American citizen., 1881-06-04
A Letter from General Grant.

THE New York Herald OF q recent date con-
tains the following letter from General Grant
to Senator Jones, of Nevada, and the state
ment is also made that a similar letter was
sent by the ex-Presidcnt to President Gar
field:
CIrY OF MEXICO, April "a, 1881.
My Dear Senator:
l see by the latest dispatches received here
from the Capitol of our country that the dead
lock in organizing the Senate is not yet broken
and that nothing has been done by the Presi-
dent to alay 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. believed
then the President had determined to recog-
nize the Republican party and not Il 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
leaders for being openly friendly to me. 1
cannot believe that General Garfield 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 offense 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. ConkhnG and Platt are the
chosen Senators from 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 to be
consulted in the matter of appointments in
their State. When it comes to filling the most
influential office in their State without con-
suiting these Senators, 1t 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
the President will see this. and correct
his mistake himself, and restoBe har.
mony to the party. He owes this to HIM
self and to those without whom he
could not have been elected. Nobody be-
iieves that he could have carried the
State of New York without the active sup
port of her present Senators. Their passive
support would not have answered Without the
State of New York General Garfield would not
now be President. His rewarding Robertson
is not only offensive to the New Y York Senators,
but it is offensive to New York Republicans.
The change of Badeau and Cramer, the two
appointments in which 1 felt strong
personal int crest, 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 inter-
fering with his public duties. The second,
because it was at the expense of removing
tho son of my old Secretary of State.
who, probably, never had his superior, GER
tainly never for moral worth. in the depart
ments. 1t is true, he resigned, but he did tn is
from q sense of honor, supposing il to be the
duty of representatives abroad to give new
Administration the opportunity of saying
whether they were wanted or not.
"very truly yours, U. s. GRANT.
4" Hon. j. =. Jones'"