Will Mr. Greeley Be "dangerous"

Tho argumente presentad in thio urtiolo aro eapeoially addressed to onr contemporary, the Times. Tho oapital dangen which the leading organ of tho Ad ministration apprehends from tho elcctioTi ol' Mr. Qreeley ore thi Wirst. Psyment of the Confedérate war debtfrom the Federal Troasury. Second, Penaionicfg tho Confedérate ■oldiera. Third. A dishouest Hooretary of the Treasury. We suplióse all pstriotio eitízeoa and all honest men ui'ist agree wit!i the i that it' these dangera are real, the el of Mr. Greeley wmld be a national ca lamity. Weexpeotlo provo them ohimenoaL We shall explode theso chimeras by argumenta o oonvincing that, howevor often t i ■ y muy hetettfter bo repeated they will ínaku no impression ou uny man oapable oí geeing t'uo torce of au argument. We will first dispose of the bugbeur that Mr. ( írpfiloy and the party that elocts him will piy tho rebel dotit and pension the rebel soldicrs. The Fourteenth Amendment beiug a valid part ol' thu Constitution, tho payment of rubel war expenses, or aHy part of them, would le iinpoBsible, eren ii' Mr Orneley dtsiied it and a Democratio Benate as well un n Democratie House were to come in with his inaugurution. Kay, if Jefí'. Davis hiznself were Prusident with a Congr match, tho rebol dñbt couhl not be paid even onder Ui Administration. In tho fourth si'otion of the Fourteentb Amendmont anybody who look for it will fiad tlii. unequivocal, stringent PÜOHIBITION : " li'it neitherthe United States nor any State " .,.' awuntt 0P "i any debt vr obL ; red in ai ; of ing vft "against the United State, or any cUiirn for " ths lou ur emancipmtion of any ú mt ; ;" " ull tueh debt.i, obligation, and i ■ "bé held iUejful and widJ' "What will the Tunes say to this ? What j exousu can it orfir for it-s persistent nttuinpta to practice on the i'enrs and gullibility of bufliness men, whun it must. itSí-lf know that there ín a ounstitutiunul interdict ag;iinót tiie payment ot' rebel ponsious or thu rebel debt '( If its editor osidered a fair disputant ir un honorablo journalist, how can he reoonoüe it to hi sense of tho v:ilu ot' oharaoter to keep on printing the baseloss aud absurd qhitneraa with which he is Beeking to alarm the business classes? We can imagine but one fejoinder which the Time could make tothis protest againat its utifairness. It may ay that under Mr. Qreeley's Administration t hij p:irt of the Constitution will bo spurned and trampled on. But Éhis wonld betaid without proof, a gainst probability, and in a' surd disregard of the oomposition of the ISanate. Who bi;lievcs that if Cougross should defy the Constitution and pass an act to pay the rebel debts or pension the rebel soldiers, Mr. Qreeley WDuldsignit? He might more Bafelysigii hisown deathwarrunt. Who believes that the pirty oleuting bim would pass, or attempt to . Buch an act f The Ciucinnati-Baltimore platform emphutically asüfrtR tKo binding foroe of all thu rawamendme&ts üs valid parta of the Constitutiou. Ir the! ! ■ h::n so little chnrity ir candor that it can credit neither Mr, Greeley nor his Rapporten with sense or honcgty, it should at least trust the Repttblican Bésate, The Sentt! i Republican by a majprity Í of three or four to ojio ; ana as Senators ' Lo'.d for s;ix yeara, one-third going out biennially, the Benate will bc oertainly Re publican during tho firSt two and probablyci: whole i'irar years of Mr. "Nomoney sball ■ bi drawn froiu the Troasury but in ■ ■ "sequenceof an approprifttioa ma " law." [n view c: iion of the Cou8titution and the dominant Republican majority of tho Senutö, how oan thé 'Huns fear the passage of a biw authorizing the payment of the rebel debt '. Two thirds of the Senators who witness Hr. (ireeley's inauguration will retain their seats till tho cioso of his term. Twentyfour (a nuiuber of them alreadv elected) who are to be BWOrn in on thfi 4th of Maroh will not go out until 1879, two years after Mr, öreeley's r . tl: ■ Twenty three more who took their oaths in 1871 will (uniese re-elected) retire with Mr. Qreeley in 1877. The Republican party must be i.i a desperate con indeed if, with its rsvhelming irity tml the long ti'i'i.'i.s of tho icciu. itciin not keep control of the Senatefor the next four yeara Such antics as the Time professes to fear from Mr. ley would stn agthnn the Republican p:rty, and restore i tt asce&danoy in nearly every Northern State, giving it a luujority of tht.' Senators to ba eleoted in the raiddle of the neit four yBirs. We ask the Tim6 to consider how complete i ligüiüst reactionury L islation which i tistd ík the political caako up and long terms of the Senate, and confesa that uur reasa uring argu ment adntits of no eolid answer. Ii' it 8hrinka trom uo üiuch cr.ndor, let it at least stop harping un thia unr :; i! Agiiiiü.t the appointment of a dishonitis di ■ geroui öecrotary of the Treasury, theie i mplete guaran toe. The President can appoint n ■ eer without the uonseni of the Senate. An opposition Sonate will be likely to bt:ruti!iizu Mr. Qreeley's appointments in i á s::rit of punctillOÜS and pBrips ran coro as hostillty. If they should - with titi Tita m thinking that Mr. Grec ley bus crazy íiua! crotchots, it will bc tL-.úr iluty tü t:Ki car.' that In' does no put an uns&i'o mnn t the houd oí thi Treasury, and refuse thuir oongent to ai i'.niit appointment. Does the Times imagino that the Ke piibü an Sonators will imítate the suicida táctica of ; ienatorsin 1801 Will thoy throw up their placos ufter tli. election of Grefley, as tho Southeru lid after the eli ti o of Liucolnr' Rrecidont Lincoln could ri been tiou band and toot, il ch'.: Southun Senators ha Iremained. Tfceymighthave foroed him t pursue moderate councils Republican Senators ca:i restraii President Qreelfly trom doinsr any fjroat ief eitber by the measures he r ■■ vr be appoints He will be at the merey ot' a bostile S and he oan hpar up against it and makt his Adütinistration uoossful only by appoiutmenta üo eminently iit and wise ti: to extort the approbation of politioiil op:its. Does the Timas, holding the opinión Í1 expressee of Mr. Feïiton, believe i!i:t tht Ropubliean Sonate would confina him as Secrotary cf the Treasury !■ Would it conrlrrü hira even if appointed by President whom they would hare motives to embarrass and humiliato as oftei) is they oould find a pood pretextF t)r does it think that if .'!r. Öréeley should name Judge Church or Mr. Tilden for that office and Mr. Adams forSecretary of Htüte, business men would havo any feara ot' eitherforeign or Buanoial trouble? Thoso or mes of libe charactor -Mr. Greeley will ho compelled to appoint in order to got his ïiDminuti'uis oonfirmed. The Republioan 8( nate woüld consent to any nppointmenta by Grant ; but only to fit ones by Qreeley. Under his Adminittration re therefore likely to have a highei :i in public offloe than we havo hud under any recent tiou. -