The Morning herald., 1876-05-24
WHAT DOES 1T MEAN:

WHAT DOES 1T MEAN?
The President has always been taciturn,
painfully so. His secrets are we'll KEEP,
except when they are revealed by inves-
tigating committees. But the recent nom.
inatiens sent into the Senate hept as a
secret remarkably we'll, and fell like a
sledge hammer blow upon the whole
country. What do they mean? Edwards
Pierlepont, as Minister to Eng Land,
Alphonso Taft, as Attorney General, and
J. Donald Cameron, as Secretary of War
In this we recognize one of the boldest
Strokes Of political strategy that Grant was
ever known to perpetrate. In j. IS shown
the guiding influences of haze :, pgled
with ambitious purposes. lie am. 34aine
are enemies, not from personal encoun-
ters, or political feuds but Blaine de-
stroyed his hopes for the third tslm. The
New England Statesman avoided the vote
upon the question. He DESTROYED the old
idol of the party to build himself into
popularity. He wrecked the Presidents
political bubbles and tsercby brought
from The White House an esmity which
is shown in every feature Of the proposed
changes in the Cabinet. Blaine was the
acknowledged leader on the Republican
side of the House, and as he virtually
voted against the third term by avoiding
it, his following wheeled into line, and
Grant found himself politically stranded
in briet space Of time. 1t was the guide
to.all Republicans wavering ON tAis subject,
and once the tide set in it attracted all the
stragling political barks into its course
Grant said that this predicted his utter
worthlessness as Presidential candidate;
and the smarting Of chagrin and embar-
rassment prompted the revenge which we
now see so clearly illustrated in the pro-
posed Cabinet changes. Blaine had put
the Ounce cap on his head in the Repub-
lican school, and he must make the trans
fer Of this undesira BILE insignia to the head
of Mr.. Blaine. He had not long to wit,
the presidential pins were set up: Messrs
Blaine, Bristow, Conkling and Morton
the most prominent in the alley, and the
ball of influence to be cast by Grant was
an important one He must throw it tc
strike either Blaine or Brislow, and it has
already been hurled with most miraculou;
precision, in the nominations sent to the
Senate on Tuesday last, leayisg bat two
pins in the alley, which are Conkling ans
Norton. The President had becom.
alarmed at the increasing size of the Blaine
column. II was marching steadily on.
ward, and had to be checked somewhere
before it arrived at Cincinnati with toe
great a size to suit his taste for the figure
surmounting it, and he struck out .quar.
from the shoulder with the most demor
alizing bomb shell that the Blaine camI
has ever received.
1t is evidently the intention of the Pres
ident to make the three States of New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio quie. the
boiling of the Cincinnati cauldron. Hi
last startling effort was stra egic move
ment in this direction. Pierepont, from
New York, Cameron, from Pennsylvania
and last, but by no means least, Taft, o
Ohio, is combination of signal Ii chts tc
be followed by the irresistible influences il
offers .fpolitcal managing efc that can
not be matched by any movement az
ranged by opposing leaders. The move
ment on the part of Grant is entirely
cunning and selfish one 1t is not pro
duced to benefit the party BY the selection
of the best man for the high position h
himself now holds. 1t is with no view t,
strengthing the brain capacity Of his Cabi
net or restoring the confidence ofthe British
Government in our nation, by sending
them from our mid-t purer and ADLER maj
than Schenck. 1t was none Of these tha
prompted the stubborn, hauty, ambition
/ President. It was the burning desire TO-
revenge upon Blaine, who had pricked hi
ambition, and the power being with hin