Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-15
From WASHINGTON.

The w ashington correspondent Of
the Cincinnati Gazette, of the 5th
instant, says:
The chief end of Grants admin
istration is not the distribution of
patronage. The crowd in Washing
ton is well calculated to create the
opposite impression. But the long
lists which go to the Senate each
day load the outgoing trains with
the successful and the disappointed,
and in few weeks the offices will
cease to excite national attention
After that calm, what? First
trimming of the national expenses
to the lowest limit, and the closest
possible collection of the revenue;
the completion of reconstruction,
and the Inauguration of the honest
policy. But while economy and
honest dealing between the Govern
ment and all the people, and the eX-
acting of honest dealing from the
people will be marked features of
the new time, there are many here
who should know what men high in
place are thinking about, who do
not believe that these quiet ideas
will be the distinguishing ones Of
the administration. g.a
This class of persons ask them
selves one question: 'sAfter the
offices, what - And answer some
what vaguely - Cuba, Canada,
Mexico"
President Grants Mexican policy
will certainly go as far as General
Grants Mexican policy. The latter
was developed four years ago.
Expressed in acts then, it was this
We may not want Mexico, but no
other nation shall have it. If the
Mexicans can not control their
affairs, no foreign nation shall inter
fere. And so the French went out
of Mexico, not because Mr.. Seward,
in poo: weak way, asked them to
leave, but because Grant was at
Washington, Sheridan ON the Rio
Grande, and Schoffeld at Paris But
although this is really the first ques-
ton relating to foreign affairs in
which Grant bore a part, the indi-
cations are that it will remain in
allegiance, while others come into
prominence. a+= .s"-i
The Cuban question is already
precipitated. From the first it has
been in great part an American
movement. More than a year ago
the plan of the present insurrection
was laid, and the whole matter was
fully presented to quite q number OF
prominent Congressman. Agents
of the insurgents were very busy
both here and in New York. The
day was fixed for the outbreak, but
unexpected complications caused
delay. Finally the shaping OF
events in Spain, and assurances from
many private parties here, and from
officials speaking in their private
capacity, gave direction to the
movement, and the revolution be-
gan. AT first the party Of indie
pendence was the strongest among
the insurgents, but latterly the an
neXationists are in the ascendant
The Spanish Legation here retains
scarcely a hope Of success. Fol
two months the cable dispatches
telling Of the constant defeat of thu
revolutionists have been understood
and estimated at their true value
The situation is very grave''-sucl
are the words which expressed thu
real feeling at this legation month.
ago, and now the talk there con
'cerning Cuba is as if it were pas
all hope of saving to them Ant
SO think the Cuban agents Of insur
gents, and all the Americans wht
are in league with them. They say
with confidence, that the summer
winds will lift another flag than tha
of Spain in Cuba. -zF.
The Alabama question is wher,
money paid for ships destroyed vii
never settle it,. .s.e. -~es .H
President Grant has had littl,
time to talk about it, or consider i
since he came in. After the offices
there will be time enough, and thel
it will come up. After election
General Grant did say substantially
this, and it has been heretofore at
tributed to him. ''Reverdy John
sons plan will never do. England
prolonged our war, and owes US TO
at leat year Of it; our blockad
expenses are largely due to he
action, rs is also the destruction Q
our commerce, and such debts cal
not be discharged by paying few
paltry ships.''
And Mr.. Summers Forthcoming
speech, as has been already said, i
pitched in this key, with the addeo
peaceful note, which in words is this
Let us grant all this, and then set
tie it as becomes the friends w
are" ..-...I.,e -.----
There is a story to this effec
concerning his speech That Mr.
Sumner has taken advantage of tn
occasion of reporting upon tn
Alabama treaty, as chairman of tn
Senate Committee on. Foreign Rela
, tions, to SO, embody the popula
, ideas, and SO follow the drift of tn
popular thought to which he be
lieves the State Department will b
obliged to conform, as to appear t,
have dictated it's course himself, ant
so attach himself inseparably to tn
policy which he regards as the on
. destined to attract most attention
during this administration. ,,
1t seems beyond doubt that thi
: Lind Of Gr,,,pacc will Lo I;cn1or n,