New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-01

held IN position by satellites now TINS rt
dictated the Presidential will stalking INTO .no d
ate Chamber ITSELF while ht sow the President
himself. unconscious that President has right to
%G ,Se SgSSsp pss With
quarres than all other Presidents togetneI anu an VIC
sun b sna S IN Su S insult those he Insults
then not departing from his spirit cry out with shake
and finally, how the chosen head Of the Republic Is
known chiefly for Presidential pretensons utterly nde
feasible character derogatory TO the country ana OF
evil influence, making personal objects primary pnr,,
suit that instead q beneeent ne Is Ssa
and the people learn to do wrong. go. -. -.
through Oicious friends the President insists upon
second term they be considered and publicly ds
1t is easy to see that Cesarism in Europe Is at
discounts that personal government mas been oea'. az
his heels is not the At model for Republic KING
George III. of England SO peculiar for under
the name of "Ihe Kings Friends" Nothing can oe
allowed here st the inquiry MaSe Have Ms we
party in the Senate of the Kings Friendsf
PERSONAL GOVERNMENT UNREPUBIIcAs
Personal government is autNcratc Is the one-nan
power elevated above all else, ard Is therefore, III o'
conflict with republican government, whose consummate
form is tripartite-Executve, Legislative, ana Judl-
cisl-each independent and coequal From Mr. Mad
isop in The Federals we learn that the accumulation
Of these powers ain the same hands may Justly pc
any attempt by either TO exercise powers OF another
lis yrannica invasion always reprehensiole IN propor
words mat at is ny balancing each of these powers
against the other two that the efforts in human nature
toward tyranny alone be checked ana restrineu
and apy degree freedom preserved IN the Consttu
ton" John Adams's Works Vol w. p, 1861 .,oo-
ton Of this great idea Is "by gying each division s
obe 70 wcr each is armed against by
Others Accordingly, the Constitution OF VIRGINIA li
1776. conspicuous as an historical precedent aeceu
legislative e1sy and judiciary Departments ss. h. be 'sS
TIE other shall person execute the powers more N ~
The CONSTITUTION of Massachusetts,, dating from 1850,
embodied the same principle in memorable words ana
iucsi powers or either Of them shall exercise the
never exercise the legislative either Of them to
the end that it may re d of mem the object of
republican government nay more IL Is tine
essence without which II becomes gla"ngd sneciay
when 1t seeks to sway the action OF any other bea or
overrn its constitutional negative is hostile to the first
Drncnles of republican institutions, and unqueston
able outrage. That President has OHehdeo III Ils
| way is, unhappily, too apparent
THE PRESIDENT AS A CIVILIAN.
To comprehend the personal government that has been
installed over US we must know its author His picture
is the necessary fronspecei not as soldier leu NC
borne in mind but civilian. The President is utuar
head of the Army Navy Of the United States Dut
his Office not military or naval As II 70 eXeuae e ali
officers" Therefore, as civilian ne Is 10 De seen Inen
perhaps may learn the secret OF the poley SO adverse
To apprecate his peculiar character civilian 1t is
important know his riumphs as soldier, Tor the one
is fhe natural complement of the other The successful
soldier rarely changed TO the successful CIVILIAN I1re
seems an ncOmpatibity between the two, modified by
the extent TO which one been allowed 10 exclude the
other One always soldier cannot late IN life become
statesman always civilian cannot late in life be,
come soldier. Education and experience are needed
each. Washington and Jackson were civilians as well
as soldiers .
In the large training and experience of antiquity the
soldier and civilian were often united but IN modern
uence it exercises il is in itself an education put IL Is
not the education OF the statesman 10 suppress tudt
can change without preparation from we sOe ~
statesman is to assume that training ana are
Of less consequence Tor the one uh an f himself M
soldier only by four years at West Point caeiu see
tinted field And is nothing required the statesman
is his duty sghti His study Is the nation anu us
for authority and TO the Hottest truth for rules OF con
duct No knowledge, care OF virtue P,d in ~
trust until he knows the of the storm, the secrets
Of naygaton the TSGks Ui tTS chart and scundng
by coasng the land ana Ta 6a S ane Mot 6o TO-
The failure of the soldier statesman is ex-
History OF civilization" Writing az philosopher de
voted to liberal ideas he does not disguise that IN an
tauy "the eminent soldiers were likewise the most
eminent politicians" put ne plainly shows the reason
of camps these eminent men cultivated thelr minds 10
the highest point that the knowledge OF that age would
allow" Vol chap. A. The secret was culture not con-
fined 70 war In modern Europe few soldiers haye Pfen
more conspicuous than GusaVIs a10inhis and FreGef
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author that both failed ANONYMOUSLY in their domes
| tic policy, and showed themselves as shortsghted
the arts of peace they were sgacio IN the arts OF
war" Q6td] The judgment Of Marlborough l. Ts0Te
pointed, WA5 p6rtiaying him as "the greatest con-
| of Benheim and Families" the same philosophical
writer describes him man not only of the most idle
and frivolous pursuits but SO iseraby Ignorant that
his deficiencies made him the tdicule Qf his cotempora
ries while his politics were compounded OF selhshness
| and treacheTy. Nor was Wellington an exception.
Though shining IN he field without rival, and remark
able for integrity OF purpose uninehng honesty and
high moral Ieehng, the cOnquerot OF MaIerioo Is ue-
seIlDed as nevertheless utterly uneqnai TO Ie cOhpn
Gated exigenGes OF political life" u6tdl such arc the
| examples OF history, each with its warning.
would be hard to ma any IN the naive endoW-
ments or in the training OF our cheltan TO make nm
iustrOus exceptions at least nothing OF tins KIND IS
| with Marlborough Wellington, Gustavus AdOphus or
life better preparation than thelrsl Aud yet they
failed except in 1t is not known that cheftain
dent does any partisan attribute TO him that double
culture which in antiquity made the same man soldier
note of public affairs, never voting but once IN MS lie,
and then for James Buchanan. After leaving West
Point he became Captain in the army, but soon aban
n General There is no reason to believe that he en-
ployed this intermediate period in any way calculated
to improve him statesman one OF ms Undertaking
supporters my colleague, Nlr. WILSON,, in speech in
| tended to commend him for reelection, says:
before G 1f H.s war Ts we IN tsnS ME- IN Ge8s " was Gaining "
BY the war he passed 10 be President and such
his preparation to govern the great Republic making IL
an example to mankind Thus he learned to deal with
all questions domestic and foreign whether OF peace or
| war to declare constitutional law and international law
and to administer the vast appointing power, creating
Cabinet officers, Judges foreign ministers, aud AN un-
counted army Of OficehOlders
To these things be added that when this soldier
first began as civilian he already 4G years old AT
This mature age close upon half century, when habits
| are irrevocaby fixed, when the mind has hardened
against what is new when the character has taken its
permanent FORM the whole man Is rooted IN his own
interchangeable individuality soldier entered abruptly
uDon the untred life OF civilian in ITS most exalted
sphere DO surprised that like other soldiers he
failed the wonder would be had he succeeded Harvey
was accustomed 10 say that nobody 40 accepted
his discovery of circulation OF the blood but he Is
xulo has