New-York tribune., 1872-04-26
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.
GRANTS ADMINISTRATION a FAILURE.
From 7As A'iaaHt Moshly for May.
,.or,l;nc &c th,, f,innda of tho AImlnlS :

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Tho replies Of the friends of the Admins
traton the charges made against tae President have
bccn from the first considered merely rs replies Singu
pctism was that iustead OF having appointed twenty
four relatives to office the President had only appo9,eG
twelve. BIT the difficulty with this method ~ meeung
hhe accusation that It did not 60 far enough %
.ously the question was not whether th9 & what the
proportion between the whole number OF apIUluE
II the President has 2oO relatives camorous l0r TTo %
the appointment Of twelve Qt may posSippS p nh" Tho
Ssse Sesr gSn aSyS Whs RSs RSs on tocu
who seek Offices. and rcelgihle under the S0nsI .
sion the az ointment of twelve shows nhcsnt sp. IT,
TO have mnGe its reply complete the official organ IN
NewYors ought 10 publish not onE cov St =, @ ~ Ua
same time furnish fun information the other points we
have indcated To the most serious charge OF al thst
Discharge the duties OF their Offices In nj ana honest
manuer OF them being the notorious Casey OF new
vet been spared hearing by way OF otheia answer t2t
these noecent SSr1 t no, cpv three In hs
second place the charge that in the face of repeated re-
nousrances the President has allowed an obscure and
impudeDt adventurer to amass "a fortune by a sys-
tnatc system OF pundcr, under the protection ol tho
authorities Of the Government it was replied that INC
General order system would soon be modified. And It
has been modified. and no one knows tocay WhetthcT
IAet retains the control OF not 10 the charge that
tine President took no interest in the important po
Cal question Of the day, that Of Civil Service REFORM
II was replied that board of eminent men had been APP
ponted 10 consider the subject. aud that the President
would be guided by their conclusions. Their report was
made, and adopted by the President ana great noi
ish OF trumpcts made this REFORM when might
quite easily have been introduced three years before
and II had hardly been adopted when 1t was announced
that the rules would he temporarily suSpendGd Tneh
the Administration thought proper Aud lastly 10
the charge OF preseut-taing the reply made is, tMt
the whole matter talked over IN 1867 by Col FOey
Mr.. Justice Cartier, and Senator Thayer. and Gen.
Grants chief o staff, and 1t decided that, as Gen.
Grant had saved the rch great deal during tbe war
st only fair that lie should get OF it himself
All these accusations. however, arc merely matters or
detail. Those who dstrust the Admin stration have an
underlying ground OF complaint. which it wOud require
great deal II has often been repeated but
repetition does not weaken us force IL is, i!at VIII VIII
lar belief and understanding that nc would bend all III
energies 10 the work Of purifying the Government OF re
1eemny il from the corruption into which it has fallen
of assisting those whose object II Is 10 make pohtcai
life IN America once more respectable and honoihDie
Instead OF doing this he allied himself with the very
men whose names by-wOrds throughout the country
for those vices which prOfSsed his desire 10 root out
he lent lis assistance 10 petty iaCuOns war
ring not for any political object but for the control or
plun6er. and he demands his reelection ON the
strength OF these services 10 the country.