Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-04-04

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tion IS will pass the inspection required by
law.
sayIes J. nOusn's cheek.
mayor Bowen has requested the Presldent
oM.s Hss, al ii S ibs oTsP
ment employ instructed to support him In his
contest Tor ionomlnation, and all turned out
den. SG very SsiS' Se e r. to Interfere To-
day Bowsn,s man Friday took q delegation up
to see the President and fortify Bowen 10 his
demand. The success OF these impudent i'm.
positions upon the Government were not Of q
hatteTing character"
We copy the above from the Washington
correspondence Of the Cincinnati GdEdts OF
Saturday. With an effrontory rarely equalled
Mr.. sayles ]. Bowen, notwithstanding the
rebuns he has met from Congress and his
reputation BY the people, stu insists that
he is the exponent OF all the Republication
OF the District Of Columbia. It appears
from the above aud from other good author
Ity that on Thursday last he, with eharac-
terlstlc impotence, called upon the Presl-
dent to request that the clerks In the several
bureaus should either support him, or, fall.
ing to obtain that, that they should main
tain discreet silence or be removed.
No matter how long and faithfully these
clerks have served the country, no matter
for tho scars and wounds received In her de-
fence, no matter for the missing limbs, II
they fail 10 sec the greatness, the purity,
the virtue, the peculiar d,nid6 liiv and gen.
tleHlaHlv OFFICIAL department. Of His Serene
Highness, sAyles J. Bowen, their treason
is obvious, and they must be removed. What
though such q course would reduce the
clerical force Of the Government to nero
corporal's guardf There are others, true
Bossn nan, ready to take their places and
''bend tho knee to Baal." .... 100
But tho President could not sec 1t In that
light. 1t was too soon Aftsr tho adoption Of
tho fifteenth amendment giving 10 all men
the free use OF the ballot, to atiempt 70 dc
tato to any class how they should Note' OF
what particular individual lhcy should sup
port, especially In tue affairs Of a corpora
ton, and even where no political rign" arc
granted, and MI Bowen met Win nat
though courteous refusal ,-.,---,,-
m TINS, IA u etery'lns sl'e no uoe, MI
Bowen ehose 70 " 70 WORK 10 an inuireeb
roundabout way dealing In general terms,
TO accomplish particular ooJeei' instead OF
coming out squAreiy and saying that there
were number OF eoiored MESSENGERS and
i u IN the treasury, inferior ana o.ner
DePtlinsnts VINO eon'ulhAoiousiy iAueu 70
reeosniEs ms greatness and VINO oeteVea
that men who had served In tho ranks OF
the Republican party "hen ne Bowen was
a bowling Democrat could DO trusted win
the interests Of tue party as wen as ne
10 not probable that Mr. Bowen told the
President that no had exhausted every
measure Of Intimidation and threatsAo force
these eolored men to his support before
coming to him to make this request.
1t Is too much to hope that this refusal OF
the President will have any more effect 10
reducing the coneelt, the arrogance, or the
impudent assumptions OF Mr., Bowen than
did the severe reprmaud he received from
the Senate committee a short Time aimee, aud
we shall no doubt hear Of the outcroppi nga OF