New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-19

preceding eighty years. Such f"voritism OF
the Presidents brothers-in-law, oous'n"'
uephews. &C.,. was condemned by Washington
strongly reprobated by Jefferson, and haS
nIways hitherto been regarded with genera
disfayor. Il has only since 1868 been treated
as unexceptionable.
What answer do Messrs. Morton and Wilson
make to this charged They came here ex.
prcssly to rcfute all the arraignmehis %
Mcssrs. Trumbull and Schurz. II you can dis-
cover their reputation Of this one. just POINT II
out to us!
III. Civil Se,rioe Reform.
We need not rGstatc the positions OF MessS'
Trumbull and Schuuz under this head. Briefly
they regard tho Presidents efforts In Tn"
direction a. "all talk and no cider" They
hold that what ~ needed Is not TO be sup
piled by legislation, nor commissions, hof
rules adopted ono day, suspended the
next, and, il allowed TO so into effect,
SO hcdged around by exceptions and
restrictions as to be Of no use. They urge
TINT 40 long as the President Is himself
candidate for further lease Of power, he
will inevitably appoint u important posts
politicians like Murphy and Cornell, Arthur
and Latin, not such as be would select IL his
only considerations were fitness and worth.
You have read the excuses, and apologies, ana
pleas in abatement, Of Messrs. Morton end
Wilson: what do they oil signifyl
w. Population and Endorsement.
Mcssrs. Trumbull and Schun did not blame
tho President because public moneys were
stolen by unfaithful subOrdinatcs, but that
A.. oh @hoxy nj
and kept in Office as reward for past or an
Indictment for future partisan zeal was bad
one, and tended to multiply unfit appointments
and swell defalcatiOns And We called the
Administrations attorneys special attention to
tho case of Major Hodge, late Army paymas-
ter at Washington, who cmbezzcd and gam
bled away $473,00O right under the shadow OF
the Treasury and tho White House. To this
Senators Morton and Wilson reply, i. That
Tweed and his Ring have stolen Millions from
our City, yet have not been punished therefor;
2. That Hodge has been convicted and i'm
prisOncd; 8. That he is, eff anything in pol
cities, DemOcrat."-TO which we rejOn: l.
The robberics of one thief or gang Of thieves
do not reconcile us to being robbed by another
thief or gang, but rather make us more anxious
to punish the latter, so that robbery Shall
not become ono of our peculiar institutions
2. That Hodge having confessed his crime
and submitted to punishment may some
what palliate his iniquity, but in no manner
explains or excuses the failure of his supcriOrs
to detect and arrest him in his guilty career
long before no had stolen half the amount of
his defacation. We have asked repeatedly for
an answer to this question, "By whose fault
"was Hodge allowed to draw from the Treas
"ury such large sums beyond the amour. for
switch his sureties were liable? What is our
"sccurity against similar entertainments by
"forty or fifty other discussing officers F'-and
there is no answer that is not an insult to the
human understanding.
V. Bugaboo.
1. If the Republicans who 90 to Cincinnati
nominate candidates for President and Vice
President they can only be elected by the
help of the Democrats, say Messrs Morton
and Wilson; in which case the substantial
fruits of victory will enurc to sail Democrats.
2. But the Democrats won't accord that help;
they will insist on running Democratic candi-
dates, thereby breaking down the Liberal
movement. g. If only the Liberal Republican
ticket is run against the Grant ticket, as maIy
Democrats will vote for Grant as for his Lib
eral c0mpetitor.-NOw. all these positions cam
not bc sound. Ii No. is halfway true, then
the Democrats will either very generally sup
port the Cincinnati ticket or they are natural
Wilson will not lind them.