The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-01
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fere with the performance OF the military duties
proper; THIS language s explicit Then came the
who SHALL after the passage Of this act, accept or
service Of the government, shall be considered as
having resigned his said ONCE and the place held |
deemed and taken 70 be vacant ' 70 'sa's cone 9e
sderate and ciTcumspect President, who recognized |
this provision, especially when reinforced by the
earlier statute, would have been rule OF action in
obstacle to pretension which takes army oincers
away from their proper duties and
MAKES THEM PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARIES.
later statute odds to the obstacle BY act OF
Congress Of July lS 1870 u Is provided that it shall
United States on the active list to hold any cvil )
onloe, whether net. ,. By election or appoin1.ment
functions ofcivil ONCE shall at once cease to be- .
onlcer Of the army, and his commission sha' He
palmer tAan these words No army onicer net shing
retired Inst can hold any civil ONCE ana tn to enc ee
such once the commission is vac ,es,ons uo0 Of
sss Sus has, 0G nnder t Sis head Of
asss sar aa as
%oT HORACE Porter, General O. T Dent, General
act there such oes9s su,Sas'ai u
assistant private secretarT e private secretary
saed for shs ming i said Of being a.
re- sSs and G SINCE
"n,ca ~ And vet IN a. Mansion 1t must be a civil
GERS c ,nn to e rcise its functions and some
en'e rn 1Ee Arono tn messages President
tor TINS se pvi vain No authority can be- shown
against the ex ow absurd to suppose that rule
o civil ONCE not for three dozenY Nay more il the
NAV be q OF Secretary at the Executive Mansion
SS SS one Sn reated without law, why other
from 6 And what n Is 70 hinder , the Presdsn.
attsn3 but VITA messengers, stewards and personal
he M lants, any detailed from the army Why my
he sion indefinitely II the President can
w EstinneaA. in his present t.,. course there
lolaeion of the ute. Here the biue book testi-
rs or u records the names Of the sser ,nns
.Sseatlnr them as holding two incempatble efces
IN petenscn which, III the interest Of
-lepnbllca government, should be arrested
From the executive ~ mansion pass now to the
Hsr De partmcnt and there we witness The same
srrect Principle are lost tive VIII c d one man
ae ! mnpEremacy OF the ciyh power over
.sseceh e orders. But this beautiful rule with ii
senl set aside by eur President ana the secretar,
Of War degraded to be a clerk The 5tl
der from the President, reconsfrncting The
st i aary o.. departments ran covering the southen
en- Nee, which Furported to be signed by the Adju
sn Sy 81 6 es q e
nee days later witnessed another order protesting
the War was h IS
&c General.in- Chief being William r Sherman, who
Se THE Chiefs Of stat corps, departments
md bureau Will report to and act under the mme.
Army This act OF revolution, exalting
n inc military fn,ty power above the civil showed
upon assuming command proceeded to place the
several bureau officers Of the. War Department
was q military dictatorship with the President ut
ats head, not merely in spirit, but in actual form
and respecter Of the constitution became secre.
tary Of War, and though bound to the President
General order issued from the War nf be ps
81 %sr S'a The and Ensd or By
ree RESI- and It was enjoned that all OF
the action Of the iw OF
War win be submitted by the chiefs OF stan, corps
Public report said that this restoration OF the CIV
power to its ightful supremacy was not obtaine,
the sEcREr.EY OF TIE NAVY BY DEPUTY.
Kindred in character the unprecedented at
tempt to devoIvc the duties of the Navy Department
on SO tina, orders o se to ns be
Porter, Admiral" as appears in the Official journal
pan q vice Admiral for the
OF the Navy The obvious object OF this illegal
high on the list Of giftmakers to be- Secretary
without being troubled with the business of the
once. VIGOROUSLY he was invalid, who, accord
ing to his own confession modestly pleaded that he
could not apply himself to work more than an hour
day. But the President so0thed his anxieties by
promising q deputy who would do the work And
thus was this great department. made play thing.
But public opinion and other counsels arrested the
sport Here, mention, that when this incumbent
. left his important post it was understood that he
allowed to nominate his successor.
PRETENsIoH ON THE INDIAN BUREAU.
At the same time occurred the effort to absorb
changing its Character as part Of the civil service
Congress had already rePadated such an attempt
failure, sought to accomplish IL by manipulation
and Fl First st ee s.a ,S
he the, then by military order dated May
os list Of o ~ ae'S o Of s
mental organizations by the consolidation OF the in
11 e. the act Of 90 Of '9s By es
which, after declaring the number OF Indian agents
nSw asy Or aepSas TO
military officer OF the United States to execute the
oSme 1 page sSs shows that obviously @
provision had reference to some exceptional ext
sai Substitution Of military officers RS instead ado" Of
civilians confirmed by the Senate and bound
dHties, and yet upward OF sixty army oificers were
In, this way iosted into the Indian service. The
eating an nconps5Ity between the military Military
service and the civil, was aimed especially at this
abase, and these officers ceased to be Indian agents.
\ Dental pretensi0n.
lhen followed military interference in elections
"a repeated use OF the military in aid of the reve
",
~ al last General Haleck and General Sherman
pro 'es,ed, the former. in his report OF Octo-
reco mmendation of my last annual re-
port that military officers should NOT inter.
fere IN local ciyil difficulties unless called
out N tne manner provided by law; and the latter
in his report OF November 10, 1870, says:-"I think
the 10 niers ought not to be expected to make in
diyidaa arrests or TO do any act Of violence except
In thel capacity as posse coInif1t,ts duly sum.
mOnedls the United States Marshal and acting in
his perfA ,nal presence" ana this military pre.
tension al ivading civil a1airs was arrested -
Meanwhile this same Presidential usurnation
seubordAaetlg all 10 himself, became papabe n,
another FORM IL was said OF Gustavus Adolnhus
that heIarkledhis Diet to vote at the word OF Com