National Republican., 1878-07-08
A WORD OF UNAsKED ADVICE.

iiy the feelings of the masses of Republican
voters the country over lately. Suppose he
were to supplement this by making one,
two, or three discreet and discriminating
changes in his Cabinet? So longas he fails
to make these changes, inst 50 long will he
remain amenable to the charge that his
Administration is not Republican. Against
some of his politically obnoxious Cabinet
officers there is not a breath Of personal op-
position. Judge KEY, for example, is re-
spectcd and liked for his personal qualifca-
tions by all who know him but no Rcpub-
lican, having the interests of true Republic
canism ut heart, feels inclined to call upon
the Post Department for legitimate
aid in the advancement Of partisan interests.
This admission will, of course, shock the
sensitive feelings of the civil-scrvice re-
iOrmeTs-shOck the Miss Nancies of the
party more, in fact, than the contributions
made by Mr.. KEYS Democratic postmasters
| to Democratic campaign funds. But it is q
truthful admission nevertheless, and one
that no man, who believes the Democratic
phlNN " De llNHltu NfbN
ernment, should be ashamed to make. The
President himself claims to hold that De-
mocrncy, us illustrated by its scditious
career during the past three years in the
House, is synonOmous with covert treason
and he knows that while Judge KEY is not
in sympathy with this covert treason he
is In sympathy, open and avowed, with ele-
ments that serve to elevate the Democracy
aud to overthrow the Republican party,
which is the safeguard of the Union. 1t is
simple nonsense to look upon the matter in
any other light. Judge KEY, like ALEX
STEPHENS, is Democrat, and ns such will
not aid the Republican party, however
much he may quarrel or disagree with the
policy Of his natural partisan friends Until
he fully recants his Democratic professions
he must be, and will be, held at arms
length politically by the true friends of the
Republic.
The President should understand that
"he that is not for us is against U.S." and
that he who is against us is against
the pure and patriotic design OF
the Republican party to preserve the
sacred heritages of dOubly-pur-
chased free government. Mandy -pamby
ideas and Utopian theories about being
President for and Of all the people are un-
statesmanlike, because they are in violation
Of the theory Of concerted, consistent, and
persistent support of statcsmanlike princi-
pies. To be a mere clerk, an executive
agent, or q eunuchized telephone, through
which the laws of Congress may be admin,
istered, is not to be Chief Magistrate. Tc
maintain policy based upon cOmmendabl,
and patriotic principle, without concession
or maudlin sentimentality, is to assert the
true dignity Of President and a leader
And 10 do this II is not necessary to descend
to the manGuvres Of so-called machine
politicians or the intrigues of cliques ant
the hack-bitings Of small-fry would-be pub
licists. A still, determined, straightforward
adherence TO the cOnsistencies and logica
results of party victory would be followed b,
peace and harmony in the party and constern
alton and dismay in the ranks of the Op
position. Above all things, it would Oper
the way for renewed Republican victorie
and consequent advancement Of patriotic
interests which the President should, an,
no doubt does, hold to be as near and dea
as life itself. The man who objects to any
legitimate and proper effort for this ad
vancement is unworthy OF consideration
is either dreamer or knave, or worse,
traitor. And the man who does not SCI
and admit that it is the duty of a Republi
can, in Office or out Of it, to carefully guart
against the use of public patronage by tn
Democracy, for the overthrow Of the Repub
lican party is-well, he is an Npologist 70
the present condition Of affairs.
"THE HOWL ABOUT GRANT"
The GRANT movement, Us ii ia called, ha
its origin in the yearning desire of the peO
pie for stability of administration that wa