The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-05-25

in the Cincinnati Gazette against the
outrageous distortion ofGeneral Grants
remarks in the theatre the other night,
by the Enquirer, which reports them
thus:
"SIR: am no politician. The Presi-
dent of the United States is my Com
mander-in- Chief. consider the demon
stratioR in opposition 10 the President Of the
United States, AndretC johnson. If you
have any regard for me you will take
your men away. / am greatly annoyed
at this demonstration. | came here to
witness this theatrical performance. L
will be glad to see you all tomorrow
when the President arrives"
Bakers own version is:
81 am no politician. The President
of the United States is my superior oftl-
Ger, and am under his command. l
beg, if you have any regard for me, to
march your company away, as do not
wish to be thus annoyed. consider his
merely q political demons trGtiOn for SCI
fish and political object, and all such dis
apprOre of. | came here to enjoy the
performance, but shall be glad to see
you all tomorrow at the Burnett
House."
Strange such difference there should be,
'Twixt tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee.'
Uhen WashJurne Did Not KRoIC Him.
From the Independent.
Not many years age the well-paid, lit
tle-to-do officers of the United States
Army used to cross the street to avoid
meeting a young ex-Captain, turned
farmer, because he "bored" them by
asking them to use their influence to
assist him in recovering his former po-
sition. Less than ten years
ago the people of America had never
heard of Ulysses Grant. He was posr,
he was disappointed. He had neither
social position nor political influence.
Though he lived but few doors away,
he had never even spoken 10 Ellhu
Washburne.
He Couldn't be Scared by a Monkey,
Early Life, by his Father, n. Y. Ledger
March I.
Ulysses stepped forward, and mounted
the pony. The performance began.
Round and round and round the ring
went the pony, faster and faster, max
ing the greatest effort to dismOunt the
rider. But Ulysses sat as steady as II
be had grown to the pony's back. Pres,
emily out came a large monkey and
sprang up behind Ulysses. The people
set up a great shout of laughter, and on
the pony ran: but it all produced no
effect on the rider Then the ring mas
ter made the monkey jump up on to
Ulyssess shoulders, standing with his
feet upon his shoulders, and with his
bands holding on to his hair. At this
there was another and n still louder
shout, but not q muscle of UlysSess face
moved. There was not tremor OF his
nerves. A few more rounds and the
ring master gave it up; he had come
across a boy that the pony and the
monkey both could not dismount.
His IielC of the Tenure of Office BILL
From letter to the President, August II, ls67.
It certainly was the intention Of the
legislative branch of the Government
to place n Cabinet Minister beyond the
poirer Of the Erecutire remOrdl; and 1T is
pretty well understood that, so far as
Cabinet Ministers are affected by the
terms Of the Office bill, it was intended
especially to protect the Secretary OF
War. The meaning OF the
law may be explained away by an astute
lawyer, but common sense and the views
cf loyal people will give to it the effect
intended by its trainers.
lie 4lWoys wrote in "Good Spirits"
From Early Life, by his Father. New York
Ledger, March 81.
General Grant wrote to me once from
the West, during the war, that tho Gov
ernment had asked good deal of him,
but they had never asked any more than
he felt himself equal to. He always
wrote in good spirits.
His Father thinks Grant had better not rn'
for the Presidency.
From the St. Louis Republican, September ~,
ls6G
CONVICTION, KY, July 20, 1866.
+. c. COLLINS, ESQ., You
know enough about Ulysses to know
that to accept tho Presidency would be
TO him sacrifice of feeling and personal
interest. He could not well stand the trial
of being candidate for Republican tdror;
and his present position Is in every way
a much better one than that Of President.
Yours, &C., j. X. GRANT.
He did not beliere the People wOuld Sub
mif 10 aeremOral Of Sheridan from Ne'r
Orleans.
From a letter marked Private
HEADQUARTERS
ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, :
WAsHNGToN, D. c., August II, 1861. )
To His Erceliency Andre,c johnson, Presi-
dent If the United States.
SIR:-I take the liberty of addressing
you privately on the subject of the con-
versation which we had this morning,
feeling, as do, the great danger to the
welfare of the country should you carry
out the the designs then expressed.
1t is in my opinion, more
than The loyal people Of the country { lmean
those Who supported the Government
during the great rebellion) teiH submii
quietly to, to see the very man of all
others who they have expressed their
confidence in, removed. / would not
have taken the liberty of addressing the
Executive of the United States thus
but for the conversation on the subject
alluded to in this letter, and from a
sense OF duty, feeling that am right IN
this matter.
With great respect, yoHr ob't sery't,
U. s. GRANT, General.
AROAer Grant Prophecy.
From Chiries z. Moss's Letter Washington
MAY IL, read before the Anti-Slavery Meeting
in New York.
General Grant is working hard with
his friends to seeure his conviction. III,
dys his acquittal tciH resHltiH b'oodshed
His opinions ought to influence Repub
lican Senators to remove the only OBJ
stacle in the way of peace.
4 Sudden Conrertfo CEiresat Suffrage
From the same letter.
By the way, General Grant the past
three weeks has declared himself in IA
vor of universal suffrage, and declares
that must be the ruling idea OF his ad
miuistratiOn if elected in 1868.
4 PkreaOlOgist Predicts GRAFT Irill b,
President.
From Early Life, by his Father. New Yort
Ledger, March IA.
When Ulysses was about twelve year:
old, the first phrenologist who eveI
i \. L =. in fhat of fhf