The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-07-01
From the Cincinnati Commercial

1reat personal inconvenience.
From the Cincinnati Commercial
1t appears from the editorial columL .i
the Washington National Republican tha.
President Grant has been subjected e..
great personal Inconvenience" lfthi-
alarming statement had been made In th.
COLUMNS of any other paper, it might uul
| meet with universal crcdcpce; but comm
rs it does from the only recognized urgtu
of the presidential household, printed go
the city which forms his residence duriu
so long a portion of the Year. the state
ment, we presume cannot be doubted lbr
great personal Inconvenience" il ap.
pears. was sustained in this w-c:
Pending the settlement OF tho ltmo.-
claims Of the Sioux tribe Of ludltu~. tby
| negotiations tor the transfer OF tAr BIu...
Hill country to the whites, and the lu.-
chase ofcertain hunting privileges thru-,
territory now largely occupied by ~. E,I
Cloud and Spotted Tail, with other rrr..
sentative chiefs. had come to Washington
the acknowledged seat of the Goyrrum ul
of the United States. They had come &C.,
pressly al the instance of the admuj-ir.
ton itself They had come to hold It ..u
ference with President Grant. his -rctutl.
~ Of the interior, and his commissioner
of Indians affairs, The business Oh WHI..
they had come concerned the interest .a
the United States. the faith Of it, trcallr.,
with the Indian tribes. and the peace ,d
the frontier.
1t was his attention To the bueiurs7 u,
this Sioux embassy, ii appears from tlu.
statement of the Washington Rcpublicu.
which caused the great personal iucuu-
venience" to the President OF the | nitri
States The President" SAYS thi7 amy
ious organ Of his afflicted eNcellenrV. WA
compelled to act upon the Indian matter
without delay, and did SO at 4 great per
sonal inconvenience, which prevented huu
from attending Gen. Sheridan's weddmg.
and postponed his departure for Iou-
Branch" Here Is a state OF things illr
President of one OF the most prominent
nations OF Chrlstendom the executive, IS
forty millions of civilized frermru. Tho
elected head OF the government ut tu,.
United States, has actually been compel.
ed to Stay at the capital Of the nation tNu
OF three days to attend to the public na. T.
ness, at great personal inconvenience
Worse than this; this public busiur-
has actually prevented him from attending
a brilliant wedding at Chicago, at which
military officer espoused one of the Eljr
daughters OF the republic and which llrE
ed only the presence of our festive rhi,a
magistrate to have been perfectly com
pete. Still worse and more inconyrnirut
this attention to the public business ou the.
part of the President actually 'pu-lp,ucl
his departure for Long Branch" Ihu
famous and favored summer capital. th..
seat Of government number two. which
President Grant was the first to create.
has been deprived for three day, ui tin.
present month of June of the pre-. .rrp,. ul
its expected chiet magistrate.
Though none of the hotel, Wprrlctup,r
ed, though the crowd of pleasure Seeker.
had not vet sent forward auy advance
guard to tell ofther coming. though lune
Branch was in the hands of the painter
and paper hangers the cleaners Wd IT,.
upholstererS; though the season had been
50 mprecedently cool and late that No
body has yet thought of the seaside waite.
ing places rs any contribution to THEN
comfort; vet the soul OF President Grant
yearncd for his lavoritc San, Souci villa
where, by the murmur of the salt .,a
wave. he can Law aside all carr--vhrr.
he can enjoy his $50 much needed rnulu
mentS" in peacc-wherc there lrr I'D
OgalIalla chiefs TO mole~t. no iurci.ru cam.
haSSadOrS to lnlrUur, amt no lmpnlllUliP
responsibilities to make him afraid
What touching picture of devotion fl,
public duty is here presented, The Chll
Magistrate of the nation, at 4 great per
sonal Inconvenience" held audience, Wln
the chiefs and representatives OF one ot
the foreign nations in our midst. whom
he had specially invited to come to th.
capital for the more conA enient tran,
action of public business. Hereafter let
no one indulge in the llliheral suggestion
that President Grant is unduly loud OF hi-
own personal comfort, that he make, Tia,
high office he holds subsidiary To lli- pr,
vate wishes or interests, or that Inc d,.,!r..
to Slight the public business OF >hirk tho
responsibility of his situation. AIthuurh
it is true that he has established hi, per
sonal seat of government at Long Branch.
although he is the first OF our president,
who has yentured to disregard the statute
which requires that all public offices shall
be exercised in the District of Columbia.
and not elsewhere, unless otherwise pro.