Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-05-26
GEN. GRANT
Expresses Some Views Relative to
the Matters which Caused the
Resignation Of the
New York Senators.

NEW YORK, May 19.-The following
letter from ex-President Grant to Sena
tor Jones, of Nevada, is published here
CRY OF MEXICO, April "a.
MY DEAR SENAToR:-I see by the
latest dispatches received here from the
lCapital 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 engendered by his most
recent appointments. When the first
batch of nominations for New York was
sent in / was delighted. l believed then
that the President had determined to re-
lcognize the Republican party and not a
faction, but his nomination of the next
Iday convinced me that the first act was
but part of deep laid scheme by
somebody to punish the prominent lead
ers for being openly friendly to me. l
cannot believe that General Garfield is
the author of this policy. 1 give him
more credit for being too big man to
descend to such means for the punish
ment of the men who gave him their
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 Gar
field is the President, and is responsible
fer all the acts of the administration.
Conkling and Platt are the chosen Sena-
tors from the great State of New York.
and that, too. against all the opposition
of the administration created by the
same plrty that elected them. This
should give them all the stronger claim
to be consulted in ih3 matter of appoint
ments. in their State. When it comes to
filling the most influential Office in the
State without consulting those Senators
it becomes great slight. When it Sc
lects the most offensive to be found it
becomes an insult, snd ought to be re-
scented to the bitter end. | 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
Icould 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 answer
ed. Without the State Of New York
General Garfield would not be President.
His rewardfng Robertson is not only Of
fensive to the. New York Republicans.
The change of Badeau and Cramer, the
two appointments in which 1 felt a
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 en-
gagged upon, and which he could do
without interfering with his public -du-
ties. The second, because it was at the
expense of removing the son of my old
Secretary of State. who, probably, never
had his superior, certainly never for
moral worth. in the Department. 1t is
true Mr.. Fish resigned, but he did this
from sense of honor, supposing it to
be the duty of the representatives abroad
to give new administration an oppor-
tunity of sa. ing whether they were
wanted or not. t......
Very Truly Yours,
U. S. GRANT.