The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-21
co,n,,;oations-General Grant.

and so confounding matters that we can
scarcely keep the run of party relations
Evidently things are rather Stacking. ue'
moral GRANT has endcavored to conduct ms
administration too much through others. nc
bos shown n desire to avoid alike labor and
responsibility, by referring almost every
thing to the Cabinet, and giving up, with a
trihing exception, the whole patronage OF
the Government to his constitutional advi-
sers. OF course, this sort of management
sets up the heads of departments, who 90 to
work for themselves. Not only does 1t do
that, but ii causes eyes from without to
look in to see how things are going and
what are the chances to profit by them.
The direction of an Administration is not
unlike the management of an estate. ihe
relaxation of the supervision of the owner
induces neglect and self-approprauon
amongst agents and laborers, and expect
ing, from the signs, an carly insolvency OF
the landlord, neighbors begin to count on
the passage of the property into new hands
and their chances to get something out Oh
the anticipated wreck.
We see this daily. Nothing is more
plain: and General GRANT owes it to him
self and the country to take the relns IN
his own hands, and administer the Govern
ment himself after the manner OF "old
Hickory" or he is gone. There are people
TbnN-
him out tomorrow if they could; and every
thing they do will be done as much Tor their
own advantage as possible. The more Cen
erol GRANT is interested with horses and
interviews with Tarbells, the better they
will be pleased. The less he looks in upon
some who may be called eye-serYants /"
the better for them.
Look at Mr.. boutwell,. lie Is rather
cutting shine just now, and 1t is n Bo"t-
qceu shine. He has a singular popularity
in quarters where General GRANT is I'M
sparinrly ridiculed. Judge DENT, with
some sharpness, defined the true position OF
the Secretary of the Treasury; and the
criticism of the Judge has provoked not
little irritation amongst the friends OF Mr.
boutwell,.
Conspicuous amongst them is Mr.. DANA,
of the New York San, who was Assistant
Secretary of War to Mr.. STANTON. DANA
calls Judge DENT " a dishonest politician"
THAT'S horrible from DANA, who is so
pure 7 adding, 1" he is turnkey, and we
might say fool" But Mr.. Boutwell,.
the old States rights Democrat turned ultra
Radical, he dis a statesman, patriot, and
an honest man." That's admirable. Mr..
Boutwell, had better die just there, and
not run the risk in corrupt city of dam
aging perfect character.
But what says this admirable critic on
the character of General GRANT! Why,
this: "What we want is an honest and
hi1h-minded administration Of the 10
rernment. That's something j We
"desire most arlently to sec the Executive
department raised ont Of the impotence
sand disrepute to uhich II has been re-
"duced. We hate and dcnounce the sys-
Item of restoring office IN return for pre-
"ScntS." That's pretty strong.l
The day previous, the San had denounced
General GRANTS foreign policy as % coward-
w." In the piece from which we now
quote he adds {" The SIN will always CO.
"operate with him Mr.. Boutwell, or any
" other leader who is bold enough and firm
"cnough to stand by these ideas in these
days of donation-party politics, corrupt
"jeSto,oal Of office, and &hamctW trucking
"to European diplomacy"
But this is not all. DANA is indignant
because Judge DENT calls General GRANT
BouTwELLs master. He pronounccs Gene
raj GRANT to be "no mans MASTER but
only the servant of TIE people, who will
hold him "to q rigorous account of his
stewardship" and continues;
He is not the master of q single citi
zen; and even the snobs and tlunkeys
who are anxious to black his boots, in the
hope that he will give them Offices, will no.
own that he is their master. Least of all
is he the master of statesman like Mr..
Boutwell,, 1choSe successful management o.
tic Treasury Department constitutes q
green and Cheering oasis IN the desert Of
his administration"
Of course boutwell, has all credit for
the oasis in the desert Of this Admins
tration.n Certainly General GRANT might
by this time discern something green"
How stands this Sun of DANA with regard
to Virginia Exactly where BOUTWELL,
stands-for further pains, penalties, and
disabilities exactly in opposition TO Gene
raj GRANTS policy, which enabled the peo-
pie of Virginia to vote down and, as they
believed, to get rid of the test-oath. Will
General GRANT desert his policy and &C
over to boutwell, and BUTLER-the men
who are now endcavoring to shove him
from his stool
Here we have the palpable effort to make
General GRANT responsible for everything
not approved in his administration, and te
take credit for boutwell, for everything
that is approved. So we shall see some
body else in the Cabinet setting up claims
Such claims are the legitimate creations Of
that waving of authority by General
GRANT and his trusting the heads of de-
pertments to control him. OLD HICKORY
pursued the opposite course, and the result
was that he united the whole nation in his
support, or with such an uncomfortable
opposition as could hardly be called an
opposition.