The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-08-01

: brother, and tde other brotber.;n.
Jaw of Ms Grant; Peter Casev. P,sf.
master at Ficksburg, Miss, q brbtHer
.0t bcOtheT-in-lsW of 1IFs. Grant. al,d
Geo. B. Johnson, Assessor Of the Third
District Of Ohio, who married third
cousin or the President Alexander
sharp, connection of Mrs. Grant.
was appointed Marshal Of the DistFiei
/ Of Columbia, and Silas Hudson, .
I cousin Of the President, Minister q
Gautamsis. ia,Hii1sl-l lEa
As 10 the Presidents appointment.
being partisan, he cited the case Ol
/ ADAMS, appointed Arbitrator at &c
neva, and Evarfs, who was uut his
PARTISAN and Cushing and Curtis,
political opponents, as cOansei. ----
! The speaker then, referring To his
relations with Gov. Morgan. said that
they had been OF the best accord until
the advent Of Morgan's successor,
tG0nkhug then spoke OF his and his
colleagues early attitude toward the
President, aud said that it, had been
/ inrimated that the Senator addressed
the President letter alladifig to his
own aspirations concerning the Presi-
deney, and Offering to withdraw aud
! give the State to him provided an
agreeable understanding could be had
I concerning patronage. The Senator
referred to the Saratoga eonyentiOn
in 1870, the disaffectiOn Of FsntOn.
and attributed to him the election oI
4 Hoffman by speech made in Oet0-
der, throwing = wet blanket over the
I party. He instanced GPeeley1s letter 10
/ Cornell, declining to take a part In
/ the proposed reorganization 'of the
/ Republican party in New York. and
using these words: "Had a little for.
bearanee and cOnciliatiOn been eviRc-
/ ed by tie appointing power at WASH
I ingtOn, think this might Rave Neon
diderent.p TO show the differences
were not the result Of Dissatisfaction
with the appointing power, the Sena-
/ tor said only one of FentOn's friends
had been removed except for cause /;
Z that not SIX POStmas ters had been an
/ pointed IN the State at the speakers
instance, while FentOn secured 200
/ appointments, not one OF whom had
I been disturbed except for official de-
! iinquency- Retiring to the appoint
meut Of fhOs. Murphyas collector, he
said 1t was not made. at his sOlicita-
/ ton, and that though Murphy was
held up as \ scOundrei, yet the rec
Ords show that he increased the col
I lection Of the revenue, and diminish
ed the percentage OF cost -....-
Referring to the charges that the
! President was surrounded by a mill
taTy ring. Mr.. CoHkling said that this
TfnUr nnuaf-fa raf a.
/ write for the President without any
expense to the Treasury.
Concerning the Presidents seaside
loiterings the speaker said heswas on
ly eight hours from Washington, and
nothing can occur demanding his i'm
mediate attention without his being
within immediate call It was the
practice of rulers in all countries 10.
tarry distance from the Official resi-
denee during portions OF the year.
COnkling then referred to the for
eign policy Of the Washington treaty
negotiations -- uI.0l lI
Finances was the next taken up,
which the speaker showed to be in a
satisfactory condition,
Speaking of civil service reform,
the speaker said this was the best adj
ministratiOn OF the civil service the
country had ever had. Delinquents
and defaulters had been ferreted out
with the utmost rigOr, and when
caught nothing has protected them
from punishment.
The Senator then took up the
charge Of centraliSm. De said theory
was a mere "fetch." Horace Greeley
aud others who most loudly applaud
ed the ku-Klux law are those who
discover the centralizing tendencies
Of the gOverpAavHt. The speaker
thought SlIe real danger was from the
dOeehtralizatiOn, which means State
rights in a secession sense. All the
eentralism We have, he said, is astrOug
and stable government, under which
the nation prospers with safety to
property, labor, liberty and life.
referring to the fourteen investiga- I
tons ordered by both houses, he said l
the only result was To strengthen the I
Amnesty, he saId,
was now q dead issue. -rr ...
The Senator then procrsded l., ex-
anime Greeiey's illness Tor the pr,-si- (
dency, and claimed the very talrnLs
lie has shown uHliL him Tor the IresI-
dency. The RepuLiieau party i.as
been blamed for not gratifying Grre- .
ley's ambition for Ufiics, but tiTe uinssi
Of tie party, though appreciaCing las Z
eccentric genius, believed liln erratle /
and not possessed Ofpractical wiStlItil,
or business capacity 10
make good official His. cOurse in
the constitutional convention was a
series OF peevish attempts ~ do every L
thing, and resulted IN his preIHa-
turely leaving his post after puur,hg
upon the members vOlleys OF OaIhs.
dis ailiGIties with men lave shown
him 10 be u poor judge OF human na-
lure. TIE worst men have stuck by \
him ike barnacles, and his manage-
nent Of every business, except edit L
ing a newspaper, has shown him 4
wanting in business capacity. A. Z
EDITOR hC lacked a balance wheel Z,
keep him from Inconsistencies. His
Investments of money, his ventures
with Tweed, and lending his name 10
men unworthy Of trust, evinee un-l
sound Judgment. The iepitliets andi
ibels with which he pursues thnss. lac
lates or envies shows a strangely uu-
christian and unbridled nature
Truthful history will never recDrd p
hat Horace Greeley owes the Rspub-
lean party nothing, but the verdict
will be that he spoke like q sehem-
ng migrate when he said: az anI per-
ectly willing to pass receipts with
he Republican party, and say Cur nc
counts are now settled and clOsed.v
COnkllng next came to Greeley's
ecOrd, saying all his ideas are 10 he
Ound in words. tal ..
Extracts from the New York TrfL-
me after the first election, and prior
o the Inauguration Of LincOlR, were
cad 10 show that he excited secession
" expressing a willingness 70 let the
south leave the Union peaceably, as
we're also extracts from speeches by
zen. Blair in the Senate in 1871
making tie same charge. The "Oni
% I9ichmOnd'' articles Of the Tribune
we're also quoted as the incarnation OF
ieeeit and folly, which drove the army
ieadlOng to Bull Run. Before that
,attle, said COnkling, Greeley imput-
d treason to Gen. Scott, and after the
!efeat, he oOddled up 70 Scott, wnOm
10 had tried TO dishonOr less than four
weeks previously. Greeley, early in
IincOln's administration, became his
,nemy. This Lincoln knew, and was
,ver on his guard. This is noticeable
n the Niagara Falls peace affair.
5reeley had been for secession when
secession could be avoided; he had
)een for battle when the time was not
,Ome. he had been in tune for war
ind peace when each was impossible,
md early in 1864, when the rebellion I
vas about 10 collapse, and when ev-
,rything depended upon keeping the
North erec. with u united and UNI
iaunted front, Gresley fell into 3
Iwoon Of dependency and elawed our
authorities Tor not trying 10 make
leaee. Details Of his negotiations at
showing, said COukiiug, un
ieniably that, first Greeley was gullsd \
BY a shallow swindle; second, that be
Tot only bit at the bait, bnt pressed
he matter upon Lincoln iii 4 n1anner
showing All intention 20 carp &C illm
lnless he yielded to bis views; third,
hat lincoln punctured the fraud at
glance, and yet Greeley did not see IL; r
ourth, that Greeley bangied the
whole affair at Niagara, or he purpose
" violated the repeated Instructions
81 the President; fifth, that he tameIy
submitted TO the most unbiushing e.
'rOntery aud imposition from rebels;
Iixtb, that he expressly admitted aHsi
.tated tLat Lincoln lad been tickle