New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-20
TuR ILLINOIS CANVASS.
CRY raRNsWoRTHs ARRANGEMENT OF TIE
VEN ADMINISTRATION.

SNA rSIrrpAyAGANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT
nnITocslis RECONSTRUCTION SCHEME -
,,opTON AS A WRITER OF MEssAGEs--IhN
pRFsDENr's CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
nortjou of Gen. j. +. FarnswOrths speech
a, a. Charles H. on the 18th INST, has already oeen
on An TIE TRIBUNE but its excellence seems 70 merit
ihe publication of the following extracts
Mr. Chairman, % years ago, having been re nI a.
Democrat, aud gwen my nrst vote 70 1a, G as we'll
is seelue the tendency OF the Old Democl9'1 30
as Of the old Wing party % rottehhess anu prer
that they were being controlled pg te these PARTY
aud that alone. as thought aohu0ivu ask OF any
Affiliations and from that time untA now am sngie
inconsistent political act Of mine lCheersJ WIN ~
way TO interruptions gentleman desires 9 " in the
eonrse marked out for myself then. Have ,n do'
always maintained these pllnelpSSs S ore tho law
freedom OF thought aud speech ireeuoua VI fCheersI
free soil, free labor and rec al, men were mart
ST y EXISTENCE So sS'' and they and T6e en
Ihaye concluded speaking mere 20 single thing that
may saw which shall swerve one hairs orea'.i In me-
those same q tbeTei In what have changedi Why
then, DO you denOunce mel Because w NV '"ifV
Gen Grant.
GRANT ROT TIE SAVIOR OF TIE COUNTRY.
Now who is U. s. Grant, that all men should support
him for second term Of the Presidency young uan'
sent 20 West Point educated by the Goverhmeu' ioi @
profession OF arms he served for short tme III 'no
army. resigned his commission, and retired 10 private
and there we do not hear that he was ever very success
fol He neither built up reputation for statemahSnp
nor bnsiness When the war broke ont he patrloueany
and dufully rendered his services to the GoVernen
was appointed first colonel, then brigauer-genet'
and then a IN the army in rapid successioh
He was successful and am not e ispe time am
one laurel from his brow; Az te sa ttoD said nv his
NOT dIsposed TO concede what is very 0Iten s y nv
sdnI1s tuaI nc niiitSry Heroes There Thomas
there were and SHERIDAN Cneae r tilled in
rici Mansfield and many others VINO were klleu o., III
hatfie-many military heroes who were as suSoosSu
,t,,ortunes as Grant; but behind them all
e
heaf at the daY and the dust ana smoke OF Ddt!e.
iorse md That ia tiol The who did not ride on
bausV an nor Wear epaulets on their shoulders they
saved the nations life. tApplauseJ On IL ~ SUI 49,
graves an over the South have been forgotten Wnie
you heap honor upon honor upon the sneessfnl
yiyine but unwOunded generals Grant was suCoeSs,
aud TO mark appreciation of that sqccess as
OF the Military ConmtSe IN i bn introdnced by MT
WasbnnC and referred 20 that Committee 10 confer on
nln que men one General officer before. Winfield
scott after he had grown old in service, had conferred
cssv nrovded in the act that the title should DIE WIN
him We fastened 10 pluck that wreath ir4 the prov
Gro1t With an increase of pay and emoluments, which
amounted to more than $4,000 per year daat,
while afterwards another bill was intro c
duced BY MT "ashg@ ae b a1I General and to in
crease his pay and emOluments TO over S90Ol year.
The Military Committee OF when MAS nn a. ma SSssed
With 10 or II other members OF the H0use No1e1
had been conferred upon but one before in this
eoutry Alter George Washington had carried the ma
twice elected President of the United States and shown
himself first in peace well as hrst In war; congress,
little time before he died, by specialized conferred upon
him the title OF General When he died, that te s.ept
In his grave until we opened it aud tore ms dsaeSe
badge of honor from his coffin and transferred II 10 the
brow of the General from Galena did not vote ior
that BILL
The PUBLIC EXPENDITURES NOT REDUCED.
Idosire TO call your attention to the public expend
lures OF the Government. 1t IS said by some, and
speeches Of that kind being circulated broadcast all
over the country that the expenditures OF the nation
have reduced that costs less to carry on tho GOV
eminent now IN proportion TO the population IN the
United states than it did 10 IL years ago, and all
that This is not true. Now then let see and take
this from the report of the Secretary Of
the Treasury, too. The expenses OF the last
year Of Buehanan's Administration lSGO6Sll
were hut SG1,5Sl,456 05, and that lncIuoeu
C6757 that was paid pensions and interest on the
pubic dent that then had, which deducted eIt pat
E659G coo o. that the Administration in 1sGO6l, when
we Thought 1t was pretty extravagant Now, the appro
priaous for the first year of Lncon's Administrations
publican House Of Representatives in the Winter of
isG06 appropriated money to carry on the Government
sO5 o. and that included the postal revenues,
which were nearly sCoooeo Ise revenues even OF
body ndtes letter. and paid out gain for car
ryng the mail, and are as much part OF the revenue
ns anything else Now, the expenses OF the Govern
mCn IN 49, leaving out pensions interest on the deOt,
ss2 7O add postal revenues S3OOO0OOO more and add
s. s0O93 IS which the War Department received for ord
and it makes the whole amount Si5 42Oo15 49, The ap
preparations for 1872 for the ordinary expenses
making $l57 763 70 for the last OF this AdmlnstTa
ton There is no arrangement OF figures there IS no
Of sophistry that make these figures lie Again.
the estimates or the Secretary OF the Treasury for the
amount necessary TO carry the Government IN the
year 1873 about much, nearly much, as the
appropriations Of last year. Why the amount expended
during the year 1860 by the War Department but
t6722O3 r. 1871 the amount expended by the War
Department including the $4,000 received Tor ord
stores which spoke OF before S0OOSI 80, near
iseo
THE RECONSTRUCTION OF GEORGIA
During the existence Of the Reconstruction Committee
OF the House Of Representatives member Of that
committee and assisted framing the various bills
that were passed gave my hearty to the
bills that framed and passed for the original
structon Of the Rebel States. When these bills had
passed. States with the provisions
of these bills had elected officers Legislatures, members
ofCOnTess, had adopt constitutions accordance with
the provisions of our bills disposed then, after
these States had been their feet again. grant
them the same rights that we in Illinois or in any other
among the states anything like fraternity and equal
another possesses when it proposed therefore,
reconstruct Of these states, did agree IT,
We will take the case OF the State OF Georgia
Georgia, in pursuance Of the law that we passed,
reconstructed, sent its members 10 the House
OF Representative. who served through a Con
gress their Senators not admitted, being kept out
the ground Of ineigitity something Of that sort;
their Legislature assembled but there nformality
of the Organization of II. and OF the members
voted ont improperly as their own Supreme Court
afterwald decided. They had for Governor there
OF the OF Bullock who, before the Rebellion was
sent down 10 GeOrga by the Adams Express Company,
from the State OF NewYork, agent of theirs. He
there through the war, and being gentleman OF
policy, changed the name OF his express COM
pany during the TO the Southern Express
Company. He was cheekby-Owl with Bfeckn.
rdge, Davis and all the rest of them, carrying their
dispache for them in heartfelt sym
pahy with them during the war. keeping, however his
precious body out OF harms way, by making himself
more useful 70 them than in another capacity After
the he became OF the radical OF the Rad
4aala Nlfa he frat nf