Wilmington journal., 1876-07-21
PRESIDENT GRANTS CABINET.


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eft.s-fe-e slsa s,-v all An @ -FEaquent
Chs1nses' i'm sh1sCsbtnetsF .w 81
The Republican papers are out
spoken in condemnation OF the REL
movaI of Post, t,naster GENERAL NJeweh
by President Grant. The New Y0tk
I Tribune says: :" ''i"4 -Ht \ - %
| ..Tbs present asasiibbn ilsaibb Fl Of the Presf.
dent throws food h6f 3ighta upon the,
circumstances attending Seeratafy Brisr.
tow's withdrawal from the admi riii riiistree7.
{ tion. and if. any further. light Wefe
needed it illuminates still more fhe
Presidents policy and his relations to
the whole, movement fqrI the. purifca-
tioh tof thai government service. 1t
| cannot be longer denied that President
/ Grant has been all the time hostile to
i the policy and plans which, Secretary
.Bristow in the Treasury and, Governor
Jewell in the, Pcstofieeo Department.
were, endeavoriag to, carly o9ut, 70,
| Gle tnse ,their. departments of corrup7
1 tion, and ineficiepcy and secure for the
government honest land faithful, ser.
vice. 4 No exeuse is, offered not even
the pretease of "a pretextts fPE fPE this sum,
/ mary expulsion of O. faithful, able and AND,
4 honest officer. It. is, Just the old story,
Inade SO familiar .durlng the past. seYeIl
tyears, of fpersoRal. government s9f..ff4s 9f.ff4s /,
farbitrary, il upreaspnlpg. and despite TIC
/ rule. (, Pre- sident Grant is doing whait
be can TO. handicap ibis party and iTnR- iTnR.
,sure its defeat.'I,s. Y,il 4shnn I'm. ,.
i The Newly York Times Says f:.,.,ssr:,,,
Il Postmaster Jewellha been turned
ont -0f the cabin ct with as little csre-
+ mony as} IL he had been ts serving mum
7 in the Presidents household. MIR Jew
felI may have deserved this tdeat1nent,
I but IL he did, the President owesrfb TO-
Fthe country TO explain 'how.TQI If flis.
! resignation was demanded OUT ofmere
+ caprice or from some In otive whioh
the Presfd ent ID lasham ed 69avow, Gen.I
Grant has put shih4self' in "a position
7 where his party will be obliged to yea
4 sign him to the .inaalgence1 of aaper.s
I verse ht1tnor,, for whose freaks they
I must decline asiy responsibility. 'f'' 20
I 1The philadelphia North American
4 says: f"n rn*s ! hnn ;.;'Euidi..p etsI
i "To explain she motives which, in
fuence Hresident Grant iii has politi-
i cal appointments is mot an easy task
4 to excuse his manner of making them
4 impossible II Since hepren0yalo of Cox
u leetof} Comfy, ssof. this. .citys iwit bout
Il even plausible prete4t, the President
has been making it lively ali around,
1t does seem unfortunate that be
should have used the axe chiefly, upon
the rnecks Of those who in the public
eye were considered as .typifying the
element of REFORM" ~.Gn. =, .-5J,d- :,
| The Philadelphia Inquirer. says :-.'',,
i ,s'Twvoo better men were never SO
struck down than Bistow and Jewell.
They gave their own characters to sup
port that Of an otherwise almost char,
acterless adminis isttation, and their ab.
sence from the cabinet leaves Mr.
u Hamilton Fish without companio onshit
j, there in his ''rigorous Integrity. 81 We
eau. only imagine Hin hin as a Fish very
much, out Of water ID his present, ,iso
u latiiornl.' The ssiiimrhary disnlfssaf from
!, place of So wise. .hShssat en9seargetic and
i useful an officer as postmaster, p3r r.! Generf
n fliJeWeli, is, such as ] equlres sound Tea'
7 soH3ss f66if IFS 1t1stftiEatf6n'''a "9Fi'fDraF
Il ''tThe8Newv DIX tx Z tvenihg Post shSs:'n
= The rempv al IF THE Posahas stefe Gen
i eraf is an bofffteensive ihustraF16n of 'ths
/ inriahners as wen as Che u sn1ttGfbd DE- 0a
u Gfahtisrfl rfln@ With as 'little 'cere eMony' al
! lIhe would use toward i,IIis sbab4eobe y,
!; the President turned 'duS 6fFdb6fs one
j h to whom he had gwen the strongest
!, pledge IF officiar ana 'pefsbifai cotfti-
: deic61by fealiSns n inn: stb hns cabinei
oblrncilB:' The Presidepta has done a
bad thing and done jtI veEys 4aldalN 40
The Baltimofe Ameriean sayss. sfis.,
III fem6ffng"" P6stfnastet" =" Geliefa'
i 7 q II a 1 ta.s.i
against himself the best sentiment ot
the country. No doubt, his action
seenn6s seem ' entirely PROPER to iiimseff, but
aI'1asS nun Der of inteilgensatreopEt
thi1rk' differently. i aGanu .Gfant is, q
man iof indomita bls courage and ,neyeq
hesitates to; o;Iaaeept,s the, weigh htiest re
sponsibilities. Probably he is strong
enohgh 10 defy public opin ~ AJut< we
prer6gativef f'wll s'addl'onothingE to- Ais
weil-earned fame!lioD ,,1 1'jn'',xI ,IiiA1s
The, Cabinet changes during Ptesi
dent Grant 8 ladmnlis tratltjEf exceed III
number: those of auy' other, rot e3i
cebtfhg' the :trtrbuferfs administration
Of President Harrison. = 5The follo@ine
IS the list. s''''''4 l. h''2itf H'sAiDE
There have been tvs rSecre etarfes ,,1
| SGate, Il. D., ,WaSnDllrne anu hafnfHOI
Fish. the latter being the oldest CAbf
net officer retaining His place 4 'Thtre
have been. FIVE; Secretaries of :tl3e
Treasury. viz.:t A., z Stewart '(hot
| confrme0, Geo. s. Bohtw we4l, William
| A. Richardson. Btniamit HI Bfiatow
and Lot NJ. ,Mof1flt, There have been
four Secfetariesl III War, VIZ: john
] A.. Rawlins,' 'Viiiian w: iBelknap, lAl
/ fonso Taft arif' tF..i<Dhnafd Cameron.
OF Secretaries Of the Navy there iiave
been two, viz; Adolphe e. Borie land
| George NJ. .Robeson.E"iO OF Secretaries
Of the Interior there have been +tfffee,
viz Jacob D. Coke, ilColum bus, De-
1af10 and Zacharf Chandler. There
haye. been three 1PtUstrnasters O. srieral,
/ VIZ: John AMY Dreswell, Marahall
Il jewell and J. N. .4ayner!3 Z There have
been five Attorney ys3 General, VIII: e.
lockwood Hoar, AIT Akerfnaii, Liam
iaulet Williams, Edwards HPiertepont
and 'Alfonsot TAFT That lis to say.
| President Grant has had {twef1ty four
| Cabinet ministers *'''''a E'''''-'r .S'Ii
'a 'D0t. SADAMs's MILIYIAg,jo.:eo
- E|ifHfT0"> SsL4 t.na :. III j. s0Dia'n
~ Poii,,ffstA 9,iashl 4 5! hss ,Amep mep
OF ImceE diaries and NIurd erers
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