Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-15
A Fresh Batch of FalsehOOds
about Grant and his Position.

The most unscrupulous and unprinci-
pied liars to be found in the United States
at this time are connected with the Radl-
cL press. One Of them travels with the
Presidential Party and enjoys its hospital
tiles and the hospitalitles of their friends
along the route they travel; and then
abuses those hospitalities. He represents
the two Satanic Tribwnes-that of New
York, and that of Chicago. Coming from
Cincinnati to Columbus, on the 12th he
persisted In boring and annoying GRANT to
such degree that the General was COM
PEELED to snub him, In order to get rid Of
him. GRANTS little theater speech In Gin
ciunati was q bitter dose for Radical Re
porter to take, and he of the two Trib,mes
labored nearly all the way up from Cincin-
nati, to get the Generals permission to
/ modify it-BUT FAILED. ,.-rg aj
After this failure, the political camp fol-
lower, who does up the Columbus Specials
for the Cincinnati Commercial, undertook the
contract to LIE the thing right through;
and the two following paragraphs are spec
linens of the way he is doing the dirty work
of his masters. They are clipped from his
dispatch of Thursday night last:
General Grant, while in Columbus, did
not hesitate, in conversing with those with
whom he is intimately acquainted, to ex-
press his utter disgust with the whole per-
iormance of the Presidential troupe with
which he is in company, by command of
the President, as his superior officer, but
with the political aspect of which he has
not one particle of sympathy.
"He complained that the Cincinnati En-
Q,.irer had published garbled account of
his remarks in Cincinnati. The General
says that he accompanied the expedition,
feeling that the manner in which he was
invited and pressed by the President to do
so amounted to an order from his Com
mander- in Chief. He expresses extreme
disgust with the manner In which it has
been conducted, and that he feels, though
physically strong enough, as tired as though
he had been absent from Washington for
six months" .-.-.
Now, we undertake to pronounce the
foregoing extract as being FALSE from be-
ginning to end; and no man who has any
reputation for truth and veracity will con-
firm it over his proper signature! General
GRANT did not "express disgust with the
performance of the Presidential troupe"
nor did he say to any one that he was not
in sympathy with the President, or that
"the Enquirer had published garbled ac-
count of his remarks in Cincinnati" The
Commercials special is simply tissue of
falsehoods manufactured out of whole
cloth, to prop up the tottering skeleton of
Radicalism few weeks longer. We know
whereof we affirm, when we say this.
The noodle who furnishes the specials
from this city for the Cincinnati Gazette, is
also doing the dirty work of his malignant
masters; and readily becomes willing in
strumeDt in the conspiracy of liars and ca
lumniators. Here are a few paragraphs
from his dispatch of the 18th:
st Is we'll known that Governor Cox
had long and interesting conversation |
with General Grant, and that the latter ex- |
pressed his views freely on the political
iituation. He could not approve the course |
ty-of the country lay in his policy, but in |
that of Congress.
"Imay add, that Admiral Farragut ex-
pressed himself quite as strongly. He said
he was only passenger, and that he by no
means sympathized with the Presidents
policy, or his manner of advocating it."
Governor Cox did not return to the city
until late on the evening of the Reception,
and General GRANT was occupied until
quite late at night receiving those who de-
sired to paJ him their respects. Hence,
there was no opportunity for "Iong con-
versation" with the Governor, who will
hardly crafty his Radical friends by tell
ing the people what this correspondent
does. The truth is, General GRANT did not
say to the Governor or to anybody else, that |
she could not approve the course Of the |
President" or that he indorsed the policy |
of Congress; AND THE GOVERNOR WILL
NOT ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SAY
THAT HE DID.
What this correspondent says about Ad-
miral FARRAGUT is as false as what he says
about General GRANT.
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