Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-10-08

o / seriously reflect upon them. Oan they auor
&. 20 encourage Reputation. We do no
sreak Of the morality of such a proposition
I though that ought TO have more weigh
{ than any other question connected witt
the subject We simply speak of Reputation
, as a financial enterprise.
The FREE PRES, is now actually given away t.
TO new subscribers and old ones can have a fin
present by little work III getting some frienC
TO subscribe Sc advertisement.
The h,ne Of franklin, Buchanan, Forney
ana pacse7. doubtless, has citizens qualified
for about every Office. Some Of them per
haJs co4lI fill withsuccess important posi-
ton as that of Secretary of War; one of them
We are certain did. until he was driven out
by Andrew johnson We cannot therefore
assert that there are no Pennsylyanians quail
fled to fill the late Gen Rawlns' official
place And yet we are not pleased with the
way Tint the Republicans OF the '' Keystone
State are pressing their claims in that d.
rection. \ demand was lately made by rhe
State Committee upon General Grant 60 I'll
the vacancy in the War Department by an
appointment from Pennsylvania. The char
actcr and tone Of the demand were bad
enough, but the circumstances il which it
was made. render it still worse. 1t was tack
cd. IN the form Of preamble. to resolutions
B Of respect TO the deceased Secretary. No:
even when performing solemn duty toward
/ the dead could these men forget to beg for Of
fee. They would even ride into the War
Department in the same conveyance that
carried them to the Secretary's grave. 1t is
no ezcure for them that they seek the office
30, for themselves bat for their State. The
disgusting haste for office is the same. It is
the funeral baked meals furnishing forth
the marriage tables such is American, or
rather Pennsylvania. civilization.
TIE event also furnishes good text upon
the subject of State. claims So for Office The
thjn- is being oyerdone. No state has a
claim On the War Department unless it can
furnish better mar for the place than
any other State. In that case It's claims
would be just as good lift held every other
chair in the Cabinet If the offices are to
be filed hereafter on a geographical basis
JerIaJ- the politicians viii be deprived Of
one ground Of complaint. Bat the Offices
viii not be as well filed, nor the people in
general as vel satisfied. Besides it is not
a,3 never will be possible to distribute the
Office in this way with any degree Of equity.
The most honorable partition would be sus-
rec,ed. The talk about the claim Of this or
that state or section Is getting to be seri-
oas evil 1t tends to make people forget
that Tie only true test to be applied to can
didates is of capacity and character. IN
other argument of the Peu-yianians. that
their State deserves the war office as a re-
ward for her uuwayerius Republication,
is Il possible more ridiculous. We see no
reason why any State. Because Republican,
should send an incapable man into the Cab
met. and if she has capable one, her Re
publicanism gives her no additional claim for
any Office.
General Grant Las usually shown the
greltcst contempt for geographical consider
atiou- in the selection OF Bis officials. One
State has two cabinet oficet- and the best
foreign appointment If he got better
men from this source, he chose wisely. We
see that in the late selection Of a minister to
China tie President was influenced some
villa. by the claim. of the Pacific coast
But there we've TWO jus, reasons far needing
this c.1m. That section could undoubtedly
furnish d man better qualified ly reason ofac-
quaintancc with the Chinese character. And
as the Chinese mission concerns the pe1pleof
the Pacific COAST more nearly than the people
of the East it is to be presumed that one
of their own number would better under
stand their wants This twJfoll advantage
is possessed by Mr.. Low what his general .
fines flr the place may be we do not know.
But we hope le President will regard this .
as a special ca-e, ana pay no attention in .
the selection officers to the question Of To-
cality.
Secretary Boutwell, Jared nearly as hard at
the hands Of the New York press during the
late Wall street complication, as Fisk him
self He received all the ccnsure for the
snarl and no creii, Tor resolving it. The
Word assaulted the Secretary, the admins
trati5n, and the Republican party el masse,
All tie errors Of the party since the year Of
its organization were somehow made to bear
uuon the financial troubles of the last few
iavs The administration WAS held rcspon-
sible fr Boutwell, himself and all his crimes.
The Secretary was dashed most relentlessly.
He had no policy and no capacity to form
one. lie had policy but it was a wrong
one lie should not have interfered in the
v all street difficulty ucshould have inter
erred sooner, before the danger became so
great. lie should do nothing but read the
World. and ge, bis financial ideas from its .
.olumus
Tie T,llvue thought the Secretary should
ave thrown the {. 5. gold upon the market
It an earlier hour His policy appeared to
e yariiiatiac. lie should study the Tribune !
lore diligently. lie was severely censured
Or NOS selling more gold. The Tribune 4,
erouT'n lauached cut into another philip- q
&c against the policy Of boarding one hun n
he'd millions Of gold in the Treasury. This b
ccumuatinn Is an eye-sore to Mr.. Greeley. j
brow Il upon the market at once and let it
amaiu there says his paper, and gold will
rop, and another corner 80 will be impos- \
bic. lie
The HraH slashed right and left in its Il
sual inii,rriminatc manner. Bat Sccre- II
lry J. utwell vas tine chlei o',irct ur i's ras- J.
Cation. lie Wa ea-t-iron Secrrtary lie r'
as no IDEAS oat political economy; he Sc
lONN I'is'll4i- A.iNNt N.7i t'i'4ftti-.ttl' llt
ould begin and study the rudiments Of y
1ancial science. peruse the columns of the ~
'eraH carefully, and work his way up once :,
ore.
The Times is no less severe in Its oensure hi
the Secretary, though it does not pursue "
e unfortunate man with such bitterness as 70
3 contemporaries. 1t says that whether tn
r. Boutwell, has acted the part Of a great ne
lancier during the last fortnight, is a ques- "
On that wilI have to be discussed some day, sV
1t which may for the present be passed by. IL
hat Is quite clear is, that he has tried the HI
70 policies ofnOn-interfererce and interior IN
zee and done mischief with both. When he he
ia,ht hov.s ID ..a,o-o1 z.l,or., g VI