Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-07-03
Cen Grants EaBit

II 4.
4. A correspondent writes us the fol.
loving note and as the lsawe ginqUirg
\ ls frequently made hY others who han
i estly fear to. trust the highest Office 10
-the nation In the hands of a man eiv-
en- to the excessive use of intoxicating
| liquors, We give some space to The
matter IL reply to our correspondent
| note, which Is as follows A3
| EDS. BLADE :--There is a great deal OF
! Inquiry here in regard to Gem Grants f
moral character and in regard to his
use OF spirttuOus liquors. There are a
good MANY CODDefheads who eharre
chat be is great drunkard. Please
Inform us through the columns of the
| Blade whether there is any foundation
for these charges or not, and Oblige
7 MANY Readers.
+ We thought the silly charges BFdnp-
led up'sOme time ago against General
Grants character for sObriety had been
so thoroughly refuted that they would
need no further attention. a. ea s.sr.r
| Some months ago., Theodore Tiltons ID
editor Of the New York Lndepondnnt,
| was ia Washington, and was imposed
on with the silly story that Gen. Grant
had been seen on a Sunday drunk on
the streets of Washington. With
greater haste than wisdom be hurried
of a letter 60 his paper giving car
reuOy to the charges. It was a mean
thing for a man in Mr.. Tilt6n's Bugi-
ton TO do, and he was soon heartily
ashamed of It, and sorry that he had
allowed himself to be thus imposed
upon, There was not a particle Of
truth 10 the story, and Mr. Iilt0n, as
soon as he was satisfied that be had
been imposed upon, made the GnleHde
h0nOrd6Ie 0 !.
WA 1-.,.,s---.1sss 1..s-,..-s 4 -. - A. q -.
of GRAFT Gtsdrunkenness were circulated
by his enemies, but on inVsstigatiOn,
the charges were, in every instance,
found TO be without foundation in
truth, The lamente0 President Lin
coin remarked 10 one who went 10 him
with this charge against Grant, that
he wished all his Generals would use
Grants whisky.
Before the Chicago Convention, this
charge against Gen. Grant was thor
oughly Investigated By a number OF
gentlemen, who felt very keenlY the
disgrace that has been brought upon
the country By AndTsW JOhns0n's
drunkenness, and who were detarmin-
ed to oppose his nomination If there
should be any truth in the reports
They we're soon completely satisfied
that the charges were msliciOusly false
III GNbAy hIuEbACWAAEs AlM NM0H GUNGEHA
Grant was man of strictly temperate
habits 1r @
IF the Democrats e whom our eos
refers viii consult tha most
influential and respectable RspeEs pf
their party, they will find &hnt this
charge against the General was some
time ago abandoned BY thems There
are, Of course, through the country,
Democratic sheets, Of
neither character nor inlusnCs, which
persist in the charge It mgttsFs not
to such as these whether Il Is true or
false. Il serves their purpose 10 in-
jure, as they think, a political Oppo-
nent, and that is all they care for,
Gen. Grant IS a regular attendant az
one Of the Methodist churches In
and those who know him
best are most emphatic ia their praises
Of the purity Of his private life
BIS whole public history has been
such as to give the lie to tie vile
charges Of dissipation trumpod up
against him by his enemies
Our correspondent and bis friends,
who have had some anxiety concerning
this matter, may quiet their fears.--
They will never have occasion 10 blush
for Gen. Grant, when he becomes our
President as they, and the whole
country, have so often had 90 90 for
Andrew JOhnsOn.- Toledo t3ladGfl r.