Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-01

eHe' Ma 70 VOCAL Ab<A1croe" He 10 tor o6stiefnR
sny and every ofcef sho be PROVED TO bsve i'm
bibed more than eeveu tbmblsfulis Of lager in any
seven copseouty. days. Al the lsdifs who cher
~ AID While ribbons 10 their bcnnsts epthu,asc
| In the cause of anti ao1ho iDbibticns. They are
full o. sinoerest Eorrow Tor tie Ghappy tendency" Of
General urant They are eager that no NAY be ct
relieved from command add ssnt to reeupsrac In some
Geld vaer ssJ um. "Is IL tho only way be Gan Dc
saved" they cay; and the only way la which tbs fall
ing fortunes Of tho rebellion can be ssvco" is % the
bottom Of their thoughts.
In word, the Jim Secesbos Of s.. Louis have been
busy for the last month in mysteiousy but aciSey err
culatng rumols TO the eject that the Lieuieaani-
General ozuhose genius the fortunes OF tire Uaion are
ssksd has been sober for month, bat that 10 con-
tinuaS dweleth in the headQu .rters Of Beast Basr
Who fssdeth ssld Lieut. ,nant General upon forty rod
vtIstay and iasoris brandy, tho "Be as afo esad
hspi, 10 inherit tie three stars whenever Grant shall
have :psggsd out" and ''casbed in his ohsck6s under
too life compelling scep!re Of hbs Alcoboli
aEosas ~ BAsDsss AND slHAFos CHANDLER As rru-
PEaAsoK DxLrsirKs
SO great IL the agitation OF John aud Jeanette Sc
ees upon this point that they preparing 10 repeat
tho experiment of Temperance delegation" to wal:
upon the PrstiaeDt with protest. agains. his eeention
ofra COMMIT drunkatd eommand Of thu chief army
OF the Uaicn Il is said that Mr. 9sorge Nooc, San
der present OF Canada his been tnsred the chair
N anshp Of this new temperance inovem,n AID that
Senator chandler, oil Michigan vii epresen as eecre-
tary the extreme abolition to- abstinence sentiment
OF tbe entire county. special train is 10 be hired for
the US of the delegation that travellers from
s. Louis to The st may not be worried by the ulira
jealous temperal6e demonstrations OF the members
OF the committee aud In the instructions OF the Total
Abstinence Convention" urder which the delegates
20 act IL Ia resolved shat mo member Of the 81 tenn
perance delegation she President for the Of
General Grant, shall cry With him during bis jour 81
hom 81. Louis 10 Washin yton aver six tso-gailon
dem bins OF Bourbon for his private yse."
HISTORY or rHs fENPfRAsoE DiLlaAfIos AGAINST
GEERAL GIANT.
Toe fuss that u now being made here by tbs rebel
patheis over the alleg d bscKsldng OF Lieut. on
Grant recalls 10 my mind very forciby the Of
which wSs witness previous to tho capture Fort
Jneleon Toe In the matter nifsnt but
til, aleoio.s tails Ia a, oapi al illustration OF tie
present hLb5ub. The thing is asD memorable in iser
as embracing the DOLLY public joke OF which Ajor Gsu
Hsbry Wager HallEck has ever beea known 10 be
guilty.
While Ora At was celebrating his preparations TO pass
down the Mississippi with that magnificent aud resistss5
energy wh ch finally tore open the rebel loci Jaw Of Tue
river al 1t DosesoD, Columbus Nashville, Ptlsburg
Landing, VicksbuTg, aud fasly Port Hadson tho John
she's Of those early days became alarmed at hia DE-
lber.ts aud uLceastg energy and at once commenced
revsng, with tI,ggerations, unspessable old stories
aud old les In reference 10 certain alleged ndcetlOns
bis early babiis The lies " took" with the rapidly
which is usual in such cases and bsore fortnight from
their coinage red u grave ana dJlO-
rous editorial from he temperance and brlD-bread
philosoI hers OF the New York Tribune pointing Out
.BrigsGsr General GIANT as a melancholy example OF
the debssr End rui0ous effects Of too much alcohol
The New York 7ribuss philosophers in fact made him
very much like "ths drunken htloin who exhibited
by Spartan fathers to their children the best sFgu
meuI 10 favor Of Neal Dow N Iine law.
GOV. DICE AITR-
Well the matter length went far that Gov Dick
Yates Of Iuois--himself q notorious temperance ad.
voeate-gavs his sanction the getting up of "tem-
peiaace obligation IRON the ate, charged with pro-
oeediug TO Washington, where they should lay before
the President energetic protest against his allowing
"ioftJ thousands OF Illinois, then in the army
Of the Mississippi to have their lives placed in opardy
gu der command of o commcn drunsar5." This dele
CATION was headed by Judge lvs now OF the Supreme
Coar and had amopg its members such political Ienss
VI the President as Lsonard SSen Ainister Judd and
other celebrated politicians OF he "Suskcr State"
PRECEDENT LINCOLN on THE RAMPAGE.
Nc Lincoln did not SnOW Wat 10 do wish the matter.
he baa read the New York 7bibunss article, ebd
besieged by the frat Temperance dslsg alton" In
regard 10 "Geners Grants habits" he teegrI In
c. pher to Gen. Haeck, nho was then In command Of
the Mississippi department. setting forth what the Ifi
blns said what the "otsl absoelcs" committee said,
AID what be president Lncolp) hought should
ne done. This was ncthipg more less than that
Gen. Halleck should issue ordor .ri'y end dis
gracefully dsmfsing GRAFT fro the SCI vice for berg
n c:ed with The hacils Of a"common drunkard."