New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-07-24

Hamilton Ward NC, b WESLEY,
R R w ss5Sstt M c. Committee 1on'' Of New.
Edward Hagbt, fors m,
S SSS sea s0s 1 Co, John n WscS
f. r. james 4 Co, Henry Tndier'
A. D. Williams 4 Co. H. v RselsTne
Maxwell Co, " H. hocte.er,
B,%Sy y s 1s.S. ~ ca e h Ss'SSo
Hslgarten Bro, Mahe, nae,
R RdHsri pI Brandon, O. EsseltyRe
\. ' ?. S.an hs' Thomas Parsons
BcTd EsIs 4 Vincent SiAs r. Smith,
F Ta1Sr B, SaR ha0''S" Republican General Com.
iobn w Brown mttee Of Kings County
Cornelius Bsestyne, Brooklyn, N Y, mo in
Hsat m Winchester Co.. BW IeayenvOrth and 9th
I;isndeppipg Davis Amory residents Of Syracuse
Besides these, many others recommended Mr. Murphys
appointment. -, =. .,.o ,.,
II it were night to dea you many ot3eT c have we
stated snpW nn le and upon me- in this re-
gard The whole pretense, that the friends OF Gov rem
ton were osraesed because they were his friends
is the verest sham that could be palmed off upon the
public and yet the argument Of spos is used without
blush to eXenuate the acts OF those who Tor TWO years.
have been plotting the destruction Of the party.
This clap-trap about improper appointments ia the
same substance that heard in the time or Jackson
and of John Quincy Adams and there is less cause for 1t
relatively now than there was then
PRESIDENTIAL PRETESsIoSs.
It's as untruthful the pretense that the president
is auarreer" that be insisted upon the denomination,
or that he is pretentous The Presidents charged
with pretension" by Mr. Sumner in speech written
and printed beforehand in which Mr. Sumner speaks of
himself and praises himself, 1856 times and haters him
self thoroughly and copiousy, 20 times But Sumner Is
nothing to Greeley Greeley thinks Grant 'pretentous"
too and Greeley the Boston Jubilee in explaining his
own fitness for the Presidency, modesty spoke OF HIM
self 20 times in 10 mnutes-this is twice minute Had
Sumner used the personal at the rate no
printing Office would have had big is enough to set up
But we may not stop here in counting the Presidents
crimes; he has, we are told. " military ring at the
White House, and turns the White House INTO mill
tary barracks" When be moved into the White House
he heard soldiers patrolng in the hall, and when he
dents Johnsons body guard; he told them he wanted
guard, and sent them to their quarters Inc next
day he gave orders removing all troops from Washing
ton, and not military company has ever been there
since.
write for the President without farthng OF expense TO
tue Treasury The President is authorized by law to en-
poy and pay Secretaries. The gentlemen who assist
him on his staff in the war, and are now on the
staff of Gen. Sherman their commissions are their own
the President cannot take them away and now IN time
of peace Gen Sherman does not require their services
One Of them detailed to the public parks ana
the other assist the President which they do from
love of the and without cent OF pay beyond what
they would If they sat at Gen. shermans head
quarters doing nothing This the whole of it exactly
like the OF Col. Bliss and his fathernlaw, Presi-
dent Taylor or the case OF Donaldson ana Jackson, or
officers who assisted him. 1t saves several thousand
dollars year, does the public business, and nobody is
THE LONG BRANCH COTTAGE
The catalogue of the Presidents atrocities would be
incomplete without other thing. During 10 or IL
weeks Of heat and fever and ague at Washington, his
family goes cottage at the seaside, and he goes and
comes from there TO the capital.
1t is eight hours from the White House TO the cottage,
with two mails day and telegraph every instant.
Nothing can occur, however suddenly, demanding his
attention without his being within immediate CALI yet
this is the occasion OF constant huabaloo. Gov. Ho
man leaves his state and resides at Newport r. L. for
the Summer Mr. James Brooks, though member OF Con-
gress China and Japan, not returning even when
TaEr IN Ia q
Rip Raps in Hampton Roads, where intelligence could
reach him from Washington in days, and then only by
special messenger whence he could not return for
DAYS if sent for No telegraph railroad, daily mail, or
even steamboat, piled there then. President Adams,
many days, used TO spend weeks at his home Washing
ton passed much time at Mount Vernon and even that
then than Long Branch Is now.
Rulers in ali countries have felt liberty TO tarry
distance from their official residence during portion of
the year. but no examples, experience, OF coLlhOn
sense stand in the way of the crucfiers of Grant
viz that instance has yet been discovered or pre-
ected or left undone because the President absent
This one fact answers hurricane OF abuse . =,
pary and personal SANDERS dragged into the campaign
and yet nothing has been said Of the blameess SIMPLE
daily life of the President Of his innocence Of
He Quarreled with Lee and every other Rebel while
bellion lasted He settled that quarrel and has
quaIreed SINCE unless be quarrelng not TO obey into
cradle dictaon, and simply 10 let alone men who OPP
II there be any charge against the President which has
escaped me- will speak OF 1t, If any will bring it 10
INV mind If there be let from gossip to his
tory; from scandal TO business.
Let us from the TO the magistrate, and
his official record and stewardship.
THE COUNTRY AT PEACE.
What has the Administration done in three years
First IL has maintained rights with every foreign
Power, and kept the peace with all the world Gov
Seward said last year, after he had g1rdled the
earth with his travels "How remarkable is our success
foreign affairs but two ago Russia was our only
friend in Christendom, and now America has not an
enemy the world" He proceeded TO cay, that this
good result the temperate and just course Of
our Government Mr. Sumner has lately told us that we
are In "muddle with everybody" Can OF you tell
with whom are in a muddef Can any OF you
name sea- continent, or an island where our nag
not respecIed7 Can any of you name commercial
center in which securities not sought Can any
lean citizen SPANS release OF DR.. H0uard whose
American citizenship very doubtful leaves no contro-
versy, contested matter with any power on earth,
With England preceding Administrations failed to
settle several large and dangerous questions This Adj
minisraOn has composed them all in one treaty, APP
pauded the untry and the world OF the best
products OF statesmanship and civilization Recently a
difference arose as 10 de construction OF the Treaty,
and England was unwilling and afraid 70 submit the
question TO the tribunal TO which IL plainly belonged
The British Government took the ground that they had
agreed TO treaty which did not contain what they in
tended; that their meaning was not set down In Ian
guage so plain that they were willing TO trust 1t TO the
arbitration at Geneva and they insisted that should
withdraw part OF our claims. This strange po-
sitiOn and involved Illuminating position IL was say
virtually that their agents bhu not Deen aDe 10 cope
with ours Indeed this said without disguise and
with In Tire British Parliament There lie nothing
here surely to wound American pride.
England with q Parliament 500 years Old renowned |
for centuries In exploits OF diplomacy sent hye OF her
trained bar gain with infant nation scarce out
OF her swaddng clothes, agreement made, writ
ten and signed, and afterward England dscOvered that
did not read she she thought II did, and 30 she
up the sponge and cried out that she had been
Outfought and 0utwlted Ia her own field OF law and
diplomacy. HOblemen and University men were ED |
glands Commissioners they sealed the treaty with sig
net rings bearing ancient coats OF but the gOssps
said that one Of untitled and selfeducated Commits
had nothing 10 seal with except button. This
story again Of the poor boy with the pin
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