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

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s"gesher You who have started for new Departure
come back Como back our ranks sna DO opoh
and we viii rejoice together In the rimph' Of our cau'o
tApp'hh'o' THE RsYoRx MEETING AGAIN.
o,.. .,ora WA n meeting hero the other night
40 NOT pronose 10 say thing unkind OF tho men en-
gagod in H. do not como here 70 'mtate tho'r OK
ample to utter reproachful words OF oid comraaeS
utter words OF condemnation OF . parry wiz" WV"
have acted and whose measures nave s"S'""ou' "'
gentlemen want TO notice kindly iew o. tGosc rS
~ called at Cincinnati. that tho Republican party
under control Of the mon Of men,
independents noontroled 6y rev tnou ns s Dcx
svy mo1ena anoe We were born when ofce-hoders
impudent In the maTKes as any dr ~ to be
Sosear Ike Sfces OF this country hardly pay decent
and respectable living to NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. VI '"' ~
Now look at tho great professions Look at the law
yers and remember the enormous ices tney i
your railways and tccgraphs. and tho men engaged IN
all tho other great means nowadays Dy wnion t sh
These merchants, these mechanics, these builders
Of railways and and ,ne
yers who build great houses have fine pictures ana rrc
libraresf they ever read them Ioa mi ~
life And now, what about these ofcc,hOldersf BLOOD
them ont Of about CO., are PSo o. PaS,
receive less than 500 year salary. tLaugntefI
orrIcE-sEEKERs AND oFPIcE-noiDBRs
Why geptlemen they talk about tho Convention at
Philadelphia Convention OF ohiceholders. "eI''
suppose we say the Cincinnati Convention Ia to be An
Office seekers Convention. (Laughterl But will not
say IT, Laughter and cheersl Iiowevor, you may
think VIVA jyou like about 1t. Iaughtorl But this
nucn do say that the National Convention that VIII
meet this year at Philadelphia will have fewer office
holders aud fewer members Of Congress than any that
applausel And now, take this homo and remember it,
Go TO any section OF our country where tnere
is little In the shape Of Government patron.
age, and you find tho Republican party united and
for President Grant. Go to other sec
tons look at where ySG have great patron d
Is ceholding. onice-seokng petty ambitions that are
disturbing tho unity Of tho Republican party. aud that
great Ideas the policy and tho principles OF the party arc
stronger than tho party ITSELF appause. aud you know
We were told another thing at tho meeting OF which
have spoken and sorry hat Mr. Tfn%1n made
have honored and respected him and do not want to
say one unkind word OF him; but must say that be
made speech here which every man In the country
who read IT and Is a far-mlndcd man, instantly
pronounced dlsingebuons speech. lApplause.l Let's
look at it for moment He tells US We have Kept dlsi
bilities i'll the South Well. gontcmen stood
up alone the Senate Republican caucus. aud voted
against putting those provisions In tho Fourteenth
Amendment (Appla,ise did not believe 1t was polit-
oay vie to do IT. Sa say and pGe nv nor yS ws
HAYES himself as patriotic and re5peet tan d man cr and
moving them. (Applause will vote for removing tho
disabilities from John C. for Ever Since
American citizen. aud honor him for 1t. lApp!auSe.l
THE AMNESTY QUESTION
Mr. Trumbuil told us that Que set Of men III the South
kept ont Of Office and another kept in gentle
men, they have got nearly twenty Rebel colonies. and
generals and who served in the Rebel armies whose
disabilities removed. by elected TO Office and
the, elected. ana Con Grant IN his message recon-.
mendcd the removal Of their disabilities To- the House Of
representatives, and the House. by an almost unani-
nous vote decided them. IL the Sen.
ate, and Mr. Sumner proposed to put in the bill pro-
ltes and gave amnesty to the old slave masters, we
should give protection to the poor freedmen; and
put the bi and when it was in it the bill was lost by
vote Of 80 to 49, and Mr.. Trumbu and Mr. Upton, who
propose 10 90 To Cincinnati for amnesty, then voted
against amnesty. and II they had voted tOrt IL would
have passed tho Senate OF the United states. Now.
gentlemen, have another word that point. Mr. Trum
bull knew very well that We have been struggling
TO get through the House for several weeks civil
Rights BILL and we have both Civil Rights and Amnesty
before tho House, and have been working 10 put both
bills through, and expect We will do it. Applause
will advert to other matter Mr.. Trumbu told ns
he is going to Cincinnati 10 get Civ Service Reform
Commission, at the head Of which was your eminent
fe!low-citizen, George Curtis. lApplausel That Com
partial plan which did not work practically; aud now
they have agreed % practical plan TO carry out hose
proclaimed them to the country tCheers;l
These men tell you they VIII 10 70 Cincinnati for Ciyi
Service Reform. say to you tonight. that all through
these three years past the Departments at Washington
have been struggling wight and day to improve their
never had We as good clerks or offices in the
city Of Washington been well flied "a they ara hled
now, iApplauSc
MILITARY MEN IN OFFICE
But there another matter about whiel. ar. Trmbu
told want to call your attention to that, too ic
told You contrary to law for military men TO dis
charge csyil duties am sery that no tsld you that
for 1t ia not the fact. We did not pass any such
law. We nave law that vItil allow miIsary men to
be appointed 10 civil offices, but we have no law
duties Mi Truraiul complained that have an army
officer that brought us tn" Presidents messages
he Would fipd that was lahore The lrst message
ever sent 10 tho Senate OF the United states
borne by NoiOrAjen. Henry Knox. Cheers That
officer carried one Isore message rom Cen Washn&ton
the and perhaps his most Ultimate personal frend
And when Sen Ie;;9n came IN he appointed ino Major
he took John Hay. army ofeec and detailed MIN FOR
duty IN the NhS csc GSd Blu But w Yhen T Andy
Gontlrmen, Mr. Ttrmbull shouid know all this; snd
Westinghouse goes mp lnd down the country speak
spsa io ' and 3" -nied With rhe facts OF history aud
know what ne l. lug about Laughter
wHAI ANDY JOHNSON DID
In short. n,ntemen,t never read speech fut Of
the short space Of couple Of columns Mr..
Trrbus speech. He says. rather asks she qu, Stion
III Andrew Johns0a filed the White House with dee
holde. military iuen what would be said about II He
a aol Rreyes can't. McKeesSr, and Col r. johns Hs
own relation, and they ara officers OF tho army. hey
set about posting guards IN ana around the White House.
When President Grant came in they paid him lutte,
and he asted what they meantf and the next ony he
sent the troops away-the four companies Of cava and
the regiment of nfantry-aud for three years not
soldier been Washington duty than Fort
Washington. Applause.
Now what IL President Grants great oiense He had
three on his staff during the war. when ne
Lieutenant General and General. He made Presl
dent, and they Gen. sherman's staff and they
detailed the White House and got pay for
H. and helped President Grant TO do his immense work,
and that much to the pubic treasury Laugh
teri That IL all there is about it. lAppause Now.
my Republican friends. do you think you ought
TO retire Cincinnati, because President Grant has