Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-11
Letter from Vice. President COlTax.
SouTm BEND. Juno |

SouTH BEND, juno 1.
To The Editor OF the Chicago Republican.
Your Washington correspondent,
"Hcta," In his letter printed in your paper
of to-day, says tha! "tho friends of Mr.
Coliax arc reported to have received lot
ters from him, or from parties toho hdUe
accompanied him on his late tour, which
complain good deal of the growing dis
satisfaction with the Administration on
the part Of large number of Rcpubli
cans, on account of many of its appoint
ments," and follows this with some insin-
uations rs to the supposed benefit to result
to me personally by "casting u shadow "
on Gen. Grant
AS long as this effort to create sus.
picon of unfrieudliness between the
President and myself was confined TO
Democratic papers, deemed IL unworthy
OF notice but when Republican CORES.
poudent Of prominent Republican paper
follows the bad example, and publishes,
under tie thin guise of "rep0rtcd,n allega-
tions on which To base 1t, ask this brief
space in your columns TO expose il as the
calumny that il is.
There never has been, and Is not now,
the shadow of a shade of such unfriendli.
ness on either side. | have written no
letter or letters, To any one at Washington
or elsewhere, speaking of any dissatisfac
tion of any kind with the Administration.
Nay, more than this to those who have
complained TO me about appointments, l
have replied that if Gen. Grant had been
inspired and intallible, he could not even
then have satisfied a tithe of the vast mum.
ber OF applicants, because there were twen-
ty times as many persons who desired, and
really deserved appointments as there
were offices to bestow. "The parties who
accompanied me on my late tour" were
any wife and sister only; and they have
written no such letters. The whole story is
weak invention of some enemy, who
has probably deceived your correspondent
with it,
Indeed, the very reverse of this charge
is proven by recent speeches of mine, re.
ported in Chicago papers Az the Pacific
Railroad celebration there, May 10, said,
Quoting only what shows the animus of
my remArks)
"who now prcsides so faithful.
ly over the nation which, nndsr proyIdonco he
saved, Ulysses 5. Grant.
with that stern, nhexible, that outspoken
maintenance OF our rights, and of onr VindcR.
lion from wrong, that has characterized sineo tho
an OF March tho administration of Ulysses s,
Grant"
And in speech at Springfield, Ill, May
~, on MS late tour, IN response to a
public reception, spoke warm ly and cor.
daily OF "the Presidents emphatic do.
claration that the Government must be adj.
mtnlstered with economy that the reve.
nues must be faithfully collected, even II
he had TO remove officer after officer" of
the respect he commanded for our nation
abroad by his bold, frank, outspoken
American policy, and OF his determination
Ia conduct Our relations with r,rn3un "a
tions by the inspired principle Of the
Golden Rule.
Others have preferred, as they have a
right TO do, 70 point out what they deem
subject to criticism, as erroneous or un
wise But, believing that the President
has striyen to do all for the best, hAy,
chosen rather TO direct public attention &c
what thought all good citizens had !
right 10 rejoice over aud commend.
Respectfully Yours,
SCHUYLER COIFAN