Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-11-09
REMOVAL OF SECRETARY cox.
Opinions OF the Press in Regard to 1t.

Opinions OF the Press in Regard to It.
From the Cincinnati Commercially
The prompt acceptance of this ten
der of resignation by the President
shows that he did not care TO take the
responsibility of persevering in the
reforms to which the Secretary was
committed. We must infer that he
preferred the abandonment of the Sec
retaTy's policy to the contention that
IL would occasion with Cameron and
other party managers of that class
The case is plain. The honorable Sec
rotary retires because unsupported by
the President in a work of reform ur-
gently demanded by the public inter-
ests, sustained by the enlightend judg-
ment of the country, and of the high
est importance. The President has
made a mistake of the gravest char
acteT, and the services of a most val
liable officer are lost.
From the Cincinnati Gazette.l
And now it remains for Republicans
and the friends of the President to
warn him against the danger to which
he has exposed himself and the party
he represents. He is now in the crisis
of his administration. With dishon-
est advisers such as Cameron, he can
not possibly pursue an honest policy,
and II the departments are to be open-
ed to cOrruptiOnists Of the Cameron
school, as they were under Andrew
johnson, that great element OF
strength which now holds the Presi-
dent and the Republican party in the
ascendancy will be destroyed. The
President is of course, embarrassed,
and he will now be the more so, be-
cause of the publication of this CORES
pondence but he has now an OppOr-
tunity to hear from the people, and
will be able to compare the strength
that the policy so ably and ~conscienti-
Ously sustained by Secretary Cox has
secured for him, with that which pO-
litical bummers, who have unfortu-
nately obtained his ear for the time,
promise. Let us hope that he will dis
cover the danger that lies before him,
and avoid it by selecting honest and
capable men to carry out the well-tried
aud popular policy of HONESTY and
ECONOMY, and turn his back severely
upon those INSCRIPTIONS politicians
who live as such only to plumber.
IRON the New York derald.l
Mr. Cox says that some OF his re-
forms in the Interior Department
were opposed by the political mana
gers in Congress, especially where
their patronage was involved, and he
thought it best to relieve them of his
irritating presence. If such was the
case Mr.. Cox did very wrong TO resign.
He should have consented TO stand as
a breakwater against this flood Of anti
refOrmers. General Grants's admins
tratiOn is strong to enforce his policy
of honesty, economy and the enforce
ment Of the laws; but his hands must
necessarily be weakened by the de-
lection Of so sterling and honest a
man as General Cox.
IErom the Philadelphia Public Record
The conduct of Secretary Cox seems
tobe thatoJ R~thOrOuguly high-minded
and honorable man. He strOve hard
to carry out civil service reforms, and
to remove some, at least, of the posts
of the public service from the clutch
of political hacks, and the corruption
Of party demagogues. But the gang
of placemen and the hungry beggars
for Office cried out for the removal of
such a refOrmer, and, indignant at
their schemes, and unwilling to re-
main in the Cabinet at the sacrifice of
integrity, he promptly resigned his
trust.
We think that the country loses far
more in the resignation of Nj. Cox
than he loses by giving up the wrangle
with political wire-pullers at Wash
ingtOn.
from the Chicago T~ribune.J
The National Committee" and the
Pennsylvania Committee resented his
refusal to permit them to levy a tax
upon the clerks; and, backed by Sena-
tons who belong to quite a different
line of statesmen, and whose politi-
cal morality cannot be shocked by
anything, no matter how objection
able, they commenced that wal upon
him which has ended in his retire
ment from the Cabinet.
Though the reform in the civil ser
vice has lost an able and a consistent
advocate in the Cabinet, it is not lost
altogether. The removal of Secretary
Cox will give it an impetus it has
hitherto been unable to obtain. The
removal will call public attention to
the great national grievance, and, in
time, the reform will be demanded in
such tones as will admit of no fur
Their delay.
From the Cincinnati Times.l
We find three letters by the late Sec
retary Cox which ought to elect him
President OF the United States in 1872.
The fact that the politicians dared,
in the face of day, TO drive Mr.. Cox
from Office, while he was rendering
better service than all the other Off
GERS of the government, from the
President down to the last deputy
marshal, is evidence enough of the
depth Of political corruption to which
we have descended, and of the neces-
sity of remembering such men when
the people have the opportunity to
chastise the guilty and reward the
faithful. Is il not time a new party
were formed Z? Could not MI. Cox be
afforded an opportunity to set forth a
/ general platform of gOvernmental poll
cy, with a view to the Presidency in
1872.
LErOm the New York T~ribune.l
Secretary Cox's letter of resigna-
ton, printed herewith, will increase
the general regret at his retirement
from the post in which he was doing
GOOD work, on sound principles Of
| public service. 1t will, besides, inten'
/ sify the dissatisfaction already eL'
pressed at the absurd semi-oficial dis
| patches whereby a false cOlOring ha!
been given to Secretary COxis action
Gen. Grant is in nc wise responsible
for these foolish productions but h'
has evidently been cursed with somt
superserviceable friends, whose yea
should forthwith Securethem muZZles
United States District Court.
In INVOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY-BEFoRl
JUDGE SHERMAN y A JURY.l
Petition OF Bartlett, Berry & Co., o
New York city, against Mark AmeS, o
Newton Falls, Ohio, was filed IN Septem
Der. 1t alleges that Ames committed a.
o~t of banEruDfcv in lime $50 bI