Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-03-04


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HOW TUE PBOPbE LOON Az u.
The New York Herdld In an editorial re-
,t.,,i,,,, ,h, ia,, o,,,,, a.ho,. 4, the Senate
viewing tuc late hIus ueUhte III '"o SS"N'''
SAYS!
"And a, t,r Mr.. TrumbuIl. We dIsmI,, him a.
poiitiei9n who followed m,ni aiII ,hs tnn.nss r"e
n.. ,'p, ~ ~ ~ g,,h bnnrs oI the
freHdepey; PoL!le1lsn PL1s VINO ..,tais,msnr nav
anI Puuisies WI ~, s.arcsIy ouT enIbn
si..,n STs Tb.sc src no JemNgog1es and c"S.
,Is, ~, ,s. al dtIsTipS pubIis busincs'
sn,ng S ~ Dsnns'. money mi brinTins ths
/ Eod name and good faith of the nation into
d,repute merSIE 20 ,, IsiSaI ven 1,l HH hss i,l
| CirSeiey. who abGndons 4 tariff man like Grant
to AID IN the n9mlnation and election Of tTes.
w,b n.Ss bIsb m ar svcp since hs and Ky iittsS
we're turned out Of the troughs Of the custom.
nST. ss Es na OF ws Pso ,r
ohstinacy tor independence, and proclaim that
20 Iis rITSSS 1sms,n, ~ lruInsn,m ost % whS. tesy
| anil unb6uFht, that thanks be 10 lod, like the
Phatisee Of old, they are not as other journals
are; ,..,,..
excited by this comedy of scandal and ambition
IL one Of amusement or contempt we are
pnnnhi,..n Snen I.,, We NJ .bov and sJ
vsrtise themselves as real, new patriots, With
on. sDd ~, mi, NAV 4, tbs onIy isgitimste
drama, while the performance at Philadelphia
sen'Gs,Gnsl s @oG a8wSr Ssr We ~ w tss sem
ate OF the nItsd states surrendered to the In.
trs1s, 81 PH'sSian ss oss IN ooi STi,s frsm disap
polluted ambition. ,,,. .r,.,,.
~ tns'S 20 1,ranI ~ n va! trus TO JSsk'
son when Calhoun and clay and Webster thun;
asrsd e. h s, 70 ins zen nS,,tclsnp pPs hs IS
umphed. Tho people are standing by Grant
a1. ,,nToP as nj snlsnaId a.
was awarded to the hero OF New Orleans"
The truth Is, the late discussion in the Sem
ate, and the similar exhibitions that preceded
1t this session. sprung from the most uuwor-
shy motives This whole cry OF corruption
and malfeasancc is one Of the most transpa-
rent frauds aud humbugs Of the day. No one
knows better than the gentlemen who have
led In the attack that II has not, 40 far as the
President Is concerned, the slightest founda-
tion In truth.
MI echufh never sa'u Que "oru "oou' 'ne
shes oi arms 10 FRANCE as long H nus orotner-
ln-la", 'usSen' was so'n'o'u@nlY Pro''ueu
TOT under tue lnterhal revenue department.
ne ~" II" aou'es =" 'ne 'eue'ai service untn
ns Pos'nas'e' ''enuS "e'e ueeAP''a'ou IN
missouri. M long Us ne was Pernh''eu !"
eontrol the federai patronage ue was true 10
PRESIDENT urau' anu 70 'ne NePuohcah party
senator sumner VINO mas ialeh IRON ms
hlgh estate where ne STOOD peerless ana
alone became angry and indignant "hen Mr.
Motley was recalled from London and when
the state department declined to receive In
'Iructions from him In the settlement oil the
Alabama claims. Shortly alter these events
he, for the first time, began TO sec that the
President had ''usurpcd the war.making
power" and should be lmpeached.
Mr., Trumbull. as the Herald saws, has been
led away by hopes Of the Presidency. There
Is scarcely a man In the country whose
chances of obtaining II are less, except prob
ably, Horace Greeley, or who, II selected,
would make more unsatisfactory Chief Mag.
lstrate to the people. as we'll as to the pollu.
clans He would be In row with his party
before he was six weeks In the White House.
| He Il conceited, narrow-minded. preJudiced
aud eRotIstlcal. Iustead Of having no policy
/ Of his own to enforce against the will Of the
| people, he would have different policy from
| ever ybo,ly else on every subject that could
possibly arise He Is so obstinate that he could
not agree with anybody, and would find him
self abandoned by every one before the first
year of his term had expired.
The trouble with Greeley Is that he Is a
monomaulac on the subject OF Office. lie Is
under the impression that he has great and
commanding claims upon the party which
ought to be rewarded. lie would like to be
Governor Of the State OF New York, but
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