New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-27
POLITICAL MISCELLANY.
DRIFT OF POLITICAL DISCUSSION.
THE ATRoCIoUs CRIME OF BEING uEhnA'
A REfoRMER, AND AN ANTf-GRANT MAN

OF Mr. Trumbull TO revive the Rotrenchment COMMITTEE
words We suppose that these two gentlemen got up the
movement between them with the view OF annoyb ~" 20
prng the President and diminishing his cnances SI
abused schurz, Fenton and Trnmsu but wen, 80 ne, the
condition Of the NewYork Custom house last winter
and took that Institution under ts wing ana gave W. y.
unerstand in plain terms anybody who said there
Was anything wrong with it, with the eminent man
who lately presided over It, wasa rascal VA snbr1 and
made several unpleasant illusions 70 Fentons cary
career. II has since exposed schurz, and we r sup
IN Ss pnSo mor sn hereby
up eonscientiously its charges against schurz: ina.
s 40 s%ssss''f IN fisn er ahe IN Of That
late, he tried to get the DO%in Ssoe of
fercd the Lieutenant Governorsbp. spurned IL con-
temptuousy" and refused TO support the ticket ln
The West in tho canvass 1860 for s2so week and his
expenses, when he got out there me struck lor
paid him an additional sum, which they did That
when Lincoln elected, he asked for foreign MS i
year and came home. and demanded brSadleaTgsnG,
erals commission with n p3t1 u; R,ui
Run Uhe scccnd). Chanceorsville, and dettyspnrg,
without maniesng any striking m t ., servcs
after the longer than there was any use Iot ~,
That he then edited me Der0m r0s s, ap dis
tngushed himself in that position o. Ihat no droS9
persnading the people that he unfit to represent
them, and got himself elected Senator IN MS Pa1o,
Chicago Convention but had to have the aid OF two
"prompters" In parliamentary law IL Inlt nT Hot 20
brotherin law appointed Internal Revenue COector OF
the Chicago District, Office which that depra'ou run
| fan held for two years. III, 80
we have often defended Schurz softened nothing that
told against him. But We fear that aIer thls we he
case has not those pathetic features about which mark
the case OF Paymaser Hodge and others lie particip
ton In the battles Of Bull Run, Chanoelorsyle ana uet
military genius his editing Tie Deroh Post without
as perhaps as remarkable displays Of mingled depray
erociiy and corruption even our times have aioraeu
The Times somewhat cruelty perhaps but mol atogetor
uninstaby darkens Its picture Of poor SchurZs career
by an occasional fond mention of that eminent citizen.
dent Mr. Tom Murphy, late OF tho Custom-housc Ionl
unlike the guilty Schurz dd not display any wan t VI
genius either at Bull Rum Chance0rsyille or Gettys-
Dur odcuse o II" he Union in the hat and blanket line
nor did he edit The Detroit Pos, any other Journal IN
efficient manner, being protected agahst such oiGs
by want Of familiarity WIN the ruHrntS Ur ,ba
chief magistrate hates the ike of schnI and loves sGo
Ike Of Mqrpnydn n when M lRS
Now for Irumbul-and we trust The Times Will not
spare him We venture that. if the truth were
known, 1t would appear That The Hnei thinks Irnm-
bull not so wise or learned as IrumDnil thinks ne Is
Protestant parents attained bis majority at the age OF ~
and voted the same year. That, being admitted to the
Bar, he induced large numbers OF persona to intrSt
causes t. him. and obtained money from them In TINS
way for his personal use. A. That he persuaded the
Illinois Legislature TO elect him twice TO the United
States Senate, well knowing that other respectable men
willing and ready to accept the place. and that
somebody else would have got It If he had not g. That
he has obtained places Tor Two clerks in the Civil Service
by personal solicitation, one OF whom was named Bull
having been evidently dropped to cover up his
connection with the Senator O. That he has advocated
searching investigation into the condition or tho CIV
Service with tho malignant design ana expectation OF
discovering abuses therein whereas proper respect Tor
an inTesiigaton With The design and expectation OF not
discovering any abuses whatever
"wHAr GEN. GRANT SHOULD DO At ONCE
Aside from the testimony Of its leading
oru non (usrOm
in the main RETAINED from pTeudsng the evidence
tee Upon the testimony of the Presidents addecamp,
Col Lee however it feels constrained "a declare that
the usual observances In such be fairly set
aside for independently OF corroboratve evidence nc
himself furnishes enough to Justify an % yer
and tells story OF what he has done that not ct
all credta6e TO MS htegr! ana sense Oh nohor, we
than it is. When Col. George X. leet therefore who
holds the MONOPOLY OF inc General orGer business IN IN
cured it, his method Of conducting it, and the profits ac
cruing from that method, We are not stepping beyond
our province anticipating the public verdict il We
pronounce an opinion upon his autobiography. 1t APP
cratiye position nc has held by means OF letter of com
mendation which he received from the President that
dating his letters from the executive mansion and avail
ing himself otherwise of whatever prestige that fact
for place; aud u further appears that al the wme no
and friend of the confidential secretaries Of the
President In other words he confesses TO having used
tarics 10 further secretly his own pecuniary
gains. Now, we suggest that the President,
under whose suggestions or real favor this stranger
to the metropolis has fastened himself upon it, revenues,
has but one course to pursue He j. to clear h Admins
tration from all completely I'm the Ourages OF this Gene
raj order system ana his good name from the inn
putatons 10 which Let's foolish boasts OF fayoritism
must inevitably give rise Leet is not by his own show
ing proper person to represent the morality OF the
bic station lie acknowledges tagrant lniract0n OF
the just and salnary seruples OF law in his hrst Sc
greed in his conduct Of his Office which s alike injurious
10 the interests OF the Government and the community
Let Leet be discharged ami the system he has made the
instrument Of his ropacity be reformed
SHAN REFORM
From The Sdgiaaio ERtrprS,
The Civil Service Reform is another matter
in which the course Of the Administration Is not sasfac
tory the Ge0P " We aware inc a president h d
Service Commission, but what does that amount to- The
the Presden himself Their plan does not touch that
class Of public servants who are appointed by the Pres
important civil Office holders, except few OF the
large cities II does not reach any who are
competent in Office may be- II friends of the admin
i-tration OF certain Senator'S they are likely to stay
President very well afford TO indorse reform for
his TO carry out But when such corrupt old
York Custom House, la defiance OF the general senti
ment of honest Republicans everywhere using its vast
and only removed when the demand became
recognized Il h pretty cea, that there is no great
anxiety 10 purge the civil service OF the political eorrup
The New Orleans Custom House ovcrrnning the Repub
hcan State Convention Is another sample The worst
form OF the corrupng influence OF official patronage is
not where II is used simply TO sustain party principles;
10 IL far when used TO bolster up the interests OF
individuals and chques-and although Gen. Grant
peatedly declared his adherence 20 the Oneterm prin
cple before his election, il Is well understood that
appointments have been made for the last three
with the view of securing His denomination. Not only
use OF patronage for improper purpose. but disre
gard OF what was his position II NOT his pledge to tho
people, before his election.
"A CRYING SHAME"
- Prom The Syrdcnse Standard
The manner in which the Custom house