The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-12-01

ECtter from General Grants
Father.
Ifi- Career ~ very Hcnia rtn BILE Ouc-Hi-
Petition IA Regards Iirc uder
~ hat jiTcum-Tauces he viii Accept the
continuation.

~ hat circumstance he VIII Accept the
Nomination.
CovlNGroN. XIV. Julv 10. 1866.
Z. \. CoLLTNs-liy hUyd DID FrIsnd.-A few
weeks ago | received a long, and you may well
guess. very welcome letter. That letter | should
have answered NJ the time, but Is YOU had heard
q, that outuf-tae-way part of the world that |
had been appointed Postmaster of this city. and
that il was near the close of the quarter, and that
You know II was quite q task for 4 new hand 10
make a report and keep 1t correct for - largeI
an Office. you viii say that | have 4 very goo
excuse for my delay, and especially 50 when |
tell You that have only This day got off the last
OF my report.
You may wonder how one AT my age should be
appointed to such an Office. | Will tell you. When
abraham Lincoln was elected to preside over the
destinjeS Of this truly great nation, he took one
salmon T.. Chase into his Cabinet. He had al
ways been a good Democrat, when Abolitionism
had nothing TO do with party politics. Well,
there was a man in Cincinnati by the name of
Hamilton Cummings, Il very noisy Aholitionist.
and of course was admirably calculated and fitted
for the Office. All that was necessary was to rent
Il house and move his family TO Coyington. 1t
was done. and he was appointed.
was well known to Governor Dennison, Post
master General. and also u the President. About
that time l wrote TO our Congressman, ironically
cundcmning him for his vote on the Negro En-
franchisement Bill for the District of Columbia.
lie went TO the President and told him TO appoint
me Postmaster, and 1t was done: and as IL af-
io-ded a nice little salary of IS, 900, which you
know | have never had any special objection TO,
| took il and entered on the duties, and things
moved on well.
Well, l have told you how l was made Post
master. | will now reply to your letter as well
as l can from memory. for really your letter has
been mi>laid. and | can't lay my hands on it.
Respecting your success in getting that article
that is good for 'ssore eyes," | know you don't
care anything about it. Why should you? You
have now more than will be needed to cure all
the sore eyes in your family. You say you are
shaping your affairs to get home about October.
! Will try to go out as soon after your return as
possible.
You say something of my Soldier Boy. l for
get what, but | believe you say you want to 90
to Washington when he is inaugurated President,
and ask me if | will 20 with you. oh, yes, GER
taiuly | will 90. and hope we may have a nice
time of it. Stranger things than that have hap
pened, but not more strange things than that
would have been four or five years ago.
You know Ulysses is not and never was an as
pirant for any personal favor or promotion.
When the war broke out he felt as if the Govern
ment had educated him for a soldier, and as it
was likely soon 10 need his services he would not
withhold them, 50 he was among the first TO vol
unteeer for the war. and to say the very least of
it, his career has been a very remarkable one.
You know he never asked for an office, Il promo
ton or a command. or agreed to accept such
when consulted. Bat when appointed, promoted
or ordered, he took right hold, and has COM
manded larger armies. fought more battles, taken
more prisoners and more ordnance than anyother
General history gives an account of. You may
have noticed that the Government and the people
fully appreciated all he has done and a good deal
more. He was promoted from 4 private up to n
Brigadier General in Il few months, and all the
time placed in important commands. He was
promoted, until there was no longer any rank 10
promote him to. Then the Congress created a
new rank OF LieHl-rant 6rrrrffgIiSaE--- and he was
again promoted to that rank. Not satisfied with
that, Congress has created a still higher rank, of
what is called i full General, and yesterday the
Senate continued his appointment TO that rank.
[ suppose they will have to be content. as there
is no other rank which can be created. But that
is not all. The people have moved in every way {:
besides the promotions | have described, and the
large substantial testimonials he has received, the
people everywhere are disposed 10 do him honor.
Take that altogether, don't that seem a little
strange to YOU? 1t does to me.
Now there is another thing which seems equal
~ strange the most ultra Radicals, the worst
Copperheads, the desperate secesh, and the true
Union men. all say " Give us Grant, we want
no other platform than that he has written with
his sword
You know enough about Ulysses to know that
to accept the Presidency would be to him a sacri-
fee of feeling and personal interest. He could
not we'll stand the trial of being a candidate for
4 public favor and his present position is every
way a much better one than that of President.
But if there should seem to be the same necesSi-
" for it two years hence. as now, | expect he will
yield. Yours, etc, j. Il. GRANT.