New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-22
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We have had two years of Grover CleveIahd'
We are 10 have two more before AL Is uohe
and the record of one mans Numbering lhcoin
potency and pcrous conceit snail nave p''n
closed What will those two years bring lorth:
To what new dangers shall we be exposed. 10
what fresh hnmaions subjected? Is th're
any limit TO the calamity within reach or diii'
sclfccnired autocrat. surrounded by serviie
sycophants? If so. let us pray heaven 'hat IL
NAV have been reached If not. let us pray for
strength and courage and wise patience, Tor
surely we shall need them all
The salient feature of Mr.. Cleveland's charac-
fer Is his mtless confidence In himself ana his
immcasurablc contempt for every other factor
I'm the problem Of the countrys destiny.
Wonderful as has been this mans rise out OF
social and political obscurity TO the LOFTY pm
noclc he now c,Imbcrs and degradcS. II ~ III
anitclv less amazing than his stoid insensiblllty
+, every law. custom or tradition that conflicts
with his scheme " absolute and despotic RUE"
IJo regards Congress In the light OF futile ana
impcrtlnent obstacle He treats his Cabinet
officers as though they were mere clerks. If he
thinks of the people AT ALL he thinks OF them as
having exhausted their sovereign prerogatives
In calling him 10 the Presidency. His regime
from the ith Of March, 1893. mp 10 the present
moment. has been Of unmltigated selfish
moss He began on the 18th Of that month by
commissioning his man Blount 10 go to Homo
lulu and make ease against the American
people He has maintained that standard ever
since His secret Vaccinations against the
champions Of human liberty In Hawaii: his con
nivance nj scdition by tho followers Of the bar
barous and corrupt Queen; his scarcely yelled
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Republic. then pcttionng for adoption and for
brotherhood his lnsolent refusal 10 submit the
question 10 Congress until he had exhausted
every means Of establishing his policy OF res
toration- these and other acts Of sinister deliber-
alton reveal the temper 81 the man in colors
that can never fade. As to Samoa. also, he has
disclosed the same Impotence OF the limitations
Of his office the same contempt for the obliga-
lions OF which he Is the solemnly declared
trustee. In Samoa he found the United States
bound by treaty - compact or protection ana
advantage OF the important considerations in
volyed in that compact IT is not necessary 10
speak. Mr. cleveland was not the judge Of
them In any event. The treaty had been sane
toned bv the power authorized In the Constitu'
ton to make treaties and Mr.. Cleveland WAS
neither asked nor commissioned To interfere
His man trr'Snitn ildue An' SuSS'N'''h' VIM
clallv. that the United States should withdraw
from the iripIrtite agreement with Germany
and England Then Mr. Cleveland. in his mes
sage Ia Congress. earnestly recommended the
abortion IL Grcsham's suggestion. Finally
seeing that Congress studiously ignored the
sch.mr-seeing that he had not an advocate. not
even The humhlcst Cuckoo chirp-he set about the
ACCOMPLISHMENT by impudent and arbitrary in
Iii. h.. ts.n su.llA
knew. congress WAS unatcrably opposed. He
ordered hi, man Gresham 10 omit the cSiimai"
for Samoa In his financial budget and thus 10
defeat ,hc country. defy Congress and dishonor
our national obligations for the qualification Of
his reckless and arrogant caprice.
Through This amazing tumble Of fuTriye
conspiracy. studious deceit. brutal insocnce ana
defiant uSurpation has Grover Cleveland brought
Us to the half way point Of his administration
His policy in Hawaii has just been emphasized
bv "A bloody instruction. led by Blount's wit
ncssc- and coadjutors in the restoration plot AMI
inspired directly 10y his own outspoken sym
paihy with the degraded and hccntiots Queen.
For all the blood that has been shed. for every
peril 10 which civilization has been suh)ecied,
for the shame and sorrow which this country
has been made 10 feel. and for any evil conse-
uucncc that may follow ibls last outbreak. Mr..
cleveland is directly responsible ana Will he 80
held by enlightened public opinion everywhere.
He closes the first half of his term with Il dis
graceful and abhorrcnt tragedy OF his own
making appropriate elimination Of two long
years Of stupid ignoring Of The coordinate
branches ~ the Government. If deliberate usur-
patton Of authority not conferred upon him by
law. and II conicmptuous defiance of the people,
who. io their own undoing, have made him what
he il.
How will h. close the second half, and with
what miracles Of infamy will he conslgn the
chapter to a hideous immortality?
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