North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-02-12


"The Wilderness - only he will not have
the gallant General HANCOCK to assist him
in saving his army from humiliation.
The General of the Army Of the q. s..
may well cry "Save me from my (pretend-
ed) friends - He was said to drink too
much. His toadies denied it. They now
tack about and admit the charge qualified
ly. The Detroit Tribune, an outspoken
radical Grant and Bond organ, explains the
getting drunk-church-story as follows /:
A month ago Sunday afternoon, the
General called upon General Sheridan
The last named General, as is everywhere
known, is a hard drinker. General Grant
scarcely ever takes anything, and can new.
| er take but little. Like President Pierce,
| a very small amount Of whiskey makes
him giddy, and like Pierce when he was
Presidency the General is not fond of the
idan persuaded him to drink with him, and
the immediate result was that he (Gen.
Grant, became little dizzy, and took
perheads of this city have coined thou
sand infamous lies. They have declared
Grant to have been ''lrunk at church."
Staggering through the Streets and a
hundred other things. My statement is
the sole foundation for all these infamous
falsehoods. No one ever saw Gen. Grant
in the slightest degree under the influence
Of liquor upon any public occasion, and /
hear that he has taken the pledge within
two or three days. do not attempt to
excuse his weakness on the occasion refer
red to, but it is just that the exact facts
shall be stated, and l. suppose it is true
that to-day there are twenty men in Con-
gress, and as many more in high places
under Government, who have the reputa-
ton of being perfectly sober men, yet who
are visibly affected by liquor ten times
where Grant has been once. Perhaps it
would have been better not to have alluded
to this mattor, but after Mr.. Tilton's par
agraph, the actual facts should be known.
lest it shall give color to some of the mon
strous stories which are privately Giro llat-
ing over the country.
Isn't the above very damaging to the
Hero of Richmond? Where are the Pro-
hibitionists, the Sabbath-keepers and
where is the gallant Phil. Sheridan p
Knonn to be ''hard drinker," Ell -
Grant, like Pierce, cannot drink much !;
makes him 'giddy.' 1t serves n,ortols
just the same as it does q. S. G.. Sheri-
dan persuaded him. Adam said to the
Almighty "The woman thou gavest me to
be with me. she gave me Of the tree and I
did eat" No one ever saw him the slight
est inebriated on any "public OCCASION
the italics are ours-and "he has taken
the pledge within two or three days.
Men don't often take pledges against that
which disturbs them SO gently. Isn't it re-
| freshing to learn that "there are twenty
men in Congress and as many more in high
| places in the Gov 'ment who have the repu-
tation of being perfectly sober men, who
arc visbly affected by liquor ten times
| where Grant has been onee.'
There you have it The very young
woman who, applying to be wet nurse,
was asked by the crazy old father of Mid
shipman Easy, if she had ever borne a
child. She replied efficiently, "Yes, sir,
but it was very little one - So Grant
replies, through the Detroit Tribune defen-
| der, I" I have been drunk, but the drunk
was ue,y little one. do not drink one
tenth the whiskey that 40 men in Wash
ington high places do, and they are es-
teemed perfectly sober men,"
If Gen. Grant wants to take drink, we
move he be permitted to do so. He has
served his country in battle, and if he cam
not solace himself occasionally what viii
social pigmies like ourselves be allowed
to do. General, Here's confusion to your
bungling, white-washing friends