The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-18

the condition things were In. The Republican
the resultY General Grant had convicted more
thieves than all the administrations OF TINS govern
from 1ss down. Cheers Was nere ANY ANY
been sent to the penitentiarys. Senator Wilson
went to declare that the administration Of Gen
OF the public debt, and concluded by calling on the
70 do their duty and be as arm an as
important interests. Cheers)
senator Morton's Speech.
Senator Morton, who, through Ill health was COM
PEELED to remain sitting while he addressed the peo-
| pie, said-Mr. President and fellow citizens OF New
York, am here tonight by the invitation OF COM
mittee for the purpose Of addressing you upon the
subject Of the next Presidency and the condi-
the United States. / am not invited BY q
committee OF oGice-holders am advised
enc nS s and that
very few OF them are In the position to take an
are governing the country; that they are
OF the complaints that have heard on that subject
comes from man who has been In office thirty
In the harness. The Convention to be
held In Philadelphia has been described as an
tion that there will be many more Office seekers
in the convention at Cincinnati than oice-holders
in the convention at Philadelphia There are some
men who are going to Cincinnati who are good
men, and who are able, and part from them with
reluctance, and | would be glad If it had
been in my power to reconcile them to
the party of the administration. But take that
convention all and ALL 1t win be more curious col
celebrated aWhat is it It win not be SO much a
convention as conspiracy. The men who viii
compose that convention VIII differ almost
will be united only In their resent
ments. i is too late tonight to enter upon
and to inquire what is the cause OF this attempted
disruption OF the republican partyS But now call
your attention to the general statement that in this
attempted disruption there is no principle involved
that y no eW eom
in it's and that It is not founded upon any pretext
that the administration has come short In any ma
terial thing. Now If what the country. wants IS
good government, good and faithful ad
an Old saying, ''Let well enough alone"
and 'bess the bridge that carries you safely over"
And l undertake to say here tonight, In the full
blaze of the intelligence oil this assembly and Of this
whole country that take this administration all in
do not say that it is free nom
secretaries have not made some errors; but to err
is the lot of ALL In the great material respects of
istered as it has been in half a century, or,
derhaps, as it ever was Whst is your
and business men Of New York; / call upon You ali
tonight as witnesses, without regard to party or
past Affiliations, to stand out and bear testimony
that this government is well administrators that
| your condition financially was never better;
that there never was time when
prevailing in regard to the future financially and
commercially as there Is to-day We have now
never was a time when you have felt so much con-
fdence in the currency as there is now, or could
w Will be a. Of S s wo
or five years hence ? Every honest democrat here
must admit that Why, then, do you want to
change You do not expect to improve upon 1t and
you might get worse administration. Therefore,
leaving all patriotism out Of view, and looking
alOne," and continue in power the administration
that has accomplished such great things for the
been reduced nearly eighty.seven million dollars,
and we have passed a bill in the Senate re-
sS more no sea though go mat har 6
adjourn without repeating at least S5ooooOoo, and
yet during this administration $4,000 900 Of the
count, that the 4th March, 1862 sl2e,OOOOOO,
is now less than s1oe,oooooo Then the sue
ss Of the the prsseh R0' Of the pe' UntaS
States-the simple adoption of peace, goodwill,
He has taken William Penn for his example and
now this country is more nearly at peace with
the tribes than at any perop since
That alone is enough to immortalize this admins
tration, and this policy will be persevered in as
long as General Grant continues in office; and
have faith in it for the redemption of portion Of
the aboriginal race of this country Taen there is
Treaty OF Washngton--that great triumph of
American diplomacy, that treaty which was alike
honorable 10 DOtn nations, ana winch settled
dculty that threatened the peace of this country,
and which restored amcabe relations between
these two great nations bound together by 50
many ties of blood, language literature and tradi.
ton. Like General Sickes / believe it viii
be carried out by the English government in good
faith and have no doubt that our government will
| stand by that treaty, come what may. We are at
peace with all the world An attempt has been
German government and to disturb the amcab bic
relations between these two great nation We
know how intimately they are allied and we know
/ hn m no ZAH wi snrin nnr
cnas us her a Hna
her when the war was over. We know,
too how in the late struggle between her and
easily understood stood '1 sympsthzed With Germany
France was our ancient ally, but we regarded the
war as y.n not made SIe. by France, but by
had trampled his oaths and the republic
under his feet. We thought he had made the war
without just cause, and our synpathies went out to
| Germany. The attempt to now embroil the two
| countries has failed. There was no foundation no
single circumstance that could be twisted into an ex-
cuse for what is called the French arms scandal THAT
scandal has been reported upon by a committee OF
the House within the last three days, after full ex-
animation. That report has eX0nerated our gov
eminent from blame in every particular, whether
intentionally Or accidentally and has stated that
general government understood this all the time
has none to made now, and the relations between
Germany and the United States were never more
cordial than tney are to-day, anu III Is not In the
power Of busybodies to disturb those relations for
the purpose OF making political capital or gain.
The French scandal may, therefore, be carried out
and buried in the Poter's Field among the nameless
graves OF shameless and begotten calumnies. Now
there are charges made OF corruption, wholesale
charges Of corruption as II this were the most cor
rupt administration known In the history of our
government. j believe, and say 1t upon my re-
sponsibility as q man and senator, that there
has not, all things considered, ever been
more faithful and honest administration
tell you the difference between this and former
democratic administrations Is that, whenever
rascal has been discovered by this administration
he has been cast of at once, and then he has
been put his trial and held up to the
public gaze, sc0rn and execration, and everybody
knows OF his villany. But under former admins
trations these crimes were covered up and con-
cealed, and hence 1t Is now said, "What dishonest
administration you have how; now many
criminals have now to what you had
formerly" No; not so many by far
! but those we have are dragged to light and pun
| ished There is no man, whatever may have been