Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-04-01

THE FkANKING EFFORT Ono OF the follies
Of the times, il would seem is the effort Of
some people andpapers TO make case against
President Grant. The meagerncss of tue ma
tcrial is out of all proportion to the earnest
ness of the disposition, and forcshadows the
result to which the effort must inevitably
come. The sins OF the President are rected
-hc has drove Cox from his cabinnt recalled
Motley from the English mission, and now
Sumner is removed from the chair of commit
tee. His offending bath this extent, and for
this an attempt is rcckessly made to break
the popular confidence in the national admin
istration. We opine that the common sense
of the country will not be so easily misled.-
Plain people care but very little who 10 in the
Cabinet, who is on Senate committees. or who
rcvcls at the British Court. They do care for
an honest and economical administration Of
the government, and for the maintenance of
Republican principles. The true objection to
Grant, Is more likely to arise from his straight.
| lorward, manly independence. The President
| has been found thinking for himself, and pro-
fcssional politicians sometimes find him lit
tie rcstive under dictation. Complaint be-
inexcusablc, and, like the Motley case, is only
added TO the Sumner grievance as u make
weight. Mr. Cox chose to regard counsel from
the President as undue interference lie for
got that Secretary is not the head Of the
government. The President invited hnn to,a
seat in the Cabinet over the heads Of older
men Of greater note in national politics. Cen
| ara ln nj az
his withdrawal to be frivolous aud the insinu.
ations with which they were conveycdto TO be
without excuse or palia,lOn.
Motley is n brilliant name in our literature
But he had no exclusive patent to the mission
he held. Few men have rendered SO little
service,at home and been the recipient of sc
many diplomatic honors. Neither he nor hi:
friends had. any cause Of compliant ii the
| President chose Ia invite him 10 return 10 his
| pcrtiuu of his life If, however, they choose
to insist upol complaints, il is sufficient TO cx-
plain that Mr.. Motley followed in the foot
steps of Reverdy Johnson in suffering hmscli
to be flattered and weakened by social aticn-
tious; that he accepted impressions from the
nobility instead OF his own Republican, conn
trymen; and in II word, that he ceased to be a
Republican and became n courtcr. Plain
people have generally agreed with the Presi-
dent that thorough American like General
Schenck, 10. q better representative OF the
republic abroad than u man so for estranged
from American ideas, as Mr. Motley.
The only trouble with Mr.. Sumner seems to
be that, torsooih, majority Of Republican
Senators refused 10 replace him on one of their
committees. He chose his own bed and went
counter to the views of the greater porton OF
his Republican associates. The case has been
befOgged by false issues. 1t is not a case OF
Grant VS. Sumner, but of Sumner vs. the Re-
publican. majority in the Senate. No true
friend of General Grant asks for any impuni.
ty for him from fair investigation and respon.
sibilily. Under his rule the debt has been re.
duced two hundred. millions, tho interest
about eleven millions the public credit rcstor-
ed, and The premium on gold brought down
to eleven per cent. These are posiliye, une-
quivical facts, clear enough for the whole
world to see aud understand. II Is only rea.
Sonahe TO ask the chronic grumblers-G any
man,in the country can show better record
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| The Nation newspaper has good deal oi
political SOundness, us well as good hard
sense which strongly trenches upon sense OF
justice. These qualities It exercises with
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