Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-17
A REPUBLICAN, ROW.
MOrtOn's Victory Over Grant in
the Gushing Matter.
Terrible Turmoil In Administration
CIrcIes-Thc Breach CaHsed by
Grants Efforts 10 Break Through
the Radical Ring.
From the st. Louis Republican


From the St. Louis Republican.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE changes
IN the situation are SO rapid and ka-
IeidoscOpic that what was sense Jestcr-
day seems nonsense to-day, and what
was regardedas anauthentic report last
night, turns out II have been one of
Simon Cameron's dry jokes. The let
ter of Caleb Gushing to JEFF. Davis, IN
PRODUCING one R0ane, which was read
m caucus yesterday, and printed IN
nariin's Chronicle this morning, turns
out to have been garbled altogether,
and the original, which Will appear in
the Republican, OF this city, tomorrow
morning, Is nothing but a mere per-
;sonal letter of introduction. TheactiOn
of the President in relation to the
Texas eabroglO had already unsettled
the minds of the carpet-bagger Sena-
tors, and though they, on the first bal
lot in caucus, voted to confirm Gushing,
they were only waiting Jhe Pretext
which this letter afforded. on which 10
80 over to Morton. However, this
morning Gushing wrote 4 letter OI
withdrawal 10 the President, and
Of which was a determination to with
draw the nomination. As a conse-
quence, Senator Morton Is IN great
glee, md already regards himself rs
having permanently displaced the Pres
ident as the leader Of the Republican
party.
The President is highly exasperated,
though he maintains the semblancc Of
compOsure when approached by people
with whom he IS not intimate. His
trusted friends are not left in any
doubt as II the fact that he Is very saw
AGE against Morton, and that the lat
ter can never be forgiven at the White
House. Your correspondent SAW Sena-
tor Morton to-day. and though the sen
ator did not say anything beyond
an emphatic declaration that Cushing
would not be Chief Justice, and
though he pooh-poohed the report that
there was any serious quarrel between
himself and the President, he could
not conceal the exultatiO2 over the turn
of affairs, which his manner rather
than his words betrayed. Senator
Conkling, on the other hand, IS very
much chop-fallen and evidently
sees his presidential prospects
dwindling materially 1t is pretty gen
crally believed that while the Presi-
dent will nurse his wrath for time,
and wait a more convenient opportuni
tv to get even with Morton, he will
make a pretence of yielding gracefully,
and that his next nOminitiOn will be a
man who Will be acceptable to Morton,
and thus get this psrplexing matter off
his hands. But this much IS ascer-
tanned, that. as far as the Senate Is
concerned, Morton's leadership of the
Republican party Is permanently de-
monstrated, and the pretensiOns Of
Roscoe Conkling are completely shat
tered In the House. Butler has sus-
tanned a reverse from the operation of
the same causes, and Blaine has the
upper hand. In short, 1t has been con-
clusively shown that the admInistra-
ton has utterly failed to cOerce the
party. and that Grant has lost his grip.
rom tls Louisville CoUricr-JOuTnal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18th present
rebellion Of the Republican Senators
against Grant was not wholly unex-
pected. 1t has been brewing for some
time. and is clearly the result of dynas-
tic aspirations. 1t is believed shat the
quarrel was only precipitated By these
appointments of Williams and Cush-
ing, the Radical aspirants not being
willing to have the President put his
special friends In such placesof stength
and influence. The President is eXhib-
iting Of late marked disposition to
make appointments upon BIS own ideas
of fitness, and break through the chains
of the Senatorial ring.