The New York herald., 1872-07-24


Greeley stands fully committed, the candidate
and the platform together leave not q shred ol
anything democratic. Az If to abjure the last
vestige OF democracy and wipe out It's very
memory, these vaulting managers have selected as
their hgure-head pr0fessed ultra-republican,
formerly an ultra-whig, and theyask honest demo-
Gratis 10 vote for him against man born and bred
democrat who never acted with the republican
party party t after the % war had raised new issues,
vote for that republican who ''out-Heroded Her0dn
always, In politics and abuse, and who did more
sece sson and bring ring on S the war war. A A Republican, Republican,
coming from the wing party with such record now
asks the votes or democl ats. The antl-Grant
managers are daring, II they ore not silly. They
attempt to crowd down the throats OF democrats
who fought the Maine law the man who drowned
oil other voices In his Outcries Tor penal statutes
ana sunday laws to stop by force the drinking
of lager beer.
WHY SHOULD DEMOCRATS VOTE FOR GREELEY
a democrat was running, or IL the democratic
principles were In the field democrats might be
expected 10 vote the ticket; but when the choice Is
between republicans, and no democratic principle
Is ut stake, democrats will be apt to pick and
choose Tor themselves which republican they will
vote for, II they vote at all. Upon what
ground win patriotic democrats prefer Greeley to
Grantl They must prefer Greeley, because they
dlsapprove Grant personally, or else because they
disapprove some political doctrine ne represents
for agitating annulng the thirteenth fourteenth
and fifteenth appointments OF the constitutions
the rebel war debt or pensions to rebel soldiers or
rebel claimsf Would they innate the currency
again and food the country with paper money!
Are democrats against reducing taxes anu
expensesY Are democrats opposed to peace
with all nations and stable government
at home? These questions are not asked to
impugn the position Of any man, but for the oppO-
site reason. General Grant being tried and true in
all these things, why should any Union man. or CON
servatve or business man, or patriot vote against
him, even if his competitor was safe and NJ man
for PresidentH Plainly there be no reason, I'M
and deserves TO be Ound guilty of the Grim 8 and
vices apeRed against him. TO Judge this question
we must examine his history and lay bare his LIE.
''lhe tree Is known by its ruit;n the carpenter by
his chips; the man by his deeds.
GIFT TAXING.
But let us go back a moment to Grant before he
seriously thought OF being President and when he
was only the idol OF the nation. Returning from
the field covered with glory. but poor in money the
W tn munifcent offerings. In this they followed the
customs Oi ancient and modern times. The auslere
republics OF antiquity enriched and ennobled their
heroes returning fom Victory. England, with an
unwritten constitution and an omnipotent Parlia-
ment, which lawyer once said ''cOuld do
anything hut 10 make man woman"
has enriched her Generals both by acts
Of Parliament and by voluntary subscriptions.
In the United states the constitution does not per-
NIT Congress to act in such matters. Here they
rest wholly in the voluntary action OF individuals
and That public presentations to heroes involved
turpltude IN ,gvers or recipients has been first
found out by the spurious reiOrmers and libellers
now clamoring for notice. Wellington received
from his government and his neighbors more than
three million dollars. British citizens of Calcutta
made him presents, the officers OF the army gave
him $4,000, the House OF Commons voted him
s. 900 600, and mansion and estate were pur-
chased for him by subscription, at cost Of
s 300, 900. Besides this he three times ennO-
bled, twice by England and once by Spain. Oliver
s82, 500 year in gifts. Marlborough was given a
stately palace and q splendid fortune. Nelson and
his family were ennobled and received $700oO.
vices in civil war. The generals and admirals OF
England and France have generally been
recipients OF great peescunlary benefits. In
England and elsewhere the custom OF presents
to public men has gone beyond the army and the
navy. Richard Golden, civilian, In token OF
saSoooo. John Bright has Just received costly
gifts. America, younger and poorer with lew
wars to breed heroes, has been less lavish than
older nations; but Americans have not been stlngy
General Nc 'lellan, perhaps begins the list Of
largely rewarded generals. His active service ended
before the % war was over and his democratic ad-
presented him costly house and a large purse,
amounting in all to 100000 To Sherman, Sheri-
To stanton's family and to Rawlius'
were given more than hundred thou
sand each. Were these things dishonorlble Was
IL wrong for Genei al Grant TO accept such gifts ?
The charge IL an insult to the nation who wit
messed and applauded the proceeding; it is an
imputation upon those who gave as much as upOn
him who received. 1t can not have been dis
honorable or improper for him to accept o gift
without being dishonorable and improper to olYer
IL. HOW must the can't and snivel we hear seem
TO the people OF Germany just now. bismarck,
though Chancellor and Prime Minister, has just
recent war, magnificent landed estate, worth
more than given to all our generals; and
bismarck, In Ike token, has been made Prince.
General Won Mofke, for his services in the German
Franco war, has been given $500 600; and Germany
has set apart from the French indemnity fund
81 900 to be distributed In gifts to her heroes.
Do you believe any German, or any man with
German heart in his bosom, will ever ne mean
enough to throw these gifts in the face OF those
who earned and accepted them If there IL a man
mean enough to do 1t he will he safer I'm the Gree
ley menagerie than he would be in any hiding place
in Germany Yet gift-taking, forsoOth, is paraded
by political Pharisees. One thing Is noticeable -
The men who screech about gift-taking are those
who never gave cent, and who were never openly
offered cent-certany not for any honorable SER
vice rendered to their country The charge that
Grant accepted any gift after he became President
or after he was nominated, is wholly false lie has
accepted nothing of value since his first nOmina-
tiOn--nOt even carriage and horses-athough
Lincoln, and Buchanan, and Pierce and Taylor, and
other Presidents, did accept carriages and horses
after theft election what political policy of Grant
or his administration does the opposition assailY
What part Of the present policy do they pro
pose to reverse or alter What part
to changer Lay your finger on il IL you can. Hard
words you can hnd--vague, cloudy, sweeping de-
tant positions and measures of tine administration,
aud, except the st. Domingo Treaty, II that be an
Issue is made Let me state the case In another
form. suppose all the slnrs and nlngs and vile
gossip against Grant are trle-suppose you admit
the Whole of them--what do they signify suppose
he has appointed q dozen relatives to of1ce; sup
pose he has fallsd to appreciate the claims of Ger
tain politicians: suppose presents had been given him
after he was President; suppose the idea ormakingA
T. Stewart Secretary OF the Treasury, foolish
as every reformer says IL was now; suppose there
was no express law authorizing two young military
friends TO write in his Office and carry his messages
Put It all together, and what OF itY Ii you want
man to pilot ship or lead an army, or try cause,
or build a house, or set a broken arm or run
locomotive, what do you care, long as lie does
his work well, whether he is too fond OF his rela
tives. or doesn't like certain politicians, has sub
jected himself TO envous sneeis by having presents
given TO him All these things are aside from the
purpose. "rhcy are tithing, mint, annise and cum
min. Has he made good President That is the
question.
ST. DOMINGO
Let us examine the evidence, and first OF all let
us take up the charges and evidence against him.
The ST. Domingo Treaty, unlike going to Long
Branch or smoking cigar, or riding in u palace
car, matter OF public business. and IL, there
fore, topic not despicabie unwO. thy His guilt
and his innocence In this respect all be briefly
stated. The Monroe docttine Is one OF the tradl-
tions of the country and OF both political parties.
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