, 1881-06-14

GEN. GRANT On INSULTS TO SENATORS.
Tie defense by Gen. Grant for Conkltnx's
resignation Is remarkable for tho pointblank
assertion wherein he said:
INN not paying particular Intention to poll
into to say shat ain with Mr Cunkl Ing and wtti.
a!r. P.ntt,-aIt over and Vi! tho ting. Thu Scw
o az sns 70 sa
and WIN ,uado' Il simply because II was obnox::
oas. Eser .tase hass ho;s ;yu "ls,t Ky;
Presidential appoinsiae.ts q that State, die dp-
H'Is:o II ha iconknxj @ W"n'oi % 10 Sesxn think he
va. III righs In .I,lng 40. 1lg y y proHh man,
ano fctt hi!rt TINT nut 9nty tho President o.at
custom. Tic fcit tl,at n ureat injury bid beun
e iG IT. II pe' IL. e. 5 nc ss sre t. ss
Mny longer ~ politics., AMI believe that str
Cnnklink: Whcn hG resigned. did not intol'd to
enter politics hRu1i1.
Now, Con. Grant was President for eight
years, and unless l,ts memory has fnrsakrn
hlm lie cail recall proceeding IN which lo
took officially al important part.
III February, 1874, Ben Butler induced
President Irnnt to remOyg Mr.. Russell
(Rep.,, Collector OF Customs In Boston, and
to appoint ollc William 4. Simmons, Slim
NOUS was personal follower or l,crc1lmnn
of ben 1}uller, and tho litter, purposing 10 be
n candidate for Governor OF Massachusetts
III the fall, wanted the patrallagc Of the Dos
tun Cllstom.1innse 10 mid hilM IN packing the
Stats Convention AMI forcing tho nomlnd-
ton, No SOONER was the nomination 0f Sfhl-
lnons by President Grant malls pllbte tltan
there WIS Il general protest frotn tho lscpub-
ltcuns Of Massachusetts *1ho ljostnn Chanl-
her of Cnniinaree sent tn tho President MI Ill
dgnant prntest. TIle merchants appointed Il
committee to visit President Grant, asking
hin, to withdraw the nomination of Simmons
because, n,nong other things, Of tho personal
unlltness ut tho nominee.
The Republican delegation from A[assa-
cIasctts in the 1louso OF Representatives.
was unanimous, will. one exception: butler
sl.ppnrted Simmons, alni ali tho others oI,.
posed lin. III the Senate hnth The Rcp,tl,-
lica'l Senators, Summer ind HoNtMell, the
inter NJ, ex-tne,nber OF Gen. t}rant'* Cabinet,
opposed tic confirmation of Simmons. Tho
Committee on Commerce, to which tho no1nt-
nation was referred, sent 1t to Mr. Boutwell,,
NJ a subcommittee, to write AMI 1nako a re-
port. Tint report, strongly ntlycrso to tho
confirmation, was matla By Mr.. Boutwell,,
AMI It contained tlle emphatic stepEaratlon:
"tfhis nlnti nlllst not be contlrntetI.n
On tho eth OF February, is'4. after a long
debate, In which tho two Massachusetts
Senators, Sumner mil boutwell,, strongly
opp0se,t tito confirmation, tho Senatu. BY II
yoto nf 81 ycas 10 II nays, confirmed tho
nomination, overriding the voice OF tho two
Republican Belators, md also ot the delcga-
tion IN tl,a !Inltse. 4
III tho tlebate, conEjcuo,ls hmnng those
demanding tllnt tbs Seuate rep,,diutu the
right of tho Massachusetts Senators to Oh
lGct to the confirmation Of N, otlIcer residing
III their own State, ar1d personally and poilt-
cally offensive to thelu. WIS Roscoo ConR-
ling, tte same gentleman tint drant says
was "insulse.l by the President who rnalc MI
appointment obnoxious tn hln." Did Gel,.
uralit, when President, deliberately Insult
Senators Sumner anl boutwell, by rol,lnat-
Ink Simmons against tietr prntcst and
against totr request that lils nnll,9 might bG
withdrawn:
II it Inns been Invariably tho CUSTOM" Ms
ten. Nra1t snys, "tllst WHEN Senators from
a,ly State ob1cctctt 10 Presidential appolnt-
| lno1,ts Il, that Stats tho appointments wcre
| withdrawn" why was not the obnoxious nl,.
| palnt,iollt Of Simmons withdrawn? nnl
why WIS It persisted III agntnst tina protests
Of tic two Senators fr0nl tic 6tnte 1T which
l,e WIS tn ot'iclate!
Neither SeitntDr Sumner not Boutwell, re-
Signed becallso ttlB then President md tte-
publican Sa,lntnrs wont no directly "cnll-
trnry 10 Republican principles nltl National
CUSTOM" That Mr., Boutwell, WHO Is a
| trDild Dtnt, tIlh INT fanl Itttrs.f urnxalv in,