Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-04-28
The Presidents Policy,

. oeeh fequesteu Dy the Tres
X dent, supplemented it with the fol
: lowing statment: The Presiden
0 has often declared that, so far a
: his cabinet is concerned, he woul,
u never remove a man while undeI
fire OF the press or the public. ii,
adhered to this sentiment in the
cases of Acknowledgement Williams
Secretary RohesoD, and others
Whether he will follow it in this
case will be a matter for future
; comment"
Whether the President has ever
made the declaration above set
forth or not, his actions have al
ways been in strict consoDance
with it; and while it may be a
creditaGle trait which prompts him
to stand so determinedly by his
friends, it is not creditable to bin
that he shields and protects them
when they are unworthy and I'M
deserving. Nor is il the most eff
fective way to silence the batteries
of adverse criticism by reck!essly |
exposing himself to the fire aimed
at his dependents. Neither the
press nor the public can desist in
their work because the figures of
tie President is seen by the side
of me2 whose actions have made
them conspicuous targets. The
assumption that because Grant
wills it his Cabinet officers should
be left severely alone ~ the press
Ind public, and he be Nude he
sole judge Of their conduct, willie ,
wholly in keeping with his charac- :
'er, Is one which will be assented 4
o by only the most contemplate !. =
II his servitors. There is a good :,
Teal OF bravado in it, too, for :
hough President of the United Il
states can in measure defy pub a,
lc sentiment, that sentiment can e
ventually make its influence felt d
most forcibly. 1t cannot, perhaps y
compel the President to remove as
and unworthy officers. En-
or is it to his honor that this is III
he case; but it can in various 4,
avs. even before it has an oppor- is /"
unity to completely assert itself. a Pn
lterpose check to those who s sf
ould fly in its face. 1t has done al a
lis in the case OF Grant in elect IN.
g a National House of Rep 10
opposed to his adj t tut
Illustration, and by supplant- ,w
g some of his most zealous in
'pporters in the Sen tie by oppo- for
,2ts. The great popular oppo- Of Of,
ion to the resent admiDistra- est
IN has in a considerable meas..re Sat ~.
EN- fostered by Grants stubborn cos,
iiance of public opinion. Ac- i cit, !,
riding to the principle which it is S sit
III he has laid down for a guide. a a.,
d which he certainly has adhered the'
anotoriously unsafe, incompetent VIC
d possibly corrupt man in the
binet i, sure to he saved from :
noval If press and public togeth- ]
do not wink at his dement's. II
~ expose them, he is safe, for
ant will not remove him while
der fire. Probably, If they kept -
INT, he would be equally safe, u
the President would then take
hat the failure to express posi-
e dissatisfaction was tantalnount NO
indirect approval.
4 the President were thorough
Imbued with determination to
Ike Republican success in the Anc
't campaign an absolute impos- Cur
llity he could not contribute
re effectually to that end than
does in not finding out for him
the lamentable deficiencies
weaknesses of some of his
'inet Ministers, and then re- ~
ring them, instead Of waiting Nv
il they have been pilloired by
press, and then obstinately re-
ng to remove them because t(
: have an unsavory reputation.
the people rightly Judge the
'ublican party by the acts of its
sen administration, and that ]
y is forced TO carry the odium AI ye
Grants obstinate folly, moro and c
'cially rs 1t aids and abots him " c sI
Elm, and takes no steps to free
. from the load.--Frse Pc~. n
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