Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-04-18
Filings and SneerS.
From Harner's Weekly.


It is constantly asserted-but con,
slant assertion does not establish fact
that the Republicans who favor the
denomination Of the President are bit.
terly intolerant of those who do not
Yet it would seem, upon a careful read
ne of newspapers and speeches, that
the Republicans who oppose the re-
nomination have at least and equal
chance of expressing themselves. and
that the chances are improved. IT is,
however, natural that those who love
the cause more than any man, and
who believe that the welfare of the
country depends very much upon Re
publican success. should hear with dis
satisfaction unmeasured denunciation
Of the Administration and of all who
support it. Why should every sneer at
the President be assumed to be sincere
and unprecedented, and every suspicion
cast upon the Administration most
justifiable? If an insinuation against
the Chief Magistrate is Indignantly
challenged or repealed, what, is
the lofty reply, {" Is this Roman
Caesar, who can do no wrong No,
he is not Roman Caesar, but he is an
American gentleman, entitled to a fair
play.
The people Of the country who d,
not personally know the President must
Judge him by his words and acts. 1t is
a skillful sophistry,which charges HIM
with every evil that may appear in the
Administration, and refuses him the
credit of all the good. He is a Grimm
al or a cipher, as the eXigencies of his
opponents may demand. But why is
it that certain gentlemen are known as
his friends, and certain others as his
enemies." is question often asked :;
and why when his policy is opposed,
are some opponents treated rs enemies
while others still remain friends 2"s The
reply is not far to seek. Some of his
warmest friends opposed the San Do
mingo Treaty, but they opposed it as
friends. They represented it as 4 mis-
take of policy, upon which there could
be natural aud harmonious differences
Of opinion The result showed that is
was not mere opposition to his policy
which occasioned alienation. But
when his motives and character are i'm
pugned in opposition, why should
there not be feeling on his part \
President must be silent when he is
aspersed. 1t is not all the more duty
Of honor in party opponents not to as
perse him.
So certain Senators are warmly, even
contemptuously, opposed to civil SER
vice reform, which the President IA
vors. But their relations probably
continue friendly, although il is clear
that ii they denounced him as the root
of all official corruption those relations
could not fail to be disturbed. \ Presi-
dent, it is said, ought not TO quarrel.
But has a Senator, the constitutional
adviser of the President on many occa-
sions, no similar duty There are
Senators who oppose as well as who IA
vor his policy Of civil service reform,
who are upon friendly terms with the
1 President That poiut is not deter
mined by sympathy with his views. $685.
/ There are other Senators who honestly
dent disgraces his Office Is itsuIpris-
ing that they are not upon friendly
terms with him, even ifthey are friends
of civil service reform
The country can also easily under
stand that thousand tales are told OF
the President which are simply fllse.
They are repeated, and emphasized and
enlarg ID until they are accepted as
true, and one such fact, as it is called,
is supposed to indicate myriad more
OF the same kind. There is, for instance,
/ . Ill ,,l,.,,,T III. OF
quarry. 1t represents the President as
deeply interested in n quarry for which
contracts for Government works are
obtained by his influence, which are
enormously profitable to him. This is
the story industriously repeated. The
fact is that six or seven years ago Gen.
Grant invested some money-which we
believe nobody ever alleged to be dis
honestly earned-in stone quarry,
from which he has never received any
dividend whatever Wehavc heard the
same kind Of story told Of Gen. Logan
in regard 10 some Chicago lots, lie
grew rich in the army, did lie 2 y asks
Mrs. Candour, with Il shrug OF her
moral shoulders. No, Madam he in
vested in land some of LIS small say,
iugs from his Generals pay. The sum
was very small and the terms of pay
ment very easy, and the land rapidly
rose in value; and, as every man who
honors one OF the braycst and most
skillful soldiers OF the war viii be glad
to know, the General has the legitimate
benefit of his bargain.
We do not believe that the people of
the United States hear with patience
these incessant filings at President
whom the most elaborate ingenmtyhas
failed to stain even with suspicion.
He Is exhorted to conciliate and to