The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-09-06
Reasons for Supporting Grant.
[ From the New York Evening Post.

reader as to the administrative capacity
of General Grant, who has shown such
illustrious ability as military chief.
he will not deny that there are certain
specific dangers attendant upon the
chances of Mr.. Greeley's election which
cannot be looked for if General Grant
is reelected
In the first place, it is as certain as
anything can be that if General Grant
is re elected there will be no general
sweep of offices. The civil service will
remain in the present hands-not good
hands, it is true, in all cases, but better
than any into which Mr.. Greeley is like E
ly to give it. The Administration, at
least, is not Tammany. Republican,
And the mere fact of general dismissal
of office.holders, involving as it does the
change in employment of hundred
thousand people, and revolution in the
domestic life of many thousand families,
is no small thing. This revolution will
be entirely avoided if General Grant
comes in for second term. But, omit
ting this consideration altogether, there
is every reason to believe that Mr.. Gree
ley's appointments will be worse than
General Grants have ever been Gen.
Grant at least tried, when he came into
Office, to improve the civil service. Mr..
Greeley does not know how to try. To
improve the character of civil service
it is necessary to select men of better
character for the civil service; and to
do this it is necessary to have better
knowledge and appreciation of character.
Now, it is painfully we'll known that
Mr.. Grecley's knowledge of character
is of the smallest. OF this we want no
better evidence than the fact that he is
allowing himself in the present campaign
to be mananged by such men as George
Sanders, his guest at Chappaqua, and
John Cochrane.
In the second place, our foreign rela-
tions are likely to be far worse managed
in Mr.. Greeley's hands than in General
Grants. To take single illustration,
any one who will take the trouble to
read the extracts we gave the other day
from Mr.. Cushing's remarks to CORE.
spondent at Geneva, will see that there
are, even among distinguished lawyers,
those who believe it would be good
plan to revive the indirect" or, if they
prefer it, the national" claim against
England. Our readers may remember
that not many years ago, about the time
of Mr.. Summers great speech on Ala
bama claims, the Tribune (it was at that
time Mr. Greeley's organ published
two articles advocating at great length
the acquisition of Canada in exchange
for these claims. The idea may be re.
vived, and if Mr.. Greeley comes into
the office, probably will be, and if it
were revived in connection with those
claims which, on grounds of information
al law, have Just been denied the right
to existby the Geneva Tribunal, it would
be justly considered grievance by Eng
land. When we recollect Mr.. Greeley's
warm hatred Of England, his fierce ac.
cusations of the use of British gold"
to publish tracts in favor of free trade,
and so on, it is impossible not to see
that the English question may become
at any moment during his Administra.
tion deeply dangerous one. Now the
English question, if General Grant comes
in again, is forever at rest. Not even
Mr. Gushing will 90 as far as to say
that the indirect claims can be revived
by this Administration.
Again, awkwardly as our foreign af-
fairs have been managed by General
Grant, it must, at least, be admitted
that an Administration learns something
in four years. Certain mistakes which
have been committed are not likely to
be repeated. But with Mr.. Greeley
the case is quite different He is very
ignorant of foreign affairs, filled with
the pernicious idea that it is the first
business of Republican governments to
foster the growth of Republican senti.
ments in other countries, without regard
to their traditions or present condition
and, further than this, he is a total
stranger to the European code of civil
lied intercourse between the representa-
tives of nations. Mr.. Greeley does not
believe in, and has contempt for, that
dignity and urbanity of demeanor which
is as necessary for peace among nations
as among individuals. To put the mat
ter plainly, General Grant has some
sense of decency in manners, Mr. Gree.
ley has none.
To this we know very well what reply
will be made. 1t is the old reply which
has always been made whenever obiec.
tions are made to the want Of character
and training in a candidate-that we
are really hypocritical aristocrats, who
have no sympathy with the great heart
of the people, but who are covertly bent
on getting into office what are called
" gentlemen. Very good, let us admit
the charge, We do want gentleman
for President of the United States, and
what is more, we intend sooner or later
To have one. Bv gentleman we nean