Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-27
General Grants Administration.
III HENRY WILSON.

Two months have now passed since Gun
Grant, In the presence nf assembled thnus-
ands of his admiring counirymeu, took the
oath prescribed for the President of the
United States. To him. these have bccn
months OF trial such as he has never know n.
From all sections OF the laud came All earn.
est, persistent, vehement pressure for place,
such as no President had ever encountered.
Perhaps the pressure for Office was for q few
days III 1861 quite as strong, hut the i'm
pending civil war checked it. Many wbu
then sought civil service FASTENED TO join
the nations defender, and patriotism de-
manded the retention in office OF some Dem
ocrats who were loyal to their country.
Then disappointed aspirations were forgot
ten or slcnced in the clash of arms. Now
nothing comes to break the terrible pressure
upon the President Now nothing comes
to arouse to high deeds ungratified ambition.
nor to silence disappointed aspirations -
Many seek, but few can be taken. That few
are, doubtless, more than satisfied that their
own merits, rather than the Presidents ia.
vor, won for them the glittering prizes -
| The many who were not taken see no merit
in their successful rivals, nor sagaci,y in a
President who could overlook claims like
their own. The successful few, haze won
only that which they think of light belong
to them, are cbary of their thanks, the un-
l ouStcSsiui many ,ila'iuS Hiu tHat HulCu tNcy
think should be theirs OF right withheld by
an unappreciating and uugrateful President,
are profuse in their censure.
Several appointments have been made that
| were''nOt fit to be made" The truest friends
| OF the President sec this, hut they confident
/ ly hope that these errors will be speedily cor
| rected, that these errors will be admoniiiuns
in the future. Iii spite. however. of the
| mistakes, for which the President is not
| alone responsible, the new appointments
have been, las whole marked improvements.
Four-fifths of the appoin,ccs are abler and
purcr men than the men whose places they
take. No man at oil acquainted with the
public men OF the ctiuntry-Ho man who has
any knowledge of the men removed or the
men appointcd-cau doubt the correctness
of this declaration. More especially Is this
true OF the internal revenue appointments.
The Commissioner Oi the Internal Revenue
is gentleman of large capacity and practl-
cal experience, and he has brough, to the
public service I'M nilexihle purpose to re-
form abuses and collect the revenues. The
future will demonstrate The fact that the As
SCISSORS and Collectors h. has appointed are,
as whole, greatly sut,'iinr Ia The officers
whose places they inhr
Whatever may lir iar merits ur the de
merits of the appoihtrs TO office. there are,
and there will continue "a lua ioi some time,
expressions or disappointment, unfriendly
criticisms, and carliiH. rcnS;lics. But the
patriotic and liberty lbvins MASSES that made
General Grant President should not allow
themselves to be blinded by lie dust nor
prejudiccd by the c'Di,rr raised by the dis
appointed applicants i'er place. In the mul-
tiplicity of his appointments the PresiIen;
has sometimes tailed 10 put the right man
in the right place.' hi, he has n,t failed to
firmly maintain the ,,a,ria;ic, liberty loving,
just, and humane ideas, principles and poll
cies that made him Chief Magistrate. Never
before has the nation been so exalted. Never
before has the Government been admins-
tered for sixty days so in hsrmony with the
demands of patriotism, liberty, justice and
humane and Christian civilization.
There no longer 60 out from the Executive
Mansion words that embitter men against
their country and their countrymcn The
Chief Magistrate nov seeks to bring all
branches OF the Government in accord, and
to inspire hope, confidence and good will
among the people. lie joins Congreas---or
rather he leads Congress lis lnyal
countrymen in restoring the Uni,n. aud oi
making the nation one il affection ;,ud pur-
pose. Inspired by his words and acis. tens
of thousands of his countryi,ic'i in HE ,siaies
lately in rebellion are now striving 10 restore
the unity of the nation on The basis nt 10y
atty and equality of rights. PA iulism M
plauds the firm, wise and prati;,;.i i,tinn i.
President Grant Tor the Iv:,tntui1a OF tho
States and the unity Of ihr It"pia
: President Grant is the first i'lief Alaais
trate of the Republic wlip is committed ,N
lhe policy of hutian rights ,iai recognizes
the equal citizenship of tho black man In
appointments to official positions he has
bravcly recognize d the rights and privileges
Of the colored race. Two colored citizens
represent the nation abroad two colorud |
citizens have been made Assessors OF Inter |
nal Revenue, and another colorcd citizen is |
Postmaster of Columbia. the capital Of
naughty south Carolina. Through MI our
history the conduct OF the nation toward The |
black race has besn in violation of the spirit
of Christianity. Grant was elected by the |
friends of the despised and wrongcd black |
man to assure to him equality of rights. To |
that noble work he is giving practical cvi- |
dences of personal and official devotion. |
Surely liberty applauds this firm and consis- |
tent action Of President Grant.
The conduct Of this professedly Christian
nation toward the red man has, for genera
tions, been in violation not only OF the pre-
ccpts of Christianity, but even uf the sense
of justice among men. General Grant, in
his inaugural address, remembered the
wronged Indian, and reminded the nation
of dsregarded if no. forgotten duties.
President Grant has inaugurated policy
that seeks to redress the wrongs of the red |
man, to save his perishing race from ami
hilaiion, and to lift him up to the blessings
of civilization and 10 the rights of Ameri-
can citizenship. As an evidence of his and |
the nations sincerity. he has placed an In
dian at the head of the Indian Bureau He
has dismissed agents more than suspected
of cheating the indians out of portions of
the sums the nation doles out with spariDg
hand He has summoned the followers of
William Penn to the task of securing prare
with and dealing justly by the red man. He
has selected men honored for their ,lisintpr-
estness, benevolence and charities to aid
him in this grand work of justice and hu-
maniiy. Humanity and Christianity bless
this work inaugurated by the President.
In this time of the noisy camors of dis
appointed ambitions, the patriotic, the just,
the humane, the men who would make this
nation what it PROCESSES To be--a free and
Christian ustion-shouldr remember the great
work President Grant is doing for the cOun-
try and for its people Of all races. They
should remember, too, that the counterfeit
ers and thieves no longer look to the Presi-
dent for pardon and protection. And they
should not forget that an honest effort is
now making, with high hopes of success, to
collect the revenues, reduce the expenses,
uiuluisu tue puDlic ueDi, anu Hlhiilthln me
nations faith and honor
The people who trusted General Grant
when he was struggling in the storms Of the
Wilderness and in the trenches before Rich
mond, were not mistaken. They who now
trust President Grant in the grand work in
which he is engaged may find that no fac.
tion or party can disturb or dcieat his nd
.-Now York Independent
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