Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-12-10
Greeley on Grant.

We hope that we do not greatly
annoy our contemporaries who see Mt
to descant on "the ITiJunc's hostili>
ty to Grant" "hatred OF Grant, &c,
when we say that the Generals testl-
mony before the impeachment Cons
mittee (printed exclusively IN our last
issue) proves him an able, sagaclous
| thoughtful patriot, who can hardly
fail to serve his country with usefnl>
ness and honor in any trust which
she may devolve on him. His early,
resolute, persistent opposition to Pres
ident Johnson's efforts to have Gen.
Lee and other rebel chiefs, whom be
Grant, had paroled, arrested and
tried for treason, with the general
| humanity and moderation OF his views
as TO the treatment of the defeated
rebels prove him far more than a sue
cessful general-show that his char
acter embodies some of the higher
elements of broad and generous
craftsmanship. These views, we
know, are substantially ideni
with these Of President Lincoln, Chief
Justice Chase, and nearly all our real
! Is 4rta' m H. (Mr Thaddens Stever7
ming he ouiy conspicuous keep
aeu,) 5at h. - now >e~u ~ aa' Z aoi
aclT aasagLalmad D8. espresso taam
al q .ue when Executive power and
popular cIamor were nercely hostile,
and when we were enduring and de>
flying prescription and fierce denunci-
alton for frankly avowing them
The storm has since spent it's fury,
50 that we rust Gen. Grant will stand
higher with the great mass OF his
countrymen for the evidence now
given to the public that he was sane,
even when Johnson was goading the
public mind to frenzy by daily ha-
rangucs importing that treason was g
crime, and traitors must be punished.
QUARRELINa.-If anything in the
world will make a man feel badly,
except pinching fingers in the crack
ola door, it is unquestionably qaur-
rel. No man ever fails to think less
Of himself after it than before. 1t de-
grades hin in the eyes ofothcrs, and,
what IS worse, blunts his sensibilities
on the one hand, and increases the
power of passionate irritability on
tho other The truth is, the more
peacably and quietly we get on, the
better for our neighbors. In nine
eases out of ten the better course is,
if man cheats yor take care to live
so that nobody will believe him. No
matter who he is or how he misuses
you, the wisest way is to let him
alone for there is nothing better than
this cool, calm and quiet way of deal
ing with the wrongs we meet with.
asa-The Secretary of the Treasury,
in his Annual Report, urges continu-
ed contraction of the currency with
view of fastening the return to
specie payments, and argues that if
the policy of currency expansion DO
adopted it will prove ruinous to the
country He interprots the law, in
reference to the five~twentics, as bind
ing the country to their payment in
coin, principal and interest, and be-
lieves if the policy looking to their
redemption.in currency shall be adopt
ed, the effect will be disastrous.
rGa-T The Grand Duke of Baden has
resolved to have his son, the Crown
Prince, educated at good common
school, together with number of
other boys Of his age. He says that
the usual system OF educating princes
by private tutors is productive of
great many evils and that few of the
boys thus educated are able to cope
with those Of the same age, who were
pupils Of the common high schools.
Bay- Some editor says that the des-
tiny Of the world often hangs on the
smallest tifles. A little milf between
Charles Bonaparte and his love
aetltia, might have broken off "a mar
riago winch gave birth TO NapoIe,
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