The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-05-26
CESAR TO THE RESCUE.
Ex-President Grant Expresses his Wrath at
Garaeld's Treatment Of the Stalwarts.
NEW YORK, May 19.

NEW YORK, May 10.
The Herald to-day publishes the fol-
lowing letter from Gen. Grant to Senator
Jones of Nevada:
C1TY OF MEXICO, April 24, 1881.
My Dear Senator-I see by tile latest
dispatches received here from the Capital
of our country that the deadlock in or
ganizing the Senate is not yet broken,
and that nothing has been done by the
President to allay the bitterness which
must be engendered by his most recent
appointments. When the first batch of
nominations for New York was sent in l
was delighted. l believed then that the
President had determined to recognize
the republican party and not faction.
But his nominations of the next day
convinced me that the first act was but a
part of deep. laid scheme by somebody
to punish prominent leaders for being
openly friendly to me. I cannot believe
that Gen. Garfield is the author of this
policy. give him credit for being too
big man to descend to such means for
the punishment of men who gave him q
hearty support in his election and who
are disposed to give him the same sup.
port now, for the offence of having had
a former preference for some one else for
the Office which he now holds. But
Garfield is President and is responsible
for NIL the acts of the Administration.
Conkling and Platt are the chosen Sena:
tors of the great State of New York, and
that, too, against all the opposition
of an Administration created by the same
party that elected them. This should
give them all the stronger claim 10 be
consulted in the matter of appointments
in their State. When it comes to filing
the most influential Office in their State
without consulting these Senators it is a
great slight. When he selects the most
offensive man to be found, it becomes an
insult and ought to be resented to the
bitter end. 1 sincerely hope that the
President will see this and correct his
mistake himself and restore harmony to
the party. He owes this to himself and
to those without whom he could not have
been elected. Nobody believes that he
could have carried the State of New York
without the active support of her present
Senators. Their passive support would
not have answered. Without the State
Of New York Gen. Garfield would not
now be President. His rewarding Rob-
ertson is not only offensive to the New
York Senators, but it is offensive to New
York Republicans. The change of Ba-
deau and Cramer, the two appointments
in which felt strong personal interest,
was very distasteful to me. The first
because of our personal relations and my
wish that he should be kept where his
Office would support him until he finishes
some work he is engaged upon and which
he could do without interfering with
his public duties; the second because it
was at the expense of removing the son
ofmy old secretary of.State who probably
never had his superior, certainly never
for moral worth, in the department. 1t
10 true Fish resigned, but he did this
from sense of honor, supposing it to be
the duty of representatives abroad to give
a new Administration the opportunity Of
saying whether they we're wanted or not
Very truly yours, =