New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-31

| ana Dlgn station make Nln NHat i"6 i'''""0
| Post was right in calling him" New York :
first citizen" and Ncw-York could i'll spare
him.
| Mr.. PilShury's dismissal from the post which
| his father first assumed nearly thirty years
! ago. and in which the son succeeded and eX-
! cecdpd the father was of itself Il startling
! proof of the power which the new crusade
against convict labor had acquired. Ad-
dlonal light is shed on this transaction by
an Albany letter on another page. 1t is shown
to have been the bascot trucking OF local
politicians to the demands Of workingmen,
who have been dcludcd by dcmac0gucs into
the notion that it will pay for honest labor
! Ing men t. support convicts in idencss. These
| Albany politicians were not restrained by the
consideration that they were dealing II hard
! blow at die finances of Albany County; and
! # the same cowardcc should seize upon men
| holding positions Of greater Influence III the
| State, the consequences might be disastrous
! to the prison system, which Mr. lflSbury Is
/ fast rc0rglnizng There could not be a time
! when concessions like tli, that has Just been
made. would bc more dangerous or more dis
graceful. Every honest man, in either party.
who is opposed to any surrender to the dema-
! gogucS who would kindlr coniaGIati0n with
tins flame, if they could. shonld east al his
influence Oh the side of a busincS>-lile ad-
mini>tration OF the prisons.
| The An!lo-KusSian agreement, as published
| in detail, yesterday, III London, contains
some ellen rntS of surprise. The concessions
Russia makes are rot great as might
have been supposed from the pcIsstrncy
with which England has opposed the san Ste
| fano Treaty and the readiness which the Car
! has DISPLAYED 10 come TO terms. In European
! Turkey he secures the freedom of Bulgaria.
Although he agrees to divide the Province.
so that bulgaria proper will be ruled by a
Prince and the remainder will he controlled
! by a Christian Governor the blow falls with
unmi;icatcd severity on the Ottoman Empire,
aud reduces its hold on Europe to small
strip of dcfcncclcsS territory, exposed to the
Entertainments of ambitious ncighborS. In
Asia. the Gar receives the important port of
| Batum, hut agrees 10 return Baya2d
10 the Porte. He promises not to adj
vance further his Asiauc frontier nor 10
take any more indemnity III land. II is not
explained if this means that he rclin-
pushes all claim to kar>, or simply retains
! the limits defined in the san ste
fano Treaty. 1t is probable that the
| pledge refers only to the ultcriOr encroach-
/ mcnts which England feared he would make
! in part payment for the indemnity. In that
! event the Car may rejoice that the greater
part of Armenia will remain to him
as fruits of the war. The question
of the Dardauelles and BoSphorus is
left unchanged, which is substantial gain
e., 10 az
to Open the Black Sea to his war vessels, and
close it 10 ,ho,e of other Powers. In general
the terms are satisfactory. They save England
from the opprobiium OF unfolding Ottoman
dc,potiSm. and at the same time give Russia
fair rccOmpcnse for her great sacrifices III
behalf OF the oppressed Christians
The notable speeches heard on Decoration
Day were made by General Sherman and Fred
crck Douglass, in this city, and by Presi-
dent Hayes and General Butler, at Gettysburg.
All of them touchcd upon passing events save
that of the President, who. naturally, confined
himself to the more familiar aspects of the day.
General Shcrmas views respecting the pres
cnt relations of the North and the South have
the great weight which his position as the
! head Of our army, and the chief soldier of
/ ihe late war WHO remains in active service,
/ gives them He Is too great n soldier not 10
! be willing that the past should be for
! given, but he il too good patriot
TO be Wiling that all of it should he forgot
ten. lie would be the last man to wish to
/ exclude the parioncd rebels from the councils
of the Government but he will not Therefore
! admit that one side to the conflict was a
much in the right as the other. There
! ~ IL i,-l.f aud
! abstract wrong says General Shcr-
man; land when history is written, hui
IMAM actions must take their place in
cone or the other category. We claim that III
"the great civil war, we of the National Union
"Arlny were right, and our advcTsarlcs wrong;
"and no special pleading, no excuse. 30 per-
sOnal motives, however pure and spcclOus,
"can change this, the verdict Of the war"
This is sense spoken at the right time, for
there has seemed to be danger that this
vital fact might be forgotten by too
MANY. Frederick Douglass, while he did
not openly cIitIclse the PRESIDENT at
least suggested that he had gone to
1.-THE verge of his constitutional powers to
conciate and pacify the old master class at
the South :" and Mr.. Douglass put the views
of those who ccnsuTe the Southern policy
very cOmpactly i'll saying that g some
"steps by way of cancellation should come
"from the other side. The Prodigal Son
"should at least tuIn his back upon the field
"Of swine ."--1he Presidents speech at Get
tvsbuIg was thoughtful and appropriate.
General Buffers was also thoughtful, but not
altogether appropriate Probably no other
American orator would have chosen grave
yard as the place to declare war against Eng
land.