The New York herald., 1872-07-24

| four years and two months, Starkweather
peared on the books Of the once, February a.
ls72 This great sum was received nnaer tls IN IN,
mans wife is his father-in in-law's only child This
makes the arrangement closer and snugger thing
than can be found even In Summers history OF the
POpes. How far such sum could fifty be taken Dy
attn OF March, 1sl2 to the Board OF Assistant Alder
signed by Charles P. Hartt and Charles @. Pinck-
ney and relates to the Collector of Assessments
and his fees i read from the report these
w0rds:-
rsaa are performed by the Collector Of Assessments ana
'i Of The s' oss
re%ainser sss Is divided between the Collector
n% sSs al time to thine %
in the duties OF the Bureau.
Again the report Says
i the Collector with credit to himself manaqe the
affairs Of s Bureau BY the annual xpendure or clerk
necessity whatever for its maintenance under its present
nd ry at an q than Ss
bsoSs stationery safes furniture &C. 4e are ai borne
Among the worthy and needy provided for by
Mr.. Starkweather was William NJ. Tweed, who re-
ceiyed for nothing s1ol,97s. Did you hear this
or the papers now shrieking about ''nepotism 20
While Governor Holman was Mayor his chief
was also clerk OF the Street Cleaning Commission
% OF wnicn HOFFMAN was chairman, thus holding two
w.
time another relative OF the Governors held Office
ut his hands.
When the member Of Congress rom q district
ceIunes the character OF an applicant for post
ONCE or any other office local In his district and
recommends his selection, the practice OF the
government has always been to rely and act upon
such representations; holding the member OF
Congress responsible to the government and to his
constituents II he obtains unfit appointments. 1t
was In this way that the four persons Just named
were selected; the President having part In the
matter n he believed the applicants fit and worthy
fhn yufc chna nft thn Va1n
made known through their representatives, or else
to overrule their wishes, upon the ground that 1t
might be better for himself not to run the risk OF
having the matter some time other flung In his
lace. TWO appointments remain, and upon these
the President did undoubtedly exercise his own
chOce and his own Judgment. The first s Alexan-
der Sharp, o connection Of Mrs. Grant, who was
appointed Marshal Of the District Of Columbia
dents household. ne receives company with
tns,,v the family introduces visitors and gem
@ reate or nea ena of tSe
family, has always been found for this position
the rema ming relative s silas Hqdson Minister to
the state in which he lves had the mission to
Guatemala before President Grant came In; Fitz
claimed 1t STILL and presented Mr.. Hudson, who is
described as an able and accomplished man. The
President might have refused to appoint him, with
out giving Just onence to the republicans Of Iowa.
because he might have taken a man from some
other state; but he did appoint him, and thus he
ample.
The course OF Mr.. Greeley and its reference to
patronage and spoils is visible in letter he wrote
to Mr. Cornell after ne made up his mind to defeat
II possible, the wedding out of Tammany men from
the republican organization Here is his letter
putting his action squaiely on the ground OF dis
satisfaction with the appointing pOwer":-
NEw York, April O. 1871.
decline part assigned me By the State commitiee in
city, Had little forbearanee and concIiaton Been
this might have been different Yours
The sapping and mining, begun in 1870 and
secretly continued ever since, has eliminated in
the bolt no longer covered up, which has recently
occurred its strength was in It's secrecy and in its
denied existence; It's weakness Is In its being
known Of oil men. 1t has been said that the Presi
dent removed friends OF Mr. Fenton II this were
or deseron Of the party, it sinks those who resort
to it to the lowest depth Of sordid hypoc-
Fenton was removed to crafty Mr.. Moses II. Grin.
nell and In no other Instance to my knowledge
was q friend OF Mr. Fenton displaced except for
cause, while to this day the great body OF those he
recommended to ONCE remain In Office still. To
iliustI ate this, since President Grant came in not
SIX po tmaste ers in the entire State have been ap-
pointed at my instance: more than two hundred
have been appointed at Senator Fenton's instance,
and not one has been disturbed unless for ofllcai
delinquency.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
What has the administration done in three yearsP
First, 1t has maintained our rights with every for
eign Power and kept the peace with all the word.
Governor Seward said to me last year, after he had
BILE Is our success in foreign aairs. But two years
ago Russia was our only friend IN Christendom and
now America has not an enemy In the world" He
proceeded to say that this good result came
from the temperate and Just course OF our govern
"a muddle with everybody" Can any of you tell
with whom we are In ''mudde?' Can any Of you
nag is not respectedg Can any OF you name q com
mercal centre In which our securities not
souyhtY Can any Of you name Power which de-
MES right to one American citizen? Spain's re-
lease OF DIR. HOuard, whose American citizenship is
very doubtful, leaves no controversy no contested
With En5land preceding administrations failed
to Settle several large and dangerous
questions. This administration has composed
ana the world one Of the best products Of states
manship and civilization. Recently difference
arose as to the constr uction Of the treaty. and Eng
land was unwilling and afraid to submit the quca-
ton to the tribunal to which 1t plainly belonged.
had agreed to treaty which did not contain what
they intended; that their meaning was not set
down In e 50 tS plain hat they were willing
Withdraw part Of our Claims. This S'VSs was
mIss,On; 1t was saying virtually that their agents
had not been able to cope with ours. Indeed this
British Parliament There is nothing i here surely T
to wound American pride. England, with Para-
ment eight hundred years old, renowned for centu-
trained men to bargain with an infant nation
scarce out Of It's swaddling clothes. An agree
menu was maze, WRITTEN ana signed, ana after
wards England discovered that it did not read
as she says she thought It did, and
had been outfought and ontwitted In her own field
law and diplomacy Noblemen and University
men were Engand's Commissioners; they sealed
the treaty with signet rings bearing ancient coats
Of arms, but the gossips said that one OF our un
titled and sell-educated Commissioners had nothing
to seal W tn except button. This seems the story
over again OF the poor hoy with a pinhook and
twine who caught more fish than the rich boy with
the rod, the ree the line of silk and the best Of fish,
hooks.
MR.. GREELEY AND HIS "CLAIMs.v
An examination OF the fitness OF Mr. Greeley and
his claims to public confidence is the duty OF every
citizen. That he has shown great talent an editor
and writer all admit, but nearly all else claimed for
him now deny. The very talents he has shown unfit
him for the Presidency. IL Is said that great debt
Ia Que and unpaid by the republican party to Mr..
Greeley. The account stands very differently, as