The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-11-23

ada. fhG. yaltlcaiar States Il. .. the small
politicians of particular Stated have lssiti-
mate claims to nominate to such ofiises. What
the general public interest requires is, simply,
the selection Of the men for positions In the
Cabinet most likely to best discharge the
trusts con6dsd to them whether they come
one or all from California, from Massachu- |
sets, from New York, from Nebraska, or from
Illinois, or from wherever they may be obtain
able among the thirty millions Of the populs-
tion Of the United States.
A great share of Stanton's SO remarkably
successful administration Of ths War Depart
mont, At time when, had that branch Of the
Government: boon inetiiciently or corruptly
managed, tho ssbsllion would surely have been
q success, was duo to the fact that he had no
"tail" political. lie was wholly without .
political following. Ho had none to reward
for services rendered to himself, personality
nor had he any to punish for opposition to his
personal political aspirations or acts. He
could afford to DO inhexibly just aud honest in
his administration Of his trust, without In.
curing the imputation Of ingratitude to
friends or hostility to personal enemies. The
time will come POSSIBLY not until the writer
and readers of this letter have boon half =
century under the soiD when the world will
recognise him as having been one Of the
Ablsst pursst and most patriotic statesman
whom Providence has raised up in modern
times for the advancement Of the prosperity
and happiness of toiling Millions nay, as
the man to whom, moro than to any other one
man who was charged with public response
| and sound liberalism will have been most in
| dsbtsd for its successful suppression.
Itisa notable fact, that the current cutlery for
the repeal Of the law IN making obligatory Sens.
torial consent to tho removal of Gers requiring
Senatorial confirmation Of their appointment,
comes, so fa-, wholly from General Grants
political opponents, not from his friends. We
shall. however. soon have the army of Rspub.
iiean party otice-ssekers advocating the same
policy. Although neither General Grant nor
his uuselfih and judieious friends deem any
such congressional legislation necessary or de
sirable. the otics.sesking horde will soon com
prehend that 1t would be likely to facilitate th,
"new deal all round the board, for which
they pant so ardsntly.
1t strikes me, that If they be accommodate
In this matter, General Grants labors will b.
doubled in the branch of his duties for which
he has greatest distsste and disinelinstion
The chances are ten to one that he will inter
fere earnestly to prevent Congress from thu
doubling the number Of those who will seol
office from him, as we'll as doubling the impor
tunities Of each one Of Thorn and their respect
i've advocates.
Your oomplaisant and compliant neighbor
the IntehigsHeer, whilom the bitteres. an,
most INSCRIPTIONS partisan against Grant
election, Is tho father Of this proposition
Timeo Dansos dona JeJentsJ. 1t crave,
doubtless, the restoration OF an EZRA Of goo
fseling''-ic q return ofthe Government int
the rut Of the old slavery oligarcby. 1t seek
to coax Grant into stultifying his own record
as well as to throw away all worth prsserVin
Of the revolution that has grown out Of th
abortiye rebsllioni all for tho sake of propitia
ing those whose favor can only DO bought wit
his own political immolation, the sacrifice {
B oil principles of liberalism In the Government
aud Ofthe country 'simmense industrial progfe
since Lees surrender. This would indeed be
heavy price to pay for tho approval Of Grant
naturalization by Fernando Wood, Jam'
Brooks, Robert ToOmbS, All Stephen, WAd
Hampton, Forrest, D. H. Hill and their 70
lowers.