The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-15

was left to draw it's own conclusions from
the actions of the new President. Then
came the Cabinet appointments. These
gave Us no consolation, there being named,
as the Southern representative in the Cab
met, Marylander of that "trooly loip'
class with which our land is cursed. A
slightly uneasy feeling then arose, which
was heightened by the new deal, and the
nomination of Mr.. Boutwell,, the bitterest
Radical of them all, as the Secretary of the
Treasury in the place of Mr.. Stewart. The
first man in the Cabinet was the most ex-
treme while the most able of the leaders Of
the Radical party. So far, then, the South
had but few favors to expect.
And if there were some cheerful and
confding souls still willing to regard Pres
ident Grant as one who would sink the SOL
dier in the citizen, and devote his whole
strength to the vindication Of constitutional
right and the majesty and dignity Of the
law, what consolation can they have found
in the complexion of the Presidents house
hold? GENERAL Badeau-Grants Secre-
tary. GENERAL Dent-master Of the GER
emonies. GENERAL Porter-maker of ap-
pointments. GENERAL Babcock-receiver of
applications for Office. GENERAL Rawlings,
the former chief of staff, Secretary of War.
This is strong government with ven
geance. General + General! and nothing
but General! A household, from top to
bottom, more BETTING military dictator
than the chief magistrate Of republic.
And subsequent events give on additional
proof that Grant will take care Of his own,
and that, if he may have his OWN way, the
South, at least, is to be ruled according to
West Point tradition and the pleasure of
military commanders.
General Hancock, the only premiRent
rival of General Grant for President, is
banished to Dakets. Sheridan, the burn
ing, devastating "Here of the Valley" is
sent back to Louisiana to play the tyrans
and bully if he can. Candy, the cold
blooded, fanatical martiret, who was more
detested in the Carolinas than his prede-
cessor Sickles, takes the place of Stoneman
in Virginia. Reynolds, whom the Texans
know to their cost as malignant traducer,
returns to the command of Texas. Gillem,
who did his duty faithfully in Mississippi,
is ordered back to his regimert.' There is
bu; o-e reasonable Interpretation of these
changes, and it is that Grant is resolved
that the South shall be punished for her
dislike of his favorite generals, and that
military orders shall, as far as possible, su
percede the laws of the land.
There is no breadth, no largeness, in any
thing that Grant has done. There ;s spite,
as in the unwarrantable revocation. of par
dons granted by President Johnson, and in
the banishment of the gallant Hancock
There is snobbishness, as in his behavior
in the church at Washington. Thercis vim
dictiveness, as in returning to the South
men who are justly disliked and despised
There is weakness, as in his rapid change
of front in the Cabinet, when, as the late
Mr.. Lincoln would have said, ''it was no
"time to swap horses" But there is no
sign of enlarged views or broad compre-
hension, no indication that he is ready to
carry out his own programme of approach
ing the great questions of the times with
out spreiudice, hate and sectional pride"
or in any way to do his part in giving US a
lasting peace.
In saying again that the South has no
of SO more stable, uniform and
"benehcial policy" than that Of the Last
four years, we do not, however, feel that
there is any doubt as to our rapid progress
in developing our natural resources and in
creasing our natural trade. AS long as The
South can dig out of the ground annually
two hundred and fifty millions of dollars,
she is not at the mercy Of any one man or
set of men. Money and Union are our
weapons, offensive and defensive. With
these we may defy the Radical legions, and
build up on their ruin the fabric Of our flu
ture greatness. Our strength increases
every day. Each dollar that We gain is an
addition to our power. Every bour brings
us nearer to the dawn of the new day of
liberty, prosperity and truth.