Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-27

more respectable Republican or
gans are very earnest and very
anxious about the matter, evidently
hoping that, since the ice has been
broken by the resignation. of Williams,
other "unworthies" may be induced to
follow his example. With many of the
rumors set afoat, the wish is father to
the thought, and the ante third-term
Republicans, ~despairing Of Grant, hope
to brighten his subordinates out of Office.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Times gives the key to the
situation in the following:
There has been a great deal of po-
litical pressure for a reconstruction Of
the Cabinet, and politicians are pretty
free IN their expressions of opposition
to some of the present officers, apart
from any charges affecting Mcpherson
al integrity or private character. This
pressure viii have far more effect upon
the officers against whom 1t is directed
than upon the President, and, If any
changes result from it, they will occur
without demands or requests from the
President.
With this explanation of the motives
and forces at work, The reader can bet
ter appreciate the rUmors Of the day.
The Chicago Times special assures Us
that all Washington Is in a small tenn
pestuous teapot on the subject. Ed
ward Pierrepont is no longer thought
Of as the successor Of Williams, and
Matt Carpenters chances T consid-
cred the best, notwithstanding the in
dependent attitude he took on the
Louisiana question. Gen. Grant sent
for hin last Friday, and held ~alengthy
conversation with him. On the
other hand, a serious obstacle to
his confirmation by the Senate
may be found in his action
last winter, inducing Commi sioner
Douglass 10 countermand the PTosecu-
ton Of certain internal revenue rascals
in Wisconsin. The Attorney General
paid no regard to the Commissioner
order, and prosecuted the swindlers to
conviction; whereupon Douglass ex-
planned that his order was in response
to a pressing personal request from
Carpenter. The exact reason why
Williams will not enter the Oregon
Senatorial stakes Is said to be that Ben
Holiday, the railway and steamship
king, and other active Republicans of
that State have had enough of him,
Nipple Mitchell and all such. The
Chicago Tribune says the name of
ex-senator Scott has been mentioned
for the Attorney Generalship, in the
hope Of strengthening the party in
Pennsylvania, but Grant seems to
doubt the promised effect.
The sp~eulations about Delano on
undated. The Cincinnati Com
.erciaJ's special says "there is a great
outside pressure to compel his with
draval, and many Of the leading men
Of the party are known to favor If"
His resignation is confidently looked
for before the close Of the fiscal year,
and Henry F. Blow, of Missouri, is
freely spoken Of for the succession.
The New Y~orkpapers however, gofur-
her,suggesting the early retiracyo Of Sec
Fish. "~Preposterous as the idea
may appear, Ben Butler may take his
says a Herald special, in which
case Pierrepont, Of New York, viii en-
ter the Cabinet as Attorney General.
The Sun special also gives Pierrepont
the latter Office if Fish remains, but, if
rctiros Pierrepont viii assume the
portfolio Of State, and E. r. Hear sue
coed Williams.
The one obvious fact, amid these ru-
mors, Of which the mornings kilograms
Will doubtless furnish a fresh quota,
is that the intrigues between the two
Of the Republican party are ap-
preaching a crisis. On the one hand
is Grant with the spectre of a third
term; on the other, are Blaine, Conk-
ling and perhaps Morton, who have
been manipulating for the Presidency
for a dozen years, and can hardly brook
patience for four more. Very possibly
the Chicago Times foresbadows the re-
suit Of the struggle In the following:
That Mr.. Grant is laying pipe" for
a third term with active but quiet IN
iustry, IS .as Of the most rational IN
ferences C. be drawn from the changes
now taking place, not only In the Wash
Cabinet, but IN most of the
principal custom-houses and other Of
fetal strongholds where public opinion
is manufactured IL quantities and Of
the kind to suit. Those who imagine
that Mr.. Grant has not made up his
mind to be his own successor, must be
than moles.