American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-07-27
s. Soldiers and Sailors"
from the New York Tribune. |

Permit me to say word in regard to
the address of Mr.. Burnside published in
your number of the 9th inst, inviting the
soldiers and sailors who served in the late
Pittsburgh, to aid and abet the candida
ture of U. S. Grant. AS one of the sol
diers, respectfully beg your attention to
the following:
First: Mr.. Burnside says, 1--WE believe
that men should be placed in high posi-
| tions of state who, in the hour of our
country's danger, never faltered." The
American people believe so, too, except
| ing U. S. Grant. He became President
because he was successful soldier; but
be has laughed at all claimants for politi-
cal honors who based their claims upon
services in the field, excepting the trio in
the White House-Babcock, Porter and
Dent. Last August he exclaimed to a
gentleman who spoke to him about an
officer who served in the Army of the
Tennessee, ''Oh, pshaw"
Second: General Grant has appointed
| fewer soldiers or sailors to office than An
drew johnson, who never failed to favor
ably consider the application of soldiers
or sailors for public employment, and has
removed more than any other Pre- sident.
Third: Proof of the preceding allegation
ON the 4th of March, 1869, the follow
ing ex-soldiers and sailors held office as
Ministers and Consuls: General Dix,
Minister, Paris; General Bartlett. Minis
ter, Stockholm: General Ewing. Minister,
Hague; General Fitzpatrick, Minister, San
tiago; General Rosecrans, Minister, Mex
leo; General Hovey, Minister, Lima; Gen
eral Sullivan, Quito; Colonel Gleason, Con-
sui, Bordeaux; Captain Farrell, Consul,
CadiZ; Colonel Duff, Consul, Glasgow,
Chief of Artillery on Grants staff in Army
of Tennessee); Lieutenant King, (of the
tor, T. Starr king), Consul, Canton, and
some others whom 1 have forgotten.
Every one of the Ministers have been
supplanted by warriors like Tom Murphy,
invincible in peace, invisible in war. The
Consuls have had to make room for others
of the same class. The Colonel at Bor-
deauX had to get out to accommodate the
relative of New York merchant; the
Captain at CadiZ was guilty of the
heinous offense of compelling certain
Cadiz merchants to disgorge and pay in
to the United States Treasury 1902 800;
the staff officer at Glasgow was removed
to oblige a Scotch friend of the head
usher at the White House, General F.
T. Dent; the Lieutenant displeased the
great Captain Ammen while in China,
and when his (Ammen's) chum of forty
years ago became President he was re-
membered by installation. in defiance of
the rules and customs of the Navy De-
partment, as head of an important bu-
reau, and his request was acceded to,
namely, the removal of Edward NJ. King,
one of the most accomplished of living
sailors, and one of the bravest of the
many brave men who commanded ON the
Mississippi and tributaries during the
war.
Fourth: Of the remaining parts of the
address beg to say nothing except the
reference to the peaceful man" etc. 1t
would be a sorry day for General Grant
and the Dent family when the former at
tempted to exercise "his power as per-
sonai governor" When any one attempts
to do so, mark my words, there will be
music all around the horizon.
Filth: The vindictive, mean and vulgar
hostility of Grant toward Rosecrans and
others is not the least of the many short
comings of the great gift-taker, and is re-
membered by those who followed them to
victory or death upon the hardest fought
fields of the Republic.
!SGrM, beg to assure the signers to the
Burnside address that their belief won't
obliterate the studied neglect of Grant to
the interests of the soldiers and sailors,
who did as much and deserved as much.
in proportion to their spheres, as General
Grant, and the exaltation to office of |
profit and honor of Murphy, Cornell and |
Latin, of New York; Mclean, Eastman,
Irwin and Campbell, of Chicago Foulds, |
Stephenson and Pullman, of Cincinnati;
Borie, of Philadelphia; Robson, OF New
Jersey; Longstreet, of New Orleans, and |
the dishonest Major, Thomas Settle,
President of the Philadelphia Conven-
ton, who, with the aid and assistance of
President Grant and the knowledge of
Hamilton Fish, did receive in April, 1871,
the sum of $4,000 in gold, as Minister
to Peru, where he never went,
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of Washington in March, 1872, but never
left the United States for his post of duty,
and did not refund the $4,000 received
in 1871
You see by the above exhibit, sir, that
some of the soldiers have good memories:
are as ardently attached to the victories
Of peace and her generals as those of war;
are heartily sick of fighting our battles
over again to keep well-provided families
in office; are, unfortunately, cognizant of
The inefiiciency of the present Executive
for his high station, and most profoundly
impressed with the capacity, competency
and integrity of that eminent citizen who,
for forty years, was never false to himself,
his God, country, or fellow man. and
whose large heart and understanding
exceeding much" have done more to al
cviate human suffering, and to contribute
to human happiness, than the united
Families of Grant and Dent, and the adj
ienda of 8abcock, Porter and Settle.
AN EN- OFFICER OF THE ARMY OF THE
TENNESSEE.
New YORK, July ., 1872.
THE Saratoga trunk has been succeeded
by a bigger one, which is called the "cot-
age" The baggage smashcrs are appal-
led, and Flora McFlimsey is happy.
VALUE the friendship of him who
stands by you in the storm; swarms of
insects will surround you in the sun
shine.
THE one species of lion that no one