The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-06-22

/ Is at ulscOunI, tnat personal government mas
been beaten in that ancient field, and that
CESAR WITH SENATE AT HIS HEELS
is not fit model for our Republic. King
George Ill. of England, so peculiar for OBJ
stlnacy aud narrowness. had retainers in Par
Lament who went under the name of 1.-The
Kings Friends" Nothing can be allowed
here to justify the inquiry: HAVE WE A
KING GEORGE AMONG US?' or that
other question Have we in the Senate a
party Of the Kings friends 20
The end of personal government is auto-
cratic and in direct Conflict with Republican
government government of laws and
lot of men is the object of Republican gov
ernment. Nay, more, il is the distinctive
essence. without which it becomes tyranay.
Therefore, personal government in all its
forms, and especially when it seeks to sway
the action Of another branch or overturn its
constitutional prerogative, is hostile to the
first principles of Republican institutions and
an unquestiona5le outrage. That our Presi.
dent has offended in this way is unhappily
too apparent. The President is a civilian
Tocomprehend thepersonal government that
has been established over US, we must know
its author. His picture is
NECESSARY FRoNTIsPIFCG
not as a soldier, let it be borne in mind, but
as civilian. To appreciate his peculiar
character as civilian. it is important to
know his triumphs as ii soldier; for one is a
| natural compliment of the other. The sue
cessful soldier is rarely changed to the suc-
cessful civilian. There seems iucompatibil>
| ity between the two. modifie by the extent
| to which the one has been allowed to exs
clude the other. One always a soldier cam
not late in life become statesman one
always civilian cannot late in life become
a soldier
Iu modern Europe few soldiers have been
more conspicuous than Gustavus Adolphus
| and Frederick, sometimes called The Great.
| But we learn that both failed ignominiously
in their domestic policy. and showed them-
| selves as short-sighted in the arts Of peace as
they were sagacious in the It's of war. The
| judgment of Marlborough is more planted.
While portraying him as 1.-The greatest con-
| queror of the age, the hero OF hundred
| fights, the victor cf Blenheim and Families, %
| the same philosophical writer describes him
as man not only of most idle and frivolous
pursuits, but so miserably ignorant that his
| deficiencies made him the rdicuIe of his
| contemporaries, while his politics were com
pounded Of Sc fshness and treachery. Nor
was Wellington exception. Though shiu>
| ing in the field without a rival aud remarka~
bic for integrity Of purpose. unfuching hons
esty aud high moral feeling, the conqucror
| utterly unequal to the complicated exigen>
ces of political life.''
| Such ARE THE EXAMPLES OF HISTORY,
| each with its warning. 1t would be hard to
! hnd anything in the native endowrnents or
10 the training Of our chcftain TO make him
an illustrlous exception. At least nothing
of this kind is recorded. Was nature more
| geuerous.Ni,h him than with Marlborough or
Wellington, Gustavus or Frederick called
| The G!eit2 Or was his experience Of life
! better preparation than theirs Aud yet
| they fai ed. except in war. 1t is not known
that our chieftain had any experience as
civilian until he became President, nor does
any partisan attribute to him that double
culture which III antiquity made the same man
a soldier and statesman. 1t has often been
said that be took no note of public affairs.
NEVER VOTING BUT ONCE IN HIS LIFE,
and then for James Buchanan. After leav>
| ing West Point he became a captain 10 the
| army, but soon abandoned the service to
| appear at later day a successful General.
| There is no reason to believe that he ems
| ployed the Intermediate period in any way
calculated to improve him as statesman
| He ,oGS earning fe1o hundred dollars a year
tanning hides al Gdtena. BY war be passed
| to the President, and such was his prepara-
| ton TO govern the great Republic making
it an example to mankind. Something also
must be attributed to individual character
THE LATE SECRETARY STANTON ON GRANT
Here express no opinion of my own. l
shall allow another to speak 10 solemn
words echoed from the tomb. Oa reaching
Washington. at the opening of Congress in
| December, 1869 l was panied to hear that
Stanton. late Secretary of War, Was in fail
| ing health. Full of gratitude .or his unsur-
passed services and with a sentiment of
! friendship, qulckened by common political
tsympathles, | lost no time in seeing him,
and repeated my visits till his death, toward
the Gloss of the same mouth. My last visit
was marked by Communication never to
be forgotten. As [ entered his bedroom,
where | found him reclaing on the sofa
! propped by pillows, he reached ont his
hand, already ciammy cold. aud ia reply to
my enquiry. "How are you ?' he answered
waiting Tor my furlough." Then at once
with singular solemnity he said i: Il have
something to say to you"
When | was seated he proceeded without
one word of introduction 81 know Gen.
! Grant better than any other person in the
country can know him. 1t was my duty to
know him when saw him and when l did
not see him. and now | tell you what
| know. 'HE CANNOT GOVERN THIS
| COUNTRY" The intensity of his manner
and the positiveness of his Judgment SUR
| prised me for though | was aware that the
late Secretary Of War did not place the
/ President very high in general ca pacity.
was not prepared for a Judgment so strongly
couched
At last after some delay occupied in
meditating on his remarkable statement. [
observed What you say is very broad"
1T is as true as it is broad % he replied
promptly. .t- rr
I added. "You are tardy. Why did you
wait till this tme2 Why did you not say it
before bis nomination 2''
He answered that he was not consulted
about the domination and had no opportu-
nity of expressing his opinion upon it !;
besides. he was much occupied at the time
with his duties Secretary of War and his
contest with the President - rr-F -