New-York tribune., 1872-06-05
THE REFORM RALLY.
GRANT AND HIS CABINET ARRAIGNED.


SPEECH or THE HON. JOSEPH J. STEWART OF
MARYLAND-LETTER FROM GOV. PALMER of
ILLINOIS.
The following il portion of tho able speech
delivered at the Cooper Institute Greeley and Brown
ratification meeting Monday night by the Hon. Joseph
j. Stewart OF Maryland;
GIAsr's ADMINISTRATION NOT A succEss.
We are told by friends that his Admin
stration Is success. How success In the pacihoa-
tion of tho eeunryi Let his renewed call for the con
tinuance martial law and tho suspension OF habeas
corpus answer In purifying the civil seryicef ASK inc
victims Of official rings all the country In deyel-
oninP our commereei Your HewYork merchants can
answer that question. In the conduct or our foreign
rounding our navy Look the report Of the Con-
gress Committee and see. Was the santo Domingo lo3
more free happier by any act OF TINS
No my friends in all that goes to make up the DUST
mesa OF an Administration beyond the mere performance
Of routine duty 1t IS lamenable iae nnv t Epasj
lively inerfered with, stll runs on under the ola &
but in every act requiring statesinanshp, ~ ~MncIo lily @
cerned the Administration is failure. Tho Washing
ton Treaty not agreeable subject 10 refer TO- put ~
have been mortifed by the acts their Government
"Oh Grant is paving of the national deD5 Din
Tho merit of that il might be fairly dlN1eu VIII
Congress and secretary Boutwel but 1t is not true WAY
OF stating dnbt h9 in heavy aXstoH and beside That
supporting extrayagant AdnihlstrdIlon' "IiI'D t %
infringement costs millions OF dollars year Whilo h
the Presidents income is decided by ms secretary W 10
! free OF tax. - a.. -. 49,. oD,,
success, is in giving undue prominence ana n po~S e 70
obscure and incompetent men. When we elected Zen
Grant we supposed that he would supplement- his con
ceded lack OF experience IN public aars oy . suf'2 h
ing himself with men who knew something ABOUT thSm'
and perhaps grateful money he had given him.
he nominated A. Stewart TO the secretaTys1p OF tne
| Treasurv-a place he forbidden 10 hold by law.
When told of this, the President wrote MESSAGE 10
Congress asking that the law be set asae I3r Mr.
arts beneht-nOt cOmprehending the principle lpVOveI
I'm it the nature of law He wanted one man OUT % VI
the 4OOOOOO0 in the United states 10 be excepted from
tfo nf
The thing was childish and absurd but we hoped no
would learn better
| "a LITTLE CHAP NAMED BoRIE."
He went TO the great State Pennsylvania for another
member OF his Cabinet; and whom did he select There
were many distinguished in tho Republican party
but with all Of them from he hunted out little
chap named Borie. Admiral Farragut asked the ques-
ton which the world repeated, "Who is Mr.. Borie
the Navy which he knew about as much a. the rad-
tonal Secretary Of whom 1t has been sald ha on Eef
taken to the big ship Pennsylvania, he exclailned'
'Why, durn 10 Il tho thing amt holleri b.,
signing an order 10 reduce the officers Of the IN
rank The line officers, who educated aJ public e1-
nensc do not like 10 associate famiiary with tho
staff officers who educate themselves As some OF tho
indscreet remarked they could get along very wen WIN
the surgeons and paymasters but those greasy meehan
ics the enQneers were too much for them When htte
BOrle had grated this aristOcratic instinct Wcn us
IN Congress he retired from the wcghy for
his brain. but secured the privilege Oi banning d m sm
as well known rs himself the most renowned and Illus
| trous statesman In New-Jersey'
| sEcRETARY RoBEsoSs PERFORMANCES.
wbv do Won smilea Mr.. Robeson is certainly an edu-
Gated man After Congress had adjudcated the secor
claims and made an appropriation by law in full OF all
claims against the Government by said secor he was
smart enough discover that the Government still
owed them trhe OF $4,000 Nor was his smart
superior TO his honesty-or no sooner nad ne as
covered this great oversight OF Congress than ne paI
law or special appropriation to do it with but
tho act OF appropriation without autnofH ; ot Iaw
ration The interference Of Mr. Dawes with the Post
master-Generas little game in the ChOrpernning swim
entiOn TO Jobs Of Sort sell and other port
able property the Government confuse the proceeds
never knew the exact value Of Cabinet Minister'S
words until read the testimony OF one Mr. MARYLAND
Naval Investigation Committee. That gentle
man swears that sold the information conveyed by
few words of his friend Robson for $1,000 TO lTm
OF gun dealers in Baltimore. 81 will sell guns-iOr $1,000
that Just g 500 apiece for four words Of one syllable
valuable, instead of allowing Camden and Amboy
man to speculate on thein' l would pay OF the
ND in front OF the White House every fair day, at
the risk Obscuring Jefersons statue and bellman
should proclaim the world that the lips of the great
statesman OF NewJersey about to open and drop
sylables every one of which was equal to hyecarat
solitaire diamond in value. What blessing Robeson
might II his high priced words could only be
appropriated TO public instead Of private uses and no
| of a gun had the monopoly OF them.
When a has ohattels OF his own TO SELL it is not
usual to secretly inform single buyer who hnds the
the information; but 1t seems this is the way the
peoples servants sell the peoples property.
MORE ABOUT GRANTS CABINET.
But in such galaxy OF great Grant has called
around him why discriminate Who forget the
courtly bearing OF the bland and polite Hoar of Massa
chusetts, his first Attorney eneral, who expected
step into Supreme Court Judgeshp but intercepted
on the way, or the profundity and legal
acumen OF his successor, the illustrious Akerman
Of Georglai Has not Maryands great man
Creswe astonshed the country by his efforts to organ
the elegraphc lines Of the country into political
machine by his brilliant invention OF the straw bid sys
tem and his knack at subsdest What rcnown heralded
the advent Of the Secretary of War; since increased by
his skill salesman Of arms and ammunition to help
prOOng the OF France against Germany, and make
the United States liable, Grants theory, for
quential damages therefor! Aud has not your New
York representative made pretty kettle OF Fish OF the
them, the choice Of the Republican party No. In look
ing over the lists OF those who would be entitled
TO Cabinet positions under President Grant according to
acknowledged precedent, not ono OF these names
CURED 10 the party that elected him. He appointed
with it's leaders, and the result has been anomalous
the history of American politics-namely personal
herents, and contempt for Its opinions None OF the
measures It recommends supported by them except
managers who inv oke the Presidents aid 10 secure his
own reelection and renewed lease Of power for them
| selves.
| THE SENATORIAL RING"
The Senate had to be concated Its executive power
| in the matter Of appointments had developed under
President johnson into such proportions President
Grant he must share the patronage with IT, SO he
picked his men. He New-York to Conkling Penn.
sylvania to Cameron, Indiana and Morton, with
lesser territory to others The effect Of this partnership
! Council, governed by what Mr. Sumner very properly
designates Senatorial Ring" The President
Senate and WIFE The House OF Represent
atives is the only body which people can look for
hope OF independent action but this, too, Is honey
eom6ed with corruption p i members are are largely inter
In Washington CITY. The Capitol needs cleaning out