, 1880-06-12

mated t,cn. Arthur, nt the flr.t bnllot for
vfrc-i'rcaidnMt. Han. Arthur WAS n citizen
soldier, and his qualities gninnd him so
,ruullncnt q pnilticHl 1,nsiton TINT Ito was
nu,utntctl by uen. Nraut, Mt tho recon,nc.l-
,ln,io,, Of Mr.. Cnisling, tu tita oillcn Of Col
Iector of Customs OF Now Ynrk,-tllo most
rcaln,nsibIe Office III the gift of tho A,inlnis-
ira,lon liz succeeded Tom Murphy, ard
was regarded rs great Improvement. on TINT
famous Collector, In efficiency and In gu1l-
ers'f nfar Sa"iit Trasicnt 11aye. came in, Secretary
Sherman cal.sed Ill examination. Of tho New
York E,,stnnl-liousc hy q Commission, to Ill
qnirn reforms; co'it,! m BY ,,s, nc s, r. TO 70.
tIslr ctlirlatlcy. Collector Arthur disputed
:ihs Intelligence Of this investigation, Md tho
lructicabi'ity, ,pf tho changes which 1t recolll-
ss Sssi lin A;yss a' seerssry e. "ln gsra s1ss mi to @
!,resilrnt. Thoy ticcfis! tllnt +. Inng ilxntl
iystCm In tic uilicc l.eeIed tn bo reformed,
aini flint Collector Artlur's eonsrnry, opinion!
alercfore tint q change should he l,n.lG
Therefore urtl., Arthur WIS removed, and
Col Merritt appointed, agntnst the rcaolnto
oppostion, Of ssnH!ar @ c9nklinH{ l9 a,i this
rnieutios, ou Gen. Arthur's Integrity. Tho
Scrrctary was very ilrm in the npinlon that
tho SYSTEM Ut The nfl'cc ought to ee reformed,
md TINT the different view Of GcN. Arthur
SIrrma,l's authorized campaign life says:
"1rlrsc OWLS weru no wt,rsU ,il,ter tlle Inst
Administration thall they hnd been for. Il
Wlolc generation; Gen. Arthur'a ndininIs~
what l.ntt been tlse state Of Things before. l1o
was himself u man OF ilnu qualities and Of
good Intentions. mud though lln ,Whs MI lM-
pI0yement upon tlln past, the evils were 10
deeply rooted that no e0ulM not remove
i,oih Secretary and President have freely
expressed hlEll virws pf tfen. Artl!Mr's c!ar-
,er 4r We r ya nS'S m 5e's1k as syc ni{95 qS in
nfs nof tat H1 ts ren.ovuI d G"ieetor xrthur was
caused by y sincere, desire for reform. 1t
p9s ,E ss"H1 GSf1s y ~ rsssn npnS' nycs Hsy
We need not -lllllk tile probability that thfs
nomination will be regarded NJ n sop tn Nr.
C0nkll,g, init Il siItAter reflection On l'FNsl-
ssns dSyes 10 I H. SeoknG s ill.,
7upcrclious manner tnnll who opposed third
turns, seems re1,lnrkEhle.
MI sf "sracics S;sts tssE o'1i ts l 9sult with
any action inken by II Convention whose
lnaln work Inns beer 81 satisfactory. But. It
would hc sl!irkEnr tte tr!!tl, not p say TINT
1eaf s %e|,!S tSs IT, MT. hrS4 rep
resctative' III lis owll person Of principles
oni methods in politics witch large por-
ton Of t!ls Republican pnrty utterly con
uGilItlHt-ilu NG iEptEbGtlLs
nothing else. Ills 1lu,,lc could ntih nuthing
10 The ticket, fOr. Ills National reputation fs
tho slightest; md atlrl, M 1t Is wns acquired
n IA contest with President llnyes, In WHICH
, the President was in tho right and Mr..
: ARTHUR In tic WRONG.
., lle was Collector III the Port OF New York
during lnrgc portion Of Grants A.lillnlstra-
to1l, ,li,ll Isisny objections to- tho hhtMlstra-
1lon nr0se from tho highly Objectionable lna,l-
lcr In which tho customs service WIS cut
uloycd III outside politics. The satl,c thing
was attempted i. Massaehusotts pnd was
0yerthrowr. III New York II was alsO 0vcr-
thrown; hut only through the removal OF
the responsible ntticcrs Gf whom Collector
Arthur WAS the cltGf. II 1t WINS ilecessnryt0 10
proptIate Senator Conkling, nftgr losing his
magnificent hHttle for uell. Grant, 1t was
ANAL price for him to ask, but much tno
high prize Tor the Convention to pny. 1t
dcgralrs tho cause Which he led 80 gal!nntly,
aM! 1t Will offend many more tllnll 1t caii pos
sihly conctlfate
IN u not Impossible contingency Mr.. Ar.
thur might becotnu President Of the United
States. Whnt nru his opinionsp Who knows
them? We are Informed on one point only.
lle Is q thorough believer iii tho spnIs doc
t1lne In politics, Heaven grnnt tint wo r,ny
never llayo OCCASION to read them III m ad-
dress to tho two Houses OF Congrcssl