The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-11-17
j" Active Political Managers ,

The letter of General Cox, tender
ing his resignation as Secretary of the
Interior to lhe President, states plain
1y the reasons which compelled him
to leave the Cabinet. The letter says,
in effect, that he would have been re-
moved had he not resigned.
He writes: "My views of the ne
cessity of reform in the civil service
have been brought more or less into
collision with the plans of our active
political managers, and my sense of
duty has obliged me to oppose some
Of their methods of action through
the Department" These saetive po-
litical managers wished to control
the. patronage in the Indian service.
and in this they We're baked by GEN
eral Cox. ...;,sr.....s 80
These active political managers y
wished TO compel the clerks in the In
terror department to pay certain
per centage of their salaries to swell a
corruption fund for electioneering
purposes. In this they met the deter.
mined opposition of General Cox.
These "active political managers -
wished 10 control the appointments in
the Interior Department. They had
subs, and toadies, and small specimens
of politicians at work TO-. them in
their respective States, and they
wanted TO foist such material into the
Interior Department, and atfthe same
time leave General Cox to answer to
the people for the proper manage
ment of the Department. @
/ These ,"actiye political managers !"
wished to make of the Secretary of
the Interior mere clerk, machine,
a thing. They intended tnat he should
be under their direction, and work,
not for the public but for their inter-
ests and advancement. .5sis.z
Such are the facts appearing in the
1 letter of General Cox to the President.
They show that he was compelled 70
leave the Cabinet because lie would
not assist in carrying out the schemes
and purposes of demagogues and cor
1 rupt politicians. He would not "coin
4 his sefi-love4 to so base a vice. as to
prostitute ahis office at the bidding of
men SO thoroughly despieable as the
"actiye political managers who
brandished their lash over him. He
has been driven from the Cabinet. and
one of their serfs placed in charge of
The Interior Department. a5s
i Dejano is the property of Chandler
and Cameron, and the other. active
political managers who expelled
4 Cox. !Delano will open the Indian
service to plunder Delana will levy
blackmail on the clerks under him
Delano will appoint to fat places the
subs and toadies of Chandler and
4 Cameron Deiano VIII crook to them
s'fhe pregnant hinges OF the knee,
and his fawning will bring them
I thrift, .-...I s.l
| In driving General Cox from the
Cabinet for tIie reasons stated, Presi-
4 dent Grant manifested a contempt for
propriety and the duties of the Presi.
DENTAL Office which could only be ex-
hibited by low order of man under
4 such circumstances.
j How ought President of the Uni.
ted States 70 meet such disreputable
charlatans and political tricksters as
I Cameron and; Chandler, when they
come TO him and demand the removal
of an honest and able man from one
of the highest civil offices in the ma.
ton, because, ne, will not become theil
slave, and minister to their corrup-
4 ton? From policy alone, the Presi.
4 dent ought; to have stood firmly by
General Cox. In driving him out, he
has simply made proclamation that he
is the chattel of the men who OWL
: Delano.-Chicdgo Times.