National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-10-25


that he EXHIBITS his friend az the accomplish a
hleves7 Al these crimes she sought TO excuse
Ia,ner than condemn" sccordlng TO PIKE. "Dut
ley saw, what became evident TO everybody, that
General Grants, denomination was fore.
KIM AZ MS anc,ure was whether he would bow
% this coming decision Of the Republican party,
~ whether he would resist and contest the IL.
sue."
zee confirmed by history. History nirrins thai
Greeley lett the Republican party because II
nominated General Grant, and not because II
II Mr.. Pike thinks his own confession needs
CONFEDERATION, u ~ COrrObOratcd by tho tCstl.
mony OF Mt. Greeley, given, not through the
ITibuHf, but upon the witness stani, aud under
oath. In January, 1874, less than four months
before he was nominated at Cincinnati, Mr.Gree.
~ was examined as witness before a commit.
leo OF the Senate. lie had then an excellent or
poTtnnlty, and he manifestly had an excellent
disposition TO tell all he knew OF the corruptons
u the Republican party. lie was specially asSei
10 reveal what knowledge you have particularly
IN regard to any wrong doing In the custom. house
" by custom-house Officers; whether you know
u any parties IN subordinate capacity who
have divided their receipts with their superior
officers, or whether In any way officials OF the
custom house have cOnniyed at any frauds upon
the rcvenne7' To that broad question he an
swered; 81 wish to give testimony to one pOiul
only. What cOnsthcr grave abuse by custom.
house officers Is pltrolilng our STATE TO control
',r'y mt he could reveal no cilinca against the
revenue.
second. We have to remark that this protcncc
Ut universal corruption IN tho Republican party IL
false aud not true. Mr.. Pkc'a whole arrangement
| IA hut decoctiOn VI the slang with which the
more INSCRIPTIONS OF tdc Democrats journals
hal tecnled for years before he or Mr.. Greeley
/ Joined that party.
Tue Republican party "a composed Of tax
/ paying citizens Of the United states. II NAV he
/ swindled, hut u has no Opportunity to swindie.
/ Undoubtedly Republican officials may commit
| frauds, aud have done 40. 50 have onlcials Of
| all parties. But no party was ever more vg
| ant TO detect or more switt to punish such
| frauds. And the country knows, because the
official records testify that the frauds and defa
| cations committed under the administration Of
| President Grant have been less than under the
| administrations OF either President johnson or
President Lincoln. No ono should KNOW this
letter than Liberal Republican; for u General
Grant had punished fewer rogucs the Liberal"
party wOuld he smaller than II IL.
Thir,l. We have to remark that Of all the false.
| hoods which have been coined, this, that the
Liberals" left the Republican party because II
| was too impure for their communion il the most
| Impudcnt and sckening. The world has always
| been more or less AFFLICTED with this sort Of
20 shameless as that OF last year. The Pecksniff
| family Il an old and numerous one. Tho whole
| tribe has been disgusting; but nothing 30 grin.
ming and CHASTITY the litter Of 1874 had before
pecu spawned upon society. Until then sham.
| had worn some kind Of covering Even that
| hrst "lber1r who came staggering into the
l lnHuklnp oOu tnht ne was mot as Otnef
men, extortioncrs, unjust, adultcrers,"it would
| seem, was not without sOmo backing to his
| boast. He did "fast twice In the week. and he
did "glye lithes OF all he possessed" 50 IN the
| nrst half Of tho seventeenth century q political
faction was organized In France which AFRO.
gated the name Of "Ths Impertsnts;" hut then
Mwasa party respectable In point OF numbers
II had for its chiefs the great houses OF ,r.
raine and vendome. II was nearly q match for
The authority Of the Crown aud for the craft Of
SO. too, In tho beginning OF this century EGG.
land had Ministry which, because Of It's loud
pretences, Is known In history as call the
| talents But IL really was distinguished by q
great deal OF talent. 1t was not composed o.
the malcontents OF any one party. 1t embraced
Inc leaders Of all parties. "Remember," said the
.ious." Accordingly Grenylie. Fox, Erskin,
Scarborough. Windhan, Romlliy aud others
all OF tried sapacty, but OF various politics.
we're combined In that Ministry. That combina
ton actually administered the Government for
something more than year; aud 80 In spite Of Its
arrogance II Ia not proper object OF contempt.
But what charity Is broad enough to hide the ar
| rogance Of that little band OF political menil.
cants which, 10 1871, broke away from the Re.
| publican party, organized at Cincinnati, and
hurried Oh to Baltimore for a market claiming
10 possess all the virtues. OF course, we do
not enumerate among the mendicants the
81 ins That en-
| II they were not men OF Ideas, they were al
least men with IN idea. They went TO Clncln.
matt not, as we think, for a wise purpose, na,
the Republican party has finished Its work.
we now want work accomplished which the
Republican party never designed aud dout want
to 10. Wewant free trade inaugurated. No ex.
listing party Is ready 10 undertake that. FOr that
purpose we must have a new party. That was
legitimate political action.
| throng OF political kaiydlis which sprang up ali
over the country and almoY stunned u with
their unceasing chirp. A few Of the most re.
neen deprived Of them. >rhe bulk OF them had
never attained to trust OF any kind. All Of
them sspoused the theory that their political
nsfortunes were attributable to their political
penections. Such were the men who Inscribed
upon their forefronts "Holiness 10 the Lord
VINO swaImed towards Cincinnati, singing, awe
are Republicans, hut we are too pure for that
communion;" who took possession of the con.
venlion; who smothered the revenue and the
civil service reformers, and who prescribed
Horace Greeley and u. Graz Brown as that gen.
uine preparation Of sirsaparilia which, II taken
freely, would cure every III; which would guar.
antee free trade TO Edward Atkinson and protec.
| ton to Alexander Mcclure; would secure TO
Jacob ID. Cox a civil service free from part.
san bias, and give all the Offices TO the
Democratic party. would secure universal abstl.
| nence to the Sons OF Temperance, and uullmited
| lager to the rest Of mankind; would secure
civil rights to the freedmen and free riding 10
the ku-hluN; would sternly enforce tho new
amendments AMI protect the States against all
Federal Interference, mslntaia the policy OF re.
construction AMI hang all the carpetb Gggcrs,
which would hasten the millennium, aud daring
single Presidential term would make Jefferson
Davis aud Wendell Philip, lay down together
and enable little child To lead them. II was a
traylsty on politics so INDUSTRIOUS that one hall
me world shouted with derision and the other
shock to the founders OF the Cincinnati move
ment that two hundred OF them assembled 10
prayer meeting at the Fifth-Averue hotel, when,
as dev0utly perhaps as they ever prayed, they
asked that, u possible, that cup IN ght pass from
them. hut It was not possible. That cup was
mixed to he drunk and not passed. The reform.
ers drank y at Cincinnati, ind were palseh.
The antl-reformers drank II NJ Biltlmore Us
| dfunkhrds have been known TO drink plcra,
swallowing a great deal OF bitter for the sake OF
very little stimulus. or course, hey were
nauscated. The only parry they benefited was
that great party which they left. Such were the
men WIZ, 10 lsIa, arrogated 70 themselves all
history can pretence be found so bold aud 50
lmpudent.
| Fourth. We have to remark that this faisehood
| " not only Unparalleled In audacity, but It has
| scarcely parallel Ia atrocity. The guilt of lie
| Is to he measured by the motive which inspires
| II. ia 'ehool forged TO acquire properly Is
| less nagitious than one forged to destroy life.
| rhis lie, or this volume OF lies, was invented to
| wrest the Government OF this country from Re-
publican control and betray 1t Into the control OF
| q coalition OF which the constituents were i've
| hundred parts pardoned felons, four hundred
and nlnety-nine parts sympaihizng Democrats
| and one part renegade Republicans. What such
| q coalition would do for the country, 1t 10 not
/ difioult to conjecture. What the Republican
party has done Ia matter OF history. When the
/ Republican patty assumed control the Govern
/ ment was 10 the grasp OF two OF the dcadllest
| enemies which ever assaulted q Tree State
| secession and slavery. The country was rated
| as dead by nearly every Government In Europe.
| England was armlng her cruisers 10 administer
| on our estate. Twelve years have elapsed. The
republic yet lives secession and slavery are both
| dead. Europe has corrected her opinion. Eng.
land but recently walked up to tue bar OF public
| opinion and submitted TO fine OF fifteen mil
i lions rs the penalty for her III stake. Tue re-
| pablo, thoroughly aroused from that lethaTgy
which had settled on all her faculties, has sprung
forward into the vanguard Of nations. And to-day
| there Is nowhere on the confines OF Asia nor la
the uttermost parts OF the sea State or people
/ to which we are not an instruction, or nc least
| an Inspiration. Against the life OF q party which
has accomplished 80 much, the Liberals OF 1879
launched their lies Hence they surpass In guilt
| the fAlsehood 30 camor0usly denounced Ia q few
| panic stricken members OF Congress who are
supposed TO have lied to conceal their completely
| with Q dlsreputable stock. They surpass Ia
guilt the paltry falsehood OF the Jockey who lies
Il to conceal q defect In the horse he is selling.
They still surpass the guilt OF that fal>ehOOd
| which the Spectator launches upon the stock
exchange, whereby he paralyZes for time the
| industry OF state. They are lies OF the Titan
brood, like that OF Lacoste, who betrayed the
] charging squadrons OF Napoleon into the sunkeu
road OF Ohain-like those Of Titus Oltes, who
| supplied the Infamous scroggs with the testi-
mony In support Of those judicial murders which