The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-09-08
From the Washington Patriot,
The PresIdent,s Nepotism.

The gross and glaring manner in
which the President has prostituted
i 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 8 scan
dal so offensive, as to make every eiti-
zen who respects the Chief Msglstracy
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 q 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 prOpTiety, and even of
decency, has been flagrantIy violated,
in greedy desire to gain all that
was possible, and to pension notorious
incompetents on the Treasury. For
the credit of the country, it 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 q recent meeting I'm 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, #, 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-
Iteve that an appointment of q relative
| is made on the ground Of merit alone,
| uninfuenced 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 a place Of profit upon
some needy and meritorioas 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 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
wit II I'M Ir-
! saved him from being deprived Of his
command by Mr.. Stanton, when on
the Mississippi. Like good wine, it
needs no bush:
I. Jesse Root Grant, Presidents
| father, postmaster at Covingtop, Ken
II. orvH L. Grant, Presidents
brother, partner with the collector of
| the port of Chicago.
III. Frederick T. Dent, Presidents
! father-in-laW, claimant of lands at
| CatOndelet, Missouri.
". Rev. NJ J. Cramer, Presidents
brotheT-in-law, Minister to Denmark.
Y. Abel RathbOne COrbin, Presi.
dents brotber-in-law, negotiatOr of
gold and real estate speculations with
James Fisk, Jr., and Jay Gould.
VI. Brevet BTigadier General L. T.
~
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 500, 900 year.
*. Alexander Sharpe, Presidents
brOther-in-law, Marshal of the District
Of Columbia.
Y. James Z. Casey, Presidents
brother-in-law, collector Of the port of
New Orleans; place worth $50, 900 a
year.
XI. Silas Hudson, Presidents own
cousin, Minister to Guatemala.
XII. Nat. A. Patton, Presidents
brotheP-in-law's third cousin, collector
of the port of Galveston, Texas.
XIII. Orlando II. Ross, Presidents
own cousin, clerk in the Third Audi
tors Office, Washington.
XIV. DIR. Addison Dent, Presidents
brOther-in-law's third cousin, clerk in
the Registers Office, Treasury Depart
ment, Washington.
XIV. George B johnson, Presi-
dents mothers second cousin, Asses.
sOr Of Internal Revenue, Thiri Dis
trict, Ohio.
XVI. b. L. Winans, Presidents
cousins husband, postmaster of New
port, Kentucky.
XVII. Miss E. A. Magruder, Presi-
dents brOther-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
tuckv
XIX. A. w. Casey, Presidents
brOther-in-law's own brother, Apprai-
/ ser Of Customs, New Orleans
| Xxx. Peter Casey, Presidents broth
| er-iD-law's own brother, postnater at
VicksbuFg, Mississippi.
XXI. George Griffith, Presidents
Cousins son, lieutenant in 18th infant
~.
! XXI. William BfcKennan, faith
/ er-in-laW OF the Presidents own cous-
/ in, United States Circuit Judge for the
| Western District Of Pennsylvania.
! XIII. Columbus Delano, Presi-
dents third cousin, Secretary Of the
XIV. Frederick Dent Grant.
| Presidents son, second lieutenant, 4tli
cavalry.
XIV. c. A. Ford, Presidents own
cousin, Assessor Of internal Revenue
I at st. Louis.
XXVL Ulysses Grant White, cous-
in to Mrs. Grant, second lieutenant,
4th cavalry. rsaa- =
J XVII. John J. Grant, a nephesg
I Of old Jesse, Assessor of Internal Rev
enue for the Twelfth District Of New
/ York.
XVIII. John S. Delano, son oi
the third cousin Of the President, chief
clerk 10 the Secretary of the Interior.
xxx. T.. G. David, husband OF
the third cousin Of the wife Of the Pres
ident, special agent of the Post ONCE
Department in Illinois and Iowa.
Xxx. Charles L. Baldwin, cousin