Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-09-03

that is, if you have any nephews ?
You live in Wisconsin in q land of
intelligence, of plenty, and of virtue.
Are you going to take fright and look
tor the downfall of the Republic, be-
cause some one in the Senate bawls
out Nepotism ? Why, Grant must
appoint somebody to fill the so 900
or &C, 600 offices ; he nust have men or
women to fill them; and they are all
relatives OF somebody. If it happen
ed that half dozen or so of that vast
number who came to ask appoint
ments were related TO Grant or to
his wife, must he for that reason re-
fuse to appoint them a.? Must be turn
out his aged father and others from
positions that Johnson had given
them? Was that what you demand
ed OF him in 1862 But they say it
was in bad taste to appoint his rela>
tives. Well, there is no disputing
about tastes. The main point to aim
at is TO get good official service. If
Grants distant relative fills a place
as well as any other man, why not
retain him?
Now of all these relatives, there is
only one whose character has been
assailGd. All the sins against society
have been laid to the charge of the
Minister to Denmark, Mr. Cramer,
because he happens to be Gen.
Grants brother-in-law, or because
some other men wanted the place
for themselves or their relatives.
Fearing that Mr.. Cramer might be a
man unworthy of the position, | took
much pains to investigate the facts
| find him TO be one of the most up
right, thorough, honorable and able
men,-a Christian gentleman, who is
far, far beyond the ordinary stamp
OF officials. You can't pick out a
man in any community sgainst whom
those charges may not as well be
made as against Mr.. Cramer Yet
Cramer s.the only relative of whose
character they complain.
These few relatives Of the Graut
and Don't family hold office not only
by the Presidents nomination, but
by the Senate's confirmation. Grant
then does not bear all the gait, aud
| beg you will not make out too bad
case, because that might compro>
mise Senators Schurz and Sumner
and myself; and | have a character
TO lose, if Grant has not.
What else is he charged with !?
They say he made raid on San Do
mingo That he tried to steal a
West Indian repablic by force and
arms The President of the United
States has the constitutions power
TO negotiate treaties. He made one
with San Domingo, providing that
with the consent Of both govern.
ments we might acquire San Domin-
30 as U. S. territory. The Senate
refused to ratify it. Now the Senate
is Republican as well as the Presi-
dent. Then if it was crime in
Grant to advise the treaty, it was
merit IN the Senate to reject it ;and
let us offset the merit against the
crime. Does any one insinuate that
Grant asked for this new territory to
make money out Of it? Not now,
my friends there were at first few
UhelpS, i can't call them by any
better name, who sneaked abou.
slyly among newspaper men, whis-
pering that base unfounded charge of
dishonesty against Grant, and news
papers were found that trumpeted
the charge. Grant asked commits
sion to investigate the whole matter,
and not man Ired stand up in the
Senate or before the committee and
accuse him Of such dishonor. 1t was
but one of the secret lies OF his envi-
Gus foes.
You think it wild idea, to benefit
tho . $. by annexing San Domingo.
So do |. But is it not shameful and
unjust, to accuse Grant thus, in offer
ing 81 500 600 for it, when you have
seen the Alaska treaty negotiated,
compelling US to pay $1,000 600 for a
worthless desert around the North
Pole Can you tnd among your
merchants or traders man SO
stupid that he would rather have
Alaska than San Domingo? Yet
the Alaska purchase was made, and
| growled about il in vain. was
one of two il the United States Senate
who opposed the treaty. | never
heard any man express the least
wish for Territory in Alaska till it
was ours by treaty. But every adj
ministration since 1880 has been
trying to get hold of some of those
islands. Seward had plan arrang,
ed, to pay 100000 for one little
island and very rough and shaky
with volcanoes at that. Well, | did
vote tor that treaty, for l hoped
some morning to find the island sunk
and well off our hands.
Our Liberal friends think if they
only elect Greeley they are safe frog
San Domingo. Oh yes, then they
can sleep well at night and have
none of these nightmare fears of has
making raid on that country. Bat
let me read what Greeley wrote Feb.
10, 1869. 1--WE believe the people of
San Domingo would be greatly bene-
flied by the annexation of the little
republic TO the United States. And
we are quite willing that our govern.
ment shall say that we will gladly
receive them" Now General Grant
has never gone farther than to OK,
press the same views, except that be.
ing in position to embody his
views in treaty, he did so.
But they say he sold arms to the
French, and Senators have labored
to poison the minds of German vo-
tiers by declaiming of this pretended
Partially. This charge ia so utterly
void of reason, and 80 completely re-
futed by the testimony before the
Committee, that it needs no answer
from me to-day. The Prussian gov
eminent refused to buy our guns, and
consented to the sale to France.
Grant believed in selling property