The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-05-25
GRANT ON GARFIELD.
THE EX-PREsIDENT EXPRESSES HIs
VIEWS.

WASHINGTON, May 1S.-The fol-
lowing letter has been received by
Senator Jones, of Nevada, from
General Grant, enclosing one from
the ex-President to Mr.. Garfield:
CITY OF MEXICO, April a, 1881.
-ng Dear Senator: | see by the
latest dispatches received here from
the capital of our country that the
deadlock 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 ap-
pointments. 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 not a faction. But his nomina-
tions of the next day convinced me
that the first act was but part of a
deep laid scheme by somebody to
punish prominent leaders for being
openly friendly to me. / cannot
belive that General Garfield is the
author of that policy. | give him
credit for being too big a man to
descend to such means for the pun
ishment 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 a 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. Conk-
| ling and Plat are the chosen Sena-
tors from the great State of New
York, and that, too, against all the
opposition of an administration ere
ated by the same party that elected
them. This should give them all
the stronger claim TO be consulted
in the matter of appointments in
the State. When it comes to filling
the most influential Office in their
State without consulting these Sen
ators it 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. j sincerely hope the President
will see this and correct his mistake
himself, and restore harmony TO the
party. He owes this TO himself and
those without whom he could not
have been elected. Nobody be-
lieves that he could have carried
the State of New York, without the
active support of her present Sena-
tors. 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 York Senators,
but it is offensive to New York Re-
publicans.
1.-The change of Badcau and Cra-
mer, the two appointments in which
felt a strong personal interest, was
very distasteful to me; the first, be-
cause of our personal relations and
my wish that his office would sup
port him until he finishes some
work he is engaged upon, and which
he could do without interfering
with bis public duties. The
ond. because it was at the ex-
pense of removing the son of
nv 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 honor, supposing it to be
the duty of representatives abroad
to give a new administration the op-
portunity of saying whether they
were wanted or not.
"yery truly yours,
''U. 5. GRANT.
"Hon. J. p. JONES, United States
Senator, Washington, ID. c.