The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-06-27
From the Chicago Tribune.
Another Letter Of Acceptance from Grant.

From the Chicago Tribune
Another Letter Of Acceptance from Grant.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WAsHMGToN, June 5, 1872.
| Gentlemen of My Convention: 1t has signal
ly pleased gracious and benigned Providence
80 to order the revolutions of the heavenly
bodies as to cause again to recur the quadrlen-
NAL period at which the nation may approprl-
ately acknowledge and ratify my continuance
in power. We rejoice to recognize and reward
the loyalty of your party to ourselves, and to
our affectionate cousins of the Presidential TAM
ily. You will learn with pride that, not only
in this country, but in Europe, the Executive
rank is appreciated in a novel and gratifying
manner. The Prince Frederick Dent our
heir-apparent, is now sojourning at The various
palaces of sister governments, escorted py tne
chief officer of the army and numerous retie
nue.; the presence and grateful reception OF
another member of our family by the British
Queen is also well calculated to facilitate the
peaceful settlement of the Alabama claims.
Should the continuing appreciation OF the
American people approximate to that SHOWN
by the Republicans of England two centuries
ago toward General Cromwell, whose training
as a tanner eminently fitted him for suppressing
all opposition in his party. it is possible that
our republican court may yet rival in its pos
session of all the comforts of social life and its
general hilarity and good humor the Court OF
Louis XIV, of France, sometimes called the
magnificent.
At present it is our gracious pleasure to in
| form the Convention that considering the cir
cumstances, we are personally doing as wen as
| can be expected. The unanimous vote OF the
"Rump," defeating the payment OF f the n, Ghor, nor
penning claim ($493, 3,O0O) after it had been
carefully nursed by our Executive serenity ana
our Secretaries for four years, and after we had
peremptorily ordered it paid, was an imPoyer-
| ishing blow to the finances of the Administra-.
| ton. and indicates the ungenerous tendency OF
certain restless and mischievous opponents OF
the party to reduce it's great exponents TO the
scanty pittance afforded by our meagre salaries.
| In this disaster we are consoled by the COM
plete success of one of our most able Secreta-
ries in extracting from the Treasury the sums
of S93 900 in the Secor claims, and $500, 900 on
the Roach contract, besides other very FAIR
transactions, known as the Governor claims,
&c. Both these were instances OF the E4ecu-
| tive prerogative, without the tedious and un-
satisfactory interposition Of the laws delay.
They show how rapidly Constitutions are not
made, but grow" under an Executive when
ever keeps his eye steadily directed to the main
chance 1t is not impossible that, by judi
cious extension of our Executive prerogatlve,
the taxpayers may, at an early period, be re-
| lieyed of the expense of sustaining Congress
altogether, and may vest the sovereignty where
| It can be exercised with the most unity OF
counsels in the Chief Magistrate alone.
The failure of the San Domingo treaty, so
iudiciously arranged by our aide camp, Gen:
Babcock, backed up by reasonable display OF
| force in the Haytien waters, under three naval
officers also occasions regret to choice circle
of enterprising spirits who had intended 70 re-
alize in profits, on raising sugar, the tnlfy
millions year or 80 which have heretofore
gone to the Government in the form OF reVe-
nue.. As this step would depopI!ate the negro
Republic of San Domingo it was opposed
by sundry philanthropic gentlemen, who con.
ceived that the interests of the blacks OF hayl
should prevail over the pecuniary welfare OF
loyal friends of the Executive, who have served
their country nobly in past transactions IN cot,
ton on both sides of the line. have expelled
from the Republican party these cynical and
dangerous men, who attempt IN this manner 10
| limit the field of private enterprise, when the
Government is trying to keep it from langulsh-
ing. Of course, you will pass some resolution
approving the expulsion of these incendiaries
and maintaining the unity of the party in the
bonds of peace.
1t gives US sincere pleasure to announce that
our chief effort has been to prove that the hum
blest capacity in the nation is adequate to the
performance of the highest duties OF states
manship. Not many great, not many mighty
have called to aid me in my task, if 80 it can
be called. have followed the Divine and
Apostolic example of choosing the weak men
of this country to confound the men that are
wise. They have done it to my complete salts,
faction. Some members of my Cabinet had
never been heard of by myself or BY. the coun-
try until about the period of their appoint
ment They are clever fellows and are doing
we'll.
I can't tell what shall do if reelected, be-
cause I don't know.
Yours, imperially, -
u. s. GRANT.
This may not be what our excellent presl-
dent has written. In such case 1t derives It's IN
terest solely from its resemblance 10 what he
has done.