The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-02-03
began to select my constitutional advisers
SENATOR WILSON ALL RIGHT.

SENATOR WILSON ALL RIGHT.
Grant is unusually friendly in his ex-
pressions of Henry Wilson, Of Massachu.
setts. Wilson, he said, has been 8; staunch
friend of mine and has consulted freely
with me in reference to the action of the
Senate Military Committee, of which he is
chairman, ever since came to Washing
ton. He is an energetic, Woodworking
man, and has done good service to the ar
my and the country. He is man of gen
erous impulses, and has never cherished
malice towards the South.
THE QUALITY OF lack CHANDELIERS "spIR-
20 IT'S" gtste3t
An illusion was made to Senator Chan
dler, of Michigan, to draw the General ont.
He replied: need not tell you what /
think Of Chandler. Everybody knows
him save Chandler himself. He is the
same in the Senate Chamber as in the So
cial circle. He is an amiable man, and al
ways in the best of spirits.
THE NEXT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
OF Admiral Porter Grant frequently
spoke as follows: Porter is a man of very
great ability. The ready and hearty CO.
operation which he gave Inc in my opera
tions against Vicksburg, placed me under
special obligations to him. He is a gen.
VlCtACI VI uuO CulUuIo. aux HAS lllauy nc.
cOmplishmepts outside of his prOfesSion.-
have often thought that tho Admiral of
the navy and the General of the army
sho Id be, er-o6fcio, the heads of the Navy
and War Departments. At least the men
elected to fill these places should be men
skilled in the art Of war. Who would
think OF appointing a man judge Of the
Supreme Court who was not a lawyer.
MULTUM IN PARYO.
General Schofield, says Grant, made an
war minister and has my
entire confidence and warm friendship.
THE TENURE-oF-oFFIcE BILL. i5
In a very recent conversation General
Grant took occasion to express his opinion
of the Tenure-Of.O Office bill T: never favor
no lawyer, and therefore not, qualified to
judge of the constitutional power of Con-
gress to pass such a bill, l accept the opin-
ION Of the Judiciary committee on that
subject esd tfF qGE.f/J %HFFH
ea Etl, WHAT GRANT KNOWS.
But know that the special duty of the
President is to see that Che laws are faith.
fully executed. and for this purpose the
Constitution gives him the appointing
power. l know that the almost mani
nous verdict of tue people is that official
corruption is the rule, instead of tho eXcep-
ton. l know that the average market
price of whiskey in the country was one
dollar Il gallon when the tax was two dol
lars, and the cost of production thirty
cents. l know that imported goods have
been sold i'll our markets for less than
their cost in Europe will, tho duty added
know that this was not the result Of an
overstocked market, for the distillar, con-
timed to make whiskey and the merchant
to import goods. / know that there are
rings by which combinations have been
made, through which corrupt Republicans
have boeIi nominated and corrupt Demo-
Gratis confirmed. Since the Tcnurc-Of.oflice
bill, became law most of the appoint
ments have been effected through such
combinations am FREQ to state that
believe I owe my election more to the con.
tidence Of the American people in my pa
triotism and integrity than to any known
views of mine on reconstruction, suffrage,
oramliesty. ~ 4$&244'@- w - -
WILL. BE PRESIDENT OR RESIGN.
The people expect me to save them from
this Wholesale robbery by officials. They
expect me to see the laws executed and
the revenues faithfully collected. Sc help
me God, I ,ciN do ii or resign. An exc
cutive officer who is satisfied of his ina1ii;-
ty tc execute the law is unworthy the re-
spect of his fellow citizens if he continues
to hold On to the Office. Neither believe
that the Offices Of the government were to
be used for the placing or retaining in pow
err senators and members of Congress. /
shall never recognize the so-called right to
the patronage of their districts, SO often
asserted by these gentlemen.