Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-06-03
Daily GAZETTE.
suMNgR ON GRANT.

svMNGR ON GRANT.
:. NAV be said that there is not much that is |
~ in Senator Charles Summers speech on |
.,.. unatness for the Presidential Office. But
I. manner in which no has grouped all the i'm
L.,,sctious OF tho "man behind the cigar" gives
!. ,r.sch q freshness and force that makes it in-
(r..tius to every reader perusing it. He reviewed
hs qualifications Of the man through the light
s.r,d by his early education. life and habits. H.
:. that "ouce country was the object. and not
~. once principle was inscribed ON the victori
n, banner, and not . name only" And then he
.dv traces the position of the once proud Re-
Irhllcan party. now saddled and bridled aud
ddsn by man without any political or social
,,ecedepts, and who never voted but once in his
N. and then for James Buchanan One para
rsph will be entirely new to our readers, The
.nator relates an interview with the late Edwin
s anton. and says;
A. 1 entered his bedroom, where found him
.oinipq on sofa propped by pillows. he reached
n hie hand. already clammy cold. and in reply
: nv inquiry. show are your" he answered.
waiting for my furou9h;" then at once with
InRular soleinnty he sail. IL have something to
r 70 YOU" When l was seated hs proceedee
kithout one word of introduction: "I knos
benera Grant better than any other man in the
ountry can know him. 1t was my duty to study
klm, and did 90 night and day, when saw him
md when did not see him, and now tell you
Shst know-he can't govern this country
Fhs intensity Of his manner and the pos,tiveness
4 his judgment surprised me. for though wa-
ware tnat the late Secretary OF War did nov
klaco the President very high in general capacity,
was not prepared for . judgment SO strongly
ouched. At last after some delay. occupied in
psditating his remarkable statement. observed.
What you say is very broad" "It Is as true as
IS broad" he replied promptly added. "You
kre tardy. Why did you wait till this late day!
Why did you not say 1t before his nomination."
BE answered that he was not consulted about the
Nomination, and had no opportunity OF expressing
lis opinion upon it, besides being much occupied
1 the time with his auties rs Secretary OF War
nd his contest with the President followed ny
aylng "But you took part in the Presidential
lsctiUn and made succession OF speeches for HIM
b OHIO and Pennsylvania" II spoke" said he
pbut never introduced the name OF Cen Grant
SPOKE for the Republican party and the Repub-
lean cause" This was the last time l saw Mr.
Stanton. few days later followed him to tn.
Iravs where he now rests.
The main portion of the speech is devoted to
Rrsnts nepotism; his blunders; selecting his Cab
net; his reception OF lfts, and his payment in po-
hcsl o6ices; his military household his arroyan
retsnsions Of supremacy: his quarrels with his
POLITICAL coadjutors, and his evident attempts at
cesarism. A strong hit at the Grant henchmen
Congress. such - Conkhng and Morton. will be
pupd in the following:
How his psrsonsl followers back him in quar-
ea insult those hs insults, ana then. not depart
ng from hs spirit, cry out with Sha akspeare "W g
Bill have and thinya nd 4
|nally how the chosen head Of the Republic IL
nown chiefly for Presidential preten-ions, utterly
pdefensibe in character. derogaSory to the coun-
~ and OF evil influences. making personal objects
primary pursuit. SO that instead of a beneficent
Prssencs, he is u bad example. 1t is easy to see
bat Casarism even IN Europe is at a discount:
hat per>onsl government has been beaten in that
|ncisnt field, aud that Cesar, with Senate at
y heels, 10 not the ht model for our Republic
King George Third. Of England, 20 peculiar for
ostlnacy aud narroNness, had rstainers in Pari
ment who went under ths naAs Of the King .
friends.
We cannot follow this scath,ns review further,
md give but his dosins paragraph, which is
|as OF the most forcible ws ever read:
protest against him a. radically unfit for the
resdent!al once, being essentially military II,
nature without experience in civil life, without
ptitude for civil duties, aud without know ledge
AePuoAoau iustltutlOuS, all OF Wn1Ch Is perfect
apparent, unless We are ready to assume tha
hs matters and things Get forth to-day are OF no
ccount, and then declare in further support OF
ne candidate boldly, that nepotism in President
notning; that gifi-taking with repayment in
p@cai patronage ID nothing; that violations OF
ne Constitution and law, international and mum.
pA' Is nothing that ipiignity 10 the African
we IS nolhing. that quarrel with political as.
oelates 10 nothing and that all his Presidential
Iletsasons, In their motley aggregation, being Il
~ Ceiarism of personal government are moth
ns But If these are all nothing, then 10 the
puSncan '.1 party nothing nor is there any safe.
s4o ior republican institutions. In every di-
Sslon m 10 muddle. 1uddls with Span. muddls
s1 Cuba, muddls with the Black Republic
.aaa.e with Russia. muddls with England
uo1ls with distant Corea muddle with Venezuels
~ ~ sdes one dlversified muddle. daughter
'u's conaitlon are We reduced. Are these tn,
S'es ior Presidential candidate Blu
u ue.e are theyP Are they found on tho Iudial
.Suus1t Let the cry OF massacre and bloc,
s,aat Vu tnst distant region answer. Arc they IN
ssol@ ot the civil servlcs2 But here the initial
sa' the limitation of the President to on,
~ . tnat no may 70 placed above temptation
Nv 'n's no opPoses Evidently ha il no true re
;.a y dismiss the apologies made for hin
~. .ue conclusion that in the matters to which
o.. .sslts e attention. his Presidency is an enor
4S Philadelphia B.iietin annou noes that Tn
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