Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-29

a crooked line in making his appointments
to Office. If he allowed Congressman tc
control bis action in this regard he would
have Congressional support; and if he
made merit and fitness the sole test he
| would have the hearty support of the
people. Bat he does neither of these
things. Over against such an appoint
meni as that Of Judge Hoar 10 The Sg-
preme Bench, he sets that of General
Sickles to Madrid; if | noe that of Gen
eraI Parker to the Iudian Bureau must,
also, note that Of Wayne McVeigh 10 Con-
stantinople vice Joy Norris, removed; aud
if l tell you that it WAS good thing 10
send General Andrews to Stockholm, YOU
may properly ask me what | think of the
selection of lir. Gorham for the Hague
One day man is appointed because The
! executive knows him and thinks him p
clever fellow; the next day such a man as
Ashley is appointed because he is recon.
Elended by one hundred and fifty mem
beEs OF Congress. General Grant is a
good rider, but he cannot thus ride these
two horses to the end of his term if he
wants the cordial Endorsement of Com
gress.
In the sixth place, it is new thing for
congress to have an Executive without q
pollcy, and q new thing for a party to
nave President without an administra-
ton. Gen. Grants characteristic idea is
that OF doing the duty he finds al his
hand Modest and unambitious, he has
not yet been able to get his bearings in
the sea OF politics. One politician says
one thlng, and another contradicts him:
and the President, having neither politi-
cal instinct or political experience, is not |
always to tell where truth and wisdom lie. |
oan Domingo was pushed too far or not |
Tar enough; clever politician would have |
carried the treaty or avoided the quarrel. |
San Domingo secured the confirmation of |
Murphy and Frelinghuysen, but the treaty
Is lost and the quarrel remains, and bit +
terness has been engendered that will not
soon die away. If we are to have har-
mony next winter, one of these two
things must come; the President must
unite the Cabinet with himself for de-
finite administration policy, or the
country must signify such approval of
his course as will convince Congressman
that their political future is not safe in
war.
have thus tried to state why it is that
there is such want of harmony between
Congress and the President. The Repub-
ican party is a self-critical party-we
2ritcise and belabOr one another, and it is
hoping far too much of human nature to |
nope that we shall all join our voices in
praise of Gen. Grants political career.
Mind yOu-I am neither censuring nor ;
defending his course, but am simply put {
ing the case in what / think is its true ,
ight. Half believing, as do, that we
re done with the day of grand national
look to this coming canvass
nd election TO right many things that now I
eem wrong. If the people do not like
he attitude Of Congress toward the Pres
dent, let them signally. rebuke the chief s
omenters of this sedition. He is an en-
nenty teachable man, and next winter
viii see his way far more clearly than he
id last winter to sympathetic action,
With the representatives of the party to
Which he belongs. All this indepenl
nee Of judgment and action al the White c
louise and Capitol and in the depart
lents, comforting as it is in some of its
esdlts, leads to deal of party friction;
'hen Congressman are all as upright and
nSelfish and clear in their offices as Gen.
rant is in his, l think we may have this
dependence not only with real advan-
lge to the country, but without danger I
party supremacy. DIXoy. S