Why Forney Resigned

lüere is a graat aoal 01 cummont nere in political circloa conoerniag tho resignation oí Col. Forney as Collector of tho Port of Philadclphia. Forney arrivod hero Saturday niorning to attend the preas banquet last uight, but did not cali upon the President. He sent hisiesignation hy the hands of ,t personal friend, and left to-ni'ut for Philadelphia. Forney rotired i'roin the press banquot beforo the arrival of the President, so that tho Collector and Grant did uot moet. It is understood that the resignation of Colonel Forney is one of the resulta of tho late contest in tho Fourth Senatorial District ot Pennsylvania, in which Colonel A. K. MeClure, ono of Grant's dissatisfiud and disappointed men, figured conspiculousy. McClure is Forney's personal friend, and was noininated to boat the caudidatu of a corrupt Republican ring, sailing under the administration rlag. Fornoy was opposed to this ring, and supported McClure against the regular candidato of the party. Hls course gave great ofFence to General Cameron and other unquestioning Grant men, and threats were made that he would be removed. The President, howevor, while deploring the course of Forney, gave no intimation of a desire fof his resignation. It appears that ho rathor feared to offend Fornoy lest he might join in the anti-Grant movement headed by McClure, and carry Pennsylvania against tho administration. The President discouraged the movement against Forney, but tho latter begau to roalize tho fact that if he continued to hold office he must abandon his indcpendence, and support the claims and pretentions of every rasual who saw fit to hoist the administration nag, and shield himsolf behind Grant. The worst of it was that Grant allowed himself, through tho infiuence of Cameron, to bocome tho sponsor and the ally of all the corrupt rings insido the Republican ranks in Pennsyl - vania. The recent uprising of tho bettor class of citizons of Philadclphia against these rings convinced Forney that he must chooso botween tho administration and tne people, and he dccidod ia favor of the people. It is understood that the President is a good deal alarmed at the sudden turn of affairs, and h now has serious approhensions of losing Pennsylvania. Fornoy says that he will continue to support the administratiou, but in an independent marnier. He does not propose to be dictated to, and ho will not lentl hvs newspaper to tho support of corrupt pohtio.il riugs that fasten thomsolves upon Grant, and that find countenance at the Whito House. The President has not yet acted on Forney's resigntitiou. It is undurstood that Grant is anxious to have Forney withdraw it, but tho lattor is firm in his purpose to abandon office, at least under this administration. Tho oorrespondent of Forney's paper, l'lie 1're.is, tolegraped a despatch to that journal to-night which is understood to embody Forney's views on the subject. In it lie says: "Whilo he was collector of the port if ho wrote an articlein favor of Grant'a administrador!, somo superserviceablo knave would hasten to exclaim that tho Colonul was paid for his praises of power, and if ho ventured to denounce some local politician, or to refuse to to join in the scandal against Col. McClure, an older and a better Republican than inany who have boen bunting him down, ho would be charactertabd M an ingrato to that same power. Thus he has to chooso betwoen tho sharne of boing a slave or a parasite. He has decided to be neithor. I do not beliove that tho President has to-day a moro earnest or grateful friend than Col. Forney, and General Grant knows it. But he is at tho same time a friend of tëumner - a friend of more than twenty yoars' btanding - and of others who do not favor tho President'8 renomination. This fact was known to the President when Colonel Forney was appointed Collector. Hu feels that it is time to cry " Halt ! '' onco more to the desporate men who are using Grant's namo to keep themselves in or to help theiaselves to office. He bolieves in conciliation between Grant and Sumnor, between Grant and Greoley, and between Grant and Fenton, and insists that what Mr. Lincoln did with the mon dissatisfied with his administration General Grant ought to do with the men dissatislied with his."