New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-18


IT, II win not he so much convention a conspiracy
The mon who will compose that Convention win differ
only their reSontmonts. IN this attempted
disruption there is no principle involved involved
commercial or otherwise 1t is entirely personal in its
character and is not founded upon an, pretense ,a,
thu Administration has come short In any na'ci"'
thing
oES. GRANTS ADMINISTRATION
New II shat the country wants IL good government
good md faithful administration the country has IT,
lAppsusc 1t Ia old saying TO let well enough aoo
and 10 praise bridge that carries You safely over anu
undertake TO say hero tonight in the face Oh inc III
teigence of ths assembly and OF this whole @
y better one IN SO years (appiause in oil material re-
spe6s do not say lt free from @ ~, soma
that Gen Grant and his secretaries have hot nue se
errors To err ia the lot of all We are all fal6le That
man who claims that he is perfect Will Wy @
consent be act down fool Dut i 40 mean
To- s1y tiat in the great material respect OF the Govern
ment OF this country 1t Is as ws IL oyer was what is
your condition nowmeon names n o, commer,
cal center where the money power controls ana the
pnsaton that takes place hero is felt to the
Sf the nation. call upon You tonight as witnesses,
without regard 70 your past affiliations TO stanu up anu
bear testimony that this Goyornment is as wen htnr.
that business stood on better ionndauon tan
was q time when there much general confidence
prevailing regard TO the future. financially ana COM
The sppreRensions OF panic and convulsion that pre-;
vailed times past when men predicted IMAM ma Ia
,Hs wiso made preparation for it and the fool;
h ana improvidSnt those Became convus fo' and
p,nics have passed away We have now better IMAM
when yoI felt 80 much confluence in the currency as
YOU fe'l nowf There never was time when you couia
ycsT two Years. or fvo years in advance. so that
you might place your commercial adveninres OF one
ppn that calculations and where TINS is the case
Sand Won al know IT, aud every honest Democrat here TO-
,ight would DO bound TO admit II upon ms o@.1 IA m
iwero sworn, / ask why do you want changei
You cannot expect to improve upon r 1oa tnn old
might doing lt appeal Simply ~ SVN,
selflnerest. your seishness alone lea'lhs ,, an
ip,,nnn" ,md continue that Administration that has
accomplished such great things for the nation zap
e'' WHAT HAS pEES ACcoMrLIsHED.
Uni,r tins Administration, taxes have been reduced
seatIY SsOOOOoO. and we have passed Dill through
fbe senate reducing them s55,OoO0Oo more. The
;nn has failed in the House. but we shall
hardly ,ijourn without repeating at least OOOOCOO OF
the taAes existing And yet during this ADMINS,
trsOn s7 900 900 OF the pubic debt have been pa9 ana
March 1859. was sl2eooOooo Is now less , 5nan
years. sud that is solid result worth at at
Yeast from twenty 70 fifty millions OF Democratic
tSeT rs You have been referred to the of
the uau policy. peculiarly that OF the President OF ne
Sndns-s and integrity in dealing with the Indians He
has taken William Penn for his exempiar ana a now i
country more nearly at peace with the indian tl2es
Shan other period since the fonn1auon Oh InS
Jn ~ long he shall continue in once ana
have faIth yet In the redemption OF portion OF me
oweg pace and Kindness in the power of CHRISTIAN
y beeve thai greater results may be accompeneG oy
GRANT representnc the different religious denom-
motions gong with open hands and honest hearts IN
Tho way ~ pacltcatOn than has been accomplished ny
all Tho ,nios that have even beer sent against them'
GEN. GRANTS FOREIGN POLICY.
and there IA our foreign policy. You have heard
OF tho Treaty Of Washington: that great tri
rmph OF American diplomacy, which was alike
bonOrshle TO both nations, which settled diihcuty
which threatened the peace of this country and restored
sether Ivy 80 many ties OF blood language literature,
bnd tradition. 1t is generally neleVed tnat ~
Sn GOOD faith and l have doubt that onr Gov
srninen will stand 10y that treaty come what may We
made Z, embro our Government with that Of Germany
and to disturb the anlca6le relations existing between
iied by blood and by sympathy ana irenaly lefnhgs
during tue great struggle with rebellion; how she pur
chased bonds and extended to us her confidence ana
ansers lid aud how grateful were to her for it, and
rye know too. how during the late struggle
a,etwecn her and France. the Republican
1srty nvountarily and for reason that we can all nm
nttompt onbro has failed There was no founda-
excuse what is called the French Arms Scandal
a sandal and has been TsnqnSa upon
from al blame. Intentional or accidental,
we're never more cordial than they to-day lapPause
and IT not power of busybodies to disturb those
relations the purpose OF making political capital Inc
trench Arms scandal may therefore be buried among
She n.uorss graves OF shameless ana forgotten cau-
Inca
CHARGES OF CORRUPTION
Now there 4re charges made of corruption rs If this
was the mos. corrupt Administration known in the his
tory OF our Government l believe, and say it here
ppon my responsibility man and a Senator, be-
1eve There has never beeD all things considered, more
f,.thluI aud honest Administration. Applause
There IA no man. whatever may have been his stand
snr m tls party or in society, the church, in the
tiste who when discovered being guilty OF mafeas
guilty punished Why, MajorGen Hodge, q defaulting
1aynister aud If there is anything in politics, man
sf oi 10 large amount and he was tried and
found his to the Penentiary within three months
nd that these Tammany frauds were discOv-
cred. aud Tamnany thief mas been thrown
bnto PRISON yet, and l repeat predcnoh l
fIsve before made. that none OF these Tammany
bcye, Will ever he convicted. They have stolen from
s51npo to $4,000 OOO-anywhere along there great
Them out u their Offices and swarm has come i'll,
aud ,Iy,.o you to watch them lLaughier.l
SOMETHING ABOUT INVESTIGATIONS.
Xou have heard great deal about investigations. At
clio Beginning this session Of this Congress there was
O proposition made to appoint smelling commit
tae III tho senate. with induisorlal pow
crs 30 sit from that time TIL after the
e5con the intention was to SCI II 10 watch the
.cnmmitieo on q thief. The resolution was 50
drawn 70 make the appointment depend odr
OF each house knowing that the etiquette prevailing in
the two Houses under which that paper would nave 70
hsve 10 TO present VINO was himself candidate
cnod ,e to watch another and we did MT choose APP
Don't committee IN that way. l tnpK no senslDie
part would have done that; did choose to in
Sessao every char that took thing like definite
sbdpo - -
Reform now seems TO be the order OF the day, rather
would say 1t the camor OF the day. once saw
phanthropist described man loved of mankind and
Delectg his own family. and the professional reformer
1Diy bo defined AZ man who continually blows his
Now I .n for reform. I claim 70 be q Reformer
Throughout my political career; have not been c0ntnu-