Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-05-03
From the Chicago Republican.
Grant as a Thief and Murderer.

The public have recently been shocked by The
recital of n most atrocious murder committed in
Philadelphia. where an entire family OF eight per
sons. including men, women and children, were
deliberately slaughtered. in order TO steal three
hundred dollars aud pair Of boots Anthony
prcbst was the inliuman perpetrator OF the deed.
In the annals of crime there is record Of a
more brutal murder, nor Of one IN which the com
rnoncst feelings OF nature were more UNANIMOUSLY
violated than in the killing cf the Deering family.
The Chicago Times represents that personal and
political sentiment that regards the downfall Of
the rebellion as a national cilamity. During the
war those engaged in its prosecution were denoun-
ced bv that paper hirelng scum OF the earth, and
malignant oppressprs of brave and noble people;
the killing Of every rebel in the prosecution of the
war was held 20 30 crue murder Of gallant
man defcadiag his hor1e from brutal invader;
aud every grave that closed upon Felsral soldier
was hailed as monument To mrrk the retrlbu
tive Justice which should Overtake every wretch
mean enough TO bear arms in contest wherein
she freedom of the African might be secured.
That was the tenor Of the four years teachings
of The Chicago Times.
When a grateful country rcjoiccd over the
ergetic nbors of Sheridan, and the world delight
ed 70 honor his brilliant deeds. The Chicago
Times held him up a blatant impostor and COW
ard. unworthy to be mentioned in the same breath
with lis accomplished, brave aud honorable ad
versary, the drunken Early. In the estimation OF
the same journal and those il represented, Sher-
man was mountebank whose fantastic tricks
would sooner or later be terminated by the soldier
Johnson; and Thomas was an old fogv unable to
contend in any way with the brilliant genius Hood
But the special object upon which its venom vas
exhausted was Gen Grant. The presumption Of
such man as Grant undertaking to compete in
the management of all army with a soldier like
Lee was held 10 be an outrage upon the national
l. eAlA
not an Abolilionist or insane The malignitY with
which every soldier who vas not also traitor
was hated wasintense, and as persistent il was
cha sracterisic Of the treason it sustained
Grant, Sh. nnan, Thomas and Sheridan survived
the armed treason Of the enemies OF their country
and despite the defamation of the Northern allies
of the rebellion, have won for themselves in the
estimation Of the world honor and distinction, .
as military chieitains, which is not shared by any
other living men.
The Chicago Times, however has no. forgotten /
its malice. IL may have been repressed but new
er diminished, aud the murder Of the Deering
family seized upon rs the pretext for repeating
its denuncia,ion o! Grant as a thief and murder
er. 1t finds in Anthony Probst. the SLAYER of the
Deerings, another Grant; it fHds in three hun
drcd dollars and n pair of boots inducement
for crime fully as honorable as the capture OF
Richmond, while the murder by Probst Of those
defenceless women and children is more inis-
nous than the slaughter at Spottsylvania and Pc
ter.burg, Probst il insists, is the hero OF bloody
action not cqualed "uness by some of those
fought aroGnd Spottsylvania Court House"
Probst wanted the three hundred dollars and
boots; Grant wanted Richmond. the Deerins fam
iy stood in the wGF of the money, and the rebel
army in the way Of RichmOnd; PrOb:t murdered
all the persons who could prevent his thei,; Grant
did the same. Probst did more than Grant, I
but as to the atrocty OF his act, was fully equal
&
Probs,, and to accomplish his success he murder
cd more people, and as Indignantly as Probst.-
The two men are claSsed tosether-eduas Ia
crime. and entitled to the same honors and fame
in the estimation of their country. As Grant is
awarded higher honors by a grateful country for
HE deeds than have been awardei TO his comrades,
SO probst, it insists, should DC exalted and honor
ed above all other murderers except Grant. IL
thus closes its comparison between Grant and
Prubsts
Gle (Probstl needs honor of some sort. 1t
would be an insufficient acknowledgment to make
him a Brigadier General Of murderers. A Major
Generaship in the grades of slaughter would be
ou,ranks the regular ari highest of the custom airy
official distinctions. lie should be at the very
least n Lieutenant General"
To the extent that Grant is thief and mur-
derer. whose deeds oe classed only in the same
grade with the atrocious slaughtcrer of the Deer
ing family, 30 also mlss be classed the acts oil
Sherman. Sheridan. Tllsmts. and their associates,
rank and file, who during four years, carried the
flag and the sword OF their country through the
land OF the rebellion, Every who, by word
or deed. is responsible for life lost in that wsr.
even il taken in defence Of the country; every
soldier who bears upon his person the scars Of bat
tle and before whom contending traitors have fall
len on the field; every man engaged in this war.
whese hands not bloody with the gore of the
national defenders is, BY the Chicago Times, pro-
nounced thief and murderer. who, in all that
constitutes hero, can only compare With Probst
in the proportion that they took part III Grants
cold blooded murders.
We DO not remember to have seen during the
war, even in the rebel newspapers, more malig
nsnt and scurrilous defamation of Grant and the
Union soldiers than that which appeared in the
issue of the Chicago Times of April -. 1866. II
is brutal in its taste, infamous in its object. cow
srdly in its manner. aud insulting IN all things to
the survivors of the army, and to their relatives
and countrymen, who claim for both living and
dead the honored crowns of patriots and of sol
ders.