The Morning herald., 1876-05-12
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u,.h .nv lust comprehension of their u
f VIII s' .Ds another and tOthe country
.toh' ,%,ss y. distipp uished men who .re recog-
the m,sI Tho formost Individuals, In Demo-
nlaea e.a =, oninion. in the three great sections
cra,o opuntry. will not let o great oppor-
Of .ae .S Jrft away and be lost in profltiess
ason,ention sun as to which OF the tnree sua,l .n.l
" Inomnally first They must settie tnls ns
ue;ut between themselves or permlt IL 70 oe
polns p,sd between their immediate intimates,
se','.u ,'hon their names come before the
aDu m inn they must not come as resolute
von, WI ,elentless opponents, any one OF them
apu ,r IN rise on the ruin of the others; Tor
iehay hannens they must all tall together:
~ T,'r nSrr mnst 30 before the representatives OF
lucy 'National Democratic Convention pre-
en. .,d N hear with satisfaction the judge
pa,oI S"ut With which it gives precedence to one,
m,I, und r.adv also to ratify the virtual COM
uact @ that the other two shall be associated
With With that one in office If he sdall receive
thp sutlrages of the people.
II # nav be said that this bargains away
.bs ,reat offices before they are secured;
,"at ."o Il commits the President to a pledge
h'forp t', he receives office that is to bind him
w office, and that it requires OF
him action that he may not deem
anoccther wise when the occasion
comes ] to act. Every government that is
nood government is founded on bargains
inst like this; is a scheme Of pledges and
Guarantees and compacts between the Va
T riou. parties to such bargains. All gov
ernment that does not proceed on bargains
like this is mere personal government,
the result of the seizure of the political INA
choery by armed force. as in the case OF
,hp first Napoleon, or by intrigue and con-
soiracy as in the case of the last Napoleon.
Fyery President is put in office with us on
,he assumption that he will govern by
means of the great men of the country, as
every constitutional king holds his throne
oua similar theory. General Grant and
George III. have been cited as the most
conspicuous instances of the violation OF
tb. theory, and they violated it in the same
way and substantially for the same
reasons. George III. INDUCED his per-
sonsl preferences in the choice Of
Minister'S and perhaps was unable to com
prehend that that was improper. He did
not perceive any constitutional duty in the
premises. He did not want disagreeable
statesmen about him who would bother
him with politics. He wanted about him
the men he could like, and though the men
he liked could do all that was necessary,
and so he went on thinking till he lost to
bis kingdom world of great colonies, such
as no nation ever had before. Grant also
fell into the same amiable error, and has
caused to his country loss that may prove
greater than that which George iii. caused
England, for he has half forfeited the
triumph of the North gained in our great
war.
1t is proper, therefore, to return to that
traditional system of our great parties
which gives guarantee that great offices
shall be filled by great men under compacts
that have behind them such sanction as the
assent of party conventions; and it is cs
pecially wise to return to this system now
when it points the way to harmonious
issue from the rival claims of the great men
OF party happily we'll supplied with such
material.