Show EXECUTIVE BULLDOZING It would be amusing if it were not so disgusting to see the avidity with which Republican papers here and elsewhere swallow the stories without a single scrap of proof to establish them of the bulldozing I bull-dozing of Congress by President CLEVE LVii > There is not a line in his message to Congress which savors of a threat or i smacks ot coercion or offers an inducement J induce-ment to embers to support his views on the financial question Further not a single instance is cited in which patronage patron-age has been offered for votes or refused for opposition The President of the United States is in duty bound to make such suggestions to Congress from time to time as he sees necessary for the good of the nation Inc In-c the extra session he had to convey to them by official message an explanation explana-tion of his reasons for making the call While we differ from him in some of his opinions and are not convinced by the arguments he offered in their support we must admire the manner in whichhe presented pre-sented them and object to the partisan attempts which have been made to make the message appear either dictatorial or coercive I We notice that in all themean and petty t endeavors of partisan papers to find fault with the President and brand Senators and Representatives with infamy because they support his position no particulars are given no instances of patronage in exchange for votes are specified It Is I all suspicion inference supposition and conclusions jumped at without reason An esteemed correspondent calls the attention at-tention of THE HERALD to an instance of Presidential pressure on the part of a famous fa-mous Republican which we hero present in his own pertinent language and commend com-mend it to the consideration of Republican Republi-can faultfinders with CLEVELAND To the Editor ot Tm HEIULD Eepublican and antiCLEVELAND newspapers news-papers are fond of saying that the President Presi-dent has resorted to an unprecedented method of carrying his measures by withholding with-holding appointments pending the result re-sult of silver legislation There is no evidence to sustain this charge But what is spoken of as an Incident of Mr CLEVELANDS administration was the declared de-clared policy of President GRANT on the subject of the payment of the national debt principal and interest in gold In March 1868 JOHN SHERMAN then as now a United States senator Wtole and published pub-lished a letter indicating the idea of rs deeming the national bonds in legal tender notes This idea was a prevalent one in the west But in General GRANTS inaugural address March 4 1869 assert ing that every dollar of government indebtedness in-debtedness should be paid in gold unless otherwise stipulated in the contract he declared as follows Let it bp understood that no repudiator ot one farthingof our public debt will be trusted in public place H Five days after the inauguration SHER rAT ° j dorAn Act to Strengthen the Public Credit pledging the faith of the United States to the payment of all its obligations known as United States notes in coin W a |