Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-05-27
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An article i'll the Chicago Tribune
lamenting tie lost prestige Of Presi-
dcnt Grants Administration, las given
great comfort to the Democratic pa
pers. 1t seems to us that the Tribune
tails to perceive that the immense and
vague and reckless expectation that
attended the inauguration could not
have been satisfied by any administra-
tion whatever; and the reaction of tcel-
ing which it expresses was inevitable.
But that reaction is none The less un-
reasonable. The President has un-
lou5tcdly made mistakes. The ap-
pointmcnt of Mr. Washburne as See
retary Of State was one OF them, as
the Tribune .iusty i.lti,nates. But every
President makes mistakes. So do
newspapers, and there is none greater
than the suggestion that the Admins
tration has lost the confidence Of those
who brought it into power
The Chicago Tribune insists that
statesmen must 90 the work OF states
men. Undoubtedly; but it is only by
doing his work that statesman re-
yeals himself. Are there number OF
reaay-made and acknowledged states
men" from whom the President IS to
select Cabinct2 What is a states
man? During the campaign the Dem
ocratic papers were constantly con
trasting Mr.. Seymour, as what they
called Il statesman, with Gen. Grant.
Bat what was Mr. Seymours states
manship:: Nothing but the most SER
vile dey otion to the political policy OF
slavery. lie had been in political life
iog i quarter of century. lie was
familiar with cur political history. lie
was L sk,lltul party manager, rs his
own nomination last july sufficiently
proved. All these gifts, such as they
were, this American politician dcvot-
ca 10 the perpetnity Of human slaN cry
II this country. lie was solemnly cal
led a statesman, and at the beginning
OF the war rrofcsse,l his willingness
to sacrifice the Union to slavery. He
was still called a statesman, and at the
end Of the war he was the Presidential
candidate of rebels ana repullators
There are 4 great many people who
still seriously suppose that a man who
50 totally misunderstood the character
Of his countryren and the political.
tendency of the times, whose long po-
liiical career is associated with no gen
crous purpose or noble sentiment, is
statesman. 1t shows how curiouSly
misunderstood the word Is. SO when
Mr. Lincoln was elected President,
there was a shout of contempt at the
"th!rd-rate Illinois lawyer Why"
it was demanded, why can't we have
q statesman, at lcast::s After the il
lustfious administration of statesmen
like Buchanan, Pierce, Fillmore, and
Polk. assisted by other statesmen like
John 3. Floyd, Toueoy, Howell Cobb.
Jefferson DAVIS, Jacob Thompson, "a
cetefa, it was intoieya5,e that the coua-
try should fall under the adminiStla-
ton Of a hoor and I joker We have
lived TO see the boor, and the Joker,
and the third-rate Illinois lawyer hon
ored and beloved as 4 ruler with
Washingt on.
Statesmen must indeed 10 tie work
OF statesmel,-but who are statesmen?
1t Is fine and imposing word; to
whom does It apply i'll this country:
low many are there upon whom we
should al arfee rs statesmen. Mean
while, IS it not quite as well for "a
great ana progressive government"
that lis administration should be III
the hands ot sasacious, honest, capable
men, in full sympathy with the best
American principles. Viii. sach the
President has surrounded himself; and
thus tar, whether their names were is
familiar, for instance, rs those OF some
members 0. Congress or not, they
have neither diScreditoi themselves,
the President, nor the country.
The lion. Eugene Casserly, United
States Senator from California, owns
outside land in the city Of San Fran
cisco which have been assessed at s.
6s5, 100. Mr.. CasSerlv owns, also, oX-
tensive tracts OF land IN Santa Cruz
and San Matco counties, besides other
valuable productive real estate III the
heart OF San Francisco.
The Pope was IS years old on the
18th OF the present month.