Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-06

tial pretensions merit the sanction Cf the
party? Can Republicans, without de,
parting from all obligations, whether OF
party or patriotism, recognize our am
bilious Caesar as proper representative!
Can we take the fearful responsibility of
his prolonged empire? With the adOp-
ton of all these Presidentil pretenslons,
the party loses it's distinctive character
and drops from its sphere. Its creed
ceases to be Republicanism and becomes
Grantism its members cease to be Re-
publicans and become Grant men. 1t Is
20 longer political party, but person
al party. For myself, | say openly, |
an no mans man; nor do | belong to
any personal party
We give the closing sentences of the
speech in full.
To the Republican party, devoted to
ideas and principles, turn now with
more than ordinary Solicitude. Not
willingly can | see it sacrificed: Not
without earnest effort against the betray-
al can | suffer its ideas and principles to
be lost in the personal pretensfons OF one
man. Both the old parties are IN crisis,
with this difference between the two:
The Democracy is dissolving the Re
publican party is being absorbed. The
Democracy is falling apart, thus losing
its vital unity the Republican party is
submitting to personal influence, thus
visiblv losing its vital character The
Democracy is ceaSing to exist. The Re
publican PARTY is losing its identity. Let
the process be completed, and it wall be
no longer that Republican, party which |
belned to found and have always served,
hut only personal party, while instead
of those ideas and principles which we
have been so proud to uohold will be
Presidential pretcnsi0ns, and instead OF
Rnpublicanism there viii be nothing bat
Or ntiSm.
Political parties are losing their sway.
Higher than party are county and the
duty to saw It from Caesar. The caucus
Is at last understood as political engine,
moved bv wire-pullers, and it becomes
more insuppertable in proportion as d.
roc4ed to Ders7nai ends: nor IS It's char
ocfnrcbangoa when called a National Con
ye-t;op. Here. 100, are are wlre-puIlers,
and waen the Great Othce-hoider and The
great office-seeB2er are one and the same.
# is easy to see how naturally the engine
respondS to the central touch. y poiltl-
cal convention is an agency and con-
veBienca. but never a law. least OF all a
GesDotiSln and when il seeks to impose
a candidate whose name Is d synonym OF
pre,ensions unrcpubiican in character
and hostile to GOOD government, II VIII
}c for earnest Republicans to consider
we'll how clearly party is subordinate to
country. Such nomination can have
no lust obligation. Therefore. with un-
spegkable interest Will the country watch
the National Convention at Philadelphia.
Il NAV be an assembly (and such IS my
honeA where ideas aud principles are
above all personal pTctomslonS, and the
u itv Of the party is >ymho.i2cd IN the
candidate. or it may ada another to
Presis entiai rings, being an cXran<iooIn OF
the military ring at the Executive Wan
sion. the senatorial ring in thi5 chamber
and the nolitical rin4 in the cIt5mhouses
of New York and New Orleans. \ ma
tioual convention which Is 4 presidential
riae cannot represent de Republican
Naanvh;lc 7 viii wait ;hc dctcrmina-
tion Of the Narioaa} Convention. where
are delegates from BAY own mn"E-honored
Commonwealth with whom ! rcj":1e To
ac.. Not without anXicty do a I, but
,gieh tha carae-t hope tA2t thc conycn-
ION nav bring the Republican party mo