Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-06-06
Its Mission Ended.

If we regard President GRANT as
the head-the commander-in-chief-o
the Republican party the conclusion
is easily reached that he has won his
last victory, and that his army Is now
.4t4I marching to the field which will prove
its Waterloo and the humiliation of
the old guard. The appointment of
. RICHARDSON is the last of q series of
blunders which can only come of the
.494 e insanity with which the gods inflict
those whom they have marked for
destruction. We need not dwell on
facts so insignificant as the appoint
ment of bad, not to say corrupt men,
to high and responsible positions. In
stances are so numerous that to pass
4-- them in detail would be to fill whole
columns with ignominious names.
Greater and more fragrant acts of mis-
Judgment or of determined defiance of
the people end disregard for all princi-
pies of right, are also numerous. The
national scandals for the past few
years are all chargeabe to the Repub-
lican party and it is not too much to
say that they were all either conceived
or upheld by the national leader Of
E. ,13s that party-President GRANT. The
infamous Philadelphia ring had his
endorsement if not his support. The
South Carolina frauds he knew of and
did not check. The SANBoRN frauds
are directly chargeable to him. The
Credit Mobilier outrage was planned
8 a8,qsF and executed by men whom he en-
tt'O abled to work and win. BEN
Il 5 BUTLER would have left Congress
long ago, never to return, but
S.i 4 for his Endorsement. The Louisiana
faction drew its vitality from his nom
#'ttf & 4, interference and neglect of duty; and
while South Carolina was being de-
filed and robbed by corrupt men call
)o13fA ing themselves Republicans, he looked
calmly on, and by his mastery mac
tivity encouraged the dastardly act
= Congress is filled with men whom
s p6s0 Z stocked Navy Yards and unfair cleo
~ 40 tioneering not the people, gave their
'e's' seats. All this is directly chargeable to
.,s-- = to the commander-in-chief. What
= y - = wonder that an army, led by such
general should become so demoralized
that it anticipates nothing but defeat.
A late article on the future of the Re-
publican party by HENRY WARD
BEECHER closes as follows: "Without
trying to forecast the future, some
things seem clear as to present duty.
The Republican organization has no
rightful claim on the men who want
to see the country we'll governed. 1t
has earned the sentence pronounced
against the Church in Sardis: Il know
thy works, that thou hast name that
thou Invest, and art dead!' The soul
of the party has fled, with the ideas
that once inspired it. The lifeless
bod..- cunbers the ground. Whenever
an officer is to be elected, whether
Senator, alderman or village select
man. let men who are like-minded
come together irrespective of old as
sociations, and select those who will
carry out their common ideas. That
is the only way to practically reach
the matter. 1t is not only that the
old organizations are worthless: they
are hurtful the Republican party,
with its organization, its discipline,
its funds and its subservience to low
politicians, is positive barrier to re-
form. Let it go! And until better
party arises, let us take the trouble to
deal with each election as it comes, by
combining as the occasion may require
a to choose the man who is fit for the
place. ..sfr