American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-14
Grants ''Sweeping RefOrm.o

The same day brings us Information
that Sickles is to stick and Brother-in-law
Casey is to stick. Since the success of his
counting-in in North Carolina, Grant
seems to think he is to stick himself, and
as an earnest of what he will do if he does
stick, confirms Sickles and Casey i'm their
places The plea for Sickles is, that ''re-
cent accounts from Spain show that friend
ly feelings exist between Minister Sickles
and the Spanish Government, which has
repeated the request that he remain at
Madrid as our representative. Therefore
his letter of recall will not be presented -
The plea for Casey reads thus:
''Some months ago Collector Casey, of
New Orleans, handed to the President his
resignation. to take place TN the appoint
ment of his successor. This letter re-
mains on file, but no successor is likely to
be appointed, the friends of the Admins
tratiOn at New Orleans not being agreed
on a cilinge. NumeI Gus letters have been
addressed to the President by prominent
parties expressing their desire that Mr.
Casey be retained. Therefore, according
to the present circumstances, he will re-
main in office"
The whitewash in these attempted pu-
riticatiOns is so poor that we surmise the
material is MI. Grants own personal make.
It is not often he turns away from his bull
pups and trOtters long enough to take any
the hand Ofthe blunderer is magnificently
shown. Why should the Spanish Gov
eminent request, and not only request
but repeat the request, that Dan con-
tinue to illumine Madrid, unless there had
been some malign influence at work to
withdraw from that Government an am
bassadOr whom it loves and desires to
retain. Was Mr.. Grant himself that
malign power? Did he intend to with
draw the well-beloved Dan until The
Spanish Government could not 'sabear'' il
and piteonsly begged him Off? This bosh
at least, is what Mr.. Grants whitewasl
in the premises amounts to. Everybody
has thought, and, no doubt, truly, that
the Spaniards We're sick of Dan, and
wished to get rid of him, and yet we ar,
now told il is all right between them, and
at the intimation of his departure Spail
has risen in arms to keep him within hcI
arms. This is poor stuff wherewith to
conceal the truth, which is that NOrtI
| Carolina and the Louisville show have
pulled up belief in Mr.. Grant that he i.
as good as elected. and may as well keel
his chums in, no matter what people thinl
or say.
As to Brother-in-law Casey, the pain
is transluccntly thin. Numerous let
tiers" we are told, .'have been addressed
to the President by prominent parties, ex
| pressing their desire that Mr.. Casey be
retained" Those unutterable villain.
who have been giving false testimony il
the Ku-Klux cases, and latterly out o
employment, have all been put to WORK
| letter-writing, expressing their desir,
that Mr.. Casey be retained" and doubles.
have written as hard as they swore. MFR
Casey is in New Orleans and they in tn,
CarOIinas, but gentlemen who make per
jury a profession are not likely to gag a
insulating "a letter. And, therefore, IA.
Grants whitewash of his relative puts it
according to the present circumstances
he will remain in Office"
| with such an ass urance as The retention
in one day of Sickles and Casey gives. il
it at all wonderful that placemen in ant
out of the country are making such
fight to keep their claws on tn spoil .
. ", J.. Wo,id