Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-05-13

paying the puOIlc ueDt HoueStiy, anu
returning as early as possible to
specie payments, are sound. We do
not think we'll of his sales Of gold,
but if they are to be made. he makes
then in the most uneXceptionable
way, by public auction, and after
ample notice.
The general drift of the Chicago
Tribune's criticism of the Cabinet is,
that its members are clerks, rather
than statesmen; and to q certain
extent, and with limitations, this
is true. Grant has made no secret
of the fact that he looks upon the
Government mainly as business
house, whose duty is to carry ON
economically and prudently certain
business intrusted TO it by the peo-
pie. He probably thinks less OF
craftsmanship" than the Tribune.
and, in our belief, he is right. A
free people, living at peace with the
world, do not need very profound
craftsmanship in their rulers; they
need honest service, but nc t schem
ing, far reaching and overreachins
cleverness. What the people of the
United States require most in the
Federal administration is honesty
simplicity and economy. We do
not covet our neigh bors' lands; we
have no balance of power to main
tain; we have no need of standing
armies; we do not want to over
reach or rob any one.
/ If the Federal admir- istration will
vigorously collect the taxes, pay. the
interest on the debt, maintain the
peace and order where the Constiu.
ton and laws gives it authority to dc
so, I'd avoid all Interference what
ever with the markets, industry, and
foreign nations. it will pursue &
most admirable policy and achieve &
great success; and to do all thai
requires no craftsmanship" at all
AS to the charge of nepotism, we
are surprised to find it in the 1 ri
bune. 1t tcould easily be shown tlia
Grant has named fewer relatives an.
friends to public places, than any
President of recent times; but wila
he las done he has done openly ht
has done it in such Il manner as tt
attract public attention; his prede
cessors did it quietly, secretly, Gun
ningly. Nobody has yet showI
that he has appointed unfit men from
among his personal friends. Grant.
| friends do not happen to be politi
clans, and that makes their appoint
ments hateful to that class, ant
strange to others, and probabI,
causes most Of the dissatisfaction OF
thi~ score.
| Grant has not yet been two months
in the White House. During til,
eight weeks OF his Presidency b,
and his Cabinet have been the help
less, or almost helpless pray of
great multitude of greedy office
seekers, beaded by the whole Con
gress, and guarded on their flank
by a numerous array of State politi
ciaEs. Is it tail to complain of hin
that he has yet developed no grea
. policy Is it fair to condemn hi
Cabinet before they are warm il
their seats? If he were a common
man, if he had not, in a most bril-
liant and useful public career, shown
himself to be possessed of all TIL
RI tqualites which most fit an Ameri
can citizen for high trusts, unselish
ness, honesty, taithtulness to duty
sound common sense, excellent judg
ment of men and single hearted pa
trlotism, we might, perhaps, justl.
, demand some signs of greatnes
from him. But the American REQ
pie know the man who is their Pre-
sident, and know him so we'll tha
I they may well be patient toward him