The New York herald., 1872-08-22

gl9deshy ts6eathed his trfiuampnsnt sword at the
nfS' Whisper. '..rux nrrunrnc ia sArr.r
and who, leading the van van in the movement for
glorious Victories through s which, testing merit by
ssa',s ss rss ssas eaa ns u m ana they
co1ceds that y the geptlsst healing remedies en-
ing chasm save il the uneven vein Of the tribune
seeks for discord as his only stepping stone 70
power, They may also point with satisfaction to
the Cnd Graded lee IN ana o
statesmanship, to the noble Henry Wilson, ever
ever the laborer bends with crushing toll or op.
goes Sa sshted with smpssny HS% ans ni
his voice with hope and encouragement. 1t Is rea-
sonabo that such should spurn such
plunder, and whose watchword s "the spoils !" far
beneath the pure air the patriot breathes turks the
@ freedom sna eaaa sSts SnsS q a
tionai honor maintained, national dag respected
wherever the sun shall shine upon tt-these
are as aS GG al 9a inc Of Sssras adm nass
are the spoils that enrich o nation; these, to be
shared by all, are guaranteed in abundance by the
and nestna6le wealth. and priceless legacy to
posterity. But the coalition cry, "Reform." Who
erng crumbs and their deluded followers, the law
less, held to obedience, and who lately sought to
separate and antagonistio Powers. Tammany,
crushed by the weight OF Its own iniamy and tne
6ck S OF esst tne M th Gose pe
character the Tribune may have proclaimed to be
worth 'sx cents in adjudicated value." Henceforth
mute be the lips that were wont to repeat, "Alas
for the rarity OF Christian charity under the sum-"
Such is the coalition for reform. With equal pro-
prety might the fallen angels paint 'ref0rm" upon
their dusky banner, elect
BEELzEBUB THEIR CAPTAIN
and march against the throne of heaven. STILL g
slender pretext for disalection Is the fact that
complete amnesty has not yet been extended to q
handful OF the most notorious traitors. Yet here
the historian may search the worlds annals In vain
for parallel to the forbearance and forgiveness Of
the republican administration. Not punished, but
Of the Republic are barely three hundred of the
| twice three hundred thousand who staked their
ambition, arrayed in slckiy sentiment tasm ignores
the teachings Of humanity in all the past and
mourns that the chief potters against the nation are
that history should send down through the ages Its
long wall over the self-immolati0n of the three
hundred who gave their lives at Thermopyr, or that
mankind should drop tear at the valor Of the twice
three hundred who rushed into the jaws OF death at
admiration attend unselnsh devotion to country
and to duty; but when man, in his aspirations for
liberty ia retarded In each drear march by the cross
or guilotne, and finally after the slow progress Of
centuries his hopes are realized beneath an Ameri-
can sky, there is little heroism In attempting to
| him. Spartcus, with his seventy gadiators under
| took to abolish Roman slavery, and organizing
servile army mJSrOuted Consul after Consul, and only
| by divisions in the ranks was prevented from pro.
claiming universal emancipation from the Capito-
Ultimately defeated, his captive army were crushed
| in the Applan Way. John Brown applause Se)-with
s m he Sa 1g s M
| forces and swung from the gallows at Harper's
| Ferry. In each case the world, although sympa.
| thizing with the purpose, abhOrred the means and
justified the Judgment necessary for the security
| of good government But our unpromoted 800
cannot plead In mitigation the higher impulses
! OF the soul. Not for liberty, but to perpetuate
| debasing institution, already marked for decay,
they precipitate the horrors OF q civil war upon
people In ancient times there would have been no
exemption from Forfeiture and life would have been
! spared only through Communication from death to
| bondage. More recently England in mercy would
| have exiled or with untempered wrath would have
blown them to atoms at the cannon's mouth: Even
debt and large indemnity for future good behav.
ior, quartering upon them standing army to
| watch as they toiled to make up the deficiency.
But our humane government imposed no condi-
! tion as to the war debt, exacted no compensation
for loss to sorrowng households 6ereayed IN the
and 1t adopted the policy OF granting amnesty as
comprehensively and as rapidly as would be COM
enient policy the last 800 will, in due time. receive
that pardon which by right they can never demand.
spirit OF Reconciliation that has been too sparingy
recprocated by many Of the restored the President
has been foremost in recommending the removal Of
the disabilities entailed by the war Yet in the
light of recent 0utrages perpetrated by those who
must have
FORGOTTEN THE MANTLE OF CHARITY
that the government had thrown over their pre-
vious crimes, there is among the friends Of perma-
nent peace growing sentiment that amnesty
patriot PATRIOTISM and that W the " due time ought not
| to arrive until every sullen recipient Of
SOod S have asespsS n sus Of
war and forever abandoned the heresies that
led to it. That time ought not to arrive so long as
torture shall haunt the freedman at his 1reside
or the last venomous Ku Klux shall walk the EARTH
Prudence also demands that departed Ku Klux-
ism should be proved by good order and undoubted
| security to lie and property, and not by mere
words transmitted through tr1ckling standard
OF the rebellion rebel sympathzers desired to arm
our soldiers with the olive branch instead Of the
bHpHst brancS warriors % Of f the North % and hs the
appeal M H'u to reverse s the Judgment given BY
wager Of battle, should insist upon immediate for
against liberty and law. the republican party is
the champion of peace reconciliation ion and frater-
nifty, and away with the pernicious liberalism tnat
misguided rullians who first fired upon Sumter than
that OF the glorious Anderson who courted death
in its heroic defence. Inaugurate as President the
vacatlng representative OF the new conspiracy
and the Republic would rock upon the sea of un-
and labor and every hand representing portion
| Of the national debt, at once O mournfu
remembrance OF an atroclons rebellion and a
|
and every pension that furnishes bread to the
widow or orphan would depreclate in value, as the
government should be conducted by his unstable
administration. The debt, moreover Is already
large enough without adding $500 900 to pay for
former slaves, whom Greeley's spasmodic dsuni0n-
ism would have doomed to perpetual bondage had
not the sword OF Grant (appause) e)-made all
Columbia free. The republican organization is as
necessary for the common safety to-day as when
conspiracy unfurled the more defiant but not more
unscrupuious banners a dozen years age, Some
| old party organ may grind for the enemy. Yet few
| intelligent electors now follow an organ Precisely
what instrument the Tribune is 1t is dificult to
lecture. 1t denies that 1t Is an organ and am un
willing to call 1t Tyre. (Appause.) 1t Is only
certain that
of its latent Chief will have no charms to so0the the
| savage car lApDlausel Some yell-knOWn Sena-