Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-01
THE cINcINNATI BALTIMORE PLATFORM.

1ilC liS0 10 OlnCIQndIl plat
forln characterlzing it as hbelous upon the Presi-
dnt, and of the men who figured at Cincinnati as
groups of disreputables from the political cutters.
Tleir tariff resolution is a mere jangle shallow
evasion. The amnesty resolution is spent because
| general amnesty bill has already been passed.
while that about centraism, il it meant anything,
| referred to measures OF Congress which Greeley
| had himself approved. Where, then, is the politi-
cal issue the people are to pass upon? 1t cannot
be civil service REFORM unless dishonesty imputed
20 the President. de is for civil service reform.
He recommended it, inaugurated it, The Phila-
aePhia Convention specially declared for it. There
can be no issue of that kind except by pretending
that Grant is hypocrite and that Greeley is not.
| Neither of these things would be easy to prove.
| The condition presents only assaults upon the
Fresluent, and is nothing more or less than chal
| lenge for comparison between the candidates.
The issue is which is personally the ttest for
| the Presidency. The Democracy had surrendered
ITS creed, and now, to wipe out the very memory of
democracy, these vaultmg managers selected as
their hgurehead a protessed ultra Republican, and
| ask honest Democrats to vote for him against
man born and bred Democrat, who never acted
| with the Republican party till after the war had
raised new issues, on which Democrats divided.
The anti-Grant managers are daring, ii they are
not silly They attempt to crowd down the throats
| OF Democrats, who fought the Maine law the
who drowned all other voices in his Out cries for
penal statutes, Sunday laws to stop by force drink
| ing even lager beer Upon what grounds are Dem
| ocTats expected to vote the ticket? There can be
no no reason unless Grant is unworthy OF confidence
or respect, and to be found guilty of the crimes
anu vices alleged against him.
GRANTS RECORD.
| The speaker then referred to the early education
| and life OF Grant, reading from letters written to
| MS parents thirty wears apo Mr. Summer, he
SAID, wltners him by reminding US that he tanned
hldes at Galcna Tor few hundred dollars year
| lie dld not masquerade as a wood-chOpper; he did
not hgure in pictorials as a farmer; ne did not 90
rouiH teiilng what ne knew about anything that he
! didn't understand himself. His career in the re-
| Demon Is known TO the whole world. Subsequent
| ly the Democrats sought to nominate him tor the
iTSSAicHCy, OUT he declined. his integrity taught
him that when party chooses candidate from the
| other side somebody is to be cheated, and by
| Grants consent no one ever was or ever will be
| cheated.
The speaker then cited from the New York World
anu Horace Greeey illusions complimentary to
| Grant, made il 500.
Coming to the question of gift-taking by Grant
| ne adFerteu to the English examples and showed
| That that country had enriched its distinguished
men o9 tcis OF armament and voluntary subscrp-
! uons America, too, had been lavish in this re-
gard. 10 sherman, Sheridan, Faragut, and Grant
, iaTge sums were given. To StantOns family and
| to ttiwllns' We're given more than hundred thou
| sand each. Were these things dishonorable? Was
y wrong ior Grant TO accept such gifts? The
charge ls IN Insult to the nation who witnessed
| ana appialded the proceeding II cannot have
Oeen ulshOnorable or improper for him to accept
gut, Without lts helny dishonorable ana improper
70 eilef IL. blslliafh mas recently received bond-
cd estate as slLt, and made Prince. The
cnaTge tlat GRAFT accepted any git after lie be-
came President after he was nominated il
wholly fa.se. he has accepted nothing OF value
since MS first nonlinatlOn-not even carriage and
A"lses although Lincoln, Buchanan, Pierce av-
!or, ana Other res3dents did accept Carriages ana
norses after their election. But it Is said men who
subscribed gIts were appointed to offce The in
siuaiion IS that hey were appointed because they
nad Subscribed gifts The fact that hundreds yvbo
gave have been appointed to allythino wouid
Vi IT'S seem 10 dsprove the charge tAat oIiic!a
patronage las been used to repay gilts.
GRANTS Property.
Political scavengers pretend the President has
grown rich as President by Illicit gain. They pa |
rate ms property Oy millions. We have fallen on
soTTy times when the CHER Magistrate. with fame
% great AMI p nlast give account OF his private
properly in answer 10 electione-rnv f4isehools
1he President would disdain 10 do il do not as
sune to do it his behalf, but on behalf oi the
party cause he represents venture TO state facts
L ne senator then sud the house in Galena was Mrs
'fra1t $ a Missouri farm, a house in Washington !
winch lie sold 10 General Sherman, cottage al |
Long branch, and house III Philadelphia, rent 81 |
OpJ per ahhuhl, completed the Presidents property
with one exception. Some years ago he purchased
sl0,0OJ ~ nominal valae OF stock in the Seneca /
stone Company, and to this day i has paid Dotb- |
ing, partly because The President has inferfered to
prevent Seneca stone frOn being adopted rs /
Quilting material OF the Government. One OF the |
plans submitted for the State Department required
seneca stone, and because OF his being a stock
hoer the President refused to allow the plan to be
even considered. The other stockholders com
planned OF TINS, saying they punished because
the President owned stock. The President re-
pned, expressing his regret, saying that he would
sen his stock or give it away, but 1oI the impua-
OF his ownership; bat ne deemed it unsuitable even
10 seem 10 deIer to such ca.amny by parting with
his sl0ck.
THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION.
The Convention at Philadelphia turned out TO
nave moi more than thirty office-holders. No Ma
uonal Convention OF party in power ever met be-
lore ID which men holding official station were not
largely present. Perhaps single precinct in the
wnoe country so efectualy gave the lie TO the pre-
tense tnat oh1ce-holders controlled the people as
the Seventh Ward, Boston, in which Sumner lives.
and IN which the Republicans turned out masse
ana voted unanimously tor Grant. Summer, in his
opposition, could not command a vote.
ihe announced wish OF Coltax to withdraw from
puonc lie lett the Convention without unity OF
sentiment as to the second place the ticket.
Ihe choice tell upon the man whom Mr.. Wade has
well described as the Incarnation OF American citi-
zenshlp. Born child of poverty and toll. the Ma
uek coDDler had won a place IN the respect and
good VIII OF his countrymen which made it fit the
second office in the Republic should be held by
henry wilson. Without contrast between his
colleague and himself, the prize might not have
Iailen to him but Tor the inexcusable conduct of
Sumner. The Convention preferred Wilson for his
own great merit, also because his nomination would
recoIu the national judgment against the preten-
SION That the party belongs to any man, is sub
Ject TO the whlm or dictation of any knot of men,
however petted in the past. Wilson has been a
Senator many years. During Gen. Grants whole
military and civil service he has at all times upheld
Republican measures; therefore is answerable, as
ne wishes to be, Tor the acts of the party and the
policy OF the Administration. Objections to either
candidate apply to both and can be argued togeth-
er. The administration is ON trial Charges are /
made against it which must be met.
The speaker then proceeded to show how George
Washington was abused by his political opponents,
aad said: ''Suppose all that has been said about
Grant was true, he had made COED President
SAN DOMINGO.
The Senator then took up the San Domingo |
question, and said that when the treaty was pro-
posed, Grant asked Sumner, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, if he would support /
it. General Babcock and Colonel Forney were
present at this interview and all understood Sum
ner to have said that he would support it; that he
could not think of doing otherwise than support
ing the Administration in the matter; and, further,
that there was no objection to the instrument as
whole. Yet Sumner, having meanwhile taken Of
tense because his views and wishes in other mat
ters were not deferred to, became incensed at the
President and Secretary Fish, and denounced them,
and among other things, the San Domingo treaty,
and raising the issue of veracity with three wit
nesses, denied that he intimated that he would
give the treaty his support.
Among the glaring absurdites heaped upon the
San Domingo matter is the allegation that war was
made upon the Republic of Hayti. The foundation
for this is that vessel or two cruised in that part
of the ocean during the negotiations. Not gun,
pocket-pstol, or percpssion-cap was fired, and the
only warlke demonstration ever heard OF was that
sea-captain sent up sky-rocket from the deck of
his vessel. The purpose of this sky-rocket or
where the stick came down never has been ascer-
tanned.
SUMNER AND THE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMIT |.
TEE.
The Senator then spoke of Summers removal