Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-03-10

sure brought to bear upon Congress
to suspend the law of 1879 to allow
Mr.. A. T. Stewart to accept the
of the Treasury.
When Mr.. Sherman introduced a
bill in the Senate on Saturday, sus-
pending the law, as requested by
Grant, and Mr.. Sumner objected to
its consideration on the ground
that it was q very grave matter,
and should be referred to q com
mittee, Sherman and other Sena-
tors made strong effort to get him
to withdraw his objection but with
out effect. The matter went over,
and Sunday and Monday the Re-
publican papers of Now York and
other Northern cities came out very
decidedly in opposition to the pro-
posed suspension ofthe law. While
they acknowledged that Stewart
would be a great accession to
Grants cabinet, they were unwill~
ing that a good law should be suss
pended or repealed to let him in.
The New York Sun said:
"The proposal Of President Grant to
remove by special legislation the disabil-
tiles which exclude Mr.. A. I. Stewart
from the Treasury Department, must be
pronounced mistake; that the law which
il is proposed to repeal is wise and
salutary one, which has been in force
eighty years, and no attempt has ever
before been made to disturb it. A. T.
Stewart has claims now pending in the
Treasury Department, for the return of
duties which he regards as overcharged,
to the extent of hundreds of thousands
of dollars. 1t does not deny that if the
adjudication of these claims were left to
him, he would see that they were hon
estly settled. 1t is sound rule which
prohibits a Judge from deciding his own
case. 1t says that even il this law were
repealed, there are others which would
be in Mr.. Stewards way, and adds that
fortunately it Ia not as though Mr.. Stew
art was the only manin the United States
capable of administering the Treasury,
so that there is no absolute necessity
of removing the ancient bulwarks for
the purpose of putting him into the
| government,
The Cincinnati Chronicle de-
clared that the law is just and
proper and ought not to be repealed
Other Western papers took equally
decided grounds against the repeal
This unexpected opposition tC
Grants wishes in the premises
created no little CONSERVATION il
Washington. The Washington dis
patch Of Monday TO the Louisville
Courier says:
The declaration of the Eastern Re
publican press that Grant opened hi,
administration with a blunder, was NOR,
than confirmed to-day The feeling il
Congress against the repeal of the ac
which prevents Stewart from accepting
the Secretaryship of the Treasury be
came known last night 60 the Presiden
and Stewart, and an arrangement was a
once entered into to relieve both iron
The dilemma Grant proposed to tax
advice and the Massachusetts delega
ton were on hand to give it, The
said to the President "Place Boutwell,
in the cabinet. Judge HOar will retire
Give New York the Attorney General
; ship and all will be straight again.
The situation was telegraphed to Hoal
and he replied that he was willing to d.
anything for the success of Grants ad
ministration, even to resigning if it wer
necessary; but he preferred to be here t
transact the business in person. ii
left Boston this morning, and will b
here tomorrow morning. In the mean
time Stewart has been clOseted with th
President, and st II NJ to-day reluc
family but verbally rendered his resigna
ton as Secretary of the Treasury, say
ing that he would do nothing L
; prevent harmony. He ventured t
suggest, however, that a very good NeN
Yorker, David A Wells, could be ap
pointed, and thus avoid the further com
plicltion of asking Hoar to retire Th
President replied that he preferred Bont
we'll for Secretary of the Treasury, an
could transfer the Attorney-Generalshi
E to New York, to PierrepOnt OF Tremaint
Speaker Blaine, hearing the rnmor ths
Boutwell, was going into the Cabine
rushed up to the White House to lear
the fact If Boutwell, was to be sudden
ly taken from the House twas plain tha
r the list of committees to be announce
tomorrow would be all upset, for Bout
we'll has been placed at the head of the Ju
dietary Committee. The President coul
not positively decide, and SO the Speake
holds open his list. At noon the Senat
met. The attendance was as large as o
} Saturday, the lobbies and corridors bein
very full, and the cabinet situation bein
under discussion among the crowd. TIL
Senate sat in patience for an hour and
halt, but no message from the Presiden
came. Finally, leading Republican
were told quietly to effect an adjourn
ment-that Grant wanted more time
: while the additional reason was urge
that he might nominate Wells or anOthe
low tariff man for the Treasury T
, gain time and avoid further complication
for both sides, an adjournment wa
moved and promptly carried