The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-01-05
Why So Sensitive in One Case, So In
sensible III tho Other!

Why Nv SOssSAss'V ~ viz VssSU9 Nv hA~
sensible III the Other!
General Grant has ordered the dis
missal Of Senator Henderson; who
has conducted the whisky cases III
st. Louis with such ability and sue
cess that every man indicted has
beenbroughtin guilty although they
have all been supported BY powerful
friends and by previous intimate as
soeiations with even the President
himself The dismissal &c Mr.. Hen
}derson lis on account. Of certain OBJ
serSations in the course Of his sum
ming up against Avery, General
GRANTS Chief Clerk Of the Treasury.
These observations are said to have
been disrespcctful' and injurious to
the President. This tisrespect was
not SC, much a matter Of direct LAM
guage as of intitnatian and Inference;
and Mr.. Henderson has denied that
any disrespect was intended, Not
Iwithstanaing This denial, however,
General Grant orders him to be dis
missed. The President is SO sensi-
tive to even tits small injury Of mere
language that lie cannot my longer
tolerate Mr.. Henderson in tile Gov
eminent service as q prosecuting Of
ficer; and he expresses his displeas-
ure and condemnation by disIdissing
him. This shows on the, part of
General Grant such "a remarkable
and extraordinary degree Of scnsi-
tiveness as to excite general aston:
ishnent and even alarm:
On the other hand, one Of the men
indicted but not yet tried; is Orville
p. Babcoek, General Grants conf.
dental military secretary. He isin-
dicted for eonspiring to defraud the
Treasury of the United States
througl illicit distilling; and he is
charged, ialong with his fellow-con-
spirators, with having consuinn1ated
such frauds to tie amount of be.
tween ten and fifteen millions I IF dol.
lars. On the theory that President
Grant is himself perfectly innocent
ii respect 81 these T fTauds-as we
sincerely. trust lie win be proved to
FBe BaBcock has betrayed Him. and
1basely made use II his Confidence
and of His Presidential authority, to
enable himself ana his fellow con.
spirators to commit these vast rob
berries; and III dofng this, hea has not
merely deceived his superior officer,
his benefactor, and Ills bosom friend,
but he has done to General Grant
the injury, well nigh irreparable, of
making it certain that The President
himself is either an easy going, con
|fding credhlouss fool Or is 4 partner
In these very frauds, d fsilow.con-
Separator with the robbers. This is
the injury that Babeock has done to
Grant; and compared with the tri-
fling Gil superficial irritation Of the YER
bal injury done by Henderson, the
act Of BabcocK is like q murder in
cold blood compared wish Che acci.
dental scratch Of . pin. . s''I's
Nevertheless, Grant keeps Bah
cock as his military secretary, pro,
claims that his attachment fSr linn
is undiminished, exerts himself to
save him from trial in ST. Louis by
linterposihg a military court Of inqui-
~, and is even ready to break UP lis
Cabinet ii order to protect the favor
lite who has thus abused his faith
and blackened his fame; and this at
the very Pine when ! N lieis loudly man
Iifesting his vehement Indignation
I against Henderson ~ dismiss,ssing
him from the public service with all
the disgrace that such a dismissal
can involve! ~ -.
| Why IS il that the President, who
| is 50 exceedingly, 50 pretornaturally
sensitive to the inferentially injuri-
GUS infimations Of Henderson, Is so
exceedingly insensible to the posi-
tive, tremendous, lasting wrong done
| him by Babcock? This is a question
which the intelligent people of this
country will do well to consider with
great care and attention. n. Y. Sun.
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| DrDN'r Sara ninth Avenue boy
stopped catching flies all at once
yesterday and turned to his mother
and inquired: Il
"AIa, amt Mrs: Parsons q nice NO
man thought"