Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-09-16

rlty and the fair fame Of their country at
heart gricve. General Grant and all who
support him have becu attacked az no men
have been attacked In all our history. Sena-
tor Cameron has been again aud again de-
uOuuced ~ Il CurruptiUnist, anxious aud am
bilious Ouly To subsrivc the most disreputable
schemes and purposes Senator Morton has
been abused In all the words and terms; to
Mr. Conkling have been applied all the cX-
plectiyes ir tue vocabulary ut yituperatiop;
Senator Carpenter has been assailcd as few
men have brru aFsailcd; in fact every man
who stands by Philadelphia, who supports
the regular nuninatiums ui the Republican
party and abides by it, decisions has been
abuscd without stint and without measure.
Private Us well as public character has been
assailcd In the most unrlushing and whole
sale manner. The denomination party" Is
the favoriIe Appreciation bestowed upon those
| who stand by the candidat0Oi the great party
that saved tue Union that poured out Ia life
blood and its treasure to make rGPubllcansm
upon the American continent something more
than a mere name aud a shadow. Tho Re-
publican Journals that will not follow the
Liberal organs into the ranks OF the oppOsi-
ton; that will not support the little clique Of
disappointed Office. seekers at Cincinnati and
the Democrats who registered their treason
at Baltimore, are denounced as post office
organs and denomination sheets. The mis-
representation and the SANDER that are
poured upon these gentlemen and upon these
| papers day after day IA indeed perfectly up-
palIng,
Whom in defiance they are driven 10 an
auacr punn the mon who critIcIsc and con-
bcmp tbsn We bcur on every side A most
oDdor,s howl ohoui the nnscrunulousness
"a tho tsroci,v of the "Grapt orvans 4"
tUho, 90 In ,rsvcr IN the assopIts of Ranks
ro,l,, ,h., p.nls T.. a .ore and dIsanpolntrd
noI,yIcior Who, dcyradatlon 1, entirely
nuIr,, ~ himself uc arc told that Ranks il A
Da,rio, ,,d ,,.n,Ic,ror and TINT VIZ are
ILL., - sIaDdor m, TrrmLuII VIZ answer
,ha, ,o T.. on amni,inns 5Is,npolntod drmn.
gngne IL IA saId that we are unscrupu-
Ions calumlnators. When we charge
that Farnsworh Is man whom no
man wouId believe we are charged with being
| WlIIlul slanderers, The Liberals throw up
their hands In horror and ayow that we have
/ a reckless and INSCRIPTIONS dCspolism that
will not tolerate an honest difference Of Opn-
lon. And 30 on with all the others who have
Joined tine Liberal Reform movement.
The fact is, the regular Republican party
has been slngularly patient with all these
people. They have attacked us as wa have
never been attacked. Day after day they
have circulated the most Infamous ISLANDERS,
hesltaling ut no ialsrhoOd stopping at no
SANDER. Whatever We have d"ue has been
done purely In scIf-defencc. NoOnc attacked
Mr.. Sumner until he set Ills lance Ia oppOsl-
ton. No one raised his voice against Mr.. Blair,
of Michigan, until he dared to accuse the Ad.
mInlstratIop of charges that were on their very
face false and fraudulent Mr.. Farnsworth
| oscap.d the pupishmrnt To which he was No
| i,stly entitled, until he had the temerlty Ia
attack men Infinitely better and purer than
he. And so on with all the others
", would have wished that the campaign
ware co,ducted On other and different prin.
| cIples. lint In, polltl,ul Warfare that has been
| Inangur,,cd Il mot nf oar own choosIng. II
was inou,,urated by the opposition, and II
We meet them on their own ground they
| csnpot. certainly complain. Il was ouI
| desIre and ambition 10 deal cOurleously and
lkIn,,y with onr opponents but they have
| cmneIled ma 10 6ght them with their own
weanops No man has been attacked Al
Gen, Grant has been attacked. No charge
Is too gross TO bring against him--nO crim'
Ton great To Law To his charge. The sane
tIty Of his family has been invaded. Hi
son and daughter have been attacked
with "A drpth Of mallguily that has
meyer brrn surpassgd. The organs Of the
opposltIon have allowed nothing in all hi
hITory to escape their microscopic exam
InstIon. His hi.bIts. the habits OF all who arr
in any way connected with him, have beer
dragged TO light aud spread before the worlt
with u depth of colurlng and cNaggeratol
that has never been exceeded.
We do not complain Of all this, but tina
which our opponents claim ~ thcir right WI
also claim as our right. We meet attack by
attack, and assault by assault, and we malnthl'
that 1t II our clear and Indisputable right u d
so. Gen, Grantwe btllcycto be one Of the bes
and purest Of all our Prcsidents. We know
that be has done nothing In all his admins
tration for which ho need blushi nothing
which impartial history, knowing all th
facts, will not sanction and commend. W,
know ON the other hand that the men who at
tack him are animated and Influenced solCll
Inv the pettlest of motives, that what 4
called paIronape ia AT the bottom of all tn
troubles and ,IIficultlrs that he has t.
meet and overcome. Summer could no