The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-02-03
LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIMsT AT, BE THY GODS
WAYNE COUNTY, IND. FEB.



resident and his Senatorial Oppo.
nents.
That these men who were sent
o the United States Senate % Re-
'ublicaas have . right to oppose
he re-nomjnation Of President
Grant, W do not feel. disposed to
question, but We do question the
oropriety Of, aad their right to,
attempt 70 bring odium and re-
proach upon . faithful public SER
vant to grstify their personal AMI.
mostly. Il 10 well known that
President Grant, for the past two
years. has devoted his energies to |
bringing Gbout reforms in the Civil |
Service. That he is the author Of !
the proposition to reform the Civil |
system. That he has
with zealous care the ad-
ministratiop Of the various de-
partments Of the Government, and
that he has not hesitated to re-
move from Office his warmest per-
sonal friends when he thought the
public interest demanded it. Not
withstanding his vigilance many
frauds have been perpetrated, and
with earnestdess he has appealed
to Congrsss to assist him in in
augurating . system that will pre-
vent further recurrence of these
irregularities, and the charge by
the anti Grant Republicans in the
Senate that he or his friends ore
attempting to avoid an investiga
tion, is . weak effort on the part
Of these men to make capital for
the Democratic party.
it's to be regretted that this
question has assumed go formid,
able an aspect this early in the
session. That these feelings of
animesity, embittered by d:sap
pointment, should be permitted to
over step the bounds Of reason
and propriety and engsnder dis
cord and disssnsions in the party
at the very time the utmost har-
mony and goodfeeling should pre-
vail. Their opposition to Presi-
Gent Grant may result in the defeat
Of the Republican party and the
election of . democrat to the Pres.
idency in 1872. but will that bring
about the much needed reform they
SO zealously profess to covet2 Will
the surrender of the Government
into the hands Of the party whose
corruption is unparalleled in the
political history Of nations, restore
the confidence Of these Solons of
the Senate2 Let Senator Trumbull
answer. We quote from his Sep
tember speech to the Republicans
Of Illinois. He said:
There are also other reforms in
the Gov ernment that are tobe
brought about. How is all this to
he accomplished? this is the great
question chat il going to be SUBJ
mitted to the American people in
the next election. The war is
over-that contest is done. Now
what political organization will be
safest for the American people?
Hereafter where shall we look?
Shall We look to that party which
brought the Government to civil
war to preserve the Union2 Will
We look to that party which ruined
the credit of toe nation so that II
could borrow At less than twelve to
thirty percent per annum-to that
party which inaugerated the doc
trins that to vic.ors belong the
spoils-to that party which now
desires further to depreciate the
currency Of the country by issuing
millions aud millions more OF iti
! If it is believed by the American
people, no matter to what party
they belong, Republican or Demo.
crat, that tho Government of the
country will be safest in the hands
Of these men; if you believe tha
the men. many OF whom sough
to destroy the Government, will be
more likely to preserve it thar
those who fought for lis exist.
ance; il you believe that the mel
who ruined lis trade will be NOR
likely to improve it than they who
when it was ruined, have alread'
re-established it to q great exten,
. ifyou look for reform to them, the
! it is the duty Of the voter to go t
, the polls and vote with the Demo
, cratic party
J It is evident thst the honorabl
| Senator, at that time, had no ide
of going to the Democratic part
: to look for reforms, and we trus
< his views, in that direction, ha
4 undergone no material chang
e since September-there certianl
has been nothing in the action I
? the Democracy since that time I
i, warrant him in his quasi indorse
' ment Of their schemes to brinS rt
D proach upon the administratio
r nd defeat to the party. Pnblic opir
i ion will not sustain The des,r0yels
: the peace IN the Senate. They mt
light their lamp and send out the
Diogauese to look up their ma
= but they will find that the vol
: Of the people is all-potent. tt
= administration OF President Gra
receives 8 hearty Endorsement |
a the Republican masses throug
"a out the country, and any attem
: to disregard or set aside the e,
: pressed wish Of the people Y
- prove disastrous to it's author
! President Grant is firmly esta
"a lished in the affections of the pc
= pie, and it will require more til
lo the. rant t'ngs OF disaffected po
~ ticians to shake their confiden