The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-01
A LEAF FROM HISTORY,

One Of General Grants greatest faults in
hi, admiuislr ton has been "sticking to
d" he friends" rewarding them with Of
fees, refusing to believe in their guilt, ard
,nloui them in tflice after their un-
wortbiuess has been shown TO the sa,isfac-
ton of the country. These men were his
personal frients, and he seems TO think
that they are incapable of wrong. His
ap ,losy, peIhips excuse, may be, his en-
tire belief in their worthiness. Andrew
Jackson carried this sticking to fries d."
further than General Grant ever thought Il
doing. The friends that he 'stuck to-
were not only personal trends, but political
friends also; aud if an ofli :ehelder was Pc
cuiarly devoted to his political fortunes,
he was retained in Off ,e even long after he
had confessed his w uIworthint IS. This
is a m trter of history, and we commend
the parallel to our Ge.nocratic friends, who
are 81 bitterly opposed to the republican
parry because of the sios of the president,
sins for which they are not responsible,
and which, by their presidential nomina-
ton, they I'VE empha ically diSavowed.
Let Us IKE a specimen brick from the
model democratic administration Of An
drew Jackson. The secretary of the treas
ury Issued circular to the receivers Of land
offices, informing them that the " regular
" dep sit of the whole of the public mon
"eys' and the punclul transmission of
their accounts and monthly returns were
'p,ram ,uut Off ;ial du les " Thee things
were all requii ed by the laws of the land,
as well as by the general regulations of the
treasury department, but tue secretary is
particular to impress upon receivers that
the department regard d them as "para-
81 mount duties" We will nov take &
case, only one from many, as will appear
from the IN .ssage of President Van Buren,.
aud accompanying documents, transmitted
to congress in December 1888
The secretary of the treasury writes,
February 6 1885, to the receiver of Mis-
sissppi land Office as follows: 81 regret
"that there should be occasion for again
calliog your attention to The omission 10
render your monthly duplicate returns to
"this flee for the monshs of November
Sand December hose being in arrear),
and to remind you that punclualliy III
this respt CT is Indispensable. 1t will be
seen that the letter refers TO previous de-
faults, and that his attention has been
called 10 the matter, but without produc-
ing any result. The letter, however, bore
no fruits, and the secretary writes again,
March, H. that he has received no returns
since October, and that it is his "unpleas-
8" ant duy TO call your immediate attention
"to the OMISSION" but he hopes there
may be no future occasion for reminding
him of "the Importance of psnctuality."
The defaulting receiver is not heard
from. the secretary becomes desperate, and
writes, June rs, 1885, that although he
had urged upon" him the indispensable
A" necessity" yet no returns having been
received since November, sit becomes my
"unpleasant duty to say to you, that il
+" those 10 arrears are not transmitted by
ere urn mail | shall be constrained to re-
port your neglect for the action of the
execu'ivr." The secretary now "means
" bll,iness.' The alternative Ia presented
of paying up or being kicked out of Office,