The New York herald., 1876-03-04

national humiliation II will have the effect OF i'm
pressing upon the people the necessity OF the sweeping
and radical change for which the democratic press OF
the country have long abored The worst Toes OF
Grantism indeed OF It's own household me
schencks and the Babeocks did their share .c~aIu a
minister the coup de grace The people VIII nave NO
more Of II.
From the Hartford Times-democratic.l
One thing IS evident. The men OF the party in power
must be displaced. chance must be given for new
trial by those who arc pledged to refoIm these mon
srous evils else this moral cancer which is eating into
countrys very vitals will destroy the Republic
Things cannot 60 on IN this way Our government ana
It's civil service is getting to be more rotten than the
Turks. We can hope for 70 honest government so
long as the head men themselves are corrupt
[From the Newark Register-dcmocraticl
Secretary Belknap is only representative OF the
person and with whom he has Glled the offices, high
and low which he has held at his disposal When hrst
made President he commenced his administrative
by declining the services Of nearly all the men
Of eminent ability and established character in the re-
publican party. Like French communist OF the low
est order the possession OF brains by any man with
whom he came in contact seemed to overcome MIN
with sense OF OPPRESSION and he would have no capa-
BILE men about his person
[From the Worcester (Mass) Gazette-dcmocratic
IL is disgrace which even the mperturbaole Grant
will feel keenly and there Is little doubt but that he
the right or in tho wrong. The democrats have
scored point at last that must be admitted
[From the Washington Star
IL would appear, further, that the wrong doing orig
mated not IN any greed for money for lis own sake
but through the feminine weakness of desiring TO make
more distinguished figure socially than the salary OF
the husband would justify. II is the old, old story
repeated; another chapter in the history OF Vanity
Fair.
From the Philadelphia Timcs-democratcl
He saw the highest offices in the government bestowed
In return for q fs Of houses and lands and bonds He
saw Shepherd the conndant and adviser OF the Pres
DON'T and Williams ana Delsno by his side at tho
Cabinet board. He saw the wives OF Cabinet officers
driving in fine carriages and giving costly receptions.
for which he knew the salaries of their husbands could
NOT tda Eh0A thaNh hiG ifa n
brightly in society any OF them She too found that
the one passport to success was money and money she
must have. Why should Beknap be more vrtuous than
his associatess Here was money thrust upon him
without his seeking, and should he refuse it II was
trader who could well afford TO pay, and nobody would
be the for his takingi Would he not be fool
TO refuse to do everybody else did and take all that no
could gety In some such way as this, We can Imagine,
the thing presented itself to his mnd H. indeed he ever
stopped to think Of It. He in Rome and he did AS
theRomans did.
From the Utica (N. " Observerl
Those who knew him best were loudest in his praise.
They asserted with accord that never, in all his
over ho was educated in the conservative school OF
politics, and he believed that the military should be
subordinate to tho civil authority He seemed there
fore, an excellent man for the place. But in Washing
ton he could not escape the communicating influences
which surrounded him on every side.
from the Baltimore SUM-
The evidences OF guilt have proved to be so over
whelmng 20 have left the Secretary no refuge but
precipitate resignation the community nothing but
impeachment II is not remembered that articles OF
impeachment before framed in the history Of
the government against Cabinet officer, and in this
case the national modification will bc SO much the
greater from the general confidence, irrespective Of
party reposed in General Bclknap and will do more
than any other OF the long list of scandals TO pub
lie confidence official virtue In this view the down
fall OF tho Secrotay of War affords srkng and painful
realization OF the wide spread decentralization of the
civil strifc which, like cancer to have spread
its fatal roots everywhere tantng what seemed facst
and what ought to be the best in the land and which
fat
trained in different school of morals rises 10 take the
place OF the present
From the Washington Chroncle.I
Tho astounding revelations regarding the conduct or
General Belknap the details of which we publish else
where, fall over the country like pail. Coming into
the Cabinet with bright record as soldier with an
honorable record officer in the civil service OF the
government all united In the belief that his faults If
any, would be the result of lack of experience not Of
good intention. None expected that he would ever
arnish his record by conduct that would be disgrace
TO himself and TO his friends
The testimony convincing in its character, leaves
no room for apology and admits of no defence. 1t
needs no comment nor criticism. The law will take its
course; but no punishment can add to the sorrow now
being suffered by General Belknap. Those who know
him we'll who are familiar with his many noble traits
OF character and mis- generous nature, and who read
carefully the testimony, VIII see how the enlargement
woven around him lod him into the vortex.
from the Brooklyn Daily Eaglcl
Tho Presidents prompt acceptance OF the resignation
is shocking but surprising is just like him to
''regret, he says, the resignation of any tainted
OUcal, ana MS acceptance is
meant 10 shield the offender. We shall not be
prised If there proves to be graver yet in 1t.
The post tradeshps openly sold by Orvle Grant,
the Presidents brother as blankets sold by A. 7.
Stewart or leather by j. s. Schultz The profits that
be paid for any ono OF themover sac, 900 in four
yearsare evident in Marshs and Beknaps confessions.
II Orville Grants profits are not half million dollars
a year in this neiarious business every army
officer mistaken and IT, directly or indirectly, part OF
these prots does 60 the brother OF orve Grant,
which brother President OF the United States thcn
appearances are entirely misleading We do not be-
eve that It would really surprise any American should
he learn dead certainty that the Beknaps have been
dividing" in one way another with Grant himself
II is certain that the President has known OF this
Marsh -BeKnap tariff since 1872. The
quick resignation and acceptance which the two
cooked up between them; the pains tho
President took to send the fact OF the
tender and the acceptance OF the resig-
to the House, and the proved fact that Grant
known for years OF this Marsh matter and knows
that his own brother is the traffic Wholesale
argue guilty colusion between the late War Secretary
and the Executive. The designation OF Robson as
Secretary OF War dd interim Is OF piece with the
whole theory OF this coluson. Robcson himself is at
the head OF that huge robbery and swinde called the
Navy Department, and TO put such man In the War
Department is reform, protect not
reotify