The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-20
LOSING.
4 Characteristic. Letter From J. A. II.

| am Fedora! oflice-hOlder my COM
mission a. postmaster at Lorins having
been conferred about Fix weeks ago. I'm
| der the circumstances it is to be expected
that | will support the present adninisira-
ton. The Kansas City Times, which Is to
be admired for its enterprise, endorses my
| last communication to these columns
Considering that the Kansas, City Times il
well-known in Kansas and tolerably we'll
known in Missouri to be bitter opponent
of the administration, / make haste to
disciaim all sympathy with that sheet,
and all susceptibility 10 the Establishments
| which its crafty managers have seen fit to
bestow upon me. | am not to be forced in
to invidiOus relations with the appointing
power by any such tactics. So long as nv
control over the Loring mail-catches, and
supply OF postage stamps are continued,
shall .steadfastly shout the battle cry Of
freedom, and distribute the speeches OF our
delegation in either House. | will even
go so far as to read the sDeeches myself
1t must be understood, however, that
promise fealty to this extent, only in an
. official and political sense. The pay and
perquisites OF the Loring Office, where few
er stamps appear to be saliyied in proper
tion to the number OF able bodied people
living within the delivery than at almost
| any other place / know OF, will not justify
a sacrifices Of all the in lividuality that
full grown man, who has seen something Of
the world, ought in this day of enlightment
and progress to carry about with him.
find myself at variance with the ad-
ministration in the matter of financial
management. Grant in one Of his mess
ages had passage or two of sympathy for
the debtor class; but when that class asked
for bread he gave them stone in the shape
of gold resumption, and consequent contrac-
ton. Mr. Hayes and his advisers persist
in Grants policy with vengeance; and
the debtor class which unfortunately is
very numerous in every State and commun-
ity, find themselves without hope Of eYtri-
cation owing to a fearful and still continu-
ing shrinkage OF values-the result of that
policy Meanwhile, Mr.. Hayes writes or
threatens vetoes, while his minister of
finance appears to have been handsomely
feathering his own nest, and all the bond
holding plutocracy OF the country are we'll
pleased to see the work go on.
| find, however, that it is easier to talk
about theories OF money, than it is to con-
trive successful plans of money-making
particularly, il the motto, Honesty is the
best Policy" be too strictly adhered TO.
Honesty, in the neutrality-suspicious. an
sular sense, is no doubt the best policy if
one is in no hurry to realize; but when
debts press, taxation squeezes, and wants
importune. il is very natural in business
transactions to give the rule highly liber-
al construction. Considering the fippancy
with which a certain class OF editors and
barn-yard philosophers PROFOUND grave
theories of finance, / am in fact reminded
of Nicholas Nickleby's interview with
Grigsbury. Nicholas, it will be remember
ed, was in quest of a situation, and Grigs-
bury, was member OF Pariisment with
every qualification for the position except
brains, and who accordingly, was desirous
to secure the services Of a man OF parts
81 shall expect him"-meaning the man
wanted-said Grigsbury, ''to now and then
go through few figures in the printed
tables. and to pick out few results, 40 that
i might come out pretty well on timber
duty questions and finance questions, and
40 on. should like him to get up few
little arguments about the disastrous effects
of return to cash payments and a metal
lie currency, and bank notes and all that
kind OF thing, which it is only necessary TO
talk fuently about, because nobody un- (
derstsDds EN-"
In this Grigsbury view of fDarce discus
sion think divers editors and 'odge-organ-
izers in Kansas are acting. When l see J