The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-02-11
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General Grant started in with his ad
ministration with as much popularity
as Is likely 10 be over vouchsafed TO
any man who may be called to that
position. Few men of any age have
been granted greater opportunities for
charging the popular esteem, and for
establishing himself deep and lasting
in the respect of the people. lie came
into power rs the bitterness of the war
was dying out, and the necessities of a
general cooperation of the people of
all classes and previous party associa-
tons was universally felt and ac-
knowledged. He had the opportunity
% have taken up the threads diSsev-
cred by sectional partisan strife and
woven them into harmonious whole.
Politically, Grant occupied a position
not unlike that Of Monroe soon after
the close of the war of 1872. His wise
and moderate administration brought
about that EZRA Of good feeling +"
which became historical, and which
made The name of the head of that
Administration revered by all parties
forever after. Had Grant rigid!y adj
hered 10 that policy which he ex-
pressed So happily in the phrase "Le:
us have peace" and eschewed politics
for s;atesmauship, he could have done
much 10 have brought about another
era Of good feeling which might have
secured his own succession without =
| gigantic struggle. That he has failed
-miserably failed-is now 4 fact SC
! patent that few even of his own politi-
cal followers care 10 conceal 1t. lle
has disappointed his own party,
weakened il by internal discussions
and broken It down in many of it.,
former strongholds, by n course OF
action which mono but the most ultra
followers Of the bread and butter brig.
ade have the face TO defend. The
New York sun, which did much L.
elect General Grant 10 the Presidency
and whose Republicanism IS as old a.
that of the party itself, expresses some
OF the causes OF this growing contemp;
in the following article:
1--WE douh; whether in the history
Of the whole country. any Prosidcni
/ ever enlisted IN his train so unworthy
a set of office holders ~ he. In tie
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tration he has changed all the members
of his Cabinet except One and il i now
generally believed that he is about tI
recast 1t anew; and scarcely one 81
these changes has been an improve
ment, while the most az them hay,
undoubtedly been alterations for the
worse.
"a large numhar Of the most lucra.
tive offices have been given &c thos,
who had bestowed upon him costly
presents in houses, lands, money
bonds. plate, horses, carriages, dog,
and other valuabies. From the day,
Of Horace Walpole till now the ANIMAL;
y: political profiiglcy may be searched
| II vain 20 find a parallel for such cor
rap.oU n The be>towal OF patronage
II during the impeachment trial q
/ J1AlAANtAAs AAttAt @AfMA1 AtAhN w
brought home to him any one OF til,
score or t. o facts Of this class which
nobody denies in regard 10 Grant
johnson would have been conyicte,
and ANONYMOUSLY elected from tn,
Presidential chair.
"\epotism, in its most disgustin.
form. has played a prominent part il
the distribution of patronage 10y Gen
eral Or mi. There nav been eigh eel
Presidents of the United States, ans
the record will prove that the Who'll,
Of them nave NOT appointed one quar-.
ter as many OF their relations to oflic'
a. Grant has. He has conferred place
upon thirty or more of them, reachin.
clear down to the son of the frs
cousin of his wife's mother, and a yer,
de~picablo set they are. too. toul,
any conceivable degradation OF til
Presidential functions nni a lowe
level than this? A. high-minded Re
p~ublicans sean the long row OF Grant
brothers. brothers in-ia@, nephews
couSins. and other relatives, down 4
the third and fourth generation, wit
their nos in the public crib. do the,
not long for tine sight of a presiden
who will give some better proof OF hi
attachment TO the faith OF the Repu!
lican party than in 81 prostituiing hi
great office as 10 provide %sustenanc
for tho political ~lazzaroni OF his ow