The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-07-23
Gen. Grants Habits.


Gen. Grants Habits.
A correspondent writes us the following
note, and as the same inquiry IS frequent
Iy made by others who honestly fear TO
trust the highest Office in the nation in
the hands of man given to the excessive
use of intoxicating liquors, VIC give some
space to the matter in reply to our CORES
pondcnt's note, which is as follows:
Editors Biade There is great deal
of inquiry here in regard to Gen. Grants
moral character, and in regard to his use
of spirituous drinks. There arc good
many Coppcrheads who charge that he is
great drunkard. Please inform us
through the columns Of the Bldle whether
there is any foundation for these charges
OR not, and obligc
MANY READERS.
We thought the silly charges trumpcd
up some time ago against Gen. Grants
character for sobricty had been so thor
ouehly rcfutcd that they would need no
further attention.
Some months ago Theodore Tilton, cdi-
tor of the New York Independent, was in
Washington, and imposed on with the
silly story that Gen. GIANT had been seen
on Sunday drunk in the streets of Wash
ington. With greater haste than wisdom
he hurried off letter to his paper, giving
currency to the charges. 1t was Il mean
thing for man in Mr.. Tilton's position
to 90 so, and he was soon heartily. asham
cd Of it and sorry that he had allowed
himself to be thus imposed on. There
was not a particle Of truth in the story and
Mr. Tilton, as soon as he was satisfied
that he had been imposed upon, made the
amcndc honorable.
We know that during the war stories
of Grants drunkenness were circulated by
his enemies, but on investigation the
charges were, in every instance, found TO
be without foundation in truth. The Ia
mcntcd President Lincoln remarked to
him with this charge against Grant, that
he wished all his Generals would use
Grants whiskey.
Before the Chicago Convention this
charge against Gen. Grant was thoroughly
investigated by number of gentlemen,
who felt very kccnly the disgrace that
had been brought upon the country by
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determined to oppose his nomination if
there should be any truth in the reports
They were soon completely satisfied that
the charges were maliciously false in
every particular, and that Gen. Grant
was a man Of strictly temperance habits.
If the Democrats to whom our CORES
pondcnt refers will consult the most in
huential and respectable papers Of their
party, they will find that this charge
against the General was some time ago
abandoned by them. There arc, Of course
through the country some insignificant
Democratic sheets, of neither character
nor influence, which persist in the charge.
1t matters not to such as these whether
it is true or false. 1t serves their pur-
pose to injurc, as they think, political
opponent, and that is all they care for.
Gen. Grant is regular attendant at
one of the Methodist Churches in Wash
ington, and those who know him best arc
most emphatic in their praise of the pur,
ity of his private life.
His public history has been such as tc
give the lie to the vile charges of dissipa.
tion trumpcd up against him by his enc.
mics
Our correspondent and his friends, who
have had some anxiety concerning this
matter, may quiet their fears. They will
never have occasion to blush for Gen.
Grant, when he becomes our President
as they, and the whole country have SC
often had to for Andrew Johnson To-
tcdo Blade.