The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-05-27
GEN: GRANTS VIEWS.
He strongly Condcmas l:usticlL,s
Action.

New YonE, Nav l2.--Ihe Herald
to day publishes the fo]'oM'-s lette,
from GeH. Grant II Senator Jones, O
Nevc Ia:
CITY OF MENICo, April u, 1881.
My nv SHnatnr--l see by the late
| d'Spatchs1 received here icom The cspi.
| tel OF OF" county that the deii-lC TX
in Orgari"ing the Senate is not vet
broken, end t"ot nothing hes boaa
done by the I.tsidont - a''-y the
bit ern. IS which must / erSende cei
| by his most recent appointment. Whoa
the fist batch Of nom ;iotiors for New
| York WAS sent in ] was delight Il i
| believed thea the r.csident he'd Diet -.
| mined to recognize the Il Rapub';can
! party end not n faction, but his nomi..a-
| tiors of the next day convinced m, ..,at
| the fist act W.s but a pert of Il deep
laid scheme by somebody to punish
prominent Leaders tor being oper'y
friendly me. cArnot ,'i.ve that
Gen. G.rie!d Is the author of this
policy. 1 g;N sf''n cr1 lit forL a'..g too
| big q n"n to de- al 10 such me rs for
the punishment OF men who save HIM
hc.,"iy supp OIL IN his election, and
who ave d'sp s9,; to give him the same
support now, for tho offeuse Of having
had Il former preference for some one
else for the Office which he now holds.
But Garfield 3 President, and IS re-
srorsible for rN the ac's of the admin
lstrs.tioh. Conk'ng and Piait Gro the
chosen ssratoIs from the .ent S'to of|
New York, and that ., az. INST .N
opposition ofuu aa.r;r Station Great L |
by the same party that cl; "'al them. |
This should give them y" the stronger
claim to be co. srlt in tho matte er of |
appoint ments IN thcir state. When il
comes to filling the most irHuential
ofli 9 in their Stat, without consulting
the senators, it is Il great slight. When
he sel;csS the most Offensive man to bc /
found, it becomes an insult, and ought
to bc resented to the bitter end.
L sincerely hope the President will
SEQ this a..d correct his mistake him.
self and restore ha, mony 10 the pr, ty.
He owes THIS TO himsclf and to those
without whom he could not have been
elected. NOlciy believes that he could
have carried tho State of New York
without the active support OF her pre-
seat senators; their passive support !
would not have answered. Without |
the State of New York, Gen. Garfield |
would not now Ea ! resident. His re- |
waTI'ng lso.- y son - not only Offensive
to tho New York senators, but il is
offensive 70 New York Rnpub';clrs.
The change of b., ,:lc,u and Crumer.
the Two APP o'nj ner A.. il which felt
u strong lei -or"' int2rC't, w:s vcry
djsostefrl to me. The fist E,c ,uso of
our personal rcla' ions, and lpy wish
that he should be kept where his Office
would support him Until he finishes
some work he is cng,,cl upon, and
which he could do without in % fcrrinr
with his public duties. The second, |
because il w"S at the expense of remov-
ing a son of my old secrct?".y of state,
who probably never bod his superior
cer'"'r'v never for moral worth--in
tho depar meat. 1t - iruc Fish resign
cd, but he dd this from II sense of |
honor, supp il to La ihr duty of
the IrpI. FCntn' i've abroad TO give a |
now aumr r:sfra'io IN opportur'ty of
saying who thcr they were want 1 or
not. Ncly truly yours,
l.. =. GR,NT.
To Hon. J. +. Jones, washington. ID. q.