Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-08-15

ry political institutions. Every one of
their number and class, we'll disposed to
assist in the patriotic effort, who prof.
cred his aid, was stigmatized as a
traitor to cause which, if they believ-
ed 10 be lost, they also believed moth
ing left worthy of being saved. No
repentant rebel could take employment
under the national government with
out incurring the penalty of public
Odium, as was witnessed when seeking
the aid of such,. the administration
conferred Office upon so distinguished
and influential a man as Gen. Long,
street. '@ d"
What else, in such circumstances,
could have been expected than what
has already happened? If the govern
ments of the Southern States have been
placed in other hands than those of the
natural leaders of public opinion, whose
fault is it but those who abdicated their
functions and refused to have anything
to do with them? If the ignorant and
alien have succeeded to the places of
the native born and the intelligent, how
came those places vacant, that they
should be filled by usurpers? rl.4ui
One thing may be said with truth, if
not to be general acceptance Bad and
corruptas any of the present govern
mentS of the Southern States may be-
the worst is better in all that essentially
constitutes the goodness of government
than the best of: them before the rebel
lion. 10 Then, if peace, and order,' and
public economy prevailed, they rested
upon the enforced and unpaid toll of
of three millions of slaves held as prop
erty, and denied the rights of human
nature. Now, at least, all are free; and
freedom is not only priceless in itself,
but is the fruitful and benetieent soil
from which shall yet spring every other
blessings a good government ean guar
antee. 4 tf..rf rqig,.- .aeli - :3g -0
1t may be said that allowance ought
to be made for humannature, and time
allowed for the passions of a fierce civil
war to ahate and give place to reason.
TrulyIso, but that consideration must
be applied to all alike, and excuses all, 5,
If it excuses any wrongs. But I am
not accusing. I am defending; and it is
unjust and iaadmissabls, to- charge upon
the Republican party the fevil conse-
quences attributable only tOrebel treat
ment. .tiinu41s4 ~ isfiii4.@ - ui Wt4l 4
CHARACTER OF GRANTS ssADMINIsFRA-
General Grant, In appointments to
Office has, undoubtedly, been governed
by the usual party rule. He has be-
slowed his patronage upon his personal
ahd political friends and the supporters
Of his party. In this respect certainly
he has not sinned above Others, nor
without precedent. In the character
of his appointments, it Is no more than
fair to say that he has not fallen below
the standard of his predecessors. 1t is
nocompliment, however, to say that in
making this average j leave out the adj
ministration of. Andrew johnson. Not
to have rescued the country from. the
depredations of his followers would in
deed have been sufficient condemns
ton. But make the comparison with
the best of former, administrations, and
the morale of Gen. Grants official selec-
tions viii not suffer. The business of
the various departments at home and
abroad, with not more than the usual
exceptions, has been conducted with in,
tegrity, promptness, and skill. The
postal service has been performed with
regularity and economy, and with con-
tinnal, Improvement. The. revenues
have been, diligently, collected and
faithfully accounted for. The military
and naval service has been conducted
without extravaganza The Indian poll.
icy has been great Improvement in
the direction of beneyOlenee and justice,
and has saved the country from the
disgrace and expenditures of war. Our
diplomacy, in spite of every threatened
miscarriage, has eliminated in the
greatest example of peaceful settle
ments of difficult International cOntro-
,versfes by, arbitration the world has
ever seen:.s There have been fewer jobs
andl embezzlementthan during any
administration since the days of jack
son, having relation to the difereucein
the circumstances of the country.
1 That he has made mistakes, no QUE
will deny. .3 He has not al ways selected
the. best who were tozf8e had, and has
in some instances made appointments
of those who were positively unit and
unworthy; etimes, perhaps, through
errors ofjudgnient on his own part, and
oftener, most likely! through the per.
nicious influence Of imp0rtunate and
/ greedy COngressmen. Le't- | ~
/ In the appointuent of several to inn
portant stations because they were his
relatives, and in suffering himself IN
DG itlllutlfCtu DN tfTCSDOllS1OlO-l
persons because they we're of his own
family; and in accepting pecuniafy
presents, when, if not President, it was
expected he would be, he has, regret
|, to be constrained to say, not set the
most elevated example, and has offeHd-
ed against what seems to me to be a
correct, though sensitive, public taste;
though the detriment to the public ser
nc
occurred, L think has been greatly ex-
aggerated to his prejudice. The general
conduct of his administration, so far as
his executive duties have been in
iyOlved, in my estimation, has been per- |
lsenally. pure, and characterized in the
,main-I am obliged to make one ex-
ception, in the case sof San Domingo,
which L, can not defend-by o regard |
for the Consultation and the law, by |
wisdom, prudence, and conscientious
desire to promote the public Interest.
He Is neither King S.ork, as Mr.. Sum
Iner would have US believe, nor the
King Log, painted by Mr.. Schurz;
neither q Cesar nor a Sardanapalus.
Thirteen members of the class of 1872,
of Yale College, lately met together at
New Haven. An expression forPresi. i
dent of the United States was asked
and taken, and the result was: For U.
S. Grant, 13; for Horace Greeley, 0.
"A gentleman of Springfield inquired
ofan0ther whether a certain doctor had
any practice. % "aOh yes,n was the re-
ply. 81 assisted in laying out one of |
his patients the other day." -
.t.r1ej l-------@zS- . ?
eft is asin to steal a PIN" and a man
in Philadelphia has been arrested for
that very offense. The pin has q dia- |