Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-31
GRANT.
An lmhscIls Presidsnt---What If we are
Dragged into War7---MOtIsy's Re-
moVal a Disgrace to Grant.
From the baltimore Gazette

From the Baltimore Gazette.l
WAsHINGTON, July 2.-If there be
such a thing within the scope of blum
diplomacy, this country will
be got some how or other into the
quarrel between France and Prussia.
Certainly, if there shall ensue a pro-
tracted war, involving other European
Powers than those nov in q belliger-
ent attitude, this Administration will
prove itself utterly incompetent to
sustain neutral relations. AS the case
now stands, our Government, looking
at the imprudent ~utteranceS OF its
highest officials, is less neutral than
Austria, England or Russia. Upon a
question Of this kind, paTtaking in no
way Of legitimate domestic politics, it
might be supposed that General Grant
would consent to remain at his post,
and consult at least with the leading
statesmen of his own party (if there
be any SUCH aStO the course proper
to be pursued in order to secure our
own rights rs a neutral nation to the
full, and at the same time avoid zen
tanglements which may lead to a
war, in which u dearest interests
must needs be sacrificed, and the end
and political consequences of which
no man can ~fOresee, or guess"
But / am informed upon good Rad
zeal authority that the President
knows so IitIe of craftsmanship that
he verify believes it TO consist wholly
in ''jObbing," supplying lucrative
places for kith and kin, and running
about the country hOrse-rscing, excur-
siOning, and making oneself comfort
able generally-that, in short, he Is so
UeTy deficient as to believe himself, at
a Jump, more than a match for both
Bismarck and Napoleon Ill. in state
craft, and a head taller in sOldiership
than the Great Napoleon himself. He
is, in a word, just so stubborn, self
willed, and ignorant, as scarcely to
leave a hope for the preservation of
pesce in this country for sixty days to
come. This is a deplOrable state Of
affairsl And LOOK at the composition
of bis Cabinet There is not a man
among them capable of safely oun
selling even a Well-meaning Execu-
tive giving evidence of modest merit,
anxious to be prudently advised, and
bent upon doing his best for the we'll
being of the nation v which he
presides.
lIdtILAttCAA4N VI AlC BAANaAC
nation | thus divulge, there is public
proof quite sufficient to convict the
President OF consulting his personal
feelings rather than the interests of
the country. Let the public examine
the letter of Senator Wilson, inserted
IN the Gazette of this morning, and
see what is plainly charged upon
Ge1 eraI Grant, and that to his face,
- r~~sNNnr. :. 4, AIro ,,a-a.-F au-av
than angerl 1t is therein plainly set
forth that Mr.. Motley vas removed as
a punish ment to Sumner for having
defeated he annexation of San Do
mIngO; at the same time it Is con-
fessed that the latter may have said
things that may have been distasteful
to the President in connection with
that affair" What sort of "distaste-
full things - is here referred to- I'm
quesUionably that the purchase of san
Domingo was a gig. tntic job, in which
the President was engaged as a lob
byist!
That Mr.. Molly was not removed
solely on account of conflicting views
connected with his Embassy, or any
personal "unpleasantness with the
State Department, has been abund-
antly proved. Al the time Of his Gp-
DOiHtnleat as MinSister to the English
Court L stated in a letter to the Gazette
that / had reliable information that
he would be guidedb by secret instruc-
lions received at the hands of Mr..
Sumner. L then supposed, of course,
that he would be furnished with 9TH
ers by the State Department, which
he would disregard. L had no idea
that the Secretary of State had au-
thOTiZed Mr.. Sumner specially to Enc
power Mr.. Motley to write out his
~ iaStTuctiOHs-in other words. to
permit Sumner to do so. But so it
seems. A gentleman, known to be
well-pOsted in Massachusetts poll
tics" gives a graphic description of
the scene in which the high CONTRACT
ing parties entered into TINS prelimi-
nary treaty. He states that at an in
terview between Mr.. Sumner and MI.
Fish, speaking of the INSTRUCTIONS
the former Familiarity said:
"Why not levy on Motley? Let
him write q memoir, to be used in
whole or part, or not at all, as you see
fit"
''Mr. Fish (says the gentleman re-
ferred toy at nee came into the idea,
and authorized Mr.. Summer to invite
Mr.. Motely TO do this. Mr.. Sumner
replied, 'Of course, in your name;'
to which Mr.. Fish according to the
recollection of Mr.. Sumner) assented
with much good Will"