New-York tribune., 1872-08-05
LOCAL POLITICS.
,FFD FOR THE FALL HARVEST.
J. J. STEWARDS ADVICE TO ORANGE
COUNTY FARMERs-GEN. GRANT ONCE AN

mu-' aduressed a mass meeting IN mVni"0 '"i"s0'
Orange County Friday evening" under the auspices
OF the Greeley and Brown Association In tho course
OF his remarks Mr.. Stewart said
History teaches every thing, the future he is
apoor observer Of events who fails to mark the parallels
OF social revolution, and worse chronicer who thinks
to stop the course of them by affecting TO ignore the
signs OF the times There are two Senator'S Of the United
states who study history that they may learn their duty
to their country. need name them students in
puDhe me are so rare nowaay, that everybody knows
VINO mean When We expected TO be astonished If
the President can msappy poetic quotation and the
senator from NewYork indorss his false hstory-why
kosciusko had better die again and let Freedom
have another shrek American soil But OF the
who do know history. Carl Sch1rz IL exercising his mag
ncent oratorical powers TO psnt national dan
ger and move US OF the u,on which so many con-
federated republics have fpiit; and Mr Sumner
has recently written q very important letter.
These are among the signs Of the times, which the
Presidents Times affects TO 1eprecate when 10 cannot
wholly ignore them. Every other newspaper IN the
country printed Br. Summers letter in full on the first
page the morning after it vas received The Times
day afterward consgns t. the printers purgatOry
small type the last column OF the second page and
then only gives portion of it. Now what desire to
is that The Times cannot ignore Mr.. letter
nor pOohpoOh IL out Of existence 1t great fact No
one Is so ignorant not " know that Mr.. is
power In this land, and few they who reckless
enough 10 deny IT, He stands before the country and
the world to-day the embodiment Of the prn-
clples Of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity'-by turns
champion and a vciinl whose temples have bled be-
meath the assault OF slawhOlders bludgeOn and been
crowned with the laurel wreath Of glory. No public
life has been 80 long and consistently devoted to well
defined purpose Mr. Summers and that purpose
through good report and evil report, through storm
and sulshine-has ever been the unmanacng
Of the slave and the elevation OF an
oppressed to the dignity OF freemen aud citizens.
Mr. Sumner stands vniicatta by resultsnot merely in
the victory Of his principles. Dut in the general acquies
cence accorded them. or all material powers. in
this country a hund-edth part formidable
Slavery What he SAYS, therefore, to the he has
helped to free and elevate be passed lightly
And whyi II his career has not furnished reasons
enough, there another gve-because his mind is
constantly exercised for tie benefit OF the coOred
people, and the delay in hsutterance upon the Cncin
matt ticket has only been ocsoned by his solcude for
them. He waited for the evidences of their safety in
the movement He wanted the " irreversiOe guar
antees OF their safety gyn and then he spoke In
interview had with him sme ten days ago, Mr.. sum-
expressed this soictlIe TO me the occasion OF
his delay and know from his utterances then that his
hand is not raised do them injury. but to save
them from destruction. II IN their ignorance 0f the
philosophical sequence o their present attitude, the
colored people shall be nassed for Gen. Grant and
tlefeDY tueT LoWdEu
the Government. It is reason why he who knows
their danger should aid them in destroying themselves
and He declares for Greeley and Brown and gives
most excellent reasons iOrit.
II will be better for the OlOred people or the country
II they follow his example. All that legislation can do
for them has been done, and the Executive arm has
strengthened In their interest 70 entanger the
other branches Of the Government and the liberties OF
tie people, white well black have faith in
legislative "cure all" / believe a social status
that has to be fixed by legislation and upheld bv
Executive power II an artificial one ana must IAN when
.. 10 ran trh tgl n
the cOiOred divide, the better II Will he Tor them
and all OF Their interests identical with those OF
the communities whFn they 1ve and DO not lie out
side. either with Administration in Washington or
elsewhere II their Safe and neighborhood are pros
porous, they share in that prosperity II the reverse
fnev are poor II they imper the liberties OF their
neghDors their own are likewise imperiled. They
and that they permit themselves 70 be arrayed ON any
one they run the risk or being OutyOted
and suffering at least the disadvantages Oh minority
Two hereses nave constantly threatened our Federal
Penubc Reformation. 1t has been made to
cae IA were betwes the Scya OF Secession ana the
Charybds OF Capitalization. am and have always been
lc pure and simple organized by our forefathers
ana neither wish 10 II separated into fragments nor
revolutonlzed in form Having protested the Union
arnst assaults made upon IL in the OF the States.
we must protect It against revolutionary assump-
ton Of powers delegated 20 IL in the Constitution.
A ye put down secesOnsts who would have destroyed
our country by dividing Il into fragments SO must we
nut down aDs0utiss who would convert II into an EN-
douDt the cOnsiitutionality OF the enact
which allows tutm lntrt i am VuiAo Sulb hhht
there are features OF the Ku-Klux law that would
not stand the test or Judicial decision IN an I'M
partial tribunal This arrest OF men at midnight, ana
dragging them % prisons anu ryln IN =, no'
In their yicnage aud not by jury OF their own peers
hut hundreds OF miles away before jurors who do not
now them and where their witnesses cannot be heard.
is contrary all the principles OF the common law am
the declaration OF rights every state constitution. lt
Is worse than star Chamber practce ahu Unless re-
paaed will be or great danger TO al OF US YET Ihere Is
an sR come home 10 roost-and these bah laws
will vet plague the inventors. fear despotism and
beIeye that this Government OF the United states IS
ever centralized, 1t will be the worst despotsm ever
seen earth. -. . .,a -.
nally granted with much msgylng after long diseusslo
now universally conceded 10 have been an error or
Judgment on the part OF the trainers OF the Constitution
Nothing Is essential TO tue preservation ol Iepuo
can government a periodical rotation NOthih2 so
strongly lmpels man 10 i, Iesatu '9 9 rntnrninS -
his constituents AZ the certainty Oh returnlng 10
the general OF the people whence ne was TAKEN.
IN A. striking observe what great reliance the trainers
the Constitution placed upon tne power VI ts i
eut 10 keep executive servants IN the strct ne
OF duty Madison going far as 70 say that II the Pres
dent he connected IN hnY suspicious mnue. Win ~ & ag
uer-on and there be grounds 10 believe that ne VIII
shelter himself. the House OF Representatives can I'M
peach hm that they cOuId nun wen 7HspS aSp
"a and remove him when found guilty Even Mirun
VIn Buren held late as 1884, the doctrine that the
President allows himself to be governed DY unworthy
motives, he Is liable 70 impeachment ana expulsion
from Office" The doctrine that ne must oe
guilty OF some technical misdemean0r or lhdlctaDls
feuse to render him liable 10 Impeachment Is mod
ern Invention lawyers, whlch would not nave
6a Tolerated In the age Of statesmanship which lm
mediaely preceded and followed the adoption OF the
CODsfttutlOu. ludslnuchs fons VI
ffbers regarding the Electoral Colleges, the corrective
influence Of impeachment the patronage Oh bhe bOVerh
ant ana the mode electing Presidents, nave been
FAR from realized and the defects of the Constitution
either p0trd out or suspected a the time, nave proved
e real N is as much duty 10 avail
rseIves of past experience TO cure these defects
-. AZ ,yas their duty 90 make the pest system
ssbev could I'm the light OF their own experience
rbese views are not new 10 They are not only my
views but the OF Gen. Grant and the republican
rty George Wilkes stated IN his newspaper that
Esn Grant told INN that the adoption OF the Oneterni
nrncpe was necessary to the maintenance OF tne re-
P,e us,d 10 meet Mr.. Wilkes IN Washington at that
P P, and the fact was one OF common nOtOrety. Gen.
Grant expressed himself to newspaper man VITA tne
Wen a man cannot speak for himself somebody has 20
49, s,r him. Cen Grant told me In the spring oi 1903
pe p M % was I'M favor OF limiting the President to one
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