New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-31
T1CE-PREsIDENT COLEAX ON THE STUMP.

HE RFHEARsEs THE GLoRIEs OF TIE REPUBi-
CAN PARTY IN TIE PAST, CONFEssEs THAT
GRANT HAS MADE BLUNDERS, AND PROTESTS
AGAINST ANY CHANGE IN THE NATIONAL
ADMINISTRATION.
GRAND RAPIDS, Oct 30-At q large Grant
meeting here to-day, vicePresdent Coliax delivered an
address nearly two hours in duration. Although the
day was rainy the Rink which accommodates 5000 per
sons was unable to hold all who desired to gain ads'
sion Mr. COfax said he was glad Of the opportunity TO
sneak 70 the assembled thousands Of Western Michigan
IN yndicaton of the noble and patriotic party whose
record was GloriouslY written on the most brilliant
pages Of our nations history Cneumssf'pnGHa wItn
winch all are familiar had prevented MS more
active participation in this canvass. BE had felt
restrained also by that Old-fashioned public opin-
ion which forbade Presidents and NeePresldents
from matchmaking actively in the examinations ana re-
examinations the asperdes and personalities OF Presi
Dental canvasses There was however no Official i'm
frOprety in reminding ones felOwcltzchs OF history
nor could any official restraints prevenS mn dio cav
ing publicly ana privately ahke tnaV nc eIeIeu o ny
under the flag and Kept step ,,, oiny s 40 u ~
Ht st and iovaitv with whose history ana
triumpbs he had been intimately associated
In no other land since the footsteps OF time nave Deen
rornte6 has gny political organization done so much III
single decade for Liberty, for Justice for Humanity,
bicsn Marty of this nation IL calls upon no one 70
FORGET its past but IL turns It's thougns not ls ack
towards that past, IN "H W tben DESTROY such party
with such a magnificent recOTdf us DslOiy ms Dee
history of the iumphs OF great REFORMS year ,S gaf
has The viii and the ability 70 CORE lIOh te 10 une,
a existing abuses and to enact al needed reforms Ihe
very men who demand that il should give place 10
another organization TO be controlled and domnatea Dy
soct e',ch connsel I'm every other sphere OF life.
But when you ask why the Republican party should
he driven from power the answer Is that change Is
needed And the saddes thngin the canvass tnat some
who have been with in all the contests OF lhe pasts
sharing with us the oppropiHn anu ~ T @ ri,rySs
opponents heaped upon US Dnt elalE IA oul ~ i,i
also, have joined hands WIN Intn ou @ o 80
ont but no one has power to read out the hum
best member Of our OTgalzauOn ~ lu,y tuI. tneaf
for one should gladly read them back again Dlo tno
ranks and as many more who would lluoIse our pat
form support sandardbearets ana prove, as ihe
can only prove by their ballots that they are earnest
and sincere Republicans
GRANT HAS MADE PLUMBERS.
When you ask for specifications some Will answer
ave don't ike Grant," and when you inquire why'
thew repy that he has committed this that or the other
mistake Well admit that he has. There never was a
President nor a Senator LOT RepIesentalIe Wno' n
he told you the truth would n9e Soey have
and canvass after used 10 tell the CONSTITUENTS
Who for lifetime have been such faithful supporters
and friends, that public man, with his mutudn-
Gus responsibilities aud constant cares must sslly
commit mistakes You know that President can only
see the 100000 OF people Of the Republic through the
eyes OF Others and must often make mistakes III select
KNOWS his constituents quite wen and yet quite often
commits mistakes in his selecilons Iresldent, rs
burdened with many cares. All our intercourse with
foreign nations is through him. He has TO eX-
anime the thousands of sections In the hundreds OF laws
presented TO him. first for ms signature ana nhay 70 De
carried out and administered by him. He has 20 super
wise and be responsible for all the Executive Depart
ments and give audience 10 scores of foreign minis
ter to hundreds of Congressman and 10 tens OF thou
sands OF the rest Of mankind. IL Is Impossible that ne
should not make mistakes But let me try this audience
by less severe test Here farmers and mechanics,
bankers and merchants lawyers and a6oFers You have
none OF these grave and eDgrOssng cares that Pres
dent has. Did you never make mistake IN your nome
life herei Have you not done things one year tnat tne
next year you were convinced might bc better GVn9
some other way. Who here has never cominlJeu
mistake let him hold up his right hand Is there not
one Then let him that Is without faut cast the hrst
What Won Republicans have done for this country has
not only lie peerless the nations OF the eaIh
but Is to-day drawing millions toward lts snoles' nee
them come. There is room and 10 spare II they come
here 30 thoroughly Amercanized and cast IN their
LOT with u.s. Our vast and ilimitable mineral neids
gold and silver from the hills in which the Creator placed
IL in the morning OF creation; they prefer agfcu
ture the Republican Homestead bill offers them Tree
farms on the millions Of the public domain OF,
IN they prefer the workshops the factory they sun
find there, under Republican policy, daily wages tlat
OF life than days toll VIII procure tbem eIse"heie
throughout the world.
Mr. Cofgx ia Ae course OF mis- remarks, alluded % The
many newspaper paragraphs ID cIcula9h telatiVe 20
bimsef and statcd that ne was not candidate Tor any
postlOn editorial or senatorial, state CT NATIONAL but
that after nearly twenty years % acuVe pntcpa ION ~
the stOIncst era or our country bi3.Oig, 94'. o -
peal OF the Missouri Compromise, lac ihitAdt0 10 ENJOY
again tie luxury OF uNluE al nome as private t4lc
In the days of his yOh. the speaker cohtihucl az
some lsugtD, IudOrsing no successor on we e reu
ator Wilson, aui dcleudlDg ana Nhdl, atlhs rs l
Legislation He closed Win au appeal 10 lana % ,no
OLD Icfuliicau hlg whose political fieiuilts hda 1olt
PEELED 40 parties tie labf 20 a. lci4b profess az. ~
ancc 10 tLo doctrine We mad fought INTO uid|FI llat
10 matter DOW DOOR, humble ur lreldt5- OF pelebse
lCsS one might ae, Ilal d ~ man fo1 a. lltI."
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