The daily gazette., 1874-11-18
From the New York World.
.q Pot vs. Kettle.

If Grant would, till March, 1877,
consent to play President as Victoria
plays Queen we could see ground for
hope in new Cabinet created by the
Democrats whom the people have just
now elevated. That would give to
the people possession of the Executive
Department in advance of the time
prescribed by the forms of law, but
even then Congress would need to dis
solve itself to make the revolution COM
plete. There were four men at the re-
cent Manhattan Club rejoicing-Til,
den, Thurman, Bayard and Eaton
who to-day stand out prominently as
the exponents of the political will of
the people as manifested in the late
elections, and Cabinet selected by
them and taking place Immediately
would be logical and natural result
OF the revolution, povided Grant
would consent to be merely a titular
President as Victoria is titular SOW
ereign. But unless Grant thus abdi-
Gates, we see little hope for relief in
new Cabinet, for the reason that he
has been in power long enough to
know Qf he ever can know what the
country needs and the President, un-
der our system, has tremendous prero-
gatives. Grant can take off the rude
hand of tyranical executive power
from 1.-THE South by word to Belk-
nap and Williams. He can, by the
stroke of his pen, remove the wretches
who hold revenue offices in the South
ern ports. A hint to Bristow will ex-
pei blodgett from the Tariff Bureau of
the Treasury Department, back to his
place as General Appraiser, Danish the
dead-beats from Custom-Houses along
the North Atlantic and the Canadian
boundary, and put an end to the usur-
pution and extortions practised under
color of the Poland revision. Mr..
Fish would not require kick to COM
| pei him either to permit Grant to exc
| cute his own sweet will with the for
eign affairs of the nation or to retire
absolutely from office.
The Herald proceeds on the idea
that Grant will be an endurable Presi-
dent till March, 1877, if he have good
heads of departments. Can a new
Cabinet break down the influence of
the military bummers who have thus
far so fatally inspired him? What
Cabinet could have made certain that
he would keep his promise not to en-
deayor to replace Boss Shepherd in
authority in the District of Columbia
What Cabinet could perpetually stand
watch and ward, day and night, in
Washington and at Long Branch, to
keep out of the influence of Conkling,
Rufe ingalls,, Murphy, Bliss and com.
pany in this State Cameron and Kel-
Hey of Pennsylvania Carpenter of
Wisconsin Edmunds in Vermont
Morton in Indiana Frelinghuysen in
New Jersey, and so on all around the
! tier of States If, we repeat, Grant
would abdicate, and such men as Bay
ard or Seymour could be in the State
Department, and Tilden or Thurman
in the Treasury, and Mcclellan or
Dick Taylor in the War Office, and
Pendleton or Charles Levi Woodbury.
in the Navy, and Hendricks or Cas-
serly in the Interior, and Eaton or
Stevenson in the oost- Office, AID Chas.
O'Conor or George Tickaor Curtis in
the Department OF Justice, that wcu d
be worth while till March, 1877.
The Herald only mentions as illus
trations of dissatisfaction with the Ex
ecutive these items:
| ut has pronunced its verdict against
the ruinous financial policy of Secre-
tary Boutwell,, which was main cause
Of last years panic and this years stag
nation. The country has condemned
the policy of Attorney-General Will
liams in dealing with Louisiana, which
ranks next to the panic in exciting
public dissatisfaction. The country
dislike his Santo Domingo job and his
Cuban apathy"
Boutwell, is out of office, and Bris-
tow is at liberty to correct the blum
ders of his predecessor so far as any
head of the Treasury can. Williams
can be brought to u halt by Il word
from Grant. The Santo Domingo job
was eminently one personal to Grant,
and by sentence can he, in his forth
coming annual Message, nulify ''his
Cuban apathy" and satisfy the 2,7OO
Cuban naturalized citizens who in the
late election in this city and Brooklyn
voted solid against himself and Dix and
worked for Tilton.
The Republican leaders in Congress
charge Grant with responsibility for
the late revolution. He, in turn, say
he has done nothing but execute the
behests of the Republican party at the
other end of the avenue. The Herald
is, we infer, disposed to sympathize
with Congress. The World takes the
side of the neither, but looks on with
nutrility which is not benevolent but
intensely malevolent towards both the
pot and the kettle.