, 1873-05-08

places OF buhinoaB. In tho moantimo, 1t i,An
boon brought to tho attention Of tho Grand
Jury tint tho conversion Of tho metropolitan
Tofco foroo into State army Is con trnry
to tho provisions OF tho Constitution Of Tho
United BtatoH. Tho nnarchy which ro1gna In
Louisiana la tic droot roaut Of tho action Of tho
President in sustaining tho nsnrpasion Of u
United BtatoH judge who oxcocdoa hiH authority
In m Infamous manner, and In forcing upon tho
poopto of Louisiana Governor whom they
did not eloct. Tho revolutionary condition Of
tho State, OF onco ruinous to commerce and
threatening tho lives Of its oltizons ia precisely
what tho majority Of tho Committee on LoulHiana
Anairs-a Committee OF scnatora acting pcltl-
cafly with tho mintatrasion-prodictod as tho
result Of tho prosldont's notion In sustaining
Kellogg and lila bogus Government. Now that
tho policy is boaring Ito bloody fruit, tho prosi-
don't is roaming about tho country attending i'm
proviboa horae.racco. md vending ILLS way, by
slow stages, to {. watcsing-place. T4oro la no
otIor circumstance that could 20 we'll illustrate
Gonoral Grants atolid Indifference to his public
duties.
Tho condition Of Louisiana Ia not tho only
thing TINT domands Immediate constant, aud
wotl.coneiderod attention from tho Chief Exeou-
tive. Thore is an Indian war On hand, in which,
fifty or sixty savage Modoca hold an Amorican
army ut bag, slaughter aB many of1loors and SOL
dors at ovory engagement thoir 17ho1o band
numbers, md dofy tho power Of tho American
nation. Thoro is . national Disgrace at Vienna,
wlero tho eycs Of tho civilized world aro con-
torod at this momont and whore American Com
msssionora have brought now disgrace Upon their
country. There Is q scandal IN Now York City,
whore CuHtom-IIouHe Ring has levied black
mail to the tuno Of e27t, ,02s on prominent
business firm. Tho Civil Service. which WAS a.
ready odious, has bocome piratical and dangcr-
OTIS. II tho aubordinatoB did nothing moro than
initiate their Chief by noglecting their dut,cs,
tho case would not bo 50 bad, hut WHOM they bo-
come blackmnfors and organize raids on private
business, there should bo somebody in Washing-
ton to call them of.
Thoro is another Wow of tho Presidents ab-
scnco from his post Of duty about which thoro
can scarce be any dinerence Of opinion. Just
before tho adjournment Of tho late Congress, a
bill was passed. which raiscd tho salary Of tho
President from 900 to $50, 900 ycnr. This
measure received tho prompt approval Of Con.
Grant, and bocamo 1awy no was thus inBtru-
mental In doubling his own snlary. Whothor
his motives in signing the bill woro purely selfish,
or prompted by conviction TINT tho President
should received $4,000 Il year for his services,
no ono but himsclf can say. 1t is obvious, how
ever. that tho net of doubling his own salary In
croased his responsibility to tho nation for con-
sciontious devotion OF Ills timo ind services for
which he ia paid 80 munihccntly. Wc havo lad
Presidents III tho past who worked Themselves
sick, and eyotl to death, at compensation Of
just half what Gen. Grant now rocoives, ,-whi1o
ho travels about tho country or pleaenre c1cur-
Bions, and icaves tho most Berious emergencies
Of tho Government to take caro- of themsol9es