The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-30
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Plain Talk TO Him from Two Leading
Republican N Pnpcrs-Scpotism and APP
pointmcnts 10 Office OF Friends to be
Stoppcd-StrOng Opposition TIintcd at.
From Cincinnati Commercial, October 23l
General Grant seemed TO be n necessity TO the
Republican party when he wus unanimously
nominated by the representatives of that party
In convention assembled for tic PrcsItlcncv
He could have got along very well rs General
Commanding of the Armies, but the PARTY
could not get along well without him In the
Presidential campaign. Upon becoming prcsl-
dent, the General seems to have had q full and
clear appreciation Of the independence Of his
position. So he made up the Cabinet not of
distinguished Republican politicians, but Of
his personal friends. They were all rather Re-
publicnns than otherwise, but the Cabinet was
! Iearfully and wonderfully made. The Charge
has been made that Cabinet appoint
mcnts occurred because the gentlemen APP
lnintcd had made presents TO General Grant.
We do not believe those presents had any
| influence with the President They ought to
have had an influence and il should have pre-
vented the appointments. IL happened that
several among the valued personal friends OF
| the President gave him money, and that he,
careless and Indifferent NJ to that, placed them
| high In office. Not only i'm regard 10 his Cabl-
net, but throughout the country, the President
the kecnness of his gratitude TO his personal
| friends. When we come to count mp the rclii-
| iivcs lie has appOin ed to Office, they are not
very numerous. But lie has appointed person
III friends AMI the friends OF friends and the
| iur0ritcs OF relatives TO degree that Is not
credible to his s;s5acity rs a man of the people.
| In his announcement that lie did not intend
| 10 have policy In conflict with the will of the
people he seems 10 have been entirely sincere.
| Ills conduct in Office has given testimony 10
the strongest kind 10 that effect. Whatever
! may have been his shortcomings, he has not
| been burtlcncd with policy So easy Is hc on
the dutic of his Office that he has abundant
| leisure, which he spends at the se;ishorc and on
| tile mountains.
SOME rLAIN TALK.
Some matters, however, seem TO demand the
| serious attention of the President. lie mas
\ just received n loud warming of the ncrils by
lricnds-thc dangers of family inllucnccs-ani
| the exceeding great hazard OF familiarity with
New York sharpcrs.
In this part of the country the influence OF
! the Presidents father has been absurd AM, in
furious. In New York we find II Mr. Corbln,
known long ago in the Washington lobby and
III wall street us u shrcwd und INSCRIPTIONS
operator, who. q few months since, assumed
| the position of broihcrn-law of the President
and began presently 10 speculate in thai rrla-
tionship II was his stock In trade. II gave
him familiarity with Gould AMI Fisk the most
notorious of tho Wall street gamblers. He u.s.
s,mcd 10 be nhIe TO control appointments in
| New York. There is too much reason 10 be-
licvc that he did control some of thcm--pcr
iIapS that nf General l'uttrriicid among others
|
York, as he was in the habit of doing on his
excursions, he was the guest OF his bro,hrr-n-
/ law; and this was entirely natural and propcr
for Mrs. Corbin is his sister, who Is most like
him, and who has more Influence over him
than amy other member or Ills family. This
was Coyington gossip before she was tarycI
AMI her influence WAS felt here i'm important
| appointments previous To that event.
| rLOuGiIINH WITH A mEiFEI.
Failing get Ibis brothcr-in-aw committed
tl,,ff
ceeding would, oi course, he To influence Mrs
! Grant Ia allow him To make Il little money tor
her II the President and his wife dnbbcd :,
little In stocks and gold ut the suggestion and
| under the direction Of their brothcr-in-Inw
! with Il brown stone front residence, evidently
| they were presently upprlsed that tic Lruns,,cr
ton was not So distinguished by Innocence as
| II had been represented 10 them by their bril-
! liant and persuasive relative.
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES
Messengers to Washington, PENNSYLVANIA,
and arguments by Jay ;onld and inquiries by
| jim Fisk, meant something more than any aS-
ISOLATION Of the President and his family i'm
Wall street spccIatiOns, and was Il simple. .0rdi-
nary business affair. If the President was i'm,
ie took care To get oIi, and it, is quite possible
that the consciousness that there had been N,
elaborate effort tn llsc him had its influence in
causing the pcrcmpiOry order That he gave,
as he says in The Bonner letter, for the sale OF
| gold.
AND BOUTWELL,. TOO.
! While the bulls were ut work with the Prcsi-
dent, the bears seem to have had the Srcrc-
| larry of tic Treasury in hand, and gave him Il
fine dinner with The view Of plying him with
overwhelming arguments why he should sell
| gold and crush Out the raScals. These were re-
| formers In the same sense that the late re-
| formers In Hamilton County were So They
were quite as wicked rs Fisk and Gould, Cor
bin or liutterlicld. They were in another ring.
| That was all. The game was to steal as bears
| Instead OF Us bulls.
| TIE MORAL.
Now we hope that in al this The President will
learn one useful lesson. 1t Is I'm brief: that not
only Is personal government played out in
monarchics, but that family influence will not
| serve any good purpose with u Chief Magia-
tratc; that in this position all families OF hon
| est people must be on the same footing; that
The Grants are not in the least better than
other folks because he Is President, but are
rather 10 be Disseminated against; that his
personal friends must be Judged by their lit
ness rather than their friendship. If he can
| learn this lesson speedily, and give evidence
| OF his increase of knowledge, the people will
| be swift TO forgive the errors already commit
ted; but If he remains In this particular u dull
scholar, the degree of popular impatlcnce that
he must encounter may ut least surprise him a
| sOod deal.
The Case OF General ButtcrH d-Grnnts
Reputation Involved In the Matter
| 4 Limit to the Patience OF the People.