The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-11-05

mlnstration OF the Government. Johnson's folly
American people Grants biundering imbecility, IL
persisted In much longer, Will convert the 4th or
March, 1878, into t occasion for national thanks
giving"
[Frorn the Chicago Post.l
The President has made mistake-a mistake
roInded' iostleS. deceived cajood, bullied aud at
last made prey OF, by the swarm of political bum
mers who live aud thrive by division OF the spos.
Misled by these knavish partisans, he has been in
duced to countermand the orders OF Secretary Cox
for the publication OF the Interior Department, to
overrule and defeat his efforts for the Inauguration
OF the much needed civil service reform IN Wash
ington, and finally to drive him ito premature re-
tirement
From, the Cleveland Herald
Gloss 1t as dispatches may, explain 1t to the ex-
OF the ingenuity Of Washington correspondents
the people believe that the resignation of Secretary
Cox is due to his irm endeavor to reform the civil
service.
From the Boston Transcript
'tAfer the Victory the Plunder is the very lifting
title the Washington correspondent OF the Adue--
rid Of a New York political committee has begun
10 assess the clerks in the Department OF the In
terlor, refusing to listen to any excuses For the
present therefore 1t is to be assumed that the pay
men Of fee for party purposes is to be one OF the
conditions eXacted OF those belonging to the civil
service, no matter how much the civil service suf-
fers IN consequence!
From, the Pittsb,,rg Commercially
1t is best that General Grant should know that he
cannot carry with him the Republican party or any
considerable part OF the people, outside of the fol-
In the Cox affair.
From the Toledo Blade
What we to understand but that the President
at the command OF the invading host of politicians
had surrendered and left no other alternative to his
faithful minister but to resign? Why should he
think Of retiring If he could have the assurance that
the a-conuolling power OF the Presidential office
would be used to promote the reforms account Of
which he is threatened?
OF course, General Grant finds some apollo
gists in the Republican press. But this thing
10 20 Ia li,lyo I1,a e,iOla
for General Grants course are so few and
their utterances so uncertain and so feeble as
to be in ludicrous contrast to the general and
outspoken burst of indignant remonstrance.
For example, the Cincinnati Gazette, after
admitting that Cox was removed because he
opposedscorruption, is guilty of the manifest
absurdity of predicting that Delano will be
sustained in opposing corruption "The
removal of Cox" its words are, "was un-
doubtedly a triumph for the corruptionists;" "
but Delano is able, Delano is polite, Delano
is this and that-as if it were at all likely
that a hungry vagrant would be at all
appeased by being refused his breakfast in
an able and polite manner. cit remains, !"
says the Gazette, 'for Mr.. Delano to continue
the policy of his predecessor'-th policy,
N. B., for which his predecessor was dis
missed, lest anybody should continue or imi-
tate it. Such sophistry is too palpable to need
more than stating.
The Portland Press demands to know if
General Grant is "another Hercules, that :Ewe
expect him by single effort, at the first
trial, by his own unaided strength, to reform
abuses that have been fourishing for years. /"
No, we don't think General Grant is another
Hercules. But if Hercules, instead of stran-
Cling the serpents, had submitted to be
swallowed by them, and even had the polite
ness to oil himself that he might be gulped
down more easily, we should accuse him of
more serious fault than lack of Herculean
strength.
Finally, very foolish paper in Philadel-
phia, the Bulletin, has the combined imbe-
cility and impudence to say that Secretary
| Coxs resignation ''has suddenly revealed to
| these masses, whose essential national virtue
has been tried successfully in the fires of the
| Rebellion, that their honest leader, President
Grant, is struggling in vain against an enemy
more tireless, more persistent, more skilful,
more reckless than those that confronted him
at Vicksburg, at the Wilderness, or before
Petersburg;" and that ''the Presidents ac-
ceptance of Secretary Cox's resignation is an
appeal to the country against the political
managers whom, only, the Secretary of the
Interior has offended. And the appeal will
not be made in vain"
The defenses are as frivolous as the indict
ment is damaging. In whatever direction
the reform of the civil service is sought, it is
now evident to everybody that it cannot be
sought with any chance of success while
General Grant remains where he is tc
| thwart it,