The New York herald., 1875-08-26
Mr.. Delano Bars the way.

! The HERALD has, on a number of occasions,
subjected itself, by the ardor of its defence
OF General Grant, to the imputation OF being
his organ. In a certain sense this is so. We
like General Grant; we maintain that his fame
is part of the country's glory; we see that
whatever good thing he does rebounds not
only TO his credit, but to the credit of the
country one of whose representative men he
is and we have always been jealous to point
out his good qualities, and also to show peo-
pie the limitations of his genius, so as to pre-
vent the public from demanding of him
what, by nature or by training, he cannot
give. We have ventured, also, on occasion, to
offer His Excellency advice, and if sometimes
he has not taken it we have always noticed
that he had occasion to regret his course af-
terward, which naturally makes us only the
more ready to counsel him again, because
we are painfully anxious that he shall acquit
himself well and leave as good name as pos
sible behind him.
In this spirit we approach him to-day with
the respectful suggestion that he shall as
soon as possible rid himself of Mr.. Delano.
really no use for that statesman. To keep
him in his Cabinet any longer is as injudi-
cious as though Mr.. A. L. Stewart should in
sist on keeping on his counters q piece of
damaged goods and pretend that it was per-
feet, or as though an egg merchant in Fulton
Market should insist on offering stale eggs to
his customers. 1t will not do. General
Grant showed in 1868 that he understood the
Indian question thoroughly. He then de-
sired to put the Indian affairs into
the hands of the army, which every
honest man who has studied the prob
lem knows to be its true and only
solution. Congress, foolishly jealous of the
army, forbade this. Thereupon General
Grant did the next best thing He selected
commission of eminent citizens to superin-
tend unofficially the management of the
Indians, and gave the different reservations
in charge of different religious denomina-
tions. Unfortunately, pretty soon afterward
he made Mr.. Delano Secretary of the Interior,
in place of General Cox, and then, as Arte-
mus Ward used to say, "the trouble began
for Mr. Delano had real power; the Com
missioners and the clergy had only show
of power. Professor Marsh and Mr. Welsh
have shown and are showing the public the
result of the mixture, and it is not good.
Mr.. Delano is piece of damaged goods
which General Grant ought for his own
credit and good name to put at once away
under the counter. That he should have ap-
pointed an unfit man is his misfortune but
if in the light of such exposures as we have
been for several months printing he keeps
him in Office, then, in the judgment of his
best friends, he furnishes his own good name
and makes himself partner, and, in fact,
the head of the maladminstration and cor
ruption. This we, in common with all good
citizens, should deeply regret to see. Theg good
fame of General Grant is too valuable to the
country to be flung idly away. 1t is not his
property alone, nor that of his brother
Orville nor his too numerous brothers-in-law
and cousins. 1t belongs to the country. He
does US all a wrong when he keeps bad COM
pany.