The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-05-26
CESAR TO TIE nEsCUg.
Ex-PresideDt Grant Expresses Iis yyraah nt
Gar1cld's Treatment OF tho Staiwarts,
NgW YORK. MAY

NEW YORK, May 19.
The ReraM to-day publishes the fol-
lowing letter from Gen. Grant TO Senator
Jones Of Nevada:
CITY OF MEXICO, April "a, 1881.
My Dear Senator-I see by tile latest
dispatches received here from the Cspital
OF our country that the deadlock in or
ganizlng :he Senate is not yet broken.
aud 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. ! believed then that the
President had determined to recognize
the republican party aud not O faction.
But his nominations Of the next day
convinced mo that the frat act was but O
part of q deep laid scheme by somebody
TO punish prominent leaders for being
openly friendly 10 me. I carnot believe
that Gen. Garfield 10 the author of this
policy. give him credit for being too
big man to descend 10 such means for
the punishment Of men who gave him q
hearty support in his election and who
are disposed to give him the came SUP.
port now, for tho offence of having had
q former preference for some one else for
the office which he now holds. But
Garfield is President and 10 responsible
for all the acts Of the Administration.
Conkling and Platt are the chosen Sena.
tofe OF the great State of New York, and
that, too, against all the opposition
OF an Administration created by the came
party that elected them. THIS should
give them all the stronger claim 10 he
consulted in tho matter Of appointments
IN their Stete. When it comes b filling
tho most influential Office in their State
without consulting these Senators it ia a
great slight. When he selects the most
ofensiye man TO be found, it becomes an
insult and ought to be resented TO the
bitter end. sincerely hope that 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 Rob.
ertson is not only offensive to the New
~
York Republicans. ;he change of Ba.
deau and Cramer, the two appointments
IN which felt strong personal interest,
was very distaHteful to me. The frat
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 10 engaged upon and which
ne could do without interfering with
his public duties; the second because it
was at the expense Of removing the son
ofmy old secretary of State who probably
never had his superior, certainly never
10 true Fish resigned, but he did this
from senae of honor, supposing it to be
the duty of representatives abroad to give
new Administration the opportunity Of
saying whether they were wanted or not.
Very truly yours,
q. S. GRANT.