New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-20

tnes III Th stsnton OF The United States provides
that the President shall annually tha ne nav mako;
hut Morton put that in. tlaughlerJ ,r nor aid
my inquiries any drTp i, he meant Tor did not
recognze his right to send ms anghterJ
ress IN the MESSAGE sSaa d dangling at the e rope
for wear and half after she wac eAuneu ~ her
uI and then we did 1t with bill requiring lew
Conditions and new exaeons from the Stag in the
f ns in fhe two Houses of Tlinnttee ON
81 US w e0 one as Chairman OF the ComntT
Judiciary, and | as member oa t tn9 atber Republi-
@ nnmbers fought against these exacoads I'm
mands OF Gov. Bullock ana we n sr they actually
framed bill aid forced through one Oh ~ ~ the fern
If Congress providing for the cOhlf "r onother two
OF aS ScI beYond the time provided by Its
and extending Buocks term ana,,v It was only at
last at the Committee of ConierehSe' 1at we heat
was I'M ha, Grant and beat Bullock, and beat Norton
and beat the thieves that were preHns int Grant was
ieoIgia IN ' lbs ddshonestlv with malice aforethought
i'm completely in this matter onS Wv A.; ~ ,oessace
Was S If in his message and Ben Butler and Bull
lock put in the bill. lLaugh'erI
THE BAILING OF JEFF. DAVE
croo,ev signed JEFF. Dayiss bond, and they would
vote for the man that whaled the enemy than the
man who bailed him. [Laughterl That Is the Issue III
this campagn is it, That is the dignity OF your pol
tiles sit4 Whale BALTIC that complexion mas your
Republic come ut last. JEFF Davis had been IN FORTRESS
Monroe two years prisoner. He had been heid on NH
itary authority until the prisoners we're all turned over
70 the civil authority. The Government never
o,v a. 10 trv him by military commission or court
marital He was at Richmond when the exchange was
made and became necessary that the court shou n
Ale him The court aid not want to try him for two rea
sOns in the first place, If he had come W pe that
tho inv down there would acquit him. In the second
Mace we had recognized the be1geieht rights vi tap
iSem Other nations had recognized their beliger-
ent rights ana many th{ 81 ould he good plea
in bar the indictment for high treason Az an Flu
the country did not want to dea W. %l ha for him II
would not to take any OF these ReDes ioI
bankrupt il would not have looked wei to take
Rebel Rebels bail bond Greeley, VINO had never eve
disguised Dct the tO fact Ree 9s R RsS LAID down
arms and submitted to the Goyernm t,,nr Of
the United aS @ 60 On me- The bond and so with Wander
bit and another gentleman named Gernt smith, WHO'LL
CWS are and nd signed his bond Chee1s Somebody had
sign his bond the man was entitled 10 iI ne as HU
that somehow Greeley saved JEFF. Davis's neck:
ILaughterl There are lots OF people, ana " had
so argued by lots of Grant men, that II IL hau
not been for Horace Greeley JEFF Davis would
have been hung sure. But Jet Davis mas never run
apple tree you have him any day. LaugnteIJ a.
you want to deal with him upon these ~
and get him; if you cannot get him. Greeley, NanusI
bilt and Smith to be had; they are on the ponds,
make them pay Is It not eentempHe e csudidate
for the Presdencyi Cheers It's Is "a men heCo ma
politics have degenerdteu tldt
question of person-of man worship.
THE oSE-TERM PRINCIPLE THE REAL CIVIL SERVICE RE
FORM.
Go to the leading Grant men Of to-day. Ask them
How are you on the issues Of today" what is the
answer Why am for Grant. [Laughterl "Wel,
how are you on the Tariff question 2" 81 don't know,
but am for Grant" How you ON Civil Service
Reform r. "Oh am for Grant, and Grant is III favor
Of Civil Service Reform" What kind of Civil Service
Reform He has made few rules for the appointment
of committees 10 examine cerks-female CLERKS anu
male clerks. Laughter.l Clerks at $1,000 or &NO
a year salary have to be put through an exami.
geography, astronomy, and history ana hSures, ana
their penmanship, and SO on. LAUGHTER. And II they
do not want to appoint, then the is disqualified
they do want TO appoint him. he Is qualified ana when
they want TO turn fellow out they can nm before ts
qualihed and every time II Is as said In my letter.
only to increase me methods OF nov NOT 10 p 10
Suppose you put the whole Government through a
course of examination, what would be the result sup
pose you called up OF the members OF the cabinet
and examined into their staesmanship, and saw how
deep water they have ever been in. [Laughterl Sup
pose Won call up this man Butler, who has just
away from Egypt, and put hun through a course OF
spTOus1 Suppose you call up Grant himself before the
Examining Board, and examine him lLaughter.l The
first thing would do would be to take one Of Greeeys
T@ to say anf his @ has not
begun up the dignity of an Old Wing almanac
IC6eers] Examination! Civil Service Reform must
begin with the head OF the Government He must cease
turn people ont OF office simply because OF their inde
pendenee OF view; he must make vacancies for
favorite and good man of business Will do when
he gets efficient, honest clerk ask him whether
he discharges his duty well Cneers When you get
that you can get men for less salaries because they VIII
retain their Office so long as they do we'll You can rely
their honesty for they are not In danger OF being
turned ont every day OF their lives ana so they Nou
not and steal in order TO make themselves secure ana
rich Your Civil Service Reform must begin by adopting
the One-Term principle for President. lcheers.I
THE BAYoSET MAINTAINING THE LAW.
How is 1t nowl If you get President who is incapa-
BILE and dishonest the moment he takes his seat he com
mences to manipulate for second term. His appoint
ments all made with reference 10 that, and then
these officers make appointments with reference to keep
ing themselves there for another four years Under the
present system OF appointments to Office member OF
Congress is sort of chOTeboy running from depart
ment TO another TO get appointments III he does not gt
them his constituents believe hun to be OF no account to
President wants him to do He must pass every bill which
approved of by the at the White House Thus IL
q wheel within wheel, ring within ring, all bound
together somebody has said-au welded together by
the adhesive power of public plumber. You must stop
this il you are going TO have honesty In the admin
stratOn of public governments and you cannot stop il
Service [Cheersl. have not half gone over this sub
ect 1t is endless. am full of II. have not been SO
fun with a sense of necessity OF political reform
in the administration of the for many many
years. am this year. and welcome as my coaborers
in this work of reform every good man from all parties
cheers and welcome voters whether they are good,
bad Indifferent If they will help us daughter and
cheers II is as said in my letter. the most gratifying
spectacle have since the close of the war; this fact
that Of the North and men OF the South loyal men,
rebel men, Democratic men, ana republican men from
all parts the country are ready TO bury past differences
and issues and, standing shoulder TO shoulder, shake
hands Greeley says, over the bloody chasm Of the
war; and work for peace good order and raerna good
will in the country. Cheers should like to speak to
maintaing the laws by the bayonet this departure
that our Government has made from the good old doc
trine OF State rights wish you Republicans would
come back 10 the real old Republican and genuine
Democratic idea of State rights. During the and
Immediately after the war, vibrated too far in the
direction OF Federal sovereignty The general Govern
men is sovereign tits sovereign ALL but each State
has sort OF sovereignty. Like system OF moons
each within its sphere is sovereign while the Cen
eral Government Ike great central sun. shines for all
But when that General Government undertakes
down and make laws for Furnishing assault and battery