The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-26
Gen. Grant Fights Nit Conkling
Against Garfield.
New YORK, May l9-The Herald to-
day publishes the following letter from
General Grant to Senator Jones, OF Nevada

New YORK, May 19.-The Herald to-
day publishes the following letter from
General Grant to Senator Jones, OF Nevada
CITY OF MEXICO, April n, 1881.
My DEAR SENATOR see by the latest
dispatches received here from the Capital
OF our country, that the deadlock in organ
lzlng 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 appointments.
When the first batch of nominations for
New York was sent in | was delighted ; |
believed then the President had determined
to recognize the Republican party, and
party action, but his nominations of the
next day convinced me that the first act
was but a part of deep laid scheme, by
somebody, to punish prominent leaders for
being openly friendly to me.
| cannot believe that Gen Garfield is the
author of this policy. | give him credit
for being too big 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 sup
port now, for the otiense of having had a
former preference for some one else for the
office which he now holds. But Garfield is
President and responsible for all the acts
of the Administration. Conkling ard Plat
are the chosen Senators from the great State
of New York and that, too, against all OPP
position of an Administration created by
the same party that elected them.
This should give them all the stronger
claim to be consulted i'll the matter of APP
pointments in their State. When it comes
to filling the most influential office in their
State without consulting Senators it is a
great slight When he selects the most eX-
pensive man to be found it becomes an in
suit and ought to be resented to the bitter
end.
| sincerely 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. 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 answered.
Without the State of New York, Gen.
Garfield would not now be President. His
rewarding Robertson is not only offensive
to the New York Senator'S but it is often
sive to New York Republicans. The change
of Badeau and Cramer, the two appoint
ments in which | felt strong personal in
terest, was very distasteful to me.
The first, because of our personal rela-
tions and my wish that he should be kept
where his office would support him until he
HulSHcu 9ollC WI n nc 10 ehSdSeu upon anu
which he could do without interfering with
his public duties. The second, because it
was at the expense of removing a 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 resigned, but he did this
from a sense of honor, surprising it to be
the duty of the representatives abroad to
give a new administration an opportunity
Of saying whether they were wanted or not.
Yours very truly, U. 5. GRANT.