Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-22
Grants Defeat Anticipated.

The deicat ot Grant is already anticipated by
number OF respectable journals that supported INN
ISIS, al least their language is such as to lead
their readers 10 such conclusion,
Among these may be classed the Philadelphia
Eena.g Telegraph. That paper, in an article
he ,ded "THE BUELL. COURT M ARTIAL RECORDS"
say, III President Grant is not reelected he will
his defeat quite much, if not more, to the
uver1ea OF OF his friends as to the malignity
ui hls enemies
Il Is quite evident from this that these journals
ind the President i'll the hands Of certain clique
VIII AZ, or are assuming to be, his keepers.
Ine efforts Of the Presidents keepers to conceal
thn shortcomings OF the Administration form the
theme vi the article referred to. 1t says:
There certain men in Congress who pro-
Tess 10 be- warm supporters OF the administration,
and who yet behave as If they believed that there
were great many things that required to be
hushed ur, Tor lear that, II revealed, they would
diminish III" Presidents chances III November
neXt. Duilnt the present session these have
opposed. with all their might, iavestlgatioms
which fhe public interests have Imptratlveiy
arnI#1ui., and have, by their peculiar tactics,
aclut.,y placed the administration on the de-
i.usiy".'
Here admitted ist what has been charged
repeatedly by 'he Democratic papers The oppo-
hsntS Of the Administration have churged the
President and ms Keepers with concssling rascaii-
ties and covering up frauds that should have been
exposed and tii,lf perpetrators punished severely
The scandalous exposures Of corruption III the
New York Custom House seems not to have
awakened the President to the necessity OF re-
forming the evils complained VI there. for it has
been asserted that Leet II Co. still practice their
old game IN other modes and houses, under AS
snined names or the names OF confederatss.
Now the "Buell court-inartial papers have dis
appeared from the War Department and caDnot
be found, and the Telegraph grows angry and
impatient over the loose way III which busnes,
las been DOM nt the Capital, and says
"ilow tona,e,,i"lai investigating committee,
man l5c t.t-is when the President or any Of hi,
h,n4cr,-on ar. IN ll'e slightest degree interested
are supposed 10 be interested, IS shown by thu
report VI the Military COMMITTEES vi the House vi
thr disappearance oi t.ie Buell. court rt-nartial pa
tiers. which was submitted yesterday. Mr.. Co
barn. the Chairman OF tins committee, has iron
The hrst shown disposition to stitie inquiry int
in> matter; and the report he has now submitted
which states i,,' the records missing from tn
War Department., but that n careful investig tigatio
has Jailed 10 discover VINO stole them-will not b
received AS satisfactory by the country. 1t ha
been distinctly charged Ivy number OF newspa
lerS that these records were taken from the w Z
department by General Adam Badeau when h
preparing his .'Llfe of General Grant" AN
that lie never returned them, but that, the con
trary, lie has carried them 10 Europe, 1t lis ful
ther charged that the reason why these record
were not returned was that they contained revela
tons damaging to General Grant and other officer
hugh III command at the time the court-martial
Bacil took place"
1t may be possible for President Grant to b
re-eiectod But certainly everything points no'
t. his certain defeat, If there is any reliance 10
placed on the unpopularty of his A 'rnnstratio
and the want OF confidence in it which the PREF
and the People exhibit.