The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-08-04
A Doomed Party.

That the present administration at
Washington is rapidly losing the conf-
dence of the leading Republicans of the
whole country, as we'll as the respect of
the men who by their votes placed it in
power, is attested by evidence clear and
unmistakeable. Grant himself is so la
mentally incompetent for an intelligent
discharge of the simplest and most or6ina~
ry duties of his ofTice-his Cabinet is
composed Of such weak, second rate and
unknown men-his appointments to high
and responsible positions have been Of
such exceptional and unfit character,
while his nepotism has been so persistent
and conspicuous-that It was utterly i'm
possible to expect any other result. His
administration, in all the possible aspects
III which it can be viewed, is undoubtedly
the weakest and most insignificant one
that the country has ever yet seen. 1t
neither commands respect at home nor
weight or influence abroad.
As specimen of the estimation in which
Grant and his irnbecile administration is
held by its original friends and supporters,
we publish the following plain spoken arti-
ticle from the Springfield R.puJhcan, a
representative Radical organ of Massachu-
setts, whose editor is the warm political
and persona! fiend of Schuyler Colfax,
Vice President of the United States
"Unquestionaby, there is a great disan-
pulntneht. and what is worse, great occasion,
for disappointment, with Gen. Grants ad-
mlnlstrauon, among the most intelligent and
independent classes that secured his election
lie has Jailed to meet their expectations in
various essential particulars, and in none
more than IN the single point where he was
considered especially sale and strong-the
choice ot men for associates and assistants.
lie has chosen widely and very large on i'm
pulse certainly without discretion or sue
cess Many OF his selections he has been
oohSed TO abandon after experience others.
VINO were as unfortunate, are retained and
some oi MS latter appointments are equally
bad with the first.
tie pledged himself distinctly in his in
augural to the policy Of speedy return to
specie payments. low or when was not 81
important, he added, as that the plan
should be adopted and acguiesceG in vet.
following the mistaken lead of his Secretary
OF the Treasury, his Influence has been
thrown against any legislation toward this
end. On all subjects, he said, he should
have policy to recommend but none to
euiorce against the will of the peoples His
recent attempt to carry the annexation of
Dan Domingo against the Judgment of Con-
gress and the opinion of the country, is Ger
'alniy violation Of this pledge. lie began
with heroic but Gnintclligent efforts to resist
the demands of greedy and eraspinG Con-
9reSsmen. and defy the exactions of profes
sIonal politicians he has ended by almost
suoserviency to some of the worst of them.
But 1t Is more in the general low tone
OF the administration than in apv special
act or ON mission, that the more sensitive and
lastldlouS OF his friends feel their keenest
disappointment and sorrow with General
Grants career as President. 1t is not so
much this thing or that thing, done or I'M
done, as the lack of leadership and insnira-
ton from the White House towards the re-
suits that the most intelligent and the most
independent portions Of the public feel are
YET 70 De secured to restore order and pros
perity to the nation, and set it again on a
healthy and steady path to wealth of char
acter as well as wealth OF resources. In
parting, for instance, with Judge Hoar, this
class OF the public feel that Gen. Grant has
gwen another sign of his falling back from
tne high purposes and the pure ideal with
"hich he set out and many recognize, also.
IN 81 SqcA appointments as Collector Murphy.
ol New YORK, growing tendency to prosti-
tute the administration of the 1ovprnroor,
more and more to merely personal and party
ends" ,