The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-17

itude for what he chose to regard as
sonal service to himself, after his inaup
ton, subject to the wishes of Grant,
spect to such appointments as the
should desire to have made.
General Grant made reply to this
absolving the President-elect from every
CATION which he might deem due, and al
ing that he (Grant) considered that Wild
had done in the campaign was zone forU
good of the country and the Republican
ty, and not for the benefit of the CANDID
Notwithstanding this letter of General d
to Garfield, the friends of the former felt
Garfield was really under obligations d
| ex-President, without whose assistance y
could not have been elected; and while
approved the course adopted by Grant i
solving the President-elect from pers .
obligation, they nevertheless supposed !.
under all the circumstances, and especial
view of the letter from Garfield, aid |,
alluded TO-, any reasonable favors G
might ask of the incoming Administrd
would be unhesitatingly accorded. l.
When Grant had determined to go to
leo Tor the purpose of fnrthering his n
cherished idea of accomplishing a comI d
cial. If not "a political union between the
republics, he, as well as those of his td
who were in his confidence in this ms
knowing his great popularity in Mexico
lieved that to have an American mia
there in accord and sympathy with
would greatly facilitate his objects.
General Grant therefore asked the b
dent to nominate for the Mex |,
mission Walker Fearn. Esq. Of New
leans. Mr.. Fearn IS a leading COMING
lawyer ofthe Crescent City, thoroughly Nd
in the Spanish laws, as well as the FN
civil law, heartily in sympathy with GeI
Grant and his great commercial project,
in every way qualified for the position v
Grant solicited for him. But he is a D
crat, and the moment the name was
posed. Blaine, who has from the first Sd
a disposition to get more than the
share for the little work he did in the
paign, opposed the nomination osten{
upon the ground of Mr.. Fearu's politics
=, really because he wished to prevent
administration doing any favor to Gel
Grant. TO support him in his oppositiol
; brought to the front a lot of Louisiana
publican politicians, who raised the
against Mr.. Fearn Of Secessionist, Demd
e White Lacquer, etc, and Garfield, Ud
: torgeiful Of his debt to Grant, ignoriul
V his expressions of gratitude in his
r from Mentor, and acting literally
a Grants letter absolving him from ppI
obligation, withheld the name, and, 4
e backing and-flling over the matter for
e time, finally summoned sufficient cour4
1t ack Grant, indirectly, to suggest another
d didate. Grant thereupon suggested the
e OF Marshal Pitkiu; but he having beel
IS of the famous 3O6 at Chicago, the very
d ton of his name made Garfield sIml
Is Hence. tie Administration has wholly
at ed Grants requests, both as TO Fearn ad
he kin, and the Mexican mission is vacant,
es In connection with these facts, it all
re pears that the only other request that &c
at Grant has made of Garfield was one Il
IL appointment OF John Russell Young as
re lister to Japan; and that, like his othd
Or quests, has also been ignored. In consrG
e. of this attitude of the Administration ID
General Grant, the friends of General (
though they have little to say about
m exceedingly bitter, asserting that Carrie
IL become a mere puppet in theh hands OF
81 forgetting not only that Blaine contr
ID. nothing to his election, but by the loss
own State in September, threatened a %
Republican defeat; and also that he ow
election, as he truly expressed it in bis
N from Mentor to General Grant, VIII
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