, 1880-06-07
CQNKLINa'R PANE0YRIQ.

OrntOry,
G0NKLrNGs PANEoYR1o.
When Now York was ca1tul to put for
ward tho name OF Gen. arVnt, whit could
bc more fitting or more natural than that
tlils duty should deyQlye upon tho Boss Of
tho Machine, e,-tho brilliant, imperions, snccr-
lng, sarcastic, eloquent Roscoe Conkllng,
WHO llas bound and delivered ut Ills own will
until liz came to Chicago? Lilo delivered
substantially the speech which lso made I'll
Utica. w',oll ltn WINS binding aud tying MP Ills
delegation to Chicago with witElcs, which
they have snapped as Gallson snapped tho
wlthes OF this plsillstlnes.
II this speech hatl been intended rs au
appeal for II second Instead Of a third term.
II le haul been claiming that the cOun-
try should reward den. Grant for
saving 1t rs 1t rewarded Gun. WASH
ington for saving II, 1t would bo
wcll.ntgl Irresistible. It would arouse
such un enthusiasm that there would be no
power Of opposition. The widespread and
tlcerrooted popular hostility to third term,
the popular protests agafnst such tiagrant
violation Ut the precedents Of the Republic,
and the shocking scandals and disgraccful
practices OF tho last term would not have to
ba confronted; nnd therefore tho brilliant
orator from New York, with hts ringing sen~
tenccs and we1l-turneI pariolls, might have
swept everything before him, md lis speech
would not only hnye been q triumph for the
great soldier, but for himself. But 1t was
weak speech notwithstanding It's brlllianoy,
1t was weak because he beitttlod and aoridcd
tho dcel-rootusl hostility Of the people To this
breach of tic unwritten Constitution. 1t
showed elthor TINT hed does not appreciate this
hostility ortlat he Is plnying the rt}!e Of dis
sombler and cullccnling 1t In his uyerweening
desire for II repetition Of that power and
patronage which lo exercised in tho Empire
State during Gen. Grants previous terms.
Ills epigran,, that third turm IS an
| clectioneering juggle" and "hypocri-
sys masquerade" II 1t bo genuine,
uuly shows that le stands alone and apart
and has never ploced his finger upon tho
pulse OF tlia people OF tils country to know
| how 1t beats. But when lie arises In Ills
| plnco and asks that the people nf this country
shall heap more ,onors on GrAnt than they
did OH AYashtngto1l, lsp lnalses q demand That
.nayer Gun be, obtained: Tl,a War OF tho Re-
bolllon was not moro Important Or longer
struggle thun the War for National Freedom
and Independence. The services Of Gen.
Grant were not groRter or moro Important to
hts country than those Of Washington.
| Roscoe Gonklng's spneqll reads like tho
speeches Of the Consnls III the Roman Senate,
demanding m Increase and extension Of the
power of Cesar. lie makes tho sumo argu-
ments and l.e puts forth the Same appeals.
Rome listened to these spesches mud con-
scj,ted. C;psar Wps exalted, and disaster
came To Ctrsar and to 1s0ut.
The rulo OF reWartlInE great services With
nut stint may hold good III the subordinate
positions of life, whore ther0 is no danger Of
abuse, built IL frauEht with danger when
applied to d position where the sitter holds
tho control Of oItleea n,,d patronage and
vatoes, Of tho nrtny, tho navy, md
the purse. All history from tho daya
of Cmsar to tho days Of Napoleon
nud In NIL tho centuries betWecn them shows
that whenever III my Republic, through tho
influence OF military glory, tho executive
ter1l llns been changed md extended, the
Ilburtles of Tint country have always bepll
slbycrtad. Was not Senator C0nkling
uware OF that fact? Why was it that VT
!. heard nothing III all Ills speech Of the fourth
tcrlu tliat might follow the thirt1, or Of the
life term That would be tho logicul result oi
Il third tcru,2
Cen. Grant was made LIeutenant~Ge Genern
of tho Army. General of tie Army, I'M
l,rcsitlcnt fur two terms by tho unanimous
acclamatlon Of tho great marty which hui
supported him throug,, the War, Seuato
Con]kllur knows that Gpn. Grant can
not be- further compensated oxcept b,
omen violation OF tho written and un
written letter Of tho Constitution
nntl in open]y disrorar,lInx tho wishes Of tn
neonie, in us,uI Ills power ne,l,nst their pro
tnsts. in rI,llnu Or attempting to rldo rouul,
.bn,l ovor them. In hus lowercd himself an,
In hns lnworei hfs candidate. Should h,
.,,,onn,, h, a, r,o+ ona ,,,ot op,t ,ntrip,a I,