New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-23


virtue in the party will their attraction II they do
To he trusted as the party of reform IL show itself
10 be the party OF reform indeed Anu never III Il MS
tory would failure this respect have been a. DANGER
to its prestige and power as II VIII be III ts coming
trial
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM THE GREAT ISSUE.
No attentive observer can fail 10 that. things
have shaped themselves administrative reform If likely
to he Of all issues prominent and decisive in the
Presidential It can scarcely be otherwise.
requires not the zeal OF reformer but only the
Of experienced party Ia perceive that the
Republican candidate will be the stronger the less ne
resembles spoilr politician. Applause II Ine ~
publican party wants 10 command al the active support
II needs for its candidates should be- not only A.
far as the letter OF the Jaw cohntuds Du lhcn 1 w.
character record and political associations VIII DE
guarantee that II Entrusted with power they viii les ana
not merely follow the movement. The best men are at
this time the most available men; When the homl i
indeed II the ms hest Praise OF them were: The party
might have done worse The word needed Tor Iisor
Gus contest will be: NO party could nave done Oe'teI
And thus the best response can make the toast
The day we celebrate is the expression Of an eanest
hope that the precious legacy OF precet ana e1ple
which Washington left TO his countrymen VIII in the
coming contest find a aud faithful embodiment IN
the creed and candidates OF great NaohaI party anu
that year hence you may meet again 70 celebrate on
henefcent principles upon which the hrSt ana Creates
PRESIDENT sEELYE'S RESPONSE.
The next speaker was julius H. Seelye, president
duced az representative of the Scholar in Politics
When President seelye rose he was enthusiastically
received. all present rising and waving their hand
kerchlefs The toast to which he replied was Our
Country" He spoke follows:
II one the prominent facts about country
that officers are NOT our rulers, ana tnat our political
parties have no supreme power Inc people rule anu
officers and parties set up and displaced a. the popu
lar wi sdecrees. We have never had leaders IN the
United States IN any such scse rs Jus Cesar or Feer
the Great, even the Earl OF Chatham. was leader
This r. not because We nave neen waning IN great Heu
Bnt orr men most cOhspcu9u- I0l luel
hOnoref here not only. but through all the world
inspired and can hardly ever be SAID 10 have
directed the great movements o our Natoud ne. my
leaders only In the sense that they have rmy
the wav very little study OF American history shows
that which deeper study only makes more clear
IN Revolution 10y which our National Independence
secured they are Washington and Franklin and John
Adams. Applause. But only just before the war be
b"i. naver heard from any terso the xDres-ou
NJ "a wish FOR separation Of the colonies from the
irter M nre.erved SO -uch thne ~ independence II
desired by any thinking man in America. Only III
March 1775 just thiry-eyen days before the butchery
M Lexington and the battle Concord. John Adams said
publicly ia Boston: 10 say that there any who pant
after independence IA 10 utter the greatest SANDER on the
Province" Jefferson attrrward said never had
Great Britain before the 19th of April l775.' The
people began the Revolution and carried t onward TO It's
The same IS true our late war We did not Ilan it.
ms wav 10 Washington: II viii only be necessary 10
lu foot down firmly and We shall have no trouble
Vas not Mr. seward often saying IL Is but ~ eek Oh
cloud which thirty days. sixty days, ninety days. vi.
blow away - friend OF NINE told me that he heard
Jefferson Davis. in public rp-ch lh tennessee niue
lore Nr Lucons hrst inauguration. assure his
nearers that there no danger " any fighting There
The North said ne, who la. pluck enough To
hgnt except the three Thousand pccoat priests who
signed Mr. summers petition. We all know, and none
better than Mr. Jefferson Davis hm-c That others tan
priests compose the church militant, but we dId not
know I'LL the combat came thai any contest o blood WaS
to DE. And when 10 came wa~ therc any thns more
striking more majestic than the -uddenness OF tne up
rising OF great people which swept trgIignt Cannei
and Congress re-i-es-y before i ana "AIch men couu
uo more stem than -Taw- coud stem the incoming tde
of Inc ocean 10 vas the immcl-urtbie merit OF Nj
Lincoln that Dc caught the INSPIRATION OF thr pconr ana
followed h. with truth and trust IApp3d-e Thus all
through our history anu mus today the Irple que
And this fact j. not to me- lu the least 100 welcome ann
not afraid OF c American people under their own iedd
ersI.p Ipa.s peyoud thrr momrnalft 'NcI..nc9t- OF
passion and tIcf transient rAulnloh' oi way W!.uhe'-'
ana ind nowhere c.~. u great people 7ucu caEnes~,
such SELF CONTROL slch dignity ana ''cA mora e1Ar-t-
They ere NOT going 10 ruin -o long as they have TIE
siren, .l which has held them hitherto.
$50 GREAT POLITICAL ISSUES.
N1 thluk ought 20 note the fact that the leader
OF tine two -rcst political pa9c- present prominent in
tie Nation ere seeking t0 A00dvuk Gins people hy th'
pretence OF great Issues when really these parties have
uo great ISSUES between them II does not need an 1cu;e
-cerameut toGscJycr that those two political parties
are not divided by any political prnUp.ts search
the party platforms through and through. mote TIE
speeches or the votes OF the party repGereuAi ' u
Congress. read the utirfah'e@ or iA' pAH press ana A"
it YOU can single political pi.rIPie 'o "Ai.n Gi.iri "t
Il "a
twdi-tHctou from me other pi course ih- ms hol
wav been ,ar g l , , 1"o plI I,s, u''f ,l
OF public policy. bar IL i- u' cni--H l'l 10 @ I, ,~
j, uo lou-r trle. aal t-- te ont question between
principles or the Nation ol- "o 7Ai mas .ie "'ll--
Hence i. that m the coming Presidential election -Lc
question for" tine iuacpU uCcut amt lAlu-Ld ana dis
voter SIP tr a. the lrpn1Aelh ANA Demo-
tI0u o. men. q rI"rr snail come before MS l- soon OF
late must bc party with some clearly outlined pm
voted Tor OF AGAINST IoI ii.' I..'-'' "' D. b.'
such party comes our choice ir.t'er TO lH, d. an"
uar-ir. now ,1hc.lu- oue suffrage tAr more ,agc..
Shall Ve uc able to choose The man who -hn. hr WORTHY
10 describe him There some very plain traits when
De should possess. man IN tne mrs. Place u FAoSt
q 5I a. 'l- 1o W. ~ ,ybIeb Le triefore makes no
on MIN; -effSrgetlu man VINO could never Use ms
trust FOR his own reward nor suffer To DE- Used oi
The revardme OF his friends; an honest man, 100 puc 20
1. ., l.eG ~ ys' Ig. ai 10 need defence: far
.bt.d sid courageous man whom a sclf-willed party
cannot blind -elseednC parsans control; % PAIN
fic man Who could put beneath h.s feet the clouds which
an %h iof Cod Sncl d man N ilt De ri lhtly chosen.
OF Israel spoke % David ,urh aau sa Dr s we -u1
have not 7otcled absolutely perfect man nora class
of there is only on" example llere az many men
" lo answer every word OF this description The Nation
has never lacked sJch men, audu er had more OF them
than now We have not fallen DEGENERATE times and
hence We should demand lu doubtful terms that
whatever party ask, Us o trust vita vote should
aivc lie Il candidate whom trust. Applause
II either party presents us a. d., candidate man whose
r'vats life is not pure or whose public fe has net
shown it-r ssgacOus or trustworthy, or VINO is even
now t1k4! scp- To- capture the convention, FOR WnOm
boom- are organized under direction and AZ his
pruse let Us REFUSE 10 take HIM whatsoever he may Oe and
II both parties d0 tIls let ~ tIiu irOm p'il.
PARTIES Only AGENCIES.
Think the time nas when The leaders o. our pot-
ical parie. need TO Dee taught that however important
agencies the parties may be IN The Nation they are only
agencies They nothing They are tue seryst',
not the masters Vi honest men. The Nation is our mas
ter the right is master. God Is
our Master. and conventions and parties gre
only instruments whereby serve thr Nation Tor Tue
end. of Isht ana truth Applause d. they prove ~
it.-rlnrri~ We KccD tneu l. they fail u-
discard them. NO matter how long ana well they may
l-a -ary eel lis the ABOVE hr l0ri-aud II
--Lg Q. -aLn r-LA-.lL- nmn.