The New York herald., 1872-10-27
TEE PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION.
Theodore Tilton Talks on the Great Topic Of the
Day-scathing Denunciation Of President
Grant and Praise Of the Typical
Honest Man, Horace Greeley.

Day-scathing Denunciation Of President
Grant and Praise Of the Typical
Honest Man, Horace Greeley.
There was fair-szed audience in point OF num-
bers of ladies and gentlemen, at the Brooklyn
Academy OF Music, last evening, the occasion being
the promised lecture by Mr.. Theodore Triton upon
that not unfamiliar topic, "The Presidential Ques
tion.n The lecturer was introduced shortly after
eight O'Clock by Mr.. Nicholas A. Van Brunt. Mr..
Ttlton commenced by stating that he had resided
IN Brooklyn for twenty years; yet he had seldom
vexed the public by talking. He had accepted this
invitation to speak more through compulsi0n than
through DESIRE he felt exhausted frOm his
labors, having spoken for seventy consecutive
nights in various parts OF the country. He trusted,
therefore, that the audience would forget the weak
ness OF the speaker and remember the strength or
the cause. He then proceeded to give his reasons
for leaving the republican party with which he had
all his life voted and worked. The republican party
ask for another term to accomplish the reforms
which they admit essential. From the first day
OF President Grants administration he has had
majority OF both Houses OF Congress at his COM
mand to execute his policy. He had only to will
in order to do. He was all-potent, all-powerful
The republican party claims to advocate civil SER
vice reform. Why, then, should the President
have his nephews, unces cousins and his wife's
relations holding office The speaker held that
that party, which, alter four years. CONTROL came
before the people and asserted that 1t advocated
reform which 1t had in its power to effect In all
these years, did no more nor less than
stutify Its declarations. The administration had
placed itself on record as a failure,
because 1t had failed to do that which it had IN It's
power to do 1t declares sentence against itself
upon the national records. In giving away vast
public domains to private corporations OF railroad
capitalists great injustice had been done the ma
tion. One hundred and fifty million acres Of pub
lie lands had been voted by Congress under this
administration This land covers an area OF ground
equal to that occupied by Maine, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts,, Rhode Island, New York and Ohio.
The franking privilege they claim in their plat
speaker) have access to the Post once at
this moment he would show that 1t was
piled Dup up full Of campaign documents bearing
claimed by Grants adherents in his favor for having
reduced the national debt, reduced the tax, the
South and settled the Alabama claims, were false
Grant had no more to do with reducing the debt
bama @ Claims in shame s and degradation. H He de- de-
manded $500 600 900; he accepted fifteen millions
and half Mr. Tlton dwelt humorously upon the
carpet-bag system OF the South, and caused r0ars
OF laughter by recOunting the miscellaneous con-
tents OF the Presidents carpetbag at Washington.
II he be reelected carpet-bag government
win be continued; il he be defeated carpet
bag government win fail. He ald not wonder
affairs should come to this country expecting to
find the sympathy Of America with England in her
say ditto to Mr.. Froude, he (the speaker) would
respond ditto to Father Burke upon this subject.
amen leaa s1 St ihe ns 81
United States Collector, Appraiser, Minister
abroad, United States Marshal, Brigadier General
Agent and Judge and general Once Broker in the
District Of Columbia. An Irishman in Brooklyn
President resi- N said he he .wouid T vote II for q man
whose family was small.n Senator Sum-
ner had ns, made out a. record Of impeachment
government and gift taking To each OF these
charges 1t had been answered, "That Is nothing"
have we not military dictatorship? these defend
ers OF corrupt administration win respond "That
not OF power, but OF law, wherein the people rule
the ruler; where dishonesty and treason shall not
be countenanced. He then traced the issues OF the
'liberal" cause In succinct, glowing and impress
sive manner eulogizng the venerable and pure
statesman who bore the standard OF government
reforms. The platforms Of Cincinnati and Baltimore
were the guides which would lead TO victory
and q purincaton OF national life. The nomina-
Wa the nS sHe word Tns
bond OF union which unites the democratic and
"liberal parties was explained alone upon. the
broken union Of ali sections Of the country-to
alliance had been made twenty years ago. What
woe, misery and unavailing tears would have been
saved This alliance has not come come too soon. IL, It
cnua oas or Bamore isT came in - 1885,
when Kansas was accepted into the
Union as . free State. through democratic
aid and sympathy. Had It not been for
democratic party aid we should have had two re-
publics instead OF one. Their joint help accom-
plished the suppression Of the rebellion. The tour
teenth and fifteenth amendments would not have
been adopted but for their help In 1872 In the lul
| with the republicans again in efYecting the great
party had outIived its usefulness; it would now be
laid on the shelf. He secuted the assertion that
the "berals' would pay the rebel debt. Never
until the 'crack OF DOOM. Then rebel scrip would
Insincerity. Was Sumner or Greeley insinceres
MOI We're war democrats iDsinceres No!
faithful I'm peace. the Southerners were In his
opinion the most sincere OF any OF US In this move
ment, ms they have more at stake. Voting for Mr.
Greeley she proved her sincerity. The republicans
had jaunty way OF ninging disoyalty at the
South. II they were disoya then he would fndict
that party for giving aid and comfort to the enemy,
as they had re-enfranchsed the South. Mr.. TlltOn
refuted the charges made that Horace Greeley was
destitute OF administrative ability His success in
the Presidential chair would be strikngiy that OF a
business President man. There Is not another man
in the Republic that would make fewer blunders In
thirty years occupancy OF the journalists chair than
he. We are told that he walks among rogues. SO
does every man that walks In q crowd. As to his
dress, why he dresses as well as President Grant
and he spills less wine on his shirt bosom. II Ben
jamin Franklin or Lincoln were gentlemen, then
Horace Greeley is gentleman. Mr.. Greeley
will give an administration worthy OF the high
position OF trust and h0nOr for he stands to-day be-
fore our people as the typical honest man. His elec
political equality. The speaker then e0quently
defined the meaning OF this term, elicting frequent
applause. We live under a military regime. The
$1,000 ofceholders pledged to the two term policy
discuss the question. They dare not critt-