The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-01
General Grant nBd Democratic Off G
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l hope for their own sakes that none of your
Democratic friends who are In office will lay
the "fiaitering JUNCTION" to their souls that they
will be retalned under President Grant. An
impression has gone abroad In some way that
Grant will be exceedingly tender with the feel
inRs of those who denounced and opposed him
during the late canvass. He win not make a
clean sweep, II Is said, but will apportion the
oflces pro TGtd between his friends and his
enemies. To those who know anything OF the
man, nothing could be more absurd. His nature
is positive, not negative He Is cordial hater,
when necessary, as we'll as an ardent friend.
Moreover, Grant has no faith In the Demo Gratis
In private conversation he speaks OF them
habitually as "Copperheads" Said friend to
him recently, General, see the Democratic
papers are claiming you as their President"
"Ah ~ said Grant, II never see them now nor
read them. The last Democratic paper ga "
bad an editorial denouncipg me as a drunkard."
Change Necessary.
There never was a time perhaps, when q
complete change in all United States officials
was more needed than at present From the
President down 1t would be posive advantage
to the Governrnentto TO have a clean sweep made
30 as to commence de noDo. Daring Lincoln's
term a number OF halfhearted Unionists and
secret Rebels were kept in oflce on the con-
ciIiation theory. Nearly all of these have
managed to retain their hold under Johns
Their numbers have rather been increased than
diminished The quarrel between the Presi-
dent and Congress has been fruitful source
Of Generalization among United States
officials. Nearly. every one OF them
came into office under false pretenses. At.the
White House they were either represented by
their friends or themselves as johnson men"
t. G., Democrats When they came 10 the Senate
they were, OF course, not only Republicans, but
radicals. When their commissions were safely
in their pockets they became politically what
ever their Aelf1sh personal interests made them
They were under two masters-the President
and the Senate-snd fully responsible TO neither
A few, indeed, secured their places on the "tra-
ding" which 1 have noticed ABOVE. But this
WAS scarcely less demoraliEing to the public
service than the "false pretense" plan. It was
nothing more than bsrterlng OF offices. Sena-
tor Cameron, for example, has number of
friends whom he wants appointed 10 office.
being Republican, he has little influence AT
the White House He goes TO Senator Bueka-
lew and proposes a "swap." "Buckalew," says
Cameron, "you have several appointments
hanging in the Senate here, awaiting confir N a.
ton. They are all Copperheads. know; but If
you will go to the President and get him to
send In the names of a few OF my friends, l will
see that your nominations are confirmed"
Buckalew, like every other Democratic Sena-
tor, eagerly took advantage OF this arrange
ment. Every such interview as that which
have illustrated, and there were hundreds OF
them, uniformly ended with the exclamation
on the part OF the Democratic Senator, "It's a
bargain" and so it was q bargain and nothing
else. Is Is any wonder that under these cir
cumstancss the Internal Revenue aud other
departments of the public service are fairly rot
ten with corruption?
Trembling Among Employees im the be.
parfmeDSs.
Previous TO the nomination of General Grant
nearly all the employees in the several Execn-
tive departn ents here were either Copper
heads or political nondescrips, which is about
| the same thing. There were few Republ.
| cans, but they lived In perpetual terror of
| being reported" by some ambitions member
| of the johnson Depart mental Club" and dis
missed. After the nomination Of Grant at OIL
cago there were unmisl akable signs of q
revival among some of the more experienced
| weather.c cocks In tie departments. When IL
became known that the Democratic Conven.
| lion at New York had committed the
| blunder OF nominatin9 Seymour and
| blair, the "awakening" began TO spread, and
| the original Grant men" were mRrvellOusly
| numerous, ali of a sudden Political c)nver.
| sions became matters of daily occurrence
| Grants triumphant election confirmed these
| young converts" in the radical faith more GER
| Jainly than the laying-On or hands by hun
| dred Bishops. SIN there are douos and fears
| N the minds of some. as is frequently the case
| with ol0 sinners, even afteP they have vOun.
| tarily ioined church. Tney do not forget how
| they pTophesied about the great "Heaction 4"
| and how they bet that Grant would not carry
| troubled with certain "fear'ul looking for OF
| Judgment and fiery Indignation" which will
not allow their conseiences that repOse which
every Government official should enjoy. Nor
are they altogether mistaken The day OF
| reckoning Is sure TO come. JosEPHUs.