Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-05-22
The Bond Case.

The South Cdrolinian is persistent in
its endeavor to hold the present State ad-
ministration up to the rack which has
been manufactured out of the planks OF
its platform of.lS72. Referring to the
application of the New York bondholders,
now pending before the Supreme Court,
it concisely narrates the creation OF the
fraudulent bonded debt OF the State by
SCOTS Financial Board, and hopes that
the court will order "or allow" thorough
investigation 1t adds:
The eyes Of the people are now upon
the administration, and upon the Supreme
Court. We have no desire to condemn
either the one on the other IN this connec-
ton They have done nothing as yet de-
serving either of praise or censure. If we
are little suspicious, it is nothing for
them to be offended at, for the past has
certainly justified very grave distrust Of
the powers that be in all their loings
bearing upon the public finance. What
the people most apprehend in thus suit Of
Morton, Bliss {. Co. is not that an lmme-
diate tax will De levied to pay the inter
est upon the debt, but that some half:
measures will beSadopted, and instead Of a
full and thorough investigation into the
debt, and an explicit and satisfactory de
cision of the court as to the illegal bonds,
the case will be allowed to slide off upon
some side issue, and the debt be left in the
same entangled and unintelgible condi-
tion which it is now in.
" important Business Detained Him."
When the funeral services of the late
Chief Justice Chase took place in New
York city, on the 10th instant, dispatch
was received from Washington regretting
that his Excelloncy, the President, would
find it impossible to attend, as important
business detained him at Washington.
1t now turns out that the important bu-
siness> of State which prevented the Pres
1dent frem,being present among the mour-
ners was The trial of a pair of young colts.
The New York Times, which is. the per-
sonal organ of President Grant, in its is
sue Of the 18th instant, contained the fol-
lowing from its Washington telegraphic
correspondence:
The President was out on the road to-
day exercising q pair of under three-year-
old colts, which he has, just had sent from
/. his farm near. ST. Louis. One is dark
bay and the other beautiful dapple bay.
Driven together, they show superb style,
speed, and action, and are probably the
finest pair of horses of their age ever
brought to Washington They are colts
of the Presidents own raising, and he was
scarcely aware until he saw them on the
farm that such a new possession and de-
light were in store for him.
This explanation, though. perhaps en-
tirely satisfactory to the personal friends
and admirers of General Grant, does not
comport with that integrity, intelligence,
ability and.culture which should charac-
terize the President Of the United States
in his private and official relations. Our
rse-junketing President deftly fingers
the ribbons behind pair of three year
old colts in Washington-while the obse-
quies OF the late Chief Justice Of: CO.
ordinate branch of the Government are
taking place in New York. Important
business prevented him from paying the
last tribute Of respect to the remains Of a
man who in his dav did more for the suc-
cess Of the party. that elevated Grant to
the Presidency than any other man in it
not even excepting Seward, Greeley or
Lincoln. Nero fddled while Rome was
burning and General Grant. drives fast
horses while the remains of the great and
shining lights of the Radical party are
being conveyed TO the grave. If the
Republican party can stand this. the peo-
pie of the South must await the coming
of reaction which will elevate men OF
dignity and character and ability to the
Presidential chair. 1t is true, 1T was
none of our funeral" but still we have our
opinion about the shabby subterfuge to
which General Grant resorted in pleading
important business. His conduct was
disgraceful to the high office which he
holds and an insult to the American peo-
pie.-Chronicle & Sentinel.