The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-29
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the residents above Fiftieth street.
inc Case or Loatsisna-The Proshp
dents Purposes NuIIined by Rts
Cabinet. ~ ~ AKA Nf
EVERY one must regret that the views re-
Gently expressed by the President in regard to
the lniquities of reconstruction either seem 10
him not to apply to the case of Louisiana or
that he hnds difficulties in the way of their
application which are for the moment insu-
perabie. No person who has observed Gem
eral Grants history can for a moment doubt
that be was thoroughly sincere in that spon-
taneous outburst of impotence and DISGUST ak
the villany of the political and other sharperx
about him IN which he denounced the "mou-
strosities;" nor Can there be any difference Of
opinion as to the fact that the remedy for tho
difficulties in which the President now finds
himself is o strict adherence to the plain
honesty Of his own declaration; but il seems
that he finds the way of virtue difficult to fol-
low and is disposed to stray from it, and
tho reason is evidently that his own convic-
tons, his natural impulse and his judgment
have equally yielded to bad advice. eHpi
1t is reported that message was actually
written by Attorney General Williams, but
that it was not satisfactory to the President
as it did not give his views, but, ON the con-
trary. gave views directly opposed to those ha
wished to present, and was therefore simply
calculated to further complicate the case.
Perhaps it Was unreasonable to expect that
the legal adviser. whose bad law has in ono
conspicuous instance placed the administra<
ton in o false position and whose course in
the Louisiana case has covered not only the
administration but the republican party with
disgrace should now be ready to write a rea-
sonable, honest straightforward message adj
vising that the whole painful and gigantic
chicansry should be blotted out by new cleo
ton. 1t appears to US only natural that Mr.
Williams message should be ono that the
President in his present frame of mind did
not care to send to Congress, and we are not
surprised, in view of this explanation, that ne
message was sent IF the message was read
in a Cabinet council and disiked by the Pregi-
dent and sustained by Mr. Williams il waa
also doubtless sustained by an the other mem
bers Of the Cabinet, and thus the President
was overruled and compelled to give ways
for, il the President had not given way. II
was a point Of 50 much importance that
difference Of opinion might imply necessity
for the retirement of Mr.. Williams from the
Cabinet, and the President, perhaps, prefers
harmony in his political family just now d
things that others regard as moro important
Doubtless it WIS q glimpse Of the possibility
of rupture that induced the other membe4
of the Cabinet to sustain Mr.. Williams fos
if q break up begins in that company of conn
monplace people there is no saying where II
may end. $3.50 n
But General Grant must see that in his wan
against the monstrosities the objective point ID
changed, and that he must get rid of biz
Cabinet before he can move step on the LIND
constitutional advisers are thoroughly oom.
mitted to all the bad points that have thus far
marked his Presidential career; and as they
are all men of small intellect and as all meg
of small intellect are irreclaimably obstE
nate, they will not change, and will not adj
wise or accept any policy which seems to ao<
knowledge that they were previously in error.
With his present Cabinet, therefore, he cam
not unload" he cannot touch the sacred
s.monstrosities' which they have all helped 10
nurse; he cannot sever single cord by which
the dead weights are attached. His good in
tentions are completely nulliied and his will
is of no possible account in the government
while his Cabinet remains in power. .f
Short of dissolution of the Cabinet there
only remains the hope that Congress may
come to his assistance, or rather anticipate
him in that very course of unloading that ha
has indicated as q wise and necessary policy.
Congress may care less for the feelings Of the
members of the Cabinet than the Cabinet
officers themselves do, and, unlike the Presi-
dent, may not be willing to relinquish the right
course out of desire to keep them in Office. u
Congress shall pass law for new election in
Louisiana, the President will perhaps NOT
veto it; but if he should the subject can ba
reached by the impeachment of Durell, which
would perhaps inevitably follow such an in.
dcation of an obstructive purpose on the part
of the Executive.
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.