The Placer herald., 1872-10-05
GRANT AS PRESiDENr

Inc IoiiOWlNS ucins are lFOin INC we"
York Sun:
lie has tr ted his official power as if i
were bis private property, to be used for the
benefit Of bis flmy and relations, without
my regard to the interest of the public ser
vice.
lie has taken presents and appointed thei
givers TO Office.
He has selected a confirmed bribe- take
for high station, and has kept him there
notwithstanding the unquestion on,be exposure
of his guilt, perpetual encouragement t'
brihetaking everywhere.
lie has sent Minister to London for tho
purpose of putting off upon the British pub
lie shares in silver mining company, The
Minister himself being p,id for this stock
jobbing service 10y "A gift of ii large quantity
Of the same Kind of shares
He has outraged decencv by keeping his
hrother-in-aw Casey in office as Collector o'
the Custom house at New Orleans, notwth-
standing it is proved by an investigating
committee of Congress that he has been
guilty of onenses which could not be tolerated
COR an instant by any President po: sessed OF
ordinary judgment and conscience.
lie has appointed ii man Collector of the
port of Chicago on the express understand
ng that he should divide his official income
with his own brother, Orvil l.. Grant; and
when Orvil quarrelled with this man the Pres
ident got rid of him.
lie has allowed his brother-inlaw Lewis
Dent 10 bargain with ofce-seelers, and h.
has appointed a man to the Office of Consul
at Caao in consideration of 81 800 in money
paid to Dent.
He has complicated our relations with
England and has disgraced us before the
world by max NJ a trelty Of arbitration and
then putting in under that treaty claims
which he had no idea would ever be allowed
md finally by backing down from that de-
m,nd with view of making it more easy
for gang Of spectators to make money on;
of other cl,ins which they hoped would be
allowed the more readily on account of oul
retreat.
lie has pretended to be in favor Of civil
service reform while encour ging and pre-
noting every form of abuse and dishonest,
which could pervert the civil service and
corrupt the moral sense Of the people.
He has conniyed at The most gigantic rob
berries by carpet-bag adventures who have
coniiscatcd the Southern States and plum
lered them Of two hundred and fifty millions
Of dollars.
lie has officially assisted J. a. j. Cresa-
well in executing he infamous Chorpennnc
fraud to extract S443 ,0OO from the ire Jury /;
md after this fraud WAS detected he retained
Crcsswell in lis Cabinet, and still retains
him.
lie knows that George NJ Roheson, See
reiary of the Navy, has paid the Secor,
s93 900 in direct violation of ii statute ex-
pressly forbidding such payment; and that he
has committed many other similar frauds /;
md yet he retains Robeson in office, giving
the opportunity to take more money out
Of the peoples treasury.
He has empowered one of his staff officers
George X. Leet, to levy enormous charges
upon the commerce Of this city through the
general order storage; and when ihe mer-
chants demonstrated and Mr.. A. 7. Stewart
person lily appeared to him, he turned deaf
ear TO the enireaty and let the plnnder go on.
That Col G. X Leet is rohbng the mer
chants of New York of an immense sum oI
money variously estimated at tIom 500 OOO
20 81 600 900 il year is an undenL'b!e fact.
If any one asks how Leet and his associates
acquired this power Of robbery, the answer
will be found in the following letter:
EXECUTIVE Mansion,
WASHINGTON, ID. G.. March 9, 1869.
NJ. IL. GrINNEIL-DEAR SIR:--lhis vii
introduce TO you Col. q. X. Leet, who
+erved under me from early in the war t.
,he present day, from the fall of Vicksbur-
forward as staff officer. He is a business
nan Of unquesion ,ble integrity. His ex-
oerience before lhe war fits him for busines.
IF almost any kind. He now proposes 10
resign from the army TO engage in privat'
ilfe, and cheerfully commend hun as pos
sessins all the qualities necessary to INSPIRE
your confidence Yours truly,
L. s. GRANT.
After Leet had been engaged in the prac-
ice of his robberies for more than year,
of Congress, of which Sent,or
PATTERSON of New Hampshire was Chairman
investigated his Transactions and revealed h'
true nature to the country. The merchants
of New York also complained Of him to th,
Treasury Department, appealing TO the Sec
retary for relief; and Mr.. Boutwell, repeat
IDLY wrote letters to the Collector requesting
for lie had not power to order-th't thest
might be brought to an end; ana
finally Mr. A. L. Stewart, II man whom
President Grant once appointed Secretary o.
ihe Treasury. and whose representation must
have been received by him with confidence
waited upon him person lily on two occasion
nd told him the facts reg 'ring this subject;
so that neither ignorance nor innocence can
be pie ,ded in behalf OF the President.
In Leet's own testimony before the pres
ent committee of the Senate, he made u
statement of his profits and how they Were
disposed OF. In this statement the sum OF
$50 GOO remained unaccounted for. lie
admitted that he had received the money,
cut he did not tell where it went. Senator
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