Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-03-16
GRANTS APPOINTMENTS.


When Julian and Loan called on
Gen. Grant some days ago to ascer-
tain his policy in making appoint
ments, he very promptly informed
them that he should remember his
personal and armv friends in the
dispensation of patronage. There
have already been everal appoint
ments of this character. 1t is an
nounccd that Grant has de-
termined to give the postoffice at
Cincinnati to an old friend named
Foulds, and that most of the Gin
cinnatians now in Washington
swear that they do not know such
a man. Senator Sherman called on
Grant Friday morning, and on re-
ferring to the postotfice, was in
formed that Mr.. Foulds would be
appointed. He is said to be per
sonal acquaintance of Gen. Grant,
who has known him for many
years, and places implicit conf
dence in his honesty and competen-
cy. 1t is needless to add that
Foulds is not the man recommended
by Senator Sherma nor by the Gin
cinnati Republicans. The an
nouncement of the selection of Mr..
Foulds as the successor Of the pres
ent incumbent, has created eonsid-
cradle commotion in Cincinnati.
The Commercial gives vent to its
indignation after the following
manner
There are several things in this case
to excite remark In the first place, Mr.
c. w. Thomas, the present Postmaster,
has shown an aptitude for the place, and
discharged the duties of his Office with a
degree Of intelligence and energy that
has given general satisfaction and the
persons most largely concerned in the
business Of the Office, and who have the
most intimate knowledge of the manage
ment, have felt that it would be well to
have Mr.. Thomas continued in Office
and many of them have asked, for the
sake of the service, that he should be con-
tinued The Times. Gazette and Com
mereial newspapers have commended
him in decided telms. Now, as it has
been announced that the President pro-
posed to retain officers who were doing
their duty in an exemplary manner, and
that he would wait until the repeal ofthe
tenuresof- Office act before sending APP
pOintments to the Senate, except in
cases where charges were preferred
against incumbents. the conclusion that
he would let the Cincinnati Postmaster
alone for little while did not seem unr
reasonable. If we were to understand
that President Grant makes exceptions
to all rules in regard to his personal
friends and the friends of his family, we
have to observe that his list of acquain-
tances is, perhaps, hardly sufficiently
extensive to warrant him in suppOsiDg
that he can select from them the best
covering material in the country We
confess that we can not regard it as an
suspicious symptom that the first change
in an important Office in this part Of the
State is the removal of an officer of re-
eognized efficiency and the appointment
of a gentleman who has, there is no
doubt, many excellent qualities, but
whose promotion seems rather due to the
circumstance that he was a personal
friend than to any endowment OF expeA
rience.
ave have not the slightest objection
to seeing Mr. FOulds in the service of
his country in the capacity of postmas-
ter, but as he is a resident of C0vington,
and the postmaster in that town is an old
gentleman, and not able to give much
attention to the office, and withal in COM
Portable circumstances, we suggest to the
President that he should remove Jesse
r. Grant from the Covington pcstofice,
and appoint Thos. H. FOulds to that |
place, permitting c. w. Thomas to be |
postmaster of Cincinnati while he is |
preferred for that Office by those interest
ed most directly and largely in its good |
1t is very evident that Grant is
not pleasing the men who assisted
to elect him under the belief that
they possessed a reversionary in
terest in the offices to be filled un-
der his administration. The Wash I
ington correspondent of the Conn
merciol declared that the appoint
ments outside the cabinet do not
suit the politicians any better than
the first cabinet did, and mutterings
are made on every hand, not only
in the streets and in hotels, but by
members and Senators, and the
cases are not exceptional.