The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-06-14
THE ATLANTIC on GRANT.
SerioIs Bolt al the kZab--The At |
Ian tic Attacks President Grant.

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Ian TIC Attacks President Grant.
From the Atlantic Gonihly.l
The replies of friends of the Adinis-
tratiOn TO The changes made against the
President have been from the first, con-
lsidered merely as replies. singularly in
effective The Official reply TO the charge
OF nepotisn was that, instead OF having
appointed twenty-four relatives to Of
fee. the President had only appointed
! twelve. But the difficulty Of this meth
cd Of meeting the accusation was that It
did not go far enough. Obviously the
question was not whether the number
OF these appointments had been eXag-
gerated, but what the proportion was
between the whole number OF appoint
mcnts actually made and the whole
number OF relatives. II the President
has two thousand relatives clarnorOus
for office. the appointment Of twelve Gt
may, possibly, have been eleven) was
not very large. On the other hand, ii
be has only thirteen relatives who seek
Office and are eligible under the Consti-
tuition. the appointment OF twelve shows
ia different spirit. TO have made its re-
lply complete, The Official organ of New
York ought 10 publish not only a COM
plete list Of all the relatives OF the Pres
ident and Mrs. Grant. but atthc same
lime furnish full information on the
other points we have indicated. To the
most serious charge of .ll-tiiat of these
family appointees several We're incom-
petent to disharge the duties OF their Of
flee in fit and honest manner, one of
them being the notorious Casey OF New
Orlean- no reply has been made. The
country has yet been spared hearing by
way Of official answer that these inde-
cent appointments were not III reality
-four i'll number. as had been reported :
but only three. III the second place, the
charge that. in the face Of repeated re-
monstrances, the President has allowed
Ian obscure and impudent adventurer TO
Iamass fortune BY ,yiematic system oi
lplunder, under tie protection Of the au-
tholities OF the Government. j; was re-
piled that the general order system
would soon he modified. And il las
been modified. and no one knows TO-
d-y whether Leet retains the control OF
Iit or not. To the charge that The Plesi-
dent took no interest in the most inn
portant political question OF the day,
that of civil service reform. il was re-
Piled that board Of eminent men had
been appointed 10 consider the subject.
and that the President would be guided
by their conclusions. Their report was
made and adopted by the Preside ent.and
a great flourish OF iliunphs was made
of this reform. which might quite as
easily have been introduced three years
before and il had hardly been adopted
when it WIS announced, that the rules
would be temporarily suspended when
ever the Administration thought proper.
And lastly. to The charge Of present TAX
ing. The reply made is that the whole
matter was talked over in 1867 by Col.
Forney. Mr.. Justice Cartier and Scna-
tor Thayer and Gen. Grants Chief OF
Staff. and it was decided that. as Gen.
Grant had saved the rich Il great deal
during Inc war. it was only fair that he
should get some OF il himself. .All these
accusations. however, are merely mat
iers Of detail. Those who distrust the
Administration have an underlying
ground ofcomplaint. which il would re-
uure a great deal 10 remove. 1t has Of
ten been repeated. but repetition does
not weaken its force. II is. that when
General Grant was elected, four years
ago. il was the popular belief ard un-
iderstanding that he would bend all his
energies 10 the work Of purifying the
Government. of rcdcening it from the
corruption into which il has fallen, ni
assisting those whose object il il ia make
political life in America once more re-
spectacle and honorable. Instead OF
doing this, he has allied himself with
the very men whose names are by ord.
throughout the country for those vice.
which he professed his desire To root
out; he has lent his warm assistance {,
petty factions, warning not for any po.
litical object. but tor the control o. plum.
der, and he now demands his rc-elrclioi
on the strength of these services 10 the
country.