The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-05-03
THE CASE AGAINST GRANT

The assertion is constantly pat
forth by those who oppose the re-
election of President Grant that he is
using the patronage of the Govern
ment as so much money to carry cleo
tons fo:..his party and re-elect him.
self. Low that falsehOod frittcrs
away before the following order of
the President
.The utmost fidelity and vigilance
will Unexpected of all..oflicers..ln every
branch of the public service. POlit-
ical assessments, as they are called,
have been forbidden within the vari-
Gus departments, and while the right
of all persons in official position to
take part in politics is acknowledged
and the elective franchise is rccog-
nized as a high trusttO be discharged
by all entitled to its exercise, whether
in the employment of the Government
or in private life, honesty and efti-
ciency-not political activity will
determine the tenure of office.
u. S. GRANT"
1t has been charged, and reiterated
even by some who claim to be Repub-
licans, that Grant is appointing mel
to and removing them from office,
| simply to further his chances for a
denomination. Against this stands
Grants proclamation that '.honesty
| and cficiency-not political activity
will determine the tenure of office"
How the plain, honest, straightfor-
ward work and words of Grant break
through the burden of insinuation
and SANDER which the soured politi-
clans have heaped upon him, hoping
thereby to destroy him i'll the popular
confidence. Why don't the politi-
clans convention chaps tell the truth?
They must put a low estimate upon
the public intelligence if they expect
to build up a s~trong.cause out of mis-
representation and abuse. If they
favor the politicians movement be-
cause they want universal amnesty,
why don't they say that Grant has
recommended that very measure, and
that the leaders of this politicians
movement in the Senate prevented it
becoming a law that T'rumbull and
Upton, and others who are now at
Cincinnati looking for general am
nesty. voted in the Senate TO with
hold pardon from JEFF. Davis, Robert
TOOmbs and General Forrest? II
they really favor civil service reform
why don't they say that Grant has
urged it; that just as fast as Congro-'
would do anything to enable him tt
do so, he has carried reform into eff
feet; that as soon as Congress autho
rized it, he appointed a commission
to prepare a reform civil service; tha'
as soon as the advisory board coul(
arrange a plan for carrying thos'
rules into effect, he has approved it
that it is Congress that hinders hin
from going ahead with that reform
Why don't they tell the truth abou
this? If these gentlemen really thinl
that the offices should not be given a
, rewards to the politicians who wOrl
for the success of the party, VIII.
don't they give Grant credit for hav
ing, in his whole administration, ig
nored the partisan policy more thai
any President since John Quincy Ad
ans? Why don't they give him credi
for this much, at least, and merel,
complain because he has not carries
the policy far enough? Why don
: they be honest? The very trouble is
| General Grant has done all that cal
| possibly be expected Of him in thi
I direction. lie has steadily ignores
the politicians, and so the politicians
: convention has been called agains