New-York tribune., 1872-06-04

wh, trick No II means that the people sternlJ
determined 10 commit the Government to new and purs
hands and 10 make that II is administered differ.
ent principles than at present. t Is proclamation Of
the people that they have further need Of President
at time appoints. N positions OF responsibility
and trust men whose chsraeters excite IN the minds Of
much So that Massachusetts, most distinguished soldier.
and Gen. Grants most yOoiferOus adhrrent-the Hon.
BonIamin s. Butler-but few weeks ago proclaimed in
the very halls OF Congress- that President Grant was
not IN favor OF Civil Service reform. II announce
ment the peoples settled purpose 10 unseat an Admin
istration In which the very heads Qf Executive
laws which they have sworn execute, and In which
the Chief Magistrate himself consPieqousy-as In the
santo Domingo outrage-and constantly In the employ
ment his military secretaries violates the law wth inc
recklcssness aud nonchalance as have his secre
taries In tho welknOwn matter OF the Syndcatc-tbe
Chorpenning and secor swndlcs- the sale OF armt
and munitions Of war 20 France. Gentleman, wish 10
say one WORT in relation the military secretaries or
Mr.. sumner has justly denoinnated item, the Mhtay
Ring which surrounds the President In time Of war
with unparalleled labor deyoying ON the Chief Exeen
tive, Mr LincOnfOr the first Time IN the history O
E bob hnxeyer Ws Of inferior rank and also
tihe over $1,000 beside FOR clerks and ineSsehgIs
secretaries surely in time Of peace We had aright
expect that Cen Grant would DO with one. One Gen
tleIDen, Gen. Grant entered the White House with nc
less than 6ge-nOne Of them officers Of inferior rank
but BrgaderGeneras each and every one OF them, ano
host of citizen clerks beside Five BI1gadeT Genefts
i've 70 dance altendance on
this champion ofretrenchmeDt economy and reform-hv
BrgadierGenerals at salary OF 1900 eaci ana one "
of Legation at London besides-Irig Gen BabcocE
Brig-3en. Porter, Brig-Gen Dent Brg.-Gen. Badcau,
Buildings, whose duty was also TO attend the royal
court Of his military majcst Five BrgadierGonerasal
aggregate COMPENSATION Of more than SOO00 aud tbs
is Grants promised retrenchmenr economy ana reform
Gentlemen, this grand fusion Of honest men ron every
party means that the people demand return 70 f pm
cples; restoration Of the reign OF law; areetabls
ment OF those legal saeguaTds those revered formal
we have Inherited as the garncred results OF mat ern
struggle which ancestry whose first instinct was ths
love of constitutional liberty waged for centuries with
out truce against the encroachments or arbitrary
power. IL means that although the people tolerated
and even authorized these mggserlal assumption.
while war was making its own wild havoc with law, yet
even by Executive lawlessness have been worse than
wasted: seven years OF peace whose Dtter fruits arc
central usurpatIOns. alien state Governments sweeping
eivh disabilities, and suspended haDeas corpus
THE TENDENCIES OF AN ADMINISTRATIONS LIKE TUB
PRESENT.
But it is not only the acts Of rulers, but also
the subtle tendencies of their policy that has melted
this vehment popular protest from publicspirted
citizens Day by day has the tnbe Of prOfessIons
ricksters who have degraded the Of politics into
synonym for knavery drawn into closer and clOsct
council with the Executive pay ny day are those posi-
OF statesmanship and honor distributed among those
useful gentlemen who are accomplished In packing
primaries and manipulating eonV entOnsi unnl at la'l
have become so familiar Win personal gOFelhhti
that good and easy whose rights are outraged v;
ness without criticism or comment, mo deDarihB
spectacle OF Presidential influence reaching out ntD
faction within a party with whom unqucstOning obcd
is crowning virtue. The generation Of American
Suffrage are receiving first impressions from their
political surroundings, which are parayzing 10 the Sis
tions 70 any policy IS received by party leaders-to
at precedenthe continual insults TO personal
rights by the crawling horde OF spies and special
agents, who rattle their handcuns IN uie
faces OF respectable merchants; who DrDe clerks
and bookkeepers to give such information against
employers will afford pretext for sezlng private
papers; who fatten by backmailing the commerce anu
Industry of the country; the Central GOyernment
absorbing the rights that inheTe 70 tne
powers specially delegated TO Congress President
and ali these encroachmehts received with silent
acquiescence whitewashed by seryie parsansi and
party-a great party, founded originally principle
gradually Sinking into a state of such utter ana abct
prostraon at the feet OF man. that not one OF s
members can much as venture TO discuss the mere
expediency OF his denomination without being stigma
tized sorehead or cursed as traitor; snch eorlupt
ing spectaces these continually before mems eyes arc
teaching lessons that full of menace for the future OF
mediate fear OF coming Cesar these influences all
steadily tending TO prepare a. highway over wmch
The steps by which have reached this perous ground
are easily traced While the people OF the North were
through to a victorious issue, they would brook 10
murmurs Of complaint from any quarter; the man VINO
criticised the conduct OF the war at once ranked us,
with Rebels; and thus the of loyalty TO country
transferred to that noble party whose highest M
spraon the spirit Of the Union To IT, the people
gave their heartest support TO IT, they s9FIeadeted
their most sasrsd anu as tbe mem NV who are
I'm power are laborng still to keep alive the old war
sition that unless we concede to the present Admins
tration the power Of suspeDdng laws or we continue
time OF war we may be stgmatized public enemies
And thus it happens that these two faaeies are held
s Isn sfse ses " preeedence to loyalty to Country
Second That Democrat is an alien enemy.
THE PEOPLE DEMAND PEACE.
Now both Of these faacies mean 10 sweep away
forever by the election Of Horace Greeley And this
gentlemen will be the last political campaign which
party Will attempt TO perpeuate its power by ringing
in our ears the old bateery of Rebellion. The Rebel
on thank Cod is ended the war is over the time ha
come for peace. We will not make solitude ana cal II
peace will not plant hedge OF bayonets around he
ballotbOx we will not sweep away the laws ana quiet
opposition with the sword, that we may send over te
land the deCetful lie that order reigns IN Warsaw
we will have no hollow truce embittered 10y constant
reminder that the AntiSavery battle Is not yet fought
but real Union-a union OF hearts, win single
purpose and single hope TO animate all citizens Of TIE
Republic. Heaven knows that cherish IN my heart OF
hearts all the proud memories OF those flaming years
OF war for the Union; heaven knows
that honor the spirit and revere the motives which go
rfed into hero every soldier who wore the army oo
But il contemplate to palm of that counterfeit Yalor
which is born OF state Conventions, for the genuine
heroism that anmaes the soldier In the hour OF battle
New York Republican state Convention which met az
Elmra few days since have meant when he assured the
meet RebeliOn's forces And what could the erudite
and accomplished statesmen. and we might naturally
yention have meant when they reiterated tAs
sentiment e Of their intrepid chairman, in tie
that there can be at this time but two equal raj
parties in the political held-the same which were
tho same principles ana mpelled by the same pur
poses as before. The success OF the one will brul
the other forebOdes strife, dstrust, aud civil oOmmOon
Does 1t mean to declare war against all who vii not
bend the knee TO Grants Why gentlemen, the President
OF tins warike convention and the defiant heroes whc
composed IT, had an ample opportunity to face Tel zoe
brace the opportunity. But now when the cruel war
over they determined and have sOlemny resolved
that they ever heard the angry shout OF an armed
foe, the screech OF Rebel shell, or the Whste vI