Year: 1875

If it were not for the fact that some in


fluence still attaches to the utterances of


Vice-President Wilson on account of his


past record, it would be both safe and Judi


cious to ignore them as the whining com;


plants ofan old man whose physical infrm,


tiles, combined with his selfconceit and


reckless subserviency to a vain ambition,


have reduced once clear and active brain


to q condition of constant dyspeptic fore


boding. As it is, his prominence as a


public official, and as one of the leading


Abolitionists of the country who aided in


founding the Republican party, is made


use of by the enemies of that


organization to its detriment and, con-


sequently, to the detriment of the public at


large. The interview with him, which


we republish from the Cincinnati CONNER


cidI this morning, gives evidence of the


existence of this disordered mental and


physical condition but it has already been


quoted by the Opposition press for the


purpose we have described. 1t is filled


with inaccuracies, with gloomy predictions,


with faint heartedness, and with a spirit of


fault finding which arouse the hopes


the Democracy, and encourage the In


dependents with the belief that the


disorganization of the Republican party


is possible of speedy accomplish


ment. 1t does not contain one word


of cheer for the men who are engaged in


completing the work of asserting equality
hafora ha 1ory A1fhaY,r6 ha &1ok


work, or was ranked with the beginners of


it. he seems to have abandonedi it Just at the
critical moment when a determined and
combined effort is all that is required to Sc
cure its success. At the instant of execut-
ing the finishing stroke of the great cam.
paign, this former leader sulks, growls and
deserts his former followers. The spirit
which nerved him to do and to dare in the
past seems to have been exhausted. The
unselfish devotion to principle which has
enabled him to surmount the great
est obstacles, seems to have been replaced by
q selfish, trucking cowardice that unmans
him, and has practically closed his eyes to
everything except dyspeptic visions of
things He has no faith in the |
loyalty of the people to party principle, no
elastic confidence born of assuring hope,
and no toleration for the acts Of those who
appear, in his Lisordered view, to stand in
the way of realization of his own selfish
ambitions. Soured and gangrened,' his
political belief no longer rests upon integ-
rity and stern devotion 10 duty and prin-
ciple; but he waivers, and has fallen an
easy prey to those who have no further
interest in him than to use him as tool
to destroy the party which has so often
honored him, and the Administration, the
Of which should be dear to him, |
as it is to every true Republican. --


But that reputation is not dear to him,
and he imagines that he is capable of carry |
ing into effect an insidious plan to destroy |
it. he does not seem to understand that |
his co-laborers for the success of this plan |
were his enemies when he ran on tile ticket
with President Grant, nor that they are
his enemies now, unless, in |
deed, he is willing to abandon the plain
path of duty pointed out by consistent |
regard for his past record. On the con-
trary, he hasclasped hands with them in their
desire to injure the party and the Admins |
and has Joined them in spreading |
before the public insidiously false state. |
ments regarding the character of his fellow /
officials. Reluctant as we are to do 50, we |
are compelled to accept this conclusion. /
The disaffection, the complaints against
President Grant and his cabinet, and the |
with which he alludes to ths
future of the party, direct Us to no other