New-York tribune., 1872-06-25
LnLLARLES IN FANEULL.

The bantling of the Philadelphia COnven-
ton was sucked, dandled, and rocked IN the
Boston Cradle of Liberty last Saturday eve
ming. The dry nurses Of the occasion were
Alexander II. Rice, f. lockwood HOar Gen.
Woodford of New-YOrk, Gov. Harvey of Kan
sas, Gen. Geary of Pennsylvania, and Gen.
BENJAMIN i. Butler. The report before us just
mentions also the presence of Gen. Wilson on
the occasion. To drop our metaphor, strik-
ingly appropriate as it is, we have to inform
our readers that all the gentlemen above
named made speeches and said little or moth
ing There was plenty of assertion, brag, men
ace and abuse of Mr.. Senator Sumner; and
there was a good deal of loose generalization
about the immense and unspeakable success
of Gen. Grants Administration; but is not
this sort of thing getting to be little stale
and tedious? We commend the whole tribe
Of denomination orators to "a prudent hus-
obandry of their resources If they under
take 10 90 on at this rate until the election,
they will find that it is the pace that kills.
For instance, here was MIR. Alexander II. Rice.
Booked as he was for a speech, he was obliged
70 saw something, and the something which
he said had already been said over and
over again. AT the Philadelphia Conven-
"tion"-these were Mr.. Rice's words" there
"was a unanimity of expression and of en-
" tbusiasm which beggared description" Why
trv TO describe it, then9 The Administration
orators and newspapers have already exhausted
the adiectives of our language IN portTaylng
the enthusiasm aforesaid, and how are they
TO keep up the rhetorical stream until next
Fauq Moreover, we would suggest to Mr.
Rice that the game of hatteTy and panegyric
is q self-limited one. If he can say nothing
more of Gen. Grant than THAT he is great,
good, courageous, virtuOus, sober patriotic,
and sagacious, and if he keeps on saying this
and this only, how does he know that the
people will not grow weary OF such supreme
excellence. as the Athenians tired OF hearing
Aristides called the just
The Hon. Z. lockwood Hoar has the repu-
tation of being an honest man. He has held
judicial Offices. He has, we may believe, a
sort of hereditary knowledge of what consti-
tutes public virtue. He has been an Attorney
General, and understands how shallow are the
sham pleas of unfortunate persons brought to
bar. Gen. Grant has been charged in the
high court of public opinion with bestOwing
offices too lavishly upon his own kindred.
Does Mr.. lockwood Hoar really think il a suf-
fcient answer to such an indictment, es-
pecially when its counts are amply proven
to say: "That Gen. Grant has appointed
" friends and relatives to Office is true; but
where is the man who wouldn't favor his
a" friendsY" This seems to MS as good an illus
tration as possible of Mr.. Summers assertion
that the corruption of the Administration has
debauched the public sense of right and wrong
has made the perceptions even of men like
! Mr.. lockwood Hoar little hazy. We don't
intend to argue this matter. "Who would not
favor his friends and relatives y is no answer
at ALL and man like Judge Hoar ought to
know it. Again, the President has been accused
of receiving great number of gifts. Admitting
! the fact. Judge lloar oXtenuates it in 1
way which we must declare extraordinary
| We can almost believe thai he bas been mis-