL HIS DGeu ulLnEIlOs II - al \
old Christian tradition, thai when /
Christ was born, a voice is said to
have rung along the shores of the
Mediterranean sea, 1.-The great Pan is
dead.n So on next November, when
we hear, as surely we shall hear, that i
the Democratic party of this country,
which was the power of slavery,
which was the power of rebellion,
that has perplexed reconstruction
that that party is not only defeated,
but disorganized, disbanded, and dis
the glad heart of
America will thank God that at last,
perfect reconciliation has become
possible, because the new Union born
of the war. is unchargeably estab
lished. lGreat applause, and three
cheers for the speaker.l
.@DS-.
PACKING BUTTER.-An new method
of packing butter for the retail trade
has been invented, and it promises to
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