Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-06-14

oil was witten, and was printed In pamphlet
form long before it come into the Senatei
II was read by the Senator from printed slips
at his desk. Not word, therefore, Of that
careless Kind which we are chsritabiy dis
ls'a deliberate arraignment, and what is
here Is either deliberate truth or deliberate
falsehood, ONE or the other, which he alleges,
as he does here, that TO the dishonor Of the
civil service, and In total disregard of prece-
dent, the President has surrounded himself
with officers Of the army, and substituted mil
itary forms Of civil life, detailing for this SER
vice members OF his late staff. The Senator
from Massachusetts, revised, corrected, print
ed, published, and sent to the world deliber.
ate truth or deliberate falsehood, which there
was no precedent for except his being served
by a few clerks who were willing to serve
him without pay for mere personal affection.
Had not Andrew johnson had four army OIL
GERS detailed for service In the White HouseY
Had not Andrew johnson been surrounded
with sentinels, and the whole thing put In
the position almost OF fort or fortihcationY
And in all complaints that we're made against
Andrew Johnson, did any man charge him
with violating the law In having his house
protected at night by sentinels? Was there
any complaint made upon the ground that
three or four army officers were serving him
In the capacity of clerks in the White Housep
If there was | never heard of it. And yet we
know that in that heated and angrytime, those
men who opposed Andrew johnson were not
chary of the charges they brought against
him, and yet such things were never laid to
his charge. And yet, as l have shown, in
stead of what has been done and is now be-
ing done, being without q precedent, 1t is
less in every respect than was done during
the entire Administration of johnson, with
out criticism from anybody whatever; but
again, this is charge that the executive
mansion has assumed the character of a mil
itary head and that he has substituted mil
itary forms for that of civil life. | take 1t
to be the duty Of this Senate; | take IL to be
the duty of the members of the other house (;
take 1t to be the duty of all lovers of JUS
tlce who reside for portion OF the year in
Washington, and know the facts, to bear tes-
timony to the American people
whether this argument is a truth
or afalsehood. Senators, how has
the White House been made to assume the
character of a military hcadquartersp Do
you encounter any sentinel at the door? Do
you see any orderly on the stairs? Do you
see gun, or a musket,or a shoulder-strap in
the White House, from top to bottom? Not
one. The whole charge is as baseless as q
dream. Then comes the Senator to the
| great crime of nepotism and receiving gifts
Well, do not propose to waste much time
on either of those subjects. Nepotism Is
pretty large in space, and would include q
good many of us in its past application.
am not aware that it is any worse for man
| to procure his brother to be appointed to
some place, if he is fit for it, than it is to
| procure particular friend of his to be ap-
| pointed to the place because he is friend.
In principle there is no difference between
the two cases. It may be that If we were
exercising that romantic Spartan simplicity
! of manner which will come after the milleni-
um, when the Senator from Massachusetts,
and the Senator from Missouri will be install.
| ed at the White House, some such thing
might be attempted; but really, in truth and
! in the practical course of business in this
country, this thing is little too fine to de-
| sire or deserve serious attention.
/ Senator Carpenter then refuted the force
of Mr.. Summers gift-taking charges, and
those on the San Domingo matter. The
| speech throughout was an eloquent and tell
! ing defense of the Administration.
ADDRESS OF SENATOR LOGAN.
MIR. Logan followed Mr.. Carpenter. He
again denounced Mr.. Summers attack as
slanderous and malignant, and without just
! foundation. The argument of Mr. Sumner,
that Gen. Grant having been educated as a
military man could not be a successful civ
! ilian, was an argument that no one was tit
| to be a legislator or executive officer of the
! Government unless he had been educated
expressly for that purpose, like Mr.. Sumner
| himself. That doctrine might do for Mas
sachusetts, but General Grants old soldiers
/
would not appreciate it. Senator Sumner
had been before the country as a statesman,
| and what had he accomplished compared
with what General Grant had done? Mr..
Logan thought it was correct to say that the
statute book bore fewer measures originated
| by Mr.. Sumner than by any other man
claiming to be a statesman. The fact was
! that his statesmanship and greatness con
| sisted in high. sounding phrases, long drawn
out sentences and quotations from old
books. His history and achievements were
mere giittering generalities, while the "Tan.
ner of Gaena' had written his history in
blood and it would be read as long as men
read anything.
Mr. Summer had charged the President
with helping his relations. but the fact was
that he (Mr Logan was responsible fol
some of the appointments charged upon
President Grant, and the President himself
had appointed only q few of his relatives
His father had been appointed Postmaster
by President johnson, and when Genera
Grant became President, and his aged father
tottering on the verge Of the grave, asked tc
be allowed to retain the office that gave him
support in his old age, what man with pal
pitating heart in his bosom could resist sucl
! and appeal, except, perhaps, the Senator
from Massachusetts -? Then there was
brother-in-aw of Mr.. Grant in an important
office in New Orleans, but he, it was report
ed, was to resign. The charge that the
President had paid for gifts with appoint
ments to office was basely false 1t was
true that the President had accepted
few gifts but was it wrong for
man who had done such great things
for his country to accept gifts from his CRATE
full countrymen? The charge of muddling
our foreign relations was unfOunded. Their,
was no muddle with Spain, or Russia, o.
Cuba; and if there was any with England
the Senator from Massachusetts, was prima
rily responsible for it. The statement of Mr.
Sumner, that Secretary Stanton had told hin
that Grant could not govern this country
was false, and he (Mr. Logan could prove i
so. Mr.. Sumner had stated further that
when he had asked Mr.. Stanton why, if h.
distrusted Grant, he had spoken in favor o
his election, the latter replied he had spokel
for the Republican party, but had not men
toned Grants name. Mr.. Logan here rea
extracts from Stanton's speeches in tn
campaign of 1868, made at Cleveland, a
Philadelphia, and in New York, in which h
repeatedly eulogized Grant by name, sayinI
that the safety of the country was due T.
Grant; that it was an honor to vote TO
Grant; that the mistakes and mismanage
ments charged upon the Republican part
were no reproach to Grant, because he was i
the field when they were made, if made a
all. and that the large attendance at a meet
ing he was addressing signited that the pee
pie had given judgment in favor of Ulysse
s. Grant.
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