Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-08-01
TIE STATE OF THE COUNTRY,
The following interesting ccrrespon-
dchce has jus, been made public:
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The following interesting ccrrespon-
dchce has jus. been made public:
NEw YoRK. June IS. 1872.
Nv D"sr Sir: II j. good old custom, ,
ns old the days of Roman Republican.
tn ask from men distinguished in public
life. rs YOU have been, and are. what i.
hes, for the Republic. or. what it is best
90 40 to guard it from detrimentt You
and were ~ long in public life together.
and have so often acted together, that I
feel anxious to know where you are now
in the apparently novel position that the
forthcoming nomination Of Greeley and
Brown at Baltimore will place us. and |
mn the NOR" anxious. because I have al
ready published my own opinion, which
will be STRENGTHENED if fortified by yours.
Yours. truly.
JANIS BRooKs.
BALTIMORE. July 10. 1872.
NV Dear Sir: Your letter of the 18th
o'Jun" was duly received. The DELAY
IN answering it DO not regret, as wha:
has .incc occurred will enable me 20 do So
probably I" n:ore advantage than | could
have done before" The question with the
people now is--whch Of the two will the :
have f"r their next President. u. s. Grant
or Horace Greeley? The former. during
the past three wears, in the udgment of
hll impartial men. has proved his utter
nni'ness for the Office The latter. during
period of more than thirty years. as the
editor of n leading journal. has proved
himself. in the jud gmcnt of all Impartial
md competent men. to be man of cx.
traordinnry ability. perfect patriotism. and
incorrup,ible integrity.
Has not General Grant demon s.ratcc
his unEtncss for the Presidency Hi,
election 10 it in '6s was owing To the con
fdencs the pe"pl" rcposcd in him fo
what they believed he r"sscSsed-g"oG
sen.e-and because Of their gratitude fo
his military services during the war. Ir
his good sense. with the experience Of III,
last three years, il seems To me impoSsi
bic that confidence can new he placed :
His whole career ~ President has bee,
full Of hlunders. Ia use no milder term
\ few Instances will establish this state
mcnt:
I. His selection of his first Cabinet wa
made wi,hou, consultation with anv hon
est and experienced friend, and wi,hou
regard to- merit lie nominated as th,
head of the Treasury a highly respectable
merchant Of New York. in ignorance o
the fact that hy the Sth section of the nc
"f the 2nd of September. 1889. such q,
appointment Is expressly prohibited. an,
this upon grounds Of the clearest policy
the provision being that no person con
ccrncd in trade. directly or Indirectly. i
eligible tn any office created hy that act
and after finding his error. he fonlishlv re-.
questcd Congress to modify the provision
30 as to enable him to make the appoint
ment. In this he vas properly foilcd. al
though his friends constituted large ina.
jority Of bo.a Houses. Iu the appoint
neuts be actually made, he seems not t,
have been Influenced by any regard to tn,
fitness Of his arpoin,ccs. but in many in
stances hv wish To shrw his grati.ud,
for valuable presents received.
=. His selection Of his relative. for high
and important trusts. st home and abroad
obviously without asccr,aining whether
they were 6t. and his refusal 10 remove
many OF them after their un6tness haC
been painfully exhibited.
3. His negotiation for the annexation
nf the Dominican Republic, through nc
Minister selected with the approval Of III,
Senate. and his undignitied lobbying viii
Senators to procure its ratification and