Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-05-26
GRANT ON GARFIELD.
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OF RoseOe-His Letter 20 Senator
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NEw YORK, Ma, l9-The following
letter from the ex-President to Senator
Jones, of Nevada, is published here:
CITY OF MEXICO, April 24th.
Ny dear Senator:
/ 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 engendered by
his most recent appointments. When
the first batch of nominations for New
York was sent in was delighted. be-
lieyed then that the President had deter
mined TO recognize the Republican party
and not faction, but his nomination OF
to-day convinces me that his first act was
but one part of deep laid scheme by
somebody to punish the prominent lea
ders for being openly friendly to me. /
cannot believe that General Garfield is
the author of this policy. l give him
credit for being too big man to descend
to such means for the punishment of the
men who gave him their hearty support
in his election and who are disposed to
give him the same support now, for the
Offense of having had a former prefer
ence for some one else for the Office which
he now holds. But Garfield is President
and is responsible for all acts of the ad-
ministration. Conkling and Platt are
chosen Senators from the great state of
New York and that, too, against all the
opposition of the 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 consulting
these Senators it is agreat slight. When
he selects the most offensive man to be
found it becomes an insult and ought to
be resented to the bitter end. | sincere
ly hope 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
could not have been elected. No one
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 now be Pres
ident. His rewarding Robertson is not
only offensive to the New York Senator'S
but it is offensive to the New York
Republicans. The change of Badeau and
Creamer, the two appointments in which
I felt a streng personal interest, was very
distasteful to me; the first because of our
personal relations and my wish that he
should be kept were his Office would sup
port 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 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 Fish re-
signed, but he did this from a sense of
honnor, supposing it to be the duty of
Representatives abroad to give anew ad-
ministration the opportunity of saying
whether they were wanted or not. Very
truly yours. U. S. GRANT.
Hon. J.-P. JONES, United States Sena.
tor,