New-York tribune., 1882-12-31
THE UNITED STATES.

-, s+.,,s ., - concen trated uupn the murderer
f President Garfield. Gultcau no longer sat among
tbe LAWYERS and clamoced for his rieh asa nem'er
of ,be bar Tie was ia the prisoners dock; 'n' even
there he sought to play his part qmcH-"H'eu I'D
- rssr.cts Int a fool withal, hlasphcm0uS,
malignant. hideOus. vulgar cheat. lie RENAME"
=, the end noisy vindctve and abusive spaving
neither the bench nor the counsel On either Sloe'
nor his own relatives AMI anordine as scandaionS
Gle ,s sever witnessed I'm a coUit OF justice
o,d tbe effect of his rihaldry and ctronery was IN
te,si6ed by the coarse haraugues Of his prin ilaI
defender and by the lev'ty and hutconcry oI 'uP
audirrce. The trlal came 10 en- end on January 90
oftsr a.. had been allowed to read a speech 10 the
,rrv .. h the Court bad previously eAcl""'"'
Judqe Cox charge bore heavily against the prisoner
and the iurv. after having been ont I"eI'H -"'r
minutes rendered a verdict ot guilty as ln"'''vI.
C,;teau rec-ived il with an angry howl; Ny
hloo1 viii be upon the heads of that lary don't
Won FORGET H." Drspit, the scaudalous prot-eIingS
=; oourt one GOOD effect had been produced Ihe
.n.r,s had hecn enabled to satisfy Themselves thaf
ne vasp ayinq part aqd to ground 'hrr caI,.N-
i,ns ON his conduct in the Couri-T 'oih WLie.ht
WIS acting entirely without restrain their evidence
convinced the jury that he was net n .respohsi''e
an+. aud the community. which had been dis
,,,d ~ question h.s sanity, was nut LETT ID doub'
In rerard 20 the Justice Of the de"'h-''L'eH'e.
Whe. the LEGAL exue ileuts hat been eNhal>''u '"e
zeal Of a few morbid -eutimeatallstS was qutNthed
and the sLrln cry heard here ana tle'e 'Aa'
tho Nation would be disrractd by tie hanging o!
lnnatic Owlua to the course adopei by Judge
Co1 thls was not the judgment % amer. ans lu
oen-raI nor wa, their opinion shaken in the least
l., the flows scene when with Bhe.readluo, bias
pbe,oous prayer ana doegeIel droned with Shreks
aud tears he made the most Of bi, last moments OF
morbid ecotism This most despicahe of a~saSs.ns
WAS hanged on June 80, tweyemonth lacking
tyvo days from tie assassination Of President Car
field -, ,.,.,,,,,.
Neanwhue President Garfeld's successor, natu-
rally dislldng the manner in which he had entered
the White House. was looking long waY ahead
with a view to securing, II possible, hS own Tcnom
ratiou. The reorganization Of the Cabinet was com
Melted in April. when Nh Teller was appointed
Secrstary of the interior, and Mr. Chandler Secre
tarv Oh the Navy his predecessor, Mr. hunt having
been nominated as Minister to Russia. Only one
member of President Garteld's Cabinet Secretary
Ipcoln was allowed to remain in Office, aud he had
been A conspicuous advocate OF the third tenn Ia
the Garfield Cabinet the man body OF 'he Natloua
R.,nblIcan Convention had four representatives.
,h,le the powerful minority that had voted Tor
CareYal Grant had az many as three. In the reor-
.pzed Cabinet the minority faction N the conven-
top ,xas given six Of the seven seats The PTesl-
den1s determination to divide the political prizes
am-rg the leaders and adheTents # a single fac
tou was not shaken time went on. Ihe great
missions were given TO eX Senator sargent. MT
Taft Mr. Young and Nh Astor, and the minor
noltlcal patronage was distributed rot always
among partlsans so blatant and so INSCRIPTIONS as
Michael j. Dady, OF Brooklyn, but invariably
among those whose personal loyalty TO the PreSi-
dent coad be depended upon. AT the same Time
y .It f.,, ,t,I
dehheraton than his lealuu, support considered
necessary. They were anxious TO have clean
sweep Of tire Garfield otfce-hodcrs and when the
President showed signs OF vacila aton, they accused
him of reno,uciup his principles and deserving hs
ass,ciate3 So fierce had IecOme the outcurs during
the closing week Of February that ho abruptly sent
10 the Senate tie nomination OF Roscoe tohhng Tor
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Tho dem
oustrations of ger and Indignation Win Wh'ch
this nomination was received ia all parts Oh lh7
country gave the PTeNdenI an opportunity IOr
serious reflection. of which he apparently mado Ht-
tie use The Office WAS declined by Mr. C"nhlng
greatly to the relief of the public especially aS so
eminent 4 iurist as Judge Blatchfprd WAS named IN
hi, place; bat the pulling on the part OF
Kitchen Cabinet made up Of the Prcsidsuts lorm"r
associates IN New.York politics went on with in
creased energy. Early in the spring 1t was whis-
pered that Secretary Foger would be the Admin
istraton candidate for Governor of that state.
The rumOI was denied many times. but the srhem
ing went on IN the dark aud before tho summer
was over the Presilents followers were making
systematic attempt 10 srcuro control of the state
COW entOn. At the same time Senator amerUn
whose arbitrary methods and personal diclation
had created formidable political revolt Ia Penn
sylvanIa. was recognized as the Presidents con
fdentlal adviser in Washington. BoSslsm - and
Ill,
svils of the American SYSTEM
LOWER LEVELS or DIPLOMACY.
The policy of the Garfield Administra ion was
reversed abroad as well ~ at homo. Mr. Trcscot
and NJ. Walker Blame had been seut TO South
America to offer good offices of the United
States in Negotiating peace between Perm and Chill
and 10 express tic hope that money indemnity for
the expenses of tue war would be scospted by the
victorious nation and all territorial demands he
Ieiinquisled. No sooner had they sailed than Mr..
trolnghuyseu decided to cancel tie Instructions and
nOt 10 allow the oOVOys } make any authoritative
utterance to si.ler Chill or Peru IN regard to the
questions at issue. The factthat the confidential
Instructions had been modified oa5 communicated
10 tho Chinan Minister in Washington and tel
egraphed by nim 10 Santiago, ana when the ENJOYS
presented their credentials th0y WoIo lnlOImed DS
the Foreign Secretary that their MISSION had Nlr-
tually ended, owing To changes OF puTpose OF Whch
they had received no Information from thcli own
OOTeTnnent Alter this mortlfyng eXpcrieat1 ~
was impossible for them 10 make any as oi Tic
mural power OF the United States elioctng oot'
Cement between the two republics Invitations.
moreover, had been eKteuded TO various nations
on this continent TO send representatives to peace
Congress To lie bed IN Washington daring NOVeu-
Der lhe State Department on the plea that Con-
Ress had mad' no pIOvsiOn for necessary EXPENSES.
Slthdre" the invitation aud Informed the vanons