The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-18

itary Fashion Of doing business Mt the
White House, &c.
Among the shrewdest observers OF the drift
of events in the national capital is the Wash
;,qten correspondent Of the Baltimore Ca
zctte. We make som5 extracts from two Of
~. ro,ont letters, which will be found inter-
esing:
WASHINGTON, March 1o.-It n idle il not
| ,,;,n;nol to attempt to conceal tue fact that
oii . h.st mon are becoming alarmed at the
,uanrsss Ou1 of events in lhs city. Several emf
poS,t gentlemen, whose names can be given,
hoxe 20 EXPRESSED them selves 10 your Cores
nnndent to-day. They ara no alarmists. uSnal-
IL so-caIled. but orc nen VINO, when tho battle
raqed tho ferc1st, were Iouno always IN the
tsont At times like tneso. when nothing is
ionHn and all is uucortainty-wnen gene
rons nation has taken Chief whose retlcence
~. ;ndnoed universal conuooDt, and whose po-
Lilo, notions have yet 10 be yealed to the
conntry. uuder such crcum stances Undue I'M
noriance may possibly be given to acts which
at 9th sr times would pass uhnoucfa: Put the
rSa,,lor onward tread OF the new admlnlstra-
80 " tovards military espotlsm does. indeed.
oI,rn, IL some OF the most able a.d dlsting lished
notr,ota now assembled at the seat OF the
| Federal Government. =, A., IT,,
| As Commander Of the Armies OF the United
States. General Grant was wont 10 consult no
one: for consultation. except on very rare occa-
onS on,,. ,' vas nnmilitary and not to be counte-
eiUmo. n,mnsd President GRAFT follows closely in
ths foo steps of the late general OF the armies,
o.J .uJ oonsnIrs no one. The military" rule is
no-, otr,ctv obserV ed and suforced III the Exec
,t;vo manson of the nation and the civil head
| NJ the nation is to-day surrounded by s mill
tary staff. But what 1 I1liows 9a upo" shis s new
Shsrm,n a.sumcs command oil tho Armies OF
tha IIn;ted States, aud nDunces to the conn
~ ~ ti,a members OF his staff. Who are they2
.rsa ,,r,ler ef l;ene1al sherman has Startled
tho tbimkinr men. BE embraces within
his d,rec5 military control Tho head OF
avery bureau attached to the war De-
par,inent, and completely Swallows up Inc
Whole department., allowing nothIhg TO es.
nono except the person ct tho Secretary OF
W. W. rh,mselY. Inc Adjutanf-Geaeral, 'nspec'
,or1aansraI. Ouaa ter,naster-G Ger eral. Commits
s,rv General, Surgeon-General, plymaster-
General. Judge Advocate General. Chief OF En-
o,neers and the thiof OF Ordnanre' oil OF wnom
have been heretofore the suDordlhates OF tne
t%e a, ,affoficcrs OF lilo General commanding
the army. We'll may It be said W. hello,s oc-
cn1,tiun's conc, ard secretary Schoheid can
ret re from the Cabinet as there ~ nothing left
INN 10 do but to play CLERK" to d'neral oher-
man aid ais urlllilnt stan. Ih.5o are STUB
bern facts, and thCy arc ACTUALLY tr;as?ir'h" ~
the c,uit,i of nation loud IN it's boaslings VI
civil liberty. :. .,,.t
tho military sha Il at all tina be sIbj oct to the
civil power, sad hsrea a.tcr oS shlzlh9 OIL
army with ali lis requisite officers, tue Wholo-
| army and ofiHo.a -aio pi cd unuer the c9,,i- m
maud of the civil head OF tuo rsDnoilc. Ine
MILITARY department, Tor ms sfsa OF salett vi
| tIr, pcopie's liourty, is piaet:i n'!der civil
nn..r L,,s that oiiccrt .6s lCii'lehti doca not
| thereby become y m,lliIfy oio. Inls woulu
dcf,ar the very obi &. soISa. to bo accom-
pisiie.l. Yet tho impressions II fa2iu gaining
| Ground here that President G.:s!it d theory III
thlG tho military character OF h's Pos.tto., nds
hcen ,,cresseJ aud in,cu,ti i..-ii>T destroyed
| ord henre he has drawn aleuad hun III the
ExrculIyo mansion fall G.CDgof military
| eub,rdIuate. wilie General SHERMAN has as-
| anri,ed inder lnsLruciloiH u il OelleVeo,l tne
whole civil mach ncry of the War Department.
Araiu it Is rot!cod anil c0Euioitcd on, In
| Congressional c.rcies more particularly, tnaG
President Grants lraL anxiety alter lie mad
/ oual,iieL as the OWL head o ii nstlon, was
IN distribute aud arrange his military suaor-
d,nates. Scarcely had tho last sound OF his
iuaupural died away. whom his corps OF stan
| oficia.s we're hulrlediy engaged in issuing or
tsrs to Sheridan and Reynolds. Hancock anu
Cnnby, Meade, Ruger aud others. Ibis p'r-
haps was all right, but 1t has caused sohe
|
many of the hlghor officials OF the country.
WIsr11saroN, March 12.-Tho extraordinary
condition CT political affsirs at this moment
calls for calm but decisive action on the part
of every man, in whatsoever sp.ere he moves,
| to exercise his whole nf1nsncc 10 arrest usur-
pation Of authority whVreye FUND. II ls
needless to repeat tho tritr fact taat the FEEDER
al Constitution 10 thing of the past. The
general government has lo"g since usurpeu
| t,.iI IN n
breadth The cole slrugsie now ls between
it's Legislative and executive sections, or IN
palmer words, betwocu the '~ord OF u one
man power and an unscrupu!ouj oslatorlai OIL
gsrchy. Tie devel p,ncnts vi the past feT
DAYS have besu Of monlSntaus signlhoance.
.he demented pcopu Of tho country, with
halluciuation typlied in tho fable OF the froes,
painted lor master. It ls manifest ii they d.
| not best,r themselves, and that INSTANTLY, they
will have lost tho chance OF even choice!
Undoubtedly Grant consulted no one except
his staff and military frienda IN the seiection OF
his Cabinet. all the stories ABOUT Ills nGVng
offered this or that man this or that Cabinet
portfolio are the yerIes. tstion His evident
| design IN the beginning was TO combine the
purse aud sword OF the naion, and to wielo
both in the accumulation uf poiitIoil power.
| Who constitute his civil advisers? The whole
concern ia \ palpablu fraud. Ybu have already
ventilated the progra nme of tne War once.
To-duy it is au'horiati stated tnat tue
health and general debility OF Bore.the ne"
nominal Secretary OF ths Navy, reaq,, % su,er- p
yisory aid and NC are lold that Admiral For
Ter his bsen ordered to inse charge OF the ar-
chiyes of tho dopnrt uent; IN otucr WORDS, lie
| is to ba tho re Il dl-poScr OF the naydi 1orcos
! aud d ,sperscr of laval fnvOrs. Washburnc. 1t
was known from the iirsr, WIS assigned lhe
State Department merely as taoier' 'ne aP,
poiptlucnt was 80 Buprenclt rioiou u.ous 'naI IL
| hat 1I.l-
| q ion OF tho eDtiro Cabpet TaB to be exDecteo
ut an carly day. Tue Stewart blunder tWsll
! known 70 the Ssnate to be such at tue tlmu OF
| his confirmation, or he would not have been
confirmed ut ally. gave that oody an oppor.
tunty partially to blow the secret arranSeme IL
INTO the Dir, an YOU now zee tnc ulsor l,
ton Of the now government peiore LIB legAi
| organization. A..
In thu. very remark ,ble state OF affairs, tho
small soua of Conservatives which Congress
have allowed TO occupy seats IN tile respective
| Houses are anxuusly iGqrrlus what course
| th5y ought to pursue during tn's intesbine
quarrel among their uiprlnclpled adVersarlee
| (which danger" ask tney, ls tho most luiul-
ncnt? 1t is not ncam"et hEo1 US 10 ,, on nun 70,
ards, to preyout al absorption OF tn'; c'Vll oy
tIIo military mower? The unite, IL is true, IL
can r,!lad by a set of ignorant m3unte"ank5,
Il /, dsd Iunatjcs and reckless adventuTers; but
at tl,c wor.l. tbay can move but Slowly, aud ne
people may oycrtaku them. we nave hrre!o-
! fore yctcd in both branches OF IonSross lot
| the repeal of the uLct,ls!l,nt'oaai tehutu.o!-
Office c.; but why st III pra,c a'r2uI 'iie eolis =.
nrlcoIcs long ago ignored ~ cur oppone1ts,
i..sen uDou Tin. natioI T. dHpciisnl "liloh
ycars ot clyi! s.riio will perlIG23 fall To over
| throwp Osuper IA ilnniiueuL to tho lat rem
liant of Americen l.b-rty, aid sh Ill W. c'o'ne
with unlimited puwcr man w1o naa 30 .'ea'.y