Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-07-23

ADVANCE.
The TRIBUNE AND THE ADMINISTRATION.
.CorresPondent-Now tell me, MT. President,
SSoSt YOUR aSminiatrS,ion ~ tbe pfIaiTs Of yeuT
great once before he thought proper 70 DO
TanI PU or 20, Oy ., PfO'Pe''i'0 h""i'nAuo" !" ~
President drant-No, personally ho never ut
Tered complaint He hrst Srumelsd through
men," Is they called themselves, came Erumb-
ling % mo about ms not getting more Of me Rst
truth about Greeley is, he has been always sur.
rounding himself with men q dlsrspStablo char:
ofheei, / could not provide fST All Of them, and
most Of them l could not aiiord-tne country
niSss Tin ssd aftsI%srds To TsmoVe. tSy incom'
Potency or misconduct Of some kind or other,
nS'S S'S w man " nnS Bsn an
Camp and Lamont and those people. One man
IsSS'1n) tnS SSna's EsIy PIHIPery i gob hns
allied tho civil service with ali the worthless
men 10 Lhe country Il bad iet him. but would
~ In, ~ - -,
:, ,o,ss,,.ror corrosr,,,dor, h.d !, .ho,t ,,r,o
no., III, ca,.,,I o., a. a. =. - ~.
-, NJ cr,o,o,,. orr,.r, he. 40, 90, ,,.ho
~ ro,,l,, a, u,o ,,ra,,o ch.rr, coD,oInod
,haro,r or I,rod ~ 'oortr,a,c, : siD,,lo &C.,
do, ,horo,, ,,.do 81 baa " -. ~ PIT
dent ,,to remove for incompctsncv or mis-
ronduct Of some kind ar other almost every
man IN whom I gave an anpoIntment on ria
recommendation. Let ms recall some Of Mr.
Greeley's specinl fayorites. First of all there
was Joshua F. Bailey the collector of the
'TbIrty-seeond internal revenue dIstrict Nav
york when A pcwspanor dared 10 saw a word
,hro,,,,,, =, dorht on bis irtcorl,v NJ n,oo-
Ioy rr.hod into min, and m cbsroc,sr,.,,o
.,,,,l.,I,o. denounced hIr, WIN, doroa a, r.i.o
:, hond .,,Ins, hIs net coIIcc,or ~ "a liar
81 r,I,aIn" pi,ar,, ,,hon Tho c,roor .,
IhIs SconnJreI aud JeisnItsr cane IN a SIoso
OH no couch, ,n cscnDc fr,m tho rrrIsh ,
-, a., ~, a. Int, 1osor,.od !, ait,
a., 1r,iL,,,.' am In, - hIn, ona dot.raoJ
hIn, To-doy ho Il onio,In,, ,bo bnndrod.
~ ,hoas,ndy oI daI,ars ~ ,,L,ah ho $50
tho T,e.srry In Nnn,cyIdoo so,,h Gnor,c,
Take another. Mr. f n CoIIIcott was M.
,,ojricd +, an imr,rtant rosi,ior in tho rove
nrc scrvicc in RrooLI,r nm tho r.co,n,ncrd.
atIor of omong other gcn,Iomsr NJ Grco-
I.r NJ Ta,I,co,, ha.led G,r sono ,Im. in
rho .urshIno az tho 7,-i,,,no wa. ,,crcron.Iv
a,d LIrdIy treated In i,s c,Irr,r. w. o,, ~
,Ir,.,, ,.r,,, Iii, IL. ,,ro,,,,,,r. a. o,,,r.
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M -, ~, HJ" Caui1r,, 80 - -.
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80 va norSonod n, The 80. soIIo,,s,Ion =,
,So ~ mon SvSo nrio,IpaHI. 1900
hin, os !, a, ord ,,rorsr TorsoH tor CON-.
Toto another NJ Nor,o,,- ,vos a CON ad.,.
tlaI rlcrk in the Nav York post oflrc- M
L,d ,h,ro, of IN, r,orov-or,or dcDor,r,.,t
and IKE BaIIcv and CaIiicotl was The init.
mate friend Of Mr. GrcoIev-so Intimate ina,
Mr. Greeley did mot hesitate IN sipn nj,
bonds IL ia less than twelve moptbs ayo
since Mr.. Norton became a defaulter TO the
tune of. IL we remember CORRECTLY. some
seventy thousand dollars. Immediately after
Nortons guilt was discovered, the New York
Journals contained notices that hIs bondsmen
would make good the amount of his defal-
cation to the Government. We were told that
Mr.. Greeley had promised to pay his portion
of the sum which the Government lost, and
which he was morally and legally bound to
pay. But il has not been paid vet.
But we have no desire to awake unpleasant
recollcctlonsiu the breast Of our contemporary.
Bailey aud Norton and Calllcott were very
near aud dear to the Tribune Ind Its editor,
and doubtless are so still. We shall not,
however, ask an explanation of the Tribune
or hold II to an accountability for the crimes
aud frailtIes of Its protegcs; but there Is one