Show tue TUB CHICAGO TRIBUNE ON VICE THE tue chicago tribune in a recent article on general grant and the republican party panty bets seta forth some rather singular ideas in reply ostensibly to the predictions of some of the democratic journals thab that general grant will betray his party a la johnson the tribune thinks these journals are not justified in seeking solace and consolation from such predictions as the precedents are all against the realization of their hopes it says no man elected president has ever betrayed the party that elevated him to power Gen Grant will be no exception to the rule go back to the formation of our government and beginning with washington trace down the successive sivo sive administrations to the death of lincoln and it will be found that all the presidents have proved true to the principles and Doli policies cies cios 0 of f the party parly to whom they owed their office in lit direct contrast with the presidents pres den is the conduct of the vice vlee presidents s who became executives by the demise de in 0 or murder of a president they t the e tribune says have all apostatized ang and and proved traitors to their party and i its it s arn principles sciples acl aci ples pies and left their offices execrated by their former friends and infamous in the eyes of all honorable men inen 11 after this who would be a vice dent if the demise of the president makes his successor an apostate and traitor to his party and principles then every man elected to that position who places any value on his character for integrity teg rity should earnestly pray for the life othe executive to be preserved at least until the term of office shall expire if this be an infallible rule a man who wha receives the nomination of vice dent and has any desire to have his name go down to posterity free from the taint of apostasy apo stacy and treason should carefully inquire before accepting the nomination whether the gentleman who has been selected as the chief executive is in feeble health healthy or is likely lively from any cause to vacate the chair before the expiration of his term we wonder why there is such a difference that the presidents never neven betray their parties while the vice presidents 1 when they become presidents invariably betray theirs why this is the case the tribune does not nob attempt to explain exola in i probably it thinks it does all that is necessary by ty stating what it evidently relies upon as a great fact an unfailing and reliable rule leaving to others the task of elucidating the causes which produce these remarkable effects they cannot have their origin in any preserving influence connected with the presidential mansion for upon the deaths of the presidents pr siz sid ants the white house is occupied by the vice tres dents who iwho if the virtue were there should partake of it and be equally true with their predecessors tho the cause of difficulty must bo be in the office itself for the tribune in demonstrating its theory attempts attempt s to prove that there have been five traitorous vlee vice presidents three only of whom were occupants of the chair of the Chief Executive these five were aaron burr john 0 calhoun john tyler Millard Fillmore and andrew johnson all of whom the tribune says plotted and intrigued against their partie sor refused to carry out their principle sand became apostate to them jefferson and jackson who were presidents when burr and calhoun were vice presidents both lived out their terms and the vice presidents found no opportunity to throw the administration into the hands of the opposing P party arty thi the tribune evidently leans fo to fatalism its reasoning may be summed up in the following syllogism presidents have always been steadfast and true to the party that lifted them into the executive chair general grant is pres bres president 1 elect therefore general grant must be steadfast and true to the party that elected him but in addition to this the tribune calls attention to a few other points in reading them it strikes us that they are used as much for the purpose of convincing itself that general grant can not desert the party which has elevated him to the highest post in our government as for the purpose ol 01 enlightening enlighten ing the copperheads Copper heads for whose delectation the article purports to be written we do not wish to misjudge the tribune but the article reads to us as though it were intended to let general grant see how many reasons there were why he should be faithful to the republican party in view of the grest trust it had reposed in him the points summarised summarized are 1 A military man is a man of honor general grant would rather suffer death than betray those who res posed faith in him 2 if he ever ends finds that he cannot endorse the policy of the republican party he will resign his office back into their hands as a man of honor is bound to do 3 general grant has supported all the great measures and principles of the republican party from the day fort sumter was bombarded to the present moment 4 he is a northern man by birth and breeding his blood was never corrupted by the poison of slavery he comes of whig stock and has therefore no prejudices for the democratic party 5 45 general grant has solemnly declared in his acceptance of the ean lean ican can nomination that he endorses republican principles and that in any changes of views or policy of that party he considers himself bound to execute the will of the people lastly it is the essence of absurdity to suppose that the man who thus freely aud and upon conviction of right supports and approves the principles and policies of the union party when made president by its votes for the sole and express purpose of carrying out those principles will turn traitor to his party and apostate to his principles the thing is morally impossible from the day that general grant went into the republican party from the walks of private life he has stuck to it and it has haa stood by him he has served it and it has trusted and promoted him from an to the presidency As well might a hand refuse to serve the man of which it is a part as for him to desert that party |