The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-11
ROMERO'S GENEROSITY.

A SPAN OF HORSES, A CARRIAGE AND 4
SERVICE OF SILVER PLATE THANK
FULLY RECEIVED.
New York Sun Washington Letter.1
Some months since gave an item Of
news concerning the intimate relations
which existed between Gen. Grant and
Senior NJ. Romero, late minister from the
United Mexican States to the United
States of North America Their In.
tiinacy began rs far back ~ the spring Of
| 1865, when the Mexican Government was
making desperate efforts to obtain AS
| sistance from the Government as we'll vs.
well as the people of the United States.
1t continued until the departure of Mr..
Romero TO Mexico, and there are excellent
reasons for believing that it is yet maintain
ed, for Mr. Romero pursues the proper
course 10 retain the confidence and esteem
| Of our present-taking President.
That Romero had great influence with
| Grant while he was General Of all our
| armies We need no better proof than the
following extract from case No. 616 before
| the united American Mexican Commission,
entitled Herman Strum vs.. The Republic
Of Mexico. On page "a, under head Of
Memorandum Of an interview with Mr..
Romero and Gen. Grant on the 9th of July,
1866, NJ the city Of Washington" we and
Strum writes ~ follows:
Called at headq uarters at / p. n precisely.
Mr.. Romero was detained some time. On
his arrival We saw Gen. Grant, who said he
would get US an order from the Treasury
Department TO clear the goods from New
York, and would also give me letter to
Gen. Sheridan. So l shall have no trouble
in Texas.
On the same page we find the following
letter from Secretary McCulloch, which
shows that Grant was prompt to keep bis
promises with Romero:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
| WASHINGTON, July 10, 1866.
SIR-Your letter OF this date received, re.
questing permission ~ ship from New
York to Brownsville, Texas, in transitu
for q foreign market, certain ordnance
stores, us specified in an invoice enclosed
Herewith.
In reply you are respectfully informed
that the matter has been duly considered,
and in accordance with the determination
arrived at on the subject, you are hereby
permitted to ship the said articles as re-
Quested by you, Of which permission the
Collector ut New York has beon duly not.
fled. am very respectfully,
(Signed] II. McCULLOCH,
Secretary of the Treasury.
II. STRUM, Esq., care Of w. Ii. ellison, Esq ,
O. Cortlandt street New York
l also stated in former letter that SEN
or NJ. Romero, on taking his departure
from this country, presented Mrs. Gen.
Grant with his magnificent service Of sill
yer plate. This, however, was not the
only substantial favor which came from
thehsnds Of the muniHcent Mexican. He
also owned splendid pair Of horses and
an elegant carriage, with all the equip
ments. These the departing Minister pre-
senled to Grant himself, and they we're
thankfully accepted. These horses, to-
gether with their costly trappings and the
carriage, were kept for long time with
the presidents stud in this city, and were
on more than one occasion used by him.
When the first cry was raised about his
gift enterprises, the horses were ship
ped of to his Missouri farm, whero they
remain to this day. The carriage was ira
ded of to livery stable man in this
city.
But this is not the whole story. A son
of Senior Romero married into Wash
ington family, and visits are not uhfre-
quently paid by some member of the
nomero trlDe 10 washington. whenever
these visits are made, costly presents are
brought from Mexico and find their way
the the White House.
There is, Of course. an object in this nu-
nidcence on the part Of the Mexican
grandee. am not prepared to state sx-
acty what it is, but it is a well-known
tact that there have been, and still are,
some queer doings on tho Rio Grande,
which have given rise to considerable
scandal. 1t has always been matter Of
wonderment to many people why an end
WAS not put to these disreputable practices
on our Mexican frOt'er by the strong arm
of the government. Is 1t not isir INFER
ence to draw from the facts stated, that
these muni6cent gifts have not been with
out an object, and also that they have had
the desired effect