The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-11
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Ia nevertheless regarded ns calamity, espect-
ally at this crisis in public affairs. Those who
knew him best assert that no held strong con-
servative viows. and 30 long as he remained in
the Cabinet would have exerted wholesome
influence over the President, in the important
matter Of the treatment Of the South. am
not prepared to state this as q fact within my
own knowledge, but simply give 1t as current
opinion in political circles hero.
Who will be tho next Secretary of War is a
question freely asked, but not yet answered.
There is q rumor tbat Grant, with that su-
preme shortsightedness and stupidity. that
have characterized his administration thus far,
will confer the Office upon a little 'driod up
fellow from Iowa, named Dodge, who, be-
lieve, was once volunteer. general, and more
recently member of the House OF Representa-
tives. He is said 10 be good railroad and
bridge builder, but I am sure he would lend
neither dignity nor brains to a Cabinet Office;
yet he may, on tsc! account alone, be chosen
by Grant, of whom he ia a:political and person.
al miniature. ,e;.s r4t
Under the American system Of Federal go7-
ernment. every administration must necessa-
rily be acknowledged during it's term of Office;
but venture to say there never was, within
the memory OF the ''oldest iuhabitant," such q
lack OF oil the elements of responsibility and
stateemauship as is now painfully visible
throughout the executive and Legislative de..
partments of the goyernments-espec the
former; and it is this very want OF necessary
governing qualities that breeds the confusion,
doubt 'and uncertainty that never prevail in
governments whore brain rules Hioyauy,n. in
stead of .1oyalty" ruling brain. The simple
fact is, the country has fallen into unskiIful,
unframed hands. AS we'll might q ploughnau
undertake to navigate ship asa tanner to
govern country-especiaily greatest the
world ever saw, its .of
These views must be known and appreciated
by every candid and unbiased man who has
paid the least attention to the working OF tho
government for the past six months, to say
nothing, Of the eight years Immediately pro.
cading; and 1t is this state Of affairs that has,
already; produced, to considerable extent,
and will continue to produce. reaction
amongst The people. The leaders OF the pres.
sent dynasty see this in the countenances Of
their once faithful Parasites. They hear it in
every echo that comes from their homes; and,
more than all itis breaking the chain that has
30 long bound the larger portion OF the Atnert-
can press to the support OF tnat political or
ganization now passing in such severe review
before the criti, ,al eyes Of an abueed and OUT
ragged people,, -
The spoiIs OF ofice--the cohesive powGJ lof
public plunder," as the great South Carolinian
forcibly expressed it-no longer remain to be
distributed amongst the faithful" The para-
sites Of Grant himself have already received
the larger share, and the rest has been frit-
tered away on ueeless camp-folowers, who
stand ready 10 Join either the Conservative or
Radical wing OF the party, whichever may for
the time be uppermost. This is the condition
Of the ruling organisation to-day: Without q
head, without statesma an, without brains, and
without decenoy. Nothing TO hold it together
save the threadbare boast Of loyalty" and
the stale cry of "Copperhead" and ''Rehbia.p
Arrayed against this factions aud peace-dis-,
tuIbing element is the Democratic, or, il you
please, the Conservative MASSES Of the coun-
try. They are led by msn OF intellect, tfpower,
and, above all. Of principle, and wherever they,
have planted themselves firmly on q great
right, or in opposition to great wrong, they
have sooner or later brought the m1j ,rity to
them.
The election OF Grant last fall, and his sub
sequent installation in the Executive chair re-
moved the scales from the eyes OF the people,
and the wonder now is, how they came to elest
such an individual to s2ch high Office. Therc
IL no longer any power in his name. nor charm
in his brass buttons. and the demand is
for statesman. This demand tho Democracy
are determined 10 meet, and even in, the GU
bernatorial contests now going on in the States
OF Pennsylvania and Ohio, they have present
cd two citizens who are qualified to meet
every emergency, and to answer the present
exigenoies OF the country. The campaign In
each of these Siates is conducted on PaINoI-
PIE. The power. OF. Congress to regulate the
question Of suffrage Ia the Stat es, and the
right OF the bondholders TO be paid in gold,
while everybody else Is paid inddepteciated
.paperAthese are great questions, and, I am
| fully persuaded that they. will boz answered
this very year in thenegattue. 70 500 ~
| Where, then, will be tho strength Of an ad-
ministration committed to the support OF both
the above mentioned measures Can IL longer
claim to represent the people2 Or will the
President, following the English example, take
the hint, and change the minlstryp The latter
is too much to hope for; the former Is equally
out'of the question. All that remains is, for
the successful CONTESTANTS to follow up their
now almost certain victory. To strike, as soon
| as they can, the present oppressive tax levy
from the industry OF tho country; to stop put
ting the duties on impo into, the poekets Of
bondholders; to pay interest on a debt which
can be wiped ont as rapidly as Treasury
printing presses can turn off greenbaoks, and
| that too according to and in pursuance Of the
very Law under which this bond debt was in
Cured. '''-.;'''-.s 2"i'S = oyA
| There are great naeasures OF reform demand
cd by the people, and to. pc made for Me t,eo-
pIe.-n Prosperity and contentmentN throughout
the whole countss viii fol|og their enactment
strito ana missoyerhmeM that now fpr1ssvail
will vanish, and none know the faot botter than
the leaders o. sp organization wb9se cFlS lSiation
ID apparently 90 near. Mr.. Greeley was I'm.
pressed, with; this fsst when he trosted iri tho
oplumps Of the Tribune thb, h0tninatidn d Ar,
Pepdleton In Ohio, ss "a. strong one. ~ And
since the returns from CslforniaCit may well
be doubted whether thefa is any greater chancs
tsf4r the ratification oithe Eifteenth amend.