The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-08


affects the future welfare of New York, and
ought to receive prompt and effective attention
from all who are interested in the progress
and well-being of the metropolis of America.
General Sherman i'm Russia.
Our last mail accounts informed us Of the
magnificent welcome and distinguished treat
ment accorded by the Sultan of Turkey to
General Sherman. So gratifed was the Sultan
with his visitors that in acknowledgment
of the pleasure which the visit afforded him,
His Majesty placed the famous yacht which
had been presented to him by the Viceroy at
the disposal Of General Sherman, to convey
him to Sebastopol The welcome which Old
Tecumseh received in the land of the Gar was
all that could be desired All the Russian
officials there extended hearty greeting to the
famous old soldier who had come to visit the
Of seventeen years ago. The terrible struggles
of the Crimean war have nearly faded from the
memory, yet Sebastopol stands to-day in pretty
much the same condition as when the tri-color
of France and the Union Jack of England
proclaimed from the battered forts that the
Of the Russians to hold them had failed To
General Sherman the scenes of the struggles in
which the armies of five nations had commended
were indeed Of interest. The fields of Inker-
mann and Balaklava possessed an attraction for
him which civilian could not appreciate.
n
the General says that he showed a thorough
acquaintance with the famous grounds which
he trod for the first time, but which study
must have made him familiar with. After
visiting all the places Of interest in and round
Sebastopol, the General, accompanied by his
where they arrived after pleasant journey,
they passed through the demesne of Prince
Woronglof and the grounds of the summer
palace Of her Imperial Majesty of Yalta.
The Philadelphia Presidential Plat
form-Is the Millennium Near at
Hand:
A party platform, especially for Presidential
purposes and on delicate questions, is like
one of those ingeniously constructed pictures
which, looked at from the front, may give us
George Washington, while viewed from the
right it may be General Butler, and from the
left JEFF Davis or any other man; and such on
the issues presented, requiring skilful hedging
is the republican Presidential platform ema-
mating from the late Philadelphia Convention.
It sets out with brief reorganization of the
great achievements Of the republican party
during the eleven years through which it has
controlled the government and the destinies
of the country, and declares that 'this glo-
rious record of the past is the party's best
pledge for the future which is true. This
however, is in the past; but for the future
what have we? Let us see
We have a resolution in favor of equal
rights all round, and against any discrimina-
ton on any account of creed, race or color
This is a 'glittering generality" which may
mean anything or nothing. The next resolu-
ton, which is in favor Of the enforcement of
the spirit of the new amendments to the con-
stitution, is more to the purpose. The
next, in favor of honorable peace with
all nations, and of sympathy with oil
peoples striving for greater liberty, while
looking to England, does not forget poor old
Ireland, which is good idea. Then we have
resolution for civil service reform, which
Schurz as q civil service reformer; and then a
declaration against further land grants to land
monopolies, which is all right.
On the great question of national taxation
this Philadelphia platform declares for the
abolition of all our internal revenue taxes ex-
cept those on liquor and tobacco and on the
tariff it declares with a subdued voice in favor
of the protection Of home industry. The reso-
buttons on the soldiers and sailors ''whose valor
saved the nation, &C., and on the protection at
home and abroad of our foreign-born citizens,
are first rate texts for republican campaign
speeches, while the declaration in favor of the
abolition of the franking privilege, we suspect,
was merely intended to throw dust into the eyes
of Mr.. Greeley.
On the labor question we are told that ''the
republican party recognize the duty of SO
shaping legislation as to secure full protection
and the amplest field for capital, and for
labor, the creator of capital, the largest OPP
portunities, and just share of the mutual
profits of these two great servants of CIV
ilization," which is oil very fine, but very in
definite, as, for example, on the eighthour
question. But this resolution shows that the
republican party sees the drift of the wind on
this labor question, and is trimming its sails
to catch it. The Ku Klux resolution is con-
cession to the Southern blacks; the denuncia-
ton of Reputation is goodwill Offering to
| the s.hloated bondholdars." and the hearty APP