Middletown transcript., 1870-11-19
GRANT AND THE RECENT ELECTIONS
THE cox CONTROVERSY, &c.

The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Gazette, writing under date of
Nov. 18th, says:
The result of the recent elections does
not please the President. He expressed
himself before leaving for Philadel phia to
attend to some strictly private business"
"a consultation with the managers of the
Union League in Philadelph phia-greatly
disappointed with the Radical defeat in
New York, Missouri and Maryland. He
had been assured by his friend Conklng
that all that was necessary was to make
a good show of military, and victory was
certain in New York. But the result in
Maryland was more unexpected than all.
Only on the Saturday preceding the cleo
tion Secretary Creswell, members of the
Republican Sttae Committee, and the Bal
timore officials had given positive assur-
ance of gain of at least two members of
Congress, whilst the returns show that
every district has repudiated the Radical
candidates and the teachings of the Cab-
net officer and the Government officials.
Those who have been urging the removal
of Creswell and the officials in the custom
house, postoffice and marshalships now
feel assured that changes will be made at
an early day.
AS the time for the meeting of Congress
approaches, the status of the President in
his own party is freely discussed, and if
the statements made may be relied on,
90 His Excellency" is fully as unpopular
with his own as he is with the Democratic
party. 1t is declared that this opposition
will assume form in Congress against
the Presidents pet schemes, and refusal
to confirm his appointees. Howard, Sum-
ner and Wilson are exceedingly bitter in
their denunciations. Besides these there
will be two powerful opponents to the
the breach between them is very wide
Many Senators and Representatives do not
approve of Cox's removal, and will take
an early opportunity, after the meeting of
Congress, to make the President under
stand it, 40 Senator Sumner" writes an
intimate friend and conidant of that gen.
tleman, will accept the gauge thrown
down to him, and will take open ground
that the Executive, in attempting to pun
ish Senators for exercising their privilege
in voting against treaties and appropra-
tions. is assuming the same attitude to-
wards Congress as that presumed on by
Andrew Johnson"
The appointment of Kramer, Grants
brother-in-law, as Minister to Denmark
of John Dent. as Appraiser at San Fran
cisco, another brother-in-law of Admiral
Porter to succeed Farragut, and of Ad-
miral Rowan in Porter's place, will be
bitterly opposed.
A story has been started. and tele-
graphed over the country, reported to be
on the authority of an intimate friend of
the late Secretary of the Interior, General
Cox, that General Cox has given to the
public all the letters in his possession rela-
tive to the causes which led to his resig-
nation. What the new Secretary, or those
associated with him in the defence of the
President, expect to accomplish by the
publication of such "news" is more than
I can comprehend No friend of General
Cox ever gave any such information, for
his friends hnoao the very opposite to be
the truth. Gen. Coz has IN has posses
sion unpuJltshed letters and memoranda
srelative to the causes which led to his
resignation. They will be given to the
public at the proper time, and will fully
vindicate him, and expose transactions in
regard to land jobbing Indian swindling
and other disreputable operations, which
Secretary Delano and associate COUNSEL
will find it impossible successfully to de-
fend or explain away.