Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-02-24


TIE PRESIDENT AND THE PARTY.
In May, 1868, the Republican party met In
convention at Chicago and adopted plat
form Of twelve planks, which may be sum
marised a. follows; A declaration TO stand
by the roconstruction policy Of Congress; TO
maintain equal suffrage at the South; de-
nuuclatlon Of repudlatl on; the reduction and
equalization Of taxation, the reduction Of the
national debt; the i'm provement OF our credit
at home and abroad; an economical admin
istratlon Of the Government; an adjustment
Ot tho naturalization question; q resolution
In favor OF rcwarding the men who had saved
dc country In lis great pcril; and the Gu
'Vcs.--~peut Of immigration.
"a u. .,Yas nominated by acclaim,
speeches on record, accsIS.S N. -.
nation, and pledged himself to - .,,
TO 'hc best Of his aoillty, the Instruction.
which as party chief were laid down for
his guidance and direction. For weeks be-
fore he was inaugurated the politicians were
bewildercd and excited; tho air was fun OF
suspicion and Of rumor. General Grants
position was cauyassed in iunumerable can
vases and conventions of politicians. The
gentlemen who were ambitious to serve their
country In the ofllce-holdlng way were nery-
Gus and anxious. They throngcd the cor
ridors Of the Capitol, filed the committco-
rooms and lined the portlcos OF the hotels,
dreaming and spoculating rs to what the
Presldent-oloct should say and do. Some of
them, Mcclure OF Pennsylvania, for Instance,
went into rebellion right away, and predicted
that the party was ruined, and that there was
no hope for 1t In the future; that Grant
meant to disrupt and destroy It.
How stands the record today More than
three years have passed; we arc in the last
year OF the Presidential term, and the Repub-
lican party Is again preparing to enter upon
another national campaign. The President,
whose faith was to tue mob OF politicians who
illed Washington matter Of doubt and un-
certainty, because he had refused to llstcn to
their clamorings for Office, has more than
fulfilled every pledge that the party In con-
veutlon made 10 the country aud that be made
10 the party. There Is not a plank In the
platform that has not been adhered TO aud
made, as far as II was possible to make II,
part and parcel of the law Of tho land and of
the traditions OF our politics. The laws have
been enforced In the South and the rights Of
all protected. Repudlatlon has been made
even more odious than treason and rebellion.
Taxation has been reduced TO the extent
oi over S2Oo,OOoOoo. In thlrty-hyo months
the public debt has been cut down by nearly
three hundred millions of dollars, and the
annual Interest reduced by nearly eighteen
millions. England, Prussia and tho other
leading countries oil Europe have come up
10 the nigh ground taken by us on the ques-
ton OF naturalization and In solemn treaties
abandoned forever tho ground held by them
from lmmeinorla lime' the veterans oil the
late war have been cared Ior and protected
10 sueh an extent that The Presidents hdelity
10 tnein mas become serious ground oi o.
Jeeuon against nun In the opinion OF gentle-
tnon lag sli. s1uinV' VINO haie no synPa'ny
win uio eoiuior, anu oy men lAe "r' schurh,
Nno ae soiuiois on'y Oh uroSS'paraoe' ana
"no inuo 1inous 'no o1ss1Bo "nu tue eom-
ni'' ososs "Heu 'ne' ie "eeuou !" 'u'
iou1' LIesiu9nt utunt nus NOT oniy hGae
sDo ~ Pnv iIo'Iuo"' " VIC e'e. hAG, ouI nc
.sa naS n@po sAT oe's a1S sue sroAs 81 l,esiuon'
,uen ,ne ''TrsS T'.: ..N no nSS HSt,e ,o I, tu ~
Wy. AHo ''o,S VI u'o -'u'' a'n - ouo
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~ ielao n~' oo'n ahoauy Po,ooeu in'o
1ne n osu'u,les' A"u Wii enauro ~ Ious a tne
iepuUnS 'a " 'uio W A''e"ip' " ue0'S
oi Uei'''ie y. niu"ue'' nave Vi oourso, oeeh
nn@e0' Uu' tney nNe Ooon ProinPuy reelineo'
ne naS mao IN al LnlngS aoroaa ana generous
Ponoy 'oNSrus 'ne HUMANS to"arus tne
nS'ious oi Europe WIN NnOpn We nave come
~ oon'soe, io nus inaue 'no hoPuo"e more
uCuOou 1O'oSu anu iNaou ~ W hisuei
pAno ,s Auious 'nu na.lonS tnan u naS eVe, oe'
IOis ouJVyeu- ms uolnesue poiioy hae oeen
y sIlaN,1 'NuINiOue anu pa'i,oo' anu 1uousu
n,' nienus complain, anu win soou Ieaeons
-. :. a." le ' .,'s so1us nO
,,os Soos ~ ,"o n4nuo Vi 'nOoo i'ou' "Houi
Ainuneso anu courtesy ouiy "as =" oe eA-
PoeSeu, s'iii hiS iaUo ih 'iiS ioSPoo' oniy 'ns
same :" .nA' Vi "S0nins'on' anu 'aeA'on'
Ana Lincon ~
rresiueh' "IAntS uuenty !" 'nS parry w
Jay anu during inc iast tnree years stanus
out In singular contrast 10 the treason ana
inhdelity ot those who were his csnsors and
acousers at the time oil Ills Inauguration Inc
gehuemeh VINO to-uny are meaning tne MIS-
disaffoctiou. who arc eoonettInp with the
Democracy, aud plotting TO surrender the
Government into the keeping Of the men who
50 recently were In arms TO destroy IL arc
the very same persons who. I'm lsSs we're
afraid that President C,ra,t would not n. ,rrs
N N. n.Ttv uo has b.cn so true 10 ,ho