The sun., 1873-05-03
The Presidents Wanderipgs.

Congress adjourned two months ago,
md the President has been absent from
the capital more than half the time since
then, in search of personal pleasure and
qualification, without giving thought TO
tho urgent demands of official business, or
manifesting the least concern for the high
trusts which are unfortunately committed
TO his keeping. Incompetent as ho noto-
riously is to nll the great Office which he
merely occupies his constant and culpa-
Die neglect of the most ordinary duties
renders this inefficiency not only glazing,
but seriously injurious to the public inter-
csts. And il is not redeemed by the slight
est effort to satisfy public opinion.
Gen. GRANT regards and treats the prcsi-
dency rs perquisite and pension for his
military services. He has never risen and
never can rise to an appreciation of its
dignity and duty, from tho want of educa-
ton, training, und taste. A stranger to
the anxieties which the disturbed condi-
ton of affairs naturally excites without
elevation of thought or practical outlook,
he seeks recreation among congcnial minds,
and finds fellowship with those who wor-
ship power and fatter the low nfir1nities
OF it's possessor. lie considers his re;ilec-
ton as an approval 10y the people OF all
his acts and omissions, and the doubling of
his silary-wbich he indecently urged IN
person-as "a recognition 10y Congress of
unrcwurled merit.
Thus fortified i'll his own estimation, ho
deiles opinion, disregards criticism, and
treats with scornful Indifference public
questions upon the happy settlement OF
which the peace and prosperity Of the
country may be said to materially depend.
The President is directly responsible for
the anarchy which exists in Louisiana TO-
day. without his official aid, Intervention.
and authority, there would be order ana
harmony After fair popular vote had
rejected the corrupt faction, which was
only upheld by Federal patronage dis
ponsed through the hands Of the notorious
CASEY, the President entered the State
with military force, dispossess,d the cho-
sen authorities, and Installed the vile cro,,
upon whom tho people had passed iudg-
rntnt OF thc stcincst reprobation. lie did
all this wlfully, and 10 sustain his own
brother-in-law in us,rpation and outrage
And when this criminal Interference oul-
minated, as wis c-lay to .oresee il would
do, III new agggcosions ON the part Of the
protected pluuderers and resistance on
the part of the oppressed people, the Prs
ident, instead OF striving to correct his
former errors and To do partial Justice 10
community which he had revcngefully
Giunplcd under foot, leaves the RESPONSE
bility with his subordinatcs tells them to
send more hayonets, and starts out upon a
journey OF amusement. He cares not IA fig
for the suffering people of Louisiana. lie
does not sec how the DESTROYED commerce
of New Orleans reacts harmfully upon
New York and other great markets; nor
does he heed the mutterings Of the storm
which threatens destruction, unless there
be more wisdom la the conduct OF national
affair.
while the President IL indulging his pas-
sion for diversion and enjoyment. and vio-
lating all propriety by such unscemly
ulfiing, the tclcgrhphic wires from the
faoiiic coast are weighed down with the
crlee OF the wounded and dying, as well as
with the grief of survivors, whose kindred
and friends have been made the victims of
Executive ncapacity and negligence. Al
such time ~ this, when every thought
and energy should be strained Ia protect
the exposed settlers in Oregon and Culifor-
MIA, and every resource Of experience en-
ployed 10 nuke this little contcsf-for war
II can hardly be yet called, though il NAV
room become so-shoIt sharp, and deci-
bVe, the President is junkoting round the
country, seeing sights, and snufing in the
incense burnt 10y his official satellites.
b Ia a. g.,
chlef Of the army and navy, white IT,.
hyes OF gallant soldiers ara daily -acrinc,u
by scores 10 defend what has been boat
fully called the Presidents policy.
IL Gen. GRANT Lac any usefulness at an
IN the l'rc.i ioNtidl Office, IL ought 20 be- in
the direction of military mnttcrs and ia
the treatment of Indians. prcNioa, to h.s
involuntary retir' ment from the army az
Capt, GRAHr he had been stationed iu
Oregon, and had had experience and rela-
uons with the Ind unr which ought tu be
o. rome value IN this emergency. But
whether thHt past contact be useful on not.
the absence of the President from Wash
iugton in the pro-ence of existing facts Is
hhano ana - scandal which deserves uni
vcTsal rchuke. IL not only uyluccs hi,
stold Indifference 10 duty, but u hcartlcts
absence OF feeling which justly provokes
popular Indignation. And "a n fitting PEN
dant upon the PIc-idonts Is wandering, the
Secretary Of War, who at least ought 10 be
az his post, haS been amusing himself for
several weeks past upon an excur ,ion Ia
Texas, while The hodocs have murdered
one OF our foremost generals and in COM
bat slaughtered more tlan their whole
number Of our troops. These are public
funchona1cs who have had their pay
enormously augmented, and this il their
manner Of requiung that mistaken grn-
eroslty
Poor and Dear Arms Tor the National
Guard.