New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-11
Nrv vopK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1876

closed in tie character of the men whom IL
has rewarded with its Offices than in ill the
platforms, professions, ard promises tha' ever
were written and Promulgated.
From ore of its appointments, that OF Mr.
James p. TIambleton, we may learn AL. Inc
avcepjng removal Of faithful and efficient ON
Gers. of Union soldiers, honest and capable
men whose only olcnse was their politics, was
Of itself indecent; the appointment III their
pl,ccs of a parcel Of scurvy politicians whose
only claim was political services was an ailront
to tba intelligence of the country as well as o
barc-faced reputation of the professions ana
promises upon which the party was IN
trusted with power. We do not consider the
nppoIntmcnt of such a man "a Ham
bleton sufficient Of itself to condemn the WhO'c
Democratic party and drive it from power
But ,ye do think that even were it an eXcep-
tionoI onpontment it would be q crying shame
cnd lisgraco TO see the man who g0icd In
Mr. I.incolns assassination drawing pay from
and wearing the honors OF the Government
Mr. Lincoln died to save. We have not Dcen
able to sce the fun in this persons gtastly
Lumor. or to consider his Oiiense so yenlal us
in be overlooked or made the subject OF ti-
fling comment. We have called attention to
his appointment because wo fear 1t illustrates
Tho tendencies of the men who control the Dem
ocratic party and direct its policy. 1t was
no accident very obviously. lie was KNOWN
Gnd his record was known, to the persons who
appointed him. That the appointment was
made in the same spirit Of toadyism which
dictated the removal of Union soldiers and the
appointment of Confedcrates in their places
we do not doubt, but we arc quite certain
that the Southern Representatives neither re-
Gucsted nor desired it. No ono has ever
charged upon the Southern people completely
i'm Mr. I.incolns assassination or sympathy
with his murderer, and the toadyng Demo
Gratis who made this appointment insulted
them when this man was selected rs their rep
rescniativc. He does not represent the South
or the feeling Of the Southern people, to
whose honor be it said that they condemned
"a loudly as the North the crime of Wilkes
Booth.
What gives this appointment its special sig
nifcance is the fact that it discloscs the whole
temper and disposition of the mcn who are
managing the Democratic party. 1t shows
what may be expected if they are intiusted
with full power in the Government. 1t will
be taken as a demonstration in some degree
of the truth of what their opponents have 80
constantly charged upon them. that they are
the political Bourbons, learning nothing
and forgetting nothing. They have thus
far shown the most pitiable lack OF
capacity in management, undertaking but
little and failing con,pcuously in that They
dodge and evade the most important ques-
lions; they do nothing and scarcely offer to DO
anything and the only thing upon which the
people can base an opinion Of their intcli-
gcncc or a conjecture as to their purposes is
their behavior in the matter of appointments.
They have done nothing but make sweeping
changes in tie Offices they control That Is all
We have to judge them by, and by that judg-
ment they must abide. These are the fruits
10y which We know them.