The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-12-16
President GranE.

The admlnistr alton Of Gen. Gran
has disappointed tie expectation
of its best friends. Since the revo.
lutIonary days, few Presidents hav
entered upon the functions Of thel
great Office with greater preten
sions on the part of their friends
But ualess the policy of :Ile Presi
dent Is greatly changed during tn
remaining half Of his term, Their
viii have been few Presidents wb'
have so sadly wrecked the hopes o
The people as President Grant,
Two years ago the people, Irrespoc,
tive Of party, after the heat Of th'
campaign was over, had expected
10 e IN the government of Genera
Grant the manifestation of those pc
ruiiar executive exceIleneies fol
which, as General, he bad become
famous. 1t was thought that ht
would comprehend the situation
and would be capable both to fnC
the right men for the right place
and, having found them, to keel
them there. For q time such seem.
ed to be the ann Of the executive
however imperfect its fulfllmont.-
But very soon, sooner than the besi
friends OF the President could have
believed,s the administration ap'
peared to be controlled by motives
which, to say the least of them
seemed personal, if not mercenary
The Dent family is no fiction
Providence seems to have made the
immediate family of the President
very prolific, and however humblt
she individuals. it would seem that
every member of it was feeding a.
tho manger Of the State.
The attempted reformf in the
carly part of the administration
with respect to the revenue, the In
dians, and other matters have not
proved very successful, owing per-
laps, to the apathy Of Congress,
which means the activity of the
j2bbers. Apparently discouraged
by these failures, or from some I'M
known causes, the President has re-
laxed his zeal in that direction, and
has apparently, given himself over
TO the professional politicians
class of persons which, IN the press
ent low state of public morals, is
most disreputable. Through their
mstramentalities, perhaps, he has
been implicated In one or two Jobs
which have q very ugly look. And
just at present Gen. Grant seems to
have thoroughly committed himself
TO the business of President max
ing, and to the laying of plans to
secure q reelection. The results
have for some time been apparent.
Mr.. Wells, a gentleman distinguish
Ell for great abilities in the particu.
lar branch of the government SER
vice 10 which he was assigned, was
got rid of, because offensive to The
politicians. Mr.. Hoar, one of the
abIest men that has been in the ca
binet, has been dismissed because
ne was useless and obstructive to
the politicians. Mr.. Cox, who had
practically inaugurated the system
ofcivil service reform which the
people now begin so earnestly to
demand, was dismissed because he
refused TO permit the clerks in his
department to be biackmailed for
political purposes, and for the fur
ther reason, as it would appear, be-
eaHse he refused to favor a gigantic
fraud. The administration IN its
relations with Mr.. Motley has evI-
IDENTIFY been influenced by personal
motives which is beyond a doubt
true of the active interference of
the President in the State politics
of Missouri. It would seem now that
the most influential men with the
administration are those dlstin-
guished patriots, Nessrs. Forney,
C.Hferon and Chandler.
These are hard facts, but they
are signs of the times which an in
dependent journal may not conceal.
President Grant entered upon his
Presidential duties with such pres
tIge as few men before him have en-
joyed. He was trusted much. He
was supported by the average COM
mon sense, patriotism and honesty
Of the people of this country. he
promised to pay homage to the pop
rlar sense OF integrity of honesty
He has failed to keep his promises,
and has entered upon a retrogres-
sive course. His great reputation
is rapidly beng Injured. He might
have beeh a great statesman he is
n danger of becoming a mere poll
tician. Meanwhile, the people are
watching his course without enthu-
s;asm, and with much foar.IEGhi,
caro- Courier. 1st inst.