The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-05-20
GEM GRANTS ADMINISTRATION.

The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
Gazette INDUCES in the following speculations con-
cerning the present attitude of the administration
1 have Trustworthy intelligent authority for say
ing that the Cabinet of President Grant is not a
unit upon any question of craftsmanship ad-
ministration, and. that thorough reorganization
may be expected shortly. The reasons are obvi-
Gus.
The Presidents advisers were selected upon
grounds unknown to. the genius of our institutions
and even inconsistent with the practice heretofore
prevailing-hat of recognizing party interests and
control He appointed one Minister (}orie) avow-
edY for the reason that he had headed subscrip-
tion list to furnish the General with palace in
Philadelphia. On similar peculiar grounds he
exhausted his power to install Stewart, of New
York, as Secretary of the Treasury. The Attor-
ney General is known to have been appointed be-
cause of his relationship to the "Dent family" !"
and the Secretary of War, a personal friend, was
relied upon to- furnish brains for the misshapcn
body of the Administration. Mr.. Rawlins, by the
way, is the only man in the Government that has
any pretensions to craftsmanship, and his availa-
bility is seriously damaged by the influence of the
Lieutenant General, Sherman.
Mr.. Boutwell,, weak and vacillating politician,
was forced upon the President by Sumner and
Wilson after the defeat Of Me. Stewart, by the
laundering of the President and the Vaccinations
of the Senate Fish was thought to be the only
man of the slightest note who would carry out
Washburne's programme of foreign appointments.
he no,p refuses To- do IL! Admiral Porter will not
submit to the dictation of the Secretary Of the
Navy. And so they 20 upon mere routine points
of routine administration
With such an administration what could be ex-
pected of comprehensive views of domestic or
foreign relations? The Administration. it is seen,
has no policy in respect to our finances, deplora-
Bile as they are with gold at 1873. was informed
to-day by gentleman closely connected with eI-
islng banking institutions, that BoutWelEs views
were not only destructive To them, but opposed by
a majority of the Cabinet. and could not prevail.
Yet Grant, as things now stand, is wholly power
less to prevent their consummation. In other
words, he cannot comprehend I" the situation"
The same line of remark will apply to other
and, perhaps. more important matters. have
very good authority for saying, that the Secretary
of State stands singly, but manfally, up to show
Of neutral conduct in respect to Cuba. under
stand his views are these: That the national
debt of the Cuban Republic" cannot, at this mo-
men be less than two or three hundred millions
(-her stock is quoted in most of the gold markets
of the world at about cents on the dollar). BY
the time we shall recognize" and I" annex her,
through the " secession process the debt (which
must be saddled upon us) will reach by very
slight initiation, to an unknown quantity. He
thinks therefore, that more economical means
of acquiring Cuba wonld be by purchase from the
original holders.
Aud so in regard to the British possessions in
North America L verify believe that there is not
single man in rbe Cabinet, except Grant and Bo-
rie, who is willing to go for these frozen regions
But such perple1ing questions may bring us into
trouble, for this reason alone, if none other, that
the President is MS stubborn as bull, and at the
same time rs obvious of consequences ms an OK.
With Cabinet pulling to the four points of the
compass, wha. may be apprehended I?