The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-06
ru, Observation-Disclosures
and City Official Press.
Monday Nov. 8, 1879.
THE PASSING REGIME


machinery Of government is preserved
from stagnstion aud corruption. Not.
perhaps, q revolution Of policy or par
~. bat of administration a. least For
the past sixteen years. in an unbroksn
accession. the Republican party has
held the reins OF power. It's tenure has
extended through the period OF the
war for the salvation of the Union, and
the subsequent period Of reconstruction.
Deci.ively committed Ia the princi-
pies a American Unity. National Pro
gress. and Ia the honest payment 81 the
government debts. doubtless il IL best
that il should continue mainly ia the
ascendant until the carrying through Of
ts ideas becomes verify beyond re
call And these ar. considerations that
will have their weight at tho polls with
the intelligent American public. La any
event we feel no untasiness %
10 the result. of to-morrow's appeal.
The ihunders If OCCASIONAL defeat ara
salutary 10 the leaders Of that party %
reminders that there is tribunal be-
fore which they are NJ all times an
swerable for IN account of their stew
arlship
The days Of the military regime,
a. the Grant administration has been
termed, Mt least. Ars numbered II il
t0 be- hoped. whether Hays or Tildcn
succeeds 10 the helm, though tho
former was a soldier. too, that on
the ith of March il will be replaced
by one mo re adapted 10 tho needs aud
apirit of the times This is not = time
for rcvlv,ng the war ideas or cbamping
over war traditions. but the WORK of the
present ~ 10 Init up and bind over the
iraycd edges OF ira,.rnal bitterness
There /. need OF policy aud al Exc
cutiv. that sill reconstruct. lot ia name
3u. in fact.
The most serious charges sgain.t the
outgoing administration il that Of
csirsyaganse aud fraud. True OF not,
there is more paliiation for such
charges in the ca.. ~ Grant and his
reta,pers. than there would be- ior an
ndmlni,traiion surrounded by different
circumstances They are incidents
rather than elements- parasites. and
not outgrowths The period following
"A great civil war. when tn. public
money WAS spent at the rate Of two
million dollars PER darn was. not emin-
emily favorable for s,ringency in public
expenditures OF for the development, in
sn~n IN station Of the virtues If parsi.
nony and economy. Grant went into the
chair A. - conqueror iron, the battle
Held. AZ we'll asa servan, of the people
Summoned To step up higher II would
not he strange Il the leaven of the
barbarian maxim 49," II the victors be-
long the spoils." which has tincturcd
the politics OF the country since the
lays of "old Hickory" had i,s due
influence upon themenals Of this war
administration.
However. when all is summed up
there Is more of good :hsn evil that
can to said Of Grant. in tru,hfulne.s.
Though the chief actor in tho great
work Of saving the Union, his rule in
particular Was that Of destroyer rather
thau a prcserver--a destructionist in
stead Of conservative IL devolved
upon him 10 overthrow the armed
forces of secession to enforce the abo-
htion Of the slavery # four million
hiscks-an institution rooted for oeniu-
rics and extending over fifteen States.
The tsetitian who II sacersSfal i'm
breaking down. Is seldom so yo.i IN
building ap. II IS frequently observed
that good generals d. not make gc,i
statesmen. In the case Of Grant, how
ever. II must De admitted tia, though
not an inferior commander. he has not
proved such failure in the Presidential
chair a. the Duke Of Wellington
did ss Premier ri England
Moderate. magnan,rnoas and modest.
In the hour Of triumph ~ amidst the
rcverses OF Cold iiats,r aud the Wilder.
ness calm and lmpAssise IN sAe chair
at State as in the trenches Of Peters.
bury. he Was always the same ,nfeAib!.
chies-ihs man Of iron nerve, IN whoa,
,he people trusted lie was oneet those
stssdiass unilinohing spirits. ~ho are
horn "a lead imper,l,i nations lately
through desperate emergencies 10 vac
tory True 70 the In,on through It's
darkest hours IL was characteristic of him
To remain r~e n his friends in his pros.
rcr'sy And theFein bis wors, yali,,cal
mistakes ssre oom,ait.esl-if mistake i,
could he easIed--in CARRYING the prine,-
pleol fidelity 10 unwwtay friends too far.
Foe even has yic~s ieaaei 10 virtues
SHE la stepping of the pubic stage.
where he hassngured 80 long asi ~ bril-
liansly the will not, like some Of his IRE.