The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-08-01
VOLUME 24-NUMBER a

/ Grant fund, appointed to Office. was
Moses Il GTinneH, and when Grin
neii vas removed then men accused
the President of iugratitude for the
act. I.af d.
The political scaveuEsrs. pretend tine
: Presidents has grgwn ricn - President,
Z By Illicit gain They parade his pr0p-
erty ~ millions. We have fallen on
sorry times, when the Chief Magis-
trates vito fame 50 great and pure,
must give al account OF tire property
in answer to the electioneering false
hood The President would disdsin
TO do it. I have no authority toGgt T.
| do not assume to do is on his behalf.
but on behalf of the party and the
cause he represents, I venture Ia state
the facts. --.... -
/ The Senator then said the house in
! Galena, Mrs. Grants Missouri farm,
= SlOO, 600 house in Washington, which
he sold TO Gen Sherman, the cottage
I at Long Br5nch, and Q house at Phil
adei Phia rented for 8, 900 per annum,
I completed the Presidents property
\ with one exception. Some Years ago
he purchased $1,000 in nominal val
I ue of the stock Of the Seneca Stone
/ Company. To this day it has paid
nothing, partly because the President
has interfeTed to pTevent4Seneca stone
being adopted as building material Of
the government. One of the plans
submitted for the State Department
required Seneca stone, but because Of
/ his being stOekhOldes the President
refused TO allow the plan to be even
considered. the other stockholders
/ complained of this, saying they were
| punished because the President owned
stock. The President replied, express
/ sing regret, saying he would sell his
his stock or give it away but for the
| imputatiOns cast upon him by pOliti-
cal opponents because OF his owner
ship, but he deemed it unsuitable even
to seem to defer to such calumny by
parting with his stock. Grant, now
ever, was not money maker, or, in
deed, an office seeker. The presi-
/ dency sought him, and he never con-
scented to stand a second time until as
sured that he was the Only mau who
could not be beaten. The convention
ut Philadelphia turned out to have
not more than thirty Office holders.
/ No national convention of the party
in power ever met before i'm which
men holding official station We're not
largely present Perhaps no single
precinct in the whole country so effec-
tually gave the lie to the pretense that
Office holders eOntrolsed people Us the
Seventh Ward Of Boston, in which
Sumner lives. The Republicans turn
ed out en- masse and voted unanimous
! ly for Grant. Sumnerin his opposition
could not command vote. b..
The announced wish Of COlfax to
withdraw from public life left the eon-
ventiOn without unity Ofsentimenta as
TO the second place on the ticket. The
choice fell upon the man whom Mr..
Wade has well described as the incar-
nation of American citizenship. Born
child Of poverty and toll, the "Natiek
CObbleF" had won place in the re-
spect and good will OF mis- cOuntrymen
which made it fit the second Office in
the republic should be held by Henry
Wilson. Without contrast between
his colleague and himself the prize
might not have fallen to him, but the
inexcusable conduct of Sumner led
the convention to prefer Wilson for
bis own great merit also because his
nomination would record the national |
judgment against the pretensiOn that
the party belongs TO any man, or is |
subject to the whim or dictatiOn of /
any knot of men, however petted in |
the past. Wilson has been Senator 4
many years. During General Grants |
whole military and civil service, he I
has at all times upheld Republican 1
measures, and therefore is answera- |
bic, as he wishes 10 be, for acts of (
party policy aud administration. OBJ |
jeetiOns to either candidate apply to /
both, and can be argued together. The !
administration is on trial. Charses
are made against 10 which must De
met.
The speaker then proceeded to show
how George Washington was abused
by his political opponents, and said
ftSuppOse all that has been said about
Grant was true, still he has made q
good President"
The Senator then took up tine San
EUIIIfug;U question, and said, when
the treaty was proposed, Grant asked
Sumner, chairman Of the Committee
on Foreign Relations, il he would sup.
pOrt.it. Gen. BabcOck and Col. For
ney were present at this interview,
and all understood that Sumner said
he would support it that he could not
think OfdOing otherwise than support
ing the administration in the matter,
and further, that there was no object
ion to the instrument as a whole. Yet
Sumner having meanwhile taken
Oftense because his views and wishes
in other matters were not deferred to,
became ineensed at the President aud
Mr.. Fish, and denounced them. and,
among other things, the San Domin-
go treaty; and, raising the issue Of
with three witnesses, denied
he ever intlmated that he would give
he treaty his support.
Among the glaring absurdities heap ,
I'd upon the the San Domingo matter I
5 the allegation that war was made
IpOn the republic Of Hayti. The
for this is that 4 vessel or
.wO cruised in that part Of the ocean I
Turing the negotiations. Not a gun, !
pocket pistol, nor percussion cap was l
ired, aud the only war-like demon !
itratiOn ever heard OF was that a sea r
Captain sent up sky rocket from the d
ieek of his vessel. The purpose Of {
his sky rocket, or where the stick L /
anne down, never has been ascertain \
"a. ....... Il
The Senator thea spoke OF OfSumner's {
emOval from the Craftsmanship Of the /
Foreign Relations Committee, and Z
aid it was not j removal at all. All
he Senate committees die at the end r
# each session. He was not deposed +
because Of his opposition to the San
Domingo scheme. Sumner did not 2
lOld Communication with the State I
and the Senate was de- :
aged for weeks for lack Of iHfOrma- /
ion. The simple, indeed the only :
.ure for all this, was TO select another ,
.hairman. This was done, and moth {
NO more, and it turned out that trea- !
les, six or seven in number, having !
Ong lain buried in the committee, !
.fter tie change in the chairman were 4
It once brought up and ratified. d
The Senator then took up the charge I
" nepOttIm against Grant, and emu c
nerated many instances where pub
ic men appointed relatives to Office. !
President JOhnsOn's son was his chief '
Private Secretary. Gov. SeWard's son
vas Assistant Secretary Of State, Ed {
win NJ. StantOn's son was q clerk in G
he War Department, Gideon Welles' i
on was q chief clerk Of the Navy De- {
,artment, and when Gideon Welles s
relative at great remu-
leratiOn to buy ships, the scandal was {
Tot that he paid just sums 10 a rela- Q
i've, but that lie paid such sums at q
III. ReverdY Johnson, Minister 20 '
England, made his son Assistant {
Of Legation. John A. Dix,
to France, did the same thing Z
With his son. Schurz pressed his s
on the President snd =
obtained for him g lucrative Office, I
md when Trumbull caused his re-
noval, upon ststenenls impeaching q
lis fituess, SeburZ ragged against the {
President for removing his brOther-in- I
aW. Trumbull seems tO have pro-
.ured appointments for his brother 5
n-law, his sons, and his uephews, 1
md he broke, It IS said, with the Pres {
dent because he refused tO appoint Z
rrumbull's son 10 Office That shrill /
md frisky Teformer, MT. Upton, al s
.hough not colossal himself would ]
leed a hay scale 70 be weighed. along {
With all his relatives he has helped 10 3
get Office. Three brothers-iR-law, a
nephew, and son in Office, with other S
.hirigs for other relatives, did not sat 5
sfv his liberal incii nations bat he z