Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-04-26
Dana Explains.

gun having DPPn
called upon by seyefal of the
friends Of General Grant TO
know whether he Would not
desist from attaching him saws:
AS Che subject Is one Of a
public hatdre, J can onl9 give
"a public answer.
I. Let bfnY fsy back 20 jaw
Gould the th6usaHd dollars
which Gould paid on lis sub,
scription to the Raw i'm. fund.
No President should allow The
blot Of false pretences TO- re,
main Upon his PERSONAL honor.
II. LeG him dismiss The lnil.
itary attaches whom. lie K Eeebs
rs ushers,, messengers, Iobby
agents, and pretended secrcts.
rles, IN violation of law, about;
his person at the White House.
llE Let him dismiss from
the pGblic crib his oftsce.bed.
ding father, bis n0mefous
brothers Fn-law, Cousins. hhclts,,
aunts, and other near fefxtiohs
whom he has appointed ty
places of emofunent and au.
thority, withtht regard to their
personal, political Or, business
qualifications; and let him rig
orously observe the principles
laid down by Thomas Jefferson,
that the family relations of The
President are not TO be an.
pointed to Office.
~. Let him return t0 the
donor or doifots the cottage at
Long Branch, presented to- him
as a gift since his insuguratio,t
as President.
V. Let him turn oft of Of.
Tee every man who ever gave
him a present, and ftfake It an
insufmountable obstacle To- fhe
appointment Of any man who
has ever given him u present.
VII Let him dismiss Ban.
croft Davis, the bribe-taker,
from the Department of State:
VII. Let him reorganize his
Cabinet and fill its Offices with
Republicans of capacity and
reputation, whom the people
know and can have confidence
in. In so doing, LET him aban.
don his foolish notion that q
corporal or private musician
can saft ly be promoted at one
jump to be a maj + general
and put in command of an
army corps.
VIII. Let him earnestly call
upch Congress to reduce the
rates Of taxation, abolish the
unconstitutional income tax,
and relieve industry ahd com.
merce that are now making the
rich richer and the poor poorer,
and crushing enterprise and
honesty to the earth. And if
his Secretary Of the Treasury
will not agree to these measures
of refortn, dismiss him.
TX. Let him introdtiCe com.
mon sense into HE appoint.
ments, and leave off dividing,
distroetihg, and breaking down
that noble organization; the
Republican party.
x. Let him send adrift the
ring Of military money makers
who surround him and e&er.
else q malignant influence up
on his conduct; and let him a.
void making himself ridiculous
and suspected by engaging III
such absurdities as the San Do.
swindle, so that promi-
nent Republicans will no lon
GER as now; pronounce him a
fool.
XT. Let him beware of the
batteries of silly rich men, and
leave off his alteration of gold.
Ell calves, and cease to corrupt
the youth of the country by
evincing sdcli supreme worship
for thohey,
XII. Let him anh6dhce that
he is no longer a candidate for
reelection, and declare that he
will sterhly adhere to the opin.
ion he expressed in 1867, that
no man should be President
more than d sitgle term.
Let him do all these things,
and We will cordially recon.
mend hih for the complete re-