The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-11-02
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sbptoi t10ur eOtaGibl yeitsFtsy. We
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dlRas1eo b1tWtsniNF. CGE RSd The Ad'
mlaislfllto8I = alS5 occupying . laEgs
ihato d pdbiic EttentiOa, and likely 70
receive a5t6 u thsbFesch WIdepsspd o.
teDds. Ne non EePTpdpGs bsIoW . BIZ.
On 81 ths casS furnished By cCrre5pon-
do8t iOosVUnl western papen and Sup'
dry Iptlsra addressed BY NJ. Cox 10 Ne.
1d6lissB committees and given Out "
hin Iot publication, Correspondence
bstWesn Secretary Cox and the Raider"
i tleCapllpn given 70 thoaS Kitten BY DE
paper from which we copy; but Il viii b
,obsuryed ihst only Mr. Cox's aide II The
cdHt pondsucs 4 presented, Dir Cox
andodbSdly has the bat side Of the que1.
.loaS on which hIs difference with the
PrusElsBl llai Been ralsed but Il y
% 10 rejected thas ~ mech
prominence should have been given
8 llis matter, and that this dI6sEence
shpuld l,ays beea 70 nasldlnualy kept b.
,luFe tho public and snlaEgetl tIIl Il lias hid
ltha gtJuIdwoFk f,gA split lnths Reppb'
.lIssa,ai party that may leadlo II loIsl0yerf
.thFoW Two yeln hdncg, Me- Cox's stand
ID FegaFi 20 tie Olsa nenI Of employee IN
Ills departments and ID regard 70 thslF
abaence q SlsCtlOatIaIe lAS already taken
tie Shsps 81 i war between rival factions,
% tt6tthe real question Of civil service
rtlofn ia Ehtrh the quarrel VA based
WilItg5p ~ instiSIEhp Of ina conflict BE-!
ltM6ti5aaSfiag lSclIoRs lighting for the
eqptFpl Of Tie administration or IL over.
,thIoW. That Ne. Cox has been swim %
faFhISh tlhloriSilortAlsls AhoWn By his let.
Ten. They ShoW . careful preparation
aud a pfsmsdItatgtl dsslgn when they
wsss xEluento make j formidable Iaue
With lls administration and the PFell'
dOatS error has aGOrds,l him most excel.
lent opportunity 70 make tho most Of IL
y Nj, COx'S polItI0nS on tho questions At
issle batween himself and tho President
wiz Undoubtedly commend themselves 70
tt6publIC; but can We approve his evi'
deatpuFH6so % make tho Issue on those
questions tie opportunity for bitter and
widespread loud within tho Republican
pasty9 II its worth while 10 ny topper.
pstuatO,lhe organization Of tho Republic
can parry, Il y tho duty Of It's leaders to
exeFclieSOme IoFboaruncC towards onU an.
other, and 70 suppress rather than stir up
new elements Of dlscord, II tho national
Republican party = divided and defeated
ln.cmSequenCc Of quRrrels growing out Of
tho PFeSIdent'S failure. % second Tie
efforts 81 his Cabinet officers 70 IuauguFate
needed and mGrltorloul reforms In their
departments, will those reforms be promo.
tod IherCbyH Granting thattho overthrow
Of the party Itself Is Of no consequence,
viii we got a purer civil service in tho In,
terror Department by electing NF, HovT.
MANN, Of Now York, President in 1872
ovef tho Republican candidate! Posi-,
bly,, but WC doubt Il And 50 Il seems to
us that while Atr. Cox Is right on tue quCa.
lions upon which this quarrel has boon
lid95lfiouSly built the enlargement Of It
lRto . national dispute, 70 which Mr.. Cox
haSooatributed with apparent prcEnedl.
tStl0n, endangen Tho future ascendancy
Of tho Republican party, and, as We think,
threatens the country with much creator
evils than those Mr, Cox SeCks To correct.
Tho following arc the documents refer.
rcd to-
WAsaIS0ToN, d. @, Oct. 80, 1870.
Below will 10 found the cOrrespOn.
dUucO which passed between Secretary
Cox and tho President In relation u the
resignation Of tue former. Various state.
mUnlS Of tho causes which led to the stop
OH the part OF tho Secretary. and also Of
tic FCGSUub which no assigned In tho
totlRhallou, have been authorized ut tho
White House. Tho letters themselves
nuW oct At rest all controversy In regard
10 their real contents and character The
following may 10 relied upon rs correct
statement OF sOlne Of tho causes which
iOrced tho presentation Of the ISSUES sci
bcI0ru the President by the Secretary:
jTbF0utllOut The SUMMER, Gen. Cox hal
Dem RWRr0 OF vigorous efforts on tue
part ot politicians, and many whose
schemes hs would not forward In his de.
DartIncnl, TO induce tue President to re.
move him Previous TO leaving in Sep
tender for short vacation, there were
UnMisIakA6le signs that the President was
yielding TO the concerted attack upon
.GCHerGl Cox. Shortly amer tho latter lOft
the city, an order 10 which hG Ind called
tho attention Of the clerks Ia his depart.
lnent, regulating the absences for voting,
was pereMlOtlly revoked by the Fresl.
l9nl, At tho instance nf Chandler md
Cameron, without any consultation what
ever with the Secretary, or any SulISe.
QuCNt communication with him on The
rlI6it0t, ilnhrr than the bare order pI're-
vocation THE ONlrr thus set aside was
not a new pNv, and has been already RI.
TERED tn III tllcSe dispatches; but It's his
lury should bC briefly given here A year
ago the Secretary, in his efforts tO render
Ais department efficient, was greatly en-
t'ArtaSsCd by the long absence Of the
ClerRa Most took the usual vacation ofI
.,luC lnOptll, and subsequently ten days,
and more frequently two weeks, In add.
tinn. d 70 home and vote. The secretary