The New York herald., 1869-05-07
rHg VAR Acilssr TIE PRESIDENT,
The Fight Among the Radicals for tho
spoii--The Kilkenny Cat Catastrophe Over


From the Chicago ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS radi
cal-May
u rs useless 60 conceal fact which has become
patent 10 all aud that Il that the administration has
disappointed not Oniy the country generally. but its
immediate parry friends Even the lack ala and very
bulzards ANA scavengers q the party camp not ony
scent the rising gale OF popular dissatisfaction. but
are preparing 10 yeer rOnnd and take advantage OF
the unexpected change oI sentiment The very men
OF tbs President par er,rlleltr are now
wagging iheir tongues against HIM IN tue
streets and public narroons and prononncing
him political failure aud his no,oinailon n
party hlundcr. fake evidence the Chicago
rrlbghc which, after yalnly striving for weeks to
justify nominations forced upon the President by its
own immediate friends aud supporters now lu1s ,lp
INTO the yery winds OF IT. former teachings
untI every rag oi canvas IN that unstable craft
hutlers and naps in the breeze and threatens to iy
In -hrcds from the Dol tropos Now, thus suiden
change 81 lhe course Of tae sheet In question has
been attributed 90 disappointment because one OF
IT. propneiors was not awarded a foreign mission,
which ne MAS 10 obtain wIlh the assistance of the
Wee President. But thi- h no: the real reason Tor
the change OF the course Of thai Journal The real
reason .. that the management like tie other scay-
engers oi tue party camp. thinks IL detects change
in pubic sentiment On the subject oi the Cabinet
appointments and wishes TO pront by seeming o.
lead that which II merely follows. The truth H.
no parry organ In the country has done more to pro.
duce the evils aud embafr1ssments which now
threaten the integrity and security OF the admins.
tralion than the Chicago fi1bnae. FROM the COM
menccmeni that journal and lts immed4 ate support
crs assumed to take personal charge OF General
Grant. ~ from the commencement, we mean from
the day Its managing editor supposed General Grant
to be the ''comiug man. The TiibaHe no; only pro-
posed 10 elect Grant hut 10 .srun him. after he WAS
elected. u told niIn he must cut loose from profe~
sOnal politicians, always saving ana excepting the
Washburnc family and the FiTbgne editors. 10 de-
nounced Congress, IN advance. as utierly corrupt
worthless aud unreliable. 10 proclaimed General
Grant to bc the only man Qn fact the modern
Hercules raised up 10y Providence and the aforesaid
Jfi0uneD, who could cleanse the Augcan stable of
politics. IL egged on Wasbbarne AMI no,nIed Ia
hiIn ~ the mouIhpiece General Grant 20 MAKE
thai famous, or rather Infamous speech of his In
Congress wnich was literally the gauntlet OF the
President dashed IN the very faces of tue men who
had elected him. IL next demanded the Immediate
repeal Of The Tenure of ONCE law IA orter that The
President might be enabled to act Independently OF
the statesmen and pOlit'cans-oi all those m the
party when had elected him who were capable OF
giving him advice snd assistance. Then, when ~
had supposed the President hal obtained sumcieni
control to be able 10 use the iIerculcan broom
for every ONCE holder swept out one OF a. own bul.
yards should BE- put Let the reader Imagine the
pnniic tinie freshly aii by tue new administration.
with all the art Of modern gasironony, from tn
piece DE- ,c5tStda, ~ the deicate charlotte RUSSa
Outside the public entrance crowd the horde a.
onice-seekeis who have not assumed the persona.
supervision oi General Grant. AZ a private door
enter Washburne, >. Russell Jones. the Dents the
Cascys ana other han-ers-on, who proceed, before
the pubic door ~ opened, e. attack the various
dishes indiscrlininatey according To individual
taste. Washburne staggers OF under the weigh.
Caseys squaoble over the patcs ami the pasties.
Jones and few Galenaites plunge there
upon Into the charlotte RHsse aud leave but
a mere crust for the next colnsrs Then the
nam entrance is thrown open ani the public are In
vlied To gaze upon the ruin which the wreckers have
made or feed n they can. upon the fragments But
what will the public think Of these cormoFants.
after they had been gorgcd with the good thing
which they secured TO Themselves by eycllng IRON,
the circle OF the Presidents personal friends anu
supporters every man VINO they supposed would in-
teriefe WIN this ring arrangement, when they
now found among the nrst 10 denouncc General
Grant for doing what they forced him To do /, The
public must necessarily look upon them a. the
most unmtig1ted scaawaes ever spawned upon
the surface OF party politics. Yet II IL fact that
the the very men who have plunged Genera, Grant
only he rescued by the most dexterous
management and by the forbealance OF MS party
Washburne forced General Grant TO degrade tue
great Office OF Secretary OF State by making t the
means OF paying compliment TO a friend. Not only
so, but Wine procuring the President 10 cheat the
country by pretended appointment, WashDurne
cheated the President and the real app0lntee b.
using what was intended - mere personal cOmpli-
ment as substantial means OF advancing ms own
aud his friends political prospects. Mr. WashDurne
uamed lor;y-eighl foreign appointces on the strength
OF mere personal compliment. Mr.. fisn hnds MIN.
sell Responsible To the senate and country for Mr..
MashDnrnes appomlees many OF whom the
senate positively refuses TO confirm. Now all
science who ~ 10 blame for this HScOy Is II General
Grant, Cincinnaius, honest and conidng. or Mr.
Washburne "a crafty, political wlrcpuller VINO un-
der the cloak OF redres,ng political cylls and cleans
ing the state OF political corruption Grains every
possible place with ms immediate personal friends
and relatives, most of whom are 40 totally unified
for the positions given them % cause a storm OF
indignant protcst TO come up from the party aud
country, through every newspaper In the land down
20 afr. Washhurnes repued organ itselfy Gcnerai
Grant deserves sympathy, not biamc while the men
who have used hm and are now abusing him should
be the objects OF the and contempt ala good
men. The New York Post u compelled to demand the
not only Mr.. wnshhurne but OF all his
friends ir0m Office. The New YORK Times bemoans
the mistakes OF the President. Mr.. Trumbul says.
1--WE shah be broken up,m II this sort OF thing
81 The esng earR PapeIs ana Ss IN
upon the President by the Chicago r,rbuue and Mr..
Washburne, whicn In two short months has borne
such bitter fruits. NO administration ever be-
fore so imperIlled by set of unprinclped political
harpies as that Of General Grant. The wisest men
OF the party look upon the political situation with
the most painful and anxious solicude and predict
that four years OF it, present management will inosl
assuredy make shipwrcck OF A. n not of the country
itself.
tFrom the Chicago Evening Post republican, NAV al
IL ", perhaps. fortunate that these gentlemen
oranps republican detIactors have displayed their
weakness aud venality thus early. We are YET IN
the first quarter vi the first year OF Tire admins
tration; aud Grants real business PRESIDENT has
hardly commenced. Thus far he has been merely a
distributor OF the sp0ils OF yctory--One once to
every ten applicants. We know. as yet, nothing OF
his administrative qualities. ~ We tine aud tune
again fOretold the attempt to abate the eytraya
gance OF public expectation, he has been tue we
unl-oten sn unwilling and not unfrequeniy
rebelnous vlctn-to me dIsrrsceful traditions
10 the victor being the spoils-upon which
both parties aei. But 1t ~ not possible
session without the necessity arising for calling
around him ali the strength OF his suppJrterS hence
Weshi luat " ~ lOitunNe that the men VINO have
already iurled their banners and gone 10 the rear
or over to the enemy because Of the InsucIcncy az
the pay VIII not he IA "a position. when o struggle
comes, 10 make their trcacherv felt. Now the re-
publican party can afford 20 congratulate Itself ON
tue iact tnal the 9pOstacy 10 as policy aud PRINCIPLES
Wtch we nave lately observed ~ harucss "a al cX.
cept those who have apOsiatiLcd.
Tie Green Mountains on Grnnt-IIe is
~irong-with the Coiurcd Men.
llr0m the Burlington W. Free Press ami Times
tSenatOrial quasi anti-tTani organ NAV ~
In the allotment of tue chief Offices az home and