The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-09-07
From the Washington Patriot.
The Presidents NcpOtisnl.

gree, has become an abuse and scan-
dal so offensive, as to make every citi-
zen who respects the Chief Maglstracy
hang down his head in shame.
The offices created by law for the
uses of the public service, have been
treated as the spoils Of victor to en-
rich his household, without regard to
merit. Every precedent In this re-
spect has not only been contemned,
but every rule fpropriety, and even OF
decency, has been flagrantly violated,
in greedy desire to gain all that
was possible, and to pension notorious
incompetents on the Treasury. For
the credit of the country, 1T Is to be
said, that this is the first time the Presi-
dency has been discredited by an in
cumbent with whom avarice and a
grasping disposition are the most
marked characteristics.
AT a recent meeting in Louisville,
Senator Morton undertook to palliate
this outrage, but only succeeded max
ing it more conspicuous. He said
"What would have been thought of
Gen. Grant, if, when he had obtained
power, he had turned his back on his
poor relatives, and had not taken care
of them?"
The same opinion would have been
formed of him, as of other Presidents
who refused to stain their hands with
nepotism. What Mr.. Jefferson said on
this subject has always been regarded
as the only decorous rule Of conduct,
as it has guided all his successors, with
the single exception of the actual in
cumbent.
The public will never be made to be-
lieve that an appointment of relative
is made on the ground of merit alone,
unintluenced by family views; nor can
they ever see with appreciation offices,
the disposal of which they entrust to
their Presidents for public purposes,
divided out as family property
This is the cause of complaint
against General Grant. He has "divi-
ded out the offices as family property"
If, departing from usage, he had cho-
sen to confer place of profit upon
some needy and meritorious kinsman,
the exception would have been forgot
ten and forgiven. But he seems to
have ransacked the country in search
of kindred, who might be billeted upon
the Treasury, while he himself had
been the recipient of the most generous
bounty in every form. So that, from
being u soldier, dependent upon his
pay, at the end of the war, he is u
millionaire, and is every day augment
ing his torture.
The following list of relatives, ap-
pointed by General Grant, is taken
from Republican paper, the editor of
which was Immediately associated
with him during the war, actually
saved him from being deprived Of his
command bv Mr.. Stanton, when ON
the Mississippi. Like good wine, it
needs no bush:
I. Jesse Root Grant, Presidents
father, postmaster at Covingtor, Ken
tucky.
III. Orvil l.. Grant, Presidents
brother, partner with the collector of
the port of Chicago.
III. Frederick n. Dent, Presidents
father-in-law, claimant of lands at
CatOndelet, Missouri.
". Rev. M. j. Cramer, Presidents
brother-in-law, Minister to Denmark.
V. Abel Rathbone Corbin, Presi.
dents brother-in-law, negotiator of
gold and real estate speculations with
James Fisk, Jr., and Jay Gould.
vi. Brevet Brigadier General Il. II.
Dent, Presidents brother-in-law, chief
usher at the Executive Mansion.
VII. George w. Dent, Presidents
brother-in-law, appraiser Of customs
San Francisco.
VIII. John Dent, Presidents broth
er-in-law, only Indian trader in New
Mexico under Indian Bureau; place
worth $1,000 q year.
TX. Alexander Sharpe, Presidents
brother-in-law, Marshal Of the District
of Columbia.
X. James f. Casey, Presidents
brother-in-law, collector of the port of
New Orleans; place worth $50, 600 q
year.
XI. Silas Hudson, Presidents own
cousin, Minister to Guatemala.
MI. Nat. A. Patton, Presidents
brother-in.law's third cousin, collector
of the port of Galveston, Texas.
NH. Orlando II. Ross, Presidents
own cousin, clerk in the Third Audi
tors Office, Washington.
XIV. DR.. Addison Dent, Presidents
brOther-in-law's third cousin, clerk in
the Registers Office, Treasury Depart
ment, Washington.
XIV. George B johnson, Presl-
dents mothers second cousin, Asses.
sor of Internal Revenue, Thrill Dis
trict, Ohio.
XVI. B. l.. Winans, Presidents
Cousins husband, postmaster of New
port, Kentucky.
XVII. Miss Il. A. Magruder, Presi-
dents brothcr-in-law's second cousin,
clerk in General Spinner's Office, Trea-
sury Department.
XVIII. Oliver w. Root, Presidents
mothers grand nephew, Assistant
District Attorney, COvington, Ken
tucky
XIX. A. w. Casey, Presidents
brother-in-law's own brother, Apprai-
ser of Customs, New Orleans.
NX. Peter Casey, Presidentshro!h-
er-in-law's own brother, poatnal,l Il.
Vicksburg, Mississippi.
XXI. George Griffith, Presidents
Cousins son, lieutenant in 10th infant
ry.
XXII. William McKennan, faith
er-in-law of the Presidents own cOus-
in, United States Circuit Judge for the
Western District of Pennsylvania.
XNIII. Columbus Delano, Presi-
dents third cousin, Secretary of the
Interior.
XXIV. Frederick Dent. Grant,
Presidents son, second lieutenant, 4th
cavalry.
XIV. G. A. Ford, Presidents own
cousin, Assessor of Internal Revenue
at st. Louis.
NXVI. Ulysses Grant White, cous-
in to Mrs. Grant, second lieutenant,
Ith cavalry.
XXVll. John j. Grant, nephew
of old Jesse, Assessor of internal Rev.
enue for the Twelfth District of New
York.
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