New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-16
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OFFICIAL JOURNAL or. THE UNITED STATES
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF NEW ORLEANS
TIE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST GRANT.
From the Chicago Tribune. !

the official conrs. of President Grant on ii
scorc of ne, otism and Ciit-taking. We al
glad Ia see u formal, and apparently, al
ihorized, response to these charges, exc
though it be not completely convincing
Replying 70 the foolish remark of til
Brooklyn Eagle that Grant went into ofiic
poor, and Is 1otorlousiy :. millionaire Il
ready; and be can not have made his mil
lion out of his official salary, or his legiti
mate receipts in public service" the Time
says with justice. "if one part of the duty .
the President of the United States was t.
answer every question addressed to Inn
about his private circumstances. and empty
his poke book to every visitor 10 show
how much money he had about him, the
dignity OF the office weuld not be much in
creased, and. perhaps. the people would
not consult their own interests by subject
in. their chiet officer to such lll-usage7
Hence, it adds. the President follows the
inyariablc policy of treating all attacks OF
this nature with silent contempt. Never
theless. it is authorized. by virtue of "care
fui inquiries" to make tho following state
ruents, which forms the gist of the Times
article:
Outside of his official salary his income
does not exceed $1,000 "a wear His princi-
pal property is his farm of six or seven hun
dred acres, near st. Louis part of which
which Inherited by Mrs. Grant. The
remainder was bought by General Grant
from the other heirs, out of the $1,000
given to him 10y the citizens of New York
before he became President. One of the
charges against the President is that this
ST. Louis farm was present to him. The
rest OF the 500 900 referred to was used in
paying of the mortgage on his house in |
street, Washington, now owned by General
Sherman, and IN purchasing ana furnishing
his house at Long Branch, which he is
charged with receiving as a present from
~ nv haf hsip fl1.r, -,
bcrless tabrcatlons set atiOat by the .Suu
about the President. and repeated eagerly
by journals opposed to him. Not a dollars
worth of property has been given TO Gen
eral Grant since he became President
During the war the President saved
something out OF his pay AS major general,
and with the money SO saved he bought a
part interest in some Chicago lots. which
have appreciated in value but hitherto have
yielded no income. He also bought a small
amount OF horse railroad stock. which he
still owns, and which pays moderate divi-
dend. He was given, while General in the
army, Il house in Philadelphia which he
rents for about $4,000 year
The announcement that the President
has taken no presents since he came INTO
office will, We are confident. be reassuriur
to the public mind. but still does not
touch the real point For the question is
not whether these presents were given
since he Was inaugurated, but whether
they were given because he was about TO |
be inangurated; and whether he has. or
has not, nominated or appointed the donors |
IN numerous instances to important public |
offices.
As t" he charge that president Grant |
Guarreis with Sumner and is friendly with |
Nye. etc and that he absents himself from
washington during summer" the Times
says: I'VE leave people to form their own
opinions about it," and proceeds to take up
the chief bone of cOntention-the charge Of
nepotlsm. We copy the most conspicuous
cases OF the list of twenty five or more
which the New York SIN has been adver-
Using so persstently for the past two wears,
together with the answers-thc latter in
parenthcses:
l. Jesse Root Grant, Presidents father,
Postmaster at Covington. Kentucky. ian
pointed to office by johnson: retained by
Grant,
Ii. Rev. NJ. J. Cramer, Presidents brother
n-law: Mnlster to Denmark. iAppointed
Consul to Leipsic. by Lincoln transferred
to Denmark by Grant. etc,
Ill. Brevet Brigadier General +. r. Dent.
Presidents brothern-law. one of the mill;
tary secretaries at the Executive Mansion.
(Army appointment &; hold. no position of ,
emolunent at hands of President]
Nv. George w. Dent, Presidents brother
in law. Appraiser OF Customs San Francis
H.
fornia delegationj.
'. John Dent, President : brother-in- law
Exclusive Indian trader tor New Mexico I'M
acr the Indian bureau; place worth 100000
year WAS not appointed by President;
1olds no office under Indian Bureau: profits A
IT place grossly exaggerated,
VI. Alexander Sharpe Presidents broth
'r-in-law, Marshal of the District of Column
'ia. IA trst-class man, and capital appoint
nentl.
VII. James +. Casey. Presidents brother
n-law, Collector Of the Port of New Or
cans. lis not Presidents brother-in-law.
nut Mrs. Grants; has proven an excellent
TX Sias Hudson. Presidents cousin.
iinister to GUATEMALA Was strongly re-
by his friends in Iowa; Presi-
ent has but slight acquaintance with hln). a
WI. Peter Casey. Presidents brother-ir-
lw's brother, Postmaster OF Vickshurg,
Mississippi. Mrs Grants brtther-in,law's
rother; was a loyal Sontherner Not ap-
Ointed as tho Presidents choicel
NVII s. +. Lambert NJ. d., Presidents
ccond cousin, Receiver of the Public
loreys in Oregon: said to be a Gcfaulter.
ut retained in office. No such person in 4.
flee in Oregon now or at any other tImel
MI. E. &. David Presidents wife's
busln's husband, Special Agent of the
osto!iice Department in Illinois and Iowa.
4
XXII. Charles T. Baldwin, Presidents
ous!n's husband, Mail Agent III Kentucky, !
No relation; President does net know ]
inn. 7
ANl'. Alexander Sharpe. Jr, Presi-
ent nephew, Cadet at Annapolis. Mrs.
rants, not the President :. nerhew,
AAV. Frederick Dent Grant, Presidents D.,
N, Second Lieutenant Fourth Cavalry: +
'ne 10 Europe on an Illegal leave of alb $
nee granted him by his father. (Ap- =
'inted to West Point by johnson; is not +
! leave of absence, but is on duty on staff S
General OF the Army. S
1t will tie observed that the answers to
&c first flve instances are purely evasiye. -
he same IL the case with the seventh. AS Db DO
Sharpe, the sixth example. he NAV be a s.
'stciass man out ne was reputed tO be a T
cessionist during the war. As to the Q
nth case, that OF SHE Hudson, OF Iowa, s
, was not the choice Of the Iowa d,l.y, :,
III, nor OF any influential person Who had
regard for the welfare of the pu,lc ar
ce. The answer to the seventeenth case Can
mere bubble on the mispeling OF n Fl
ans name. 1t is Lamper. and he ia a ~ ~
usin OF the President. He was a gaugrr "
inspector OF whisky at Chicago. and was 81
hged to resign on account OF his connec- Fl
IN with certain frauds upon thesreyenue. a.
ter tins he was lifted out with the OREGON
ponfment. AS to +. &. David, of Du
'que, II the President docs not know him Ola
ought to. Fl
we should not have aiuded to these mat IT,
rs II the times had not forced them upon Fl
# attention Being thus brought ND again Fl
puDllc anmadversiOn, we are CON NJ
amer 10 say mat the acceptance of pres III