The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-11-17
GRANTS ADMINISTRATION.


GRANTS ADMINISTRATION
Mr.. Charles Sumner does not like
President Grant. No more do the
papers of this country.
Sumner gives history new story in
with the last hours of the
lameuted patriot Secretary Stanton.
Sumner says that Stanton told him,
upon his death bed, with alarm and
trouble depicted In his countenance,
that "Grant could not administer this
This story is now being
published with much apparent pleasure
by Democratic papers. No satisfactory
explanation is given of the most aston
ishing circumstance connected with this
death-bed revelation of Stanton, to wit ::
that he had not, in some public way,
warned the people against the elevation
of Grant to the Presidency. If he felt
as he is reported to have expressed him
self in this conversation with Sumner,h he
ought to have given the people who
had such confidence in him the benefit of
his forebodings when it would have done
some good.
Without expressing an opinion as to
the truth or falsity of this story, we pro-
pose to examine briefly the more i'm
portant question as to how Grant has
succeeded in administering the affairs
of this government.
Not the least important difference be-
tween the administrations of Grant and
johnson is the increased public conf
dence in the stability of our finances
and in Republican institutions generally.
The South is in much better condition
every way, than when Grant took the
helm of State. It must be remembered
that it was Johnson's policy with the
Southern people that begat the condi-
ton of things in the South with which
the present administration has had to
grapple ever since it came into power.
1t has had to undo the mischief done
by its predecessor. Had there been a
firm patriot at the head of the nation
when the war closed there would have
been little of the trouble that has since
existed in the Southern states. John
sons policy with the South was fraught
with mischief which it will yet take
years to correct. The Republican ad
ministration cannot be held responsible
for the years of anarchy which has
reigned throughout large portions o.
the South. Her material interests are
now progressing more rapidly than fol
eight years, and there is better condi
ton of things in every way.
Grant has succeeded in settling the
vexed Alabama claims which SO long
threatened to involve US in trouble will
England. The Treaty of Washington
gave us peaceable solution, not only
of the Alabama claims, but of othel
questions which have remained under
dicussion for years. Two great, proud
nations have settled, peaceably, differ
ences which might have continued tC
engender bad blood, and finally have
resulted in war. Not the least impor
tant phase of this Treaty of Washington
is the example which has been set to al
nations of the world, to show them how
much better peaceable adjustment o
| differences is than an appeal to TIT
sword. The Treaty of Washington ha
but fulfilled the promise of this admin
istration to the people. 1t should havt
full credit for the peaceable settlenen
of the Alabama claims, and fer its ex
cellent foreign policy generally.
1t is useless to refer to the rapidly
with which the Administration has re
duced the National debt. Every Amer
lean can point with pride and satisfac
ton to its wonderful accomplishment
in this direction. In a little over two
years and q half over two hundred mil
lions have been paid, and American Sc
curities to-day stand No. in the mar
kets of the world.
In his Inaugural, Grant promised tina
the laws should be executed. Thii
promise has been kept most sacredly
The laws have been every where execu
ted more faithfully than before fol-
years. The revenues have been more
rigidly collected, and more honestly sp
piled to their legitimate purposes. I'm
der the best condition of things, i
could hardly be expected that the af
| fairs of forty millions of people would
be carried on without considerable
thieving and corruption. There art
those who "steal tho livery of HEAVIER
to serve the devil in" and there arr
those who rob the public in the name
of Republicanism. But thieves arr
more promptly arrested and more sew
erely dealt with than for many years
There has been almost as much money
stolen IN a single city under Democrats
rule, as there has been in the whole
country under Republican rule, in thu
past two years.
The manner of dealing with the In
dians, is, as we view it, one of the com
mendable features of Grants admins
tration. There is a greater degree o.
peace between them and the whites thar
has existed for several years, and VIZ
seldom hear of the thieving operation
of agents and SPECTATORS which were t.
common before his Indian policy was
in use.
To Grants administration must bC
given the credit OF breaking up the nes
of law breakers in Utah. No Demo.
cratic administration ever attempted &c
carry out, in earnest, the wishes of the
American people in this matter. Sc
soon as important affairs, needing the
immediate attention of the Administers
ton, were in shape for this under
taking, it was commenced with thai
earnestuess and determination which
has characterized all of Grants public
actions. Before his term expires there
will be nothing left of the Mormons,
unless they shoul9 choose to change
their policy and submit 10 toe laws Of
the country.
The President is fully committed to
civil service reform, and win bring