Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-09-09
From the Washington Patriot.
The Presidents NepOtlsm.

The gross and gl0Ting manner In
which the President has prostituted
the public patronage, to satisfy the
exorbitant demands Of his own family
and their kindred TO the remotest de-
gree, has become an abuse and scam
dal so offensive, as to make every cltl-
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 a victor to en-
rich his household, without regard to
merit. Every precedent In this re-
spect has not only been contemned,
but every rule Of propriety, and even Of
decency, has been hagTanLly 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 q
grasping disposition are the most
marked characteristics.
At 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
poweE, 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 i'll
cumbent.
The public will never be made to be-
lieYe that an appointment ola 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 properly.
This Is the cause Of complaint
against General Grant He has "divi-
ded out the Offices as family property"
IT, departing from usage, he had cho-
sen to confer a 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 blleted upon
the Treasury, while he himself had
been the recipient Of the most generous
bounty in every form. So that, from
being a soldier, dependent upon his
pay, at the end OF the war, he is a
millionaire, and is every day augment
ing his fortune,
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 by Mr.. Stanton, when on
the Mississippi. Like good vine, it
needs no bush:
I, Jesse Root Grant, President:
father postmaster at Coyugtop, Ken.
tucky.
II. Oryi, /. Grant, President,
brother partner with Ike collector ot
the mort ofChicggo W. ~
III. Frederick i. Dent, Presidents
fatBer.jD-law. cleimqnt of lands al
| Catoudelet. Missouri.
IL. Rev, NJ. !. Cramer. prasident,,
hr,tuer-in.law. Minister to Denmark
Y, Abel EqtDh1ne Corbin, Pre,i
dents brother.iu-law, Degotiator OF
gold and real estate speculations Will
James Fisk, Jr., and Jay Gould.
. VI, Breye. B-igadieF General f. r.
D., Dent, Presidents brother-in-law, chiei
usher at the Executive Mansion.
/ VII. George w. Dent, President'
bryther-iu-jaw, appraiser Of custom,
San Francisco,
VIII. John Dent, Presidents broth.
e!-in-law, only Indian trader in New
Mexico under Indian Bureau; place
worth Sl000j) q year.
IA, Alexander Sharpe, President''
brother-ln-laW, Marshal Of Tue District
of Columbia.
X. James L. Casey, President.
brOther-in-iaW, collector Of the port o
New Orleans; place worth $50, 900 {
year.
XI. silas Hudson, Presidents owl
cousin, Minister TO Guatemala.
XII. Nat. A Patton, Presidents
brother-ln.law's 5 third cousin, collector
of the port of Galveston, Texas.
XIII, Orlando II, Ross, President,
own cousin, clerk in the Third Audi
tors Otlice, Washington.
I XIV. DR.. Addison Dent, Presidenti
bruther.in.law's third cousin. clerk il
the Registers Office, Treasury DFpart
ment, Washington.
XIV, George b Johnson, Presi
dents mothers second cousin. Asses
sor of Internal Revenue, Thitl Dis
trict, Ohio,
XVI. B. l.. Winaps, President
cousins husband, postmaster of New
port, Kentucky.
Xvii. Mis-: +. A. Maprudar, prosi
dents brothcr-in-law's second cousin
clerk in General Spinncris ofIice Trao
sury Department,
Xviii. Oliver w. Root President
: mothers grand nenhew Assistan
District Attorney. Govington Kan
tucky.
XIX. A. w. Casey. President
brother own broIher AMnrSi
! ser Of Customs. New Or,eans ~
Xxx. Peter Casey. President,s lro,l
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