Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-25

The following letter was written
by General Grant to United States
Senator Jones. A letter to Presi-
dent Garfield was inclosed in the one
sent to Senator Jones. The Presi-
dent, it is said, has replied to the
General in a friendly spirit. BIT
here is the letter to Senator Jones:
CRY OF MEXICO, April "a, 1851
My Dear Senator-I see by the latest
dispatches received here from the
capital of our country that the dead
lock in organizing the Senate is not
yet broken, and that nothing has
been done by the President to allay
the bitterness which must be engen-
dered by his most recent appoint
ments. When the first batch of
nominations was sent in l was de-
lighted. 1 believed then the Presi-
dent had determined to recognize the
Republican party, and not a faction.
But his nominations of the next day
convinced me that the first act was
but part of deep laid scheme by
somebody to punish prominent lead
ers for being openly friendly to me-
1 cannot believe that General Gar
field is the author of this policy. 1
give him credit for being too big a
man to descend to such means for
the punishment of men who gave him
a hearty support in his election, and
who are disposed to give him the
same support now, for the offence of
having had former preference for
some one else for the Office which he
now holds. But Garfield is Presi-
dent and is responsible for all the
acts of the Administration Conk-
ling and Platt are the chosen Sena
tors from the great State of New
York, and that, too, against all the
opposition of an Administration Gre
ated by the same party that elected
them. This should give them all the
stronger claim to be consulted in the
matter of appointments in their State.
When it comes to filling the most in
fuential 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. I sincerely hope
the President will see this and cor
rect 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 with
out the active support of her present
Senators. Their passive support
would not have answered. Without
the State of New York General Gar
field would not now be President.
His rewarding Robertson is not only
offensive to tie New York Senators,
but it is offensive to New York Re
publicans.
The change of Badeau and Cra-
mer, the two appointments in which
I felt strong personal interest, was
very distasteful to me; the first, be
cause 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 ex-
pense of removing the son of my
old Secretary of State, who proba-
bly, never had his superior-certainly
never for moral worth-in the de-
partnent 1t is true Fish resigned.
But he did this from a sense of
honor, supposing it to be the duty of
representatives abroad to give a new
administration the opportunity of
saying whether they were wanted or
not. 81
Very truly yours,
u. S. GRANT.
Hon. ]. P. Jones, United States Senator,
Washington, D. c.
Major Dalrymple the great Minueso-