New-York tribune., 1872-08-01

tban defoo nnticol issues No matter what vices the
party in power may ge anS otodex r4 s pnstndos
This popuar upheaval Is explained by the fact that the
Administration of Gen Grant ias ~ 10 satisfy tne r.aso. %
terra First II has unnecessarily and for mere party pur
noses ,idenad the breach between whites and blacks
and The North and Sonth; second it has steadily
instead OF essenlng the tendency TO cenraZa
tion and third il has been corrupty administered Recon
ciSnn decentralization, and reform Therefore the
issues Greeley represents against Grant The first ana
t oicct Of tis combination OF parties Is to attain
that neace which Gen Grant promised four years ago.
hut tailed 10 give. Peace and good viii between the
Ss W, nnd Soutb and between the white man and the
@ f,er 40 wears of wrangle over Slavery -four years
OF Intestine war, and seven OF bitter political strife;
which restored and the wounds OF past strife
nnce fairly healed, need never again be broke.
UsHAPPY CONDITION or THE SOUTH.
Consider the condition OF the South today more than
seven wears after the war; under wise government and
with the recuperatye energies OF young nation it
sbould be now far prosperous than But be
hold i'll It's industries paraJzed many Of the States
bankrupts its governments mere instruments OF pilage
,ts white citizens sunk in dependency If despair
it's naturally kindly blacks trained by the robbers who
have sezed the Governments to hate the whites, with
whom they must live in harmony If peace reyislts
that hapess land and standing army In every state to
eytbe effects of this DarDarous policy and the speclous
preexts for continuance, while over all Gen. Grant
And BY decision more embrois the frsy.p
This system OF devastation viii never cease while the
Grant party holds power Whyf Because the robbers
OF the South the allies Of that party and by punder
and prescription keep the subiugated states IN their
power and breed KuKlux outrages TO hold that party
dominant also in the North The country longs for last
ing reconciliation and for the prosperity to North and
south which it will bring. The Grant party and its in
teress alone stand IN the way No fear OF the purposes
of the Democracy can now be alleged as pretex Ior
sustaining the Grant party and its disastrous Southern
policy.
THE DEMoCRACY's ACCEPTANCE OF THE PAST.
Every change in our Government, whether right or
wrong expedient hurtful ever advocated by lhat
party necessary to secure the results Of the
war has been accomplished and has been unreseryedy
accepted and acquesced in by the Democracy The good
faith OF tnat acqnescence cannot be impugned IL is
denced by the harmonious of the party in every
city, township county and State throughout our broad
Republic. To signalize this action the Democracy have
nominated Horace Greeley for President, and
Gratz Brown for Vice-President, who were among
foremost advocate OF the amendments and the most
decided opponents OF our party when these prOpOseu
changes in the fundamental law issues before the
people They have done this not meany affecting to re-
nents-that opposition whether wise not was patr1-
otc and let It he distinctly understood Democrat is
existing fact that these amendments no longer issues
before the people, that there should be more North
that passions Of the should be longer used as
party capital to be fed aud famed by hate and ssp
With q restoration OF peace at the South will
come end Of the tendency 10 iurther
State Rights theorists gave undue strength TO the Fedc
raj theory because OF the exercise by the Government IN
not unHanted, and because Of the momentum oil tn
umph this tendency to Capitalization mas stead
construction the Republican party, welding these
new and great powers, Is, naturally enough,
10th to quit their use, and hunts pree1ts ior retain
ing such efficient party auxiliaries Under IT'S Recon
sTuciOn the Southern states sinking into mere
Territorial dependencies state powers always htieio
fore exercised are growing obsolete ana powers oI @
General Government never heretofore claimed aud not
within the grants of the Amendments are being regSg
nzed and established Dy accepted pISceuentsi t lno
people mean by this movement to stop these endences
to Capitalization. stop Legislation outside OF te Cohsu
tuition, or warranted only by loose construction No
strips the people Of the States Of all reserved powers ana
makes the states mere subject provinces OF an imperial
Republic, and so end Federal military supervision OF
elections Federal interference In the police OF the States
and that pebald rule OF mixed Ignorance and wee which
now scOurges the South and dsgraces the nation.
In all measures reconciliation and observation-disclosures
is proposed and VIII not he by the Democracy 10
nulify dstOTt single provision OF the Constitution,
OF Of any OF its Amendments but 10 execute them y
and faithfully without question as 10 the original eApe
dency OF regularity OF their adoption SO lar as those
nrovisons tend TO Capitalization far will the Demo
cratic party N that direction but not one step pe
Constitution as amended It will maintain the rights OF
he states declared by the Fathers for IN theM dNe
The liberties OF the American people
DEMAND FOR A PURER GOVERNMENT
FINALLY the people mean 10 have a purer Govern
ment The vices have been considering those OF
the Reform party and belong TO its plan OF continued
supremacy This vice of corruption is one for which Its
head, Gen Grant is largely responsible. 1t Is not
enough to secure "A pure Government that lts chei
Offices should be free from the guilt OF actual bribery,
they should be free too, from susceptibility to corrupt
influences and from all reasonable suspicion OF
administering their Offices from any other motive than
the general good To obtain purity in the service, the
head Of the Government must exact thht MS sun
Ordnates be guided by sense OF hQnOr "heh Ni iit
and hold them above suspicion. lf his sGDOrdlhates
abuse their trusts by acts Of mafeasance or Dad
he must remove them or the service eahnot DC ke P
II he offend the people must remove MN. NVW IL Is
with sincere regret that candid discussion OI to LUZ luz
porance Of the question before the PeoPe PIE ~ h
70 fhatfr
term President, Gen Grant mas oeen g'y y. VI % so,
indulgence and greed and tavOrltsm OF family hOt only
unparalleled but unappr0ached In the history OF tnv
Presidency, and thus has degraded MS hgu onge anu
corrupted The public service VIII noe apnd pad pajnfu 10
who like myself feels that Oralt icnuuiou t
great service 70 the country az ne obnrecisfe os.
the bad tendency Of his management OF tne Puoio .
service imagine his tens of thousands OF tt
following his example accepting valuable presents aler
their appointment, and then, upon entering ho ooo,
filling subordinate Offices with their relatives as Iar as
the stock Of relatives holds ont ana overriding the Jaws
and rules Of pubic service in giving leaves 9l 70
their sons to travel for pleasure at the PeOPe ~
How long do yO9 think the people would submit 10 is
But this is onjy what Gen. Grant has DONE ana
the Republican party have ncorsed ana de'enueu. m
II such practices are baeful, and are not 10 pe
allowed TO become general among public 0mceLs tney
should be condemned by the people at TINS M
election The President il the fountain OF honOf Ill te
public service and If the fountain become impure tle
whole stream is corrupted, and II the people, oy
ing Gen. Grant and relnsatng the Republican parry III III
power indOre the carpetbag and roDDers
and the practice OF treating public trusts as peisonai
property, tHt service VIII DC
and public officers become everywhere public plunderers
NO INCONSISTENCY IN DEMOCRATS SUPPORTING GREELEY
But we are told that Democrats cannot support uree
ley without abandoning their political princpes' mere
and there some Of own party take TINS VleW'
know two Ohio for certain, and Gen. Comfy thhKs ne
knows The Grant press and orators Unanimously
and enthusiastically indorse this proposition. Such
weight OF authority demands consideration. The chief
complaint is that Greeley and the Cincinnati platform
declare that the amendments TO be 0beyed as part OF
the Constitution. Well, the Democracy declared that
wear ago In Chic and almost every stase OF the Union
IN was then called New Departure, but was In fact no
departure from any principle or profession OF the
party. It was. a recognition % of the the accom- accom-
ments which the party had opposed while pend
ing for discussion and action, but were bound