Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-12-04

rafiy ImmfiiaieiT sner ~ inHai
iai.on aul kupi up uniil lonE anof
ihr aiiHufnmrni III tenrftss Ihai
luhluh. ID Is tree. leaillrrtd him
u lfn him no leisufe in mainre any
plans ~ his onn. ani ia ttnnnrfi
lis facilities ihrt he was unable
even O, appretiaio ihe pans ui
those p1lilirai friends Who were
really Bis worst enemies, aud who
Wahiel 10 Ublain early aud COM
pluie control over him. iui, look
iHg al tho result of the attack il
masi DO ronL'ssel that, although
iho piesidcnl Loot one s,ri0us all
vantage, Le Washoi wholly Worslei
IAe iiadieals ailrmpied Ia dictate
a. lle Cabinet, How did they sur
eeelF Grant app0lnlrl o Cabinet
the mCsl 5zi0n hiRE ihal v.rs Nas
EICEE . Cab.nvi u has 0En pee,
s9Eai iusnds or Acquaintance
which pleased no party, and made
Ihe r0nRiry ani the whole world
stars aghasl, Had Mr. Stewart not
resigned from this Cabinet, there
Nouii not have been a man In Il
whom Congress would claim as il
tool, As il is, every member but
one i Indebted so..ly 10 the rresl-
dent Tor the honor of his position,
and is neither so pledged nor OF
sufficient power In the Radical
councils as 10 he likely 10 prove q
turbulent member OF the admins,
uallon. Ii Is IL DO observed that
Grant has iron tho FIRST retained
an intimate friend in the war office,
and that the man whom he has now
appointed TO be Secretary al War is
an officer whom such distinction
olcvatcs from comparative oh
security.
Such men, with the exception Of
Secretary Fish (whose rcsolnte abil-
tiles may still, however, DO eXorcis-
ell on tho side ola chief eontending
against unworthy odds, are, in a
certain sense Oparlially hidden from
their own c0nsclcnccs), Grants
tools.
The President was ouiwittcd in
the matter OF selection OF Socrc,a.
~ of tho Treasury amer Mr., Stew
art declined. lie WAS outwittod
doubly. In tho first place he had
put his trust in Mr.. Stewards t!nan-
cial experience, opinions, convic,
tions, Of which Mr.. Boutwell, has
none. In the second place, he had
confidence in Mr.. Stewards fidelity
TO the trust offered to him, rs n
fnancicr, and lover Of his whole
country, and nothing more. Mr..
Boutwell,, aside from his emptiness
of prerequisite knowledge of
finance, was and is n ianatical Radi.
cal in politics, TO whose honest but
lop.sidcd brain there is nothing
worthy which is not Radical. lie
was adroitly wcdged into the Cabi-
net end stays there, and will not
easily be got rid Of Through Sec
rotary Boutwell, and Commissioner
Dcluno (another official bound neck
and heels by party shacklds) Con
gress actually has at is command
tho enormous patronage Of the
Treasury and Internal Revenue de-
partmcnts. This fact has not yet,
of course, como homo duly to the
President, for the contest between
his administration and the party
has not fairly begun.
All things save Che Southern olcc-
tions and the Cuban difficulty have
been in truce during the summon
and the President has taken as lit
tic interest, and meddled as little,
in those affairs and in Boutwoll's
schemes, rs he well could. His
iondnoss for "loaling" and his I'M
easy dread of political Fostering
have ihdhced him to put oil or in
trust to his Cabinet whatever he
was not actually compelled TO at
tend to.
1t is, in fact, nothing moro nor
less than II bore to this military
President to familarize himself
with the business Of and to sift the
numerous questions policy which
arise in connection with, his great
Office. lie seems to be fitted Meth
err by intellect nor by inclination for
the analysis Of such questions. IL
must be considered that in the ca
rccr in which he distinguished him
sclf-that of a soldier-it was sim.
ply necessary for him to command,
when no question was raised and
the order WIS obeyed. But, as
President, be is surrounded by men,
and continually appealed to BY
others, who claim the right 10 raise
questions as to tho proplicty Of his
wishes. This, white it ahnoys and
pcrp.cxcs him, is something which
he cannot escape, and which he has
learned the good Gin ono scnso) Of
submitting TO- If he had not al
lowed Secretary Fish, for example,
to override his own crhde designs
in respect TO the Alabama claims
and Cuba, the United States might,
thus early in President Grants ad-
ministration, have been either the
object of hostile European coali-
ton, or the laughing stock of gods
and men. BY occasionally putting
in his clumsy car, and manifesting
his old, dull obstinacy at times, as
in the case of Sicklcs, Grant has
made his sluggish personality felt
by the Cabinet and the country.
For the rest, he has (believe me)
kept saying to himself that it will
be timo enough to put his foot down
next winter.
No ono who has studied the signs
of the times can have failed to see
that Grants manifest contempt, ard
even hatred, for the profcssed poll
- Al. II