New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-01

made succession OF speeches for MN IN ONO anu henn
Ike Of spoke for s as Hspu fSa
party and the sIsnon few days later fol-
loved him to the where he nOw Ies 1,e. as a fs
q the ss seemed more and
and pe5Ga m % oynSs suneS me con-
country feeling Is legacy which nave no h 70
withhold Beyond the eanS % coUsiderins how
b President could have been led into that Qxotism OF
personal pretension which IL Is my duty 10 eAPoso'
puTY TO MAKE EXPOSURE.
pardon mo ~ repeat that 1t my duty TO make this
spreading before you the proofs of that per-
sonal government which will only pass without censure
when IL passes without Observation insisting upon to
election the President challenges inquiry ana puts
himself the country Sa aranotV Of tSe country
II n mportant that the personal preensions ne mas set
~ nnon such WAYS and no Senator presume to de-
fend them. The case Is clear Is noon'
TWO TYPICAL INSTANCES.
In opening this catalogue L select TWO typica' IN
stances nepotism and gft-tang officially compensated
each absolutely ndefensibe In the head OF Republic
most nernicious in example and showing beyond ques
on that surpassing egosm pretenson which changed
the Presidential office into personal instrunen,aty
not unlike the trunk Of an elephant aPo ior al
forcing treaty reluctant Senate or forcing re-
election ON a reluctant people
SEPoTIsM OF THE PRESIDENT
Do,uoo, these two tvpeal instances hesitate which
% Mace foremost but since the nepotism OF the Pres
dent ia ruling passion revealing the primary instincts
OF his nature; 1t is maintained by MN IN utter I'M
Of it's offensive characters since instead Oh
blushng for 1t as unhappy mistake ne eonnnes 70
UNFOLD il since has openly defendeg D senators
on This floor and since no true patriot anxious for repub
can institutions doubt that IL ongnt 70 De drven
| / begin with this undoubted abuse ...,,
There has been no call OF or moueymSkne one
portunty under the President Inc coy ~ iet' ~
the press for information on Tbs "a IN a
there is any exaggeration the PTesa 70 h Sinse
knowing the dseredtable allegations ne mas NOT
fastened to furnish the precise be o esi ms
formation In the mood which they nave SHOWN IN this
G Senator not known to for his reelection
would meet with opposition ana an eh0r. 70 yIhca.o
assPanlt on the President But the newspapers have
placed enough beyond question lVr Juusmsne vi tnis
eytraordnary case although thus lar thcfe mas Deen no
affempt TO appreciate it, especially III the hght OF MS
| tory. , =, boraAciaries ao many "a
aoUheing probably every known person allied TO the
| President by blood or marriage. Persons seeming 10
have denied the accuracy of this list reducing 1t TO
49, 1t will not be questioned tnas theie - a. p
DENT befed on the country, not one OF whom but or
this relationship would have been brought forward, the
whole constituting a case Of nepotlsm not unworthy OF
those worst Governments where ONCE Is family pos
tho list OF IS are other revelations showing
that this strange abuse did not stop with the PRESIDENTS
relatives but that these relations obtained
0r center Of influence While the Presidential family ex-
te n nnn Pedent has appointed relations and that
was Jobn Adams; but he found public OPINION inspired
by the example of Washington 80 strong against sna'
"You know it is impossible for me to ap.
point my relations d to S Snyng Tt aIIsr
| 70 Reniamin Adams, April 2, i799; John Adams
works Vol VIII. p 654 The judgment OF the country
toUnd voice I'm Thomas jefferson who, In letter written
shortly after lie became President used these strong
words: Mr. Adams degrade6 h 1S 'Maey by hs
his son. John Quincy Adams from one dpo-
matte post TO anOn G T SPTne epso use if he
here 10 sneak ON the open and mufarous nepotsm oi
| our PRESIDENT
| ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF YEPoTIsH.
The Presidential pretension is so important in every
aspect and the character OF republican institutions is so
absolutely compromised by its toleraon that 1t cannot
be treated any perfunctory way IL shall not Dc my
fault hereafter there is any doubt with regard 70 an
pearing Rome when the papa power was at lls usn
1t served designate the authority and influence eAer
oised by the nephews or more geneIaly le 3 ~ tha
Pope All the family OF Pope were repews anu M rne
doubted occupied attention TO such degree that
II became the subject of able historical work III two
instruction and warning even for Republic. From
Italian the word passed into other European languages
has come To denote the misconduct OF the appointing
bower Addison who visited Rome at the beginning OF
he last century, described IL as undue patronage De-
slowed by the Popes upon the members OF their family
But the word has ampied since TO embrace others
\
IN III dcfionsrv urn.ed ii simply an "fondness Tor
nephews " but our latest ana sest WI.
cester, supplies dehnltlOn more e0inpetU anu 10
slowed IN consideration Of sc'a;s6Hsnp ana n0t o.
merit sueh 9n1Vu.,edy is the meaning VI the word
| az new r'e.ciled aud employed.
The character of this preensiop appears in It's origin
and history In the early days Of the Church Popes are
described as discarding all relationship, Wlethef OF
blood or alliance in their appointments, ana lncng 10
merit alone although there were some with so large
number Of nephews, grandnephews, brothers in-law,
|
that no sooner did the good Pope enter the vatican,
which the Executive Mansion OF Rome than relations
fled, brOtheTs-naw hid themselves, grandnephews re-
moved away, and nephews got at long distance sHeh
was the early virtue Nepotsm did not exist ana the
| word itself was unknown.
At last l471 years before the discovery Of Amer
lea by Christopher Columbus, siXtus ~ became POPE
and with him began that nepOtsn which soon became
famous as Roman institution Born in l4ll the son Oh
fisherman, the eminent founder was already ot years
old, and he regDed Is years, bringing 10 his functions
large experience successful preacher and as gen
era OF the Franciscan irars Though craalea an pow
erty by the of his order bound 70 mendicane
he began at once 10 heap Office and riches upon te va
barefaced inconsistency with the obligation OF ms ne,
excited according 10 the historian, the amazement ah
forgotten, and this remarkable pontn is chiefly reme-
bered now as the earliest nepotis Different degrees Oh
severity are employed by different authors ~ -
izng this unhappy fame. BOuilet, in his Dictionary Vi
hist9Iy, nasing Iathoic approbatlon, $ Cycon@da
feeble toward MS nephews," and our own OnSiopra,
IN brief exposition OF his character; says G l i
cites of expression the oense stands out fol
The immediate successor OF sixtus was innocent
whom the historian describes every cOlu 10 lS ici
tons since two only obtained preferment at ms hans
But the example Of the founder so far preVed 1 ao
century nepOtisn, said, "lOrdeu IL III honIo,
except i'll few instances worthy OF comlnenoraton anu
| example. ~
OF these exceptions the first in time was Julius H.,
founder Of ST. Peters at Rome whose relnarKaDie cou,
tenance Is so beautifully preserved by kaaee,
the nephew OF the nepOtist and not declining 10
relations, he did 1t with such moderation mat -.
said TO be dying out. Adrian VI, early teacner OF
Charles w. and successor OF Leo X better example
by refusing absolutely. But so accustomed had RYme
become 10 THIS abuse that not only by the ambassadors
but by the people he condemned as too severe with
his relations" OF his cousin, studying at slena,
started LOT Rome, trusting to obtain important recoen
ton. But the Pope not seeing him, sent him back on a