, 1876-05-30

1t llaA lecu tho boaHt of Christian ciri1iza-
ton tint the grent American people, nftor II
desperate war Of four years, in Which tho
sacrifice Of lifo and treasure WAS nnprccc-
tlentctt, rc-estabsisl,ed their Union on moro
enduring l,tHis, returned MI army Of mill
ion of men to tile pursuits Of peacc, anl put
their free institutions in full operation with
out tho taking Of ono human lito, or tic con-
Gscation Of dollars worth Of property, NJ
punishment for the rebellion ngaiuss tho
Government. 1t was . grand triumph OF
peace, humanity, aud national fraternity
over nil tho fierce passions and hatretls which
aro tho natural product Of civil war. It
Inns been one of the prondest oventH in tue
history Of tho Republic that tho moment tho
dufeated army had laid down its arms tho
whole American pooplo instantly becamo
united, md TINT neither courts nor scatgolas
wcro called upon to punish even lilo great-
CIT If the many trnitnrs There was not q
stain of blood upon tho white hnnlor which
rcaco ,nfurle1 oyor tho ngain united Ameri-
can people.
Tho nanagcra Of the lato ncpnb1ican Con-
vention in this Stato havo put forth, In tho
nnlno Of tho Republican party, tho extxaor-
d'nary rydcclaration stl,at the policyof lenicncy
by the Republican party toward the people
recently in rebellion against Fcdcsal R,,thor-
lily linz resulted In thu dcatl, by violence of
at leass 6,000 Unionists, white md black,
Slnco the commencement Of tho present
poltcy Of reconstruction" mud it il but proper
that thu false, InlciuuE, and scan.lalous
statement should be denounced and reIuked.
Tue 1'R1BuNE hns tlons so, and tho men who
practiced ulnt fraud chnrGo that TIE TR1D-
uAE III acting under tho modification tl,at
! BLAINE, and not DR,s1ow, delegates wcre
selected by tho Convention. InE Cn1cAuo
Yn1uuHE has expressed the opinion that
tu1iinC nil things into consideration, inclutl-
| ing ciyil-aervico reform md tho certainty Of
SUCCESS, Mr. Nn1srow was the 1nnst eligible
candidate proposed to the Cincinnati Con.
| yulltion. We have regarded his nomination
M tho most ntlviHable, because tAcro wontsl
Ls nj defense necessary in his cass. Iii.
own na,le ,ll,ll record nre their own defeuso,
md put assault ut defiance. Ills personal
| aud official integrity il known to tho people,
whilo his abilities nre conceded universally,
|
regarded him I'll one OF the two candidates Wllc
were to be preferred to MI others, and II Afr,
l'Hsgrow apreAred To ,ss to be the stronger
nst more advisable person to nominate, We
by no means considered that it would bo i'm.
j'ossil,lS to rally q majority Of tho Ancrea.'
pe"plo to the support Of Nr. BLAINE. We
tIaso regarded that IN certain pivotal States,
stlch aa Ohio in October and Now York in
November, Mr.. DH1srow would placo succeKs
beyond doubt but VIC have never thought
tt'at with alr. HLAlsE t!.ero would by peril.
Gus danger VI defeat. Ife III man Of largo
and Liberal Vows, great favorite with null
titudcs Of people, widely known mud atl.
snired, conspicuous ,nan In thu history Of
the lust fifteen years, MI admirable executive
officer, warnl-bloodcd, gcnial mud oxpo.
rienced statesman, who would a,loru the Of
lice Of President. TAE CHICAGO Tn1uuxE will
choertully md enthusiastically support hin
II hu ba nominated ut Cincinnati,
Tho very seasoux, however, which aora.
inend Mr. blaine to tAo AmerieAn pebpl.