Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-01

The Course Of Mr. sraIdIpE.

The PoStmaster's organ comes TO the
rescue Of Mr.. Spalding in a labored arti-
Gle, a column long, in its issue of last eve
ming. The very fact that this johnson
paper takes up the cudgels in behalf of
Judge Spalding confirms all the suspicious
in regard 10 that gentleman's radicalism
which VIC expressed in our yesterdays
issue. II Mr., Spalding is in reality oP-
posed to "my policy" Why, it will very
naturally be asked, is he SO vehemently
defended by paper which has gone its
full length in favor of that infamous
policy? As specimen of sslf-stultifca-
ton, this spectacle of johnson paper
supporting Mr.. Spalding for Congress,
and at the same time laboring 10 show
that that gentleman is utterly opposed TO
Ar. johnson, is most excellent. But such
arguments, from such source, will con-
vince nobody, for they refute themselves.
The Herald attempts TO justify Judge
Spalding's course in only two Of the many
particulars in regard 70 which we criti-
cized it. In defence of Mr.. Spaldings
bill appropriating $500 a year for the
support of certain additional satellites of
Mr.. johnson, it says;
"This refers to bill giving the President
the control of certain members Of his EN- |
ecutive household, occupying positions of
Secretaries, Clerks, &c. The bill does not |
increase the taxes one dime, it does not add |
to the force employed by the President one |
man, but it does directly, what, during Mr.. |
Bincoln's entire term, was d9no indirectly. |
That is, certain persons were detailed from /
the War Department, or from some one Of |
the Departments, TO assist in the immense
clerical labor at the Executive Mansion.
Mr.. SPalding and the majority in Congress
preferred that a bill should he passed max
ing provision directly for the execution Of
this labor, rather than the Executive be
10 resort to indirect means TO at
tain proper end. That is the whole story
as to the matter, and the Leader knew tine
fact when it uttered the falsehood that the
bill was passed TO increase taxes"
This answer of the Herald is subter-
luge so shallow that we are astonished
that paper which pretends to the pos
session of brains should use it. 1t is well
known that the detail of clerks to aid Mr..
Lincoln was unusual and extraordinary
1t was a necessity created by the war and
passed away with the war. The
Herald might as well argue that the ap-
preparation bill of this year should be
made TO cover a thousand million dollars,
because Mr.. Lincoln needed that amount
10 run the government in 1864. But the
bill proposes TO do for Mr. johnson, in
peace times, what was never done, legally
,r Illegally, for Mr.. Lincoln in war times.
It appropriates $1,000 year from the
purse to pay the Steward of the
White House. Does not the Herald
know that the duties Of this Office have
always heretofore been performed by
servant paid by the President from his
alary of $4,000 per a'B'um Beside
which Judge Spalding desired to incor-
,orate in the bill IN appropriation of
j, 500 year for phonographer-prob-
.bly TO report the Presidents speeches {
md conversations TO an enlightened
public. II is not owing to Judge Spald-
ng's want of zeal, but rather To the good ,
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