Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-10-31

Woou Dy Tue cOFu. dOW long
has it been cuts" "Four feet" Il
mean how long has it been since YOU
cut it % ''No longer than it is now y
And slso as when Patrick O'Flyn was
seen with his collar and bosom badly
begrimmed, and was Indignantly asked
by his officer, ''Patrick, how long do
you wear shirt ?'' promptly replied,
'Twenty-eight inches, sir."
HIS History is Known TO ALL.--Tbe
Hon. VIM. Whiting, Solicitor of the
War Department under President Lin
coin, speaks thus of Gen. Grant:
We have chosen to lead US on to victo-
ry next November that commander who
has so often met the same enemy before
His history is known to all. He is hon
est, modest, generous, prompt, decided,
firm, persistent, fearless, cautious, silent,
sincere and faithful To what living
man are We under greater obligations
than to General Grant the hero of a
hundred battles =? Suppose that he had
fallen, or suppose that his iron will had
faltered, that his clear and comprehensive
mind, by which he had controlled the
complicated military operations of two
vast armies, had been overtasked and
had failed, what would have befallen our
country and its brave soldiers in the
field T.? What would have been the fruit
of all the sacrifices of patriotic millions
of lyal men and women?
1t is the first dictate of gratitude that
a great and generous people should pay
its highest honor to the hero who served
his country. General Grant is not mere
W a soldier. He has great executive
ability, and wonderful sagacity III judg-
ing OF men-so as TO put the right man
in the right place. 1t was he wEo first
brought forward General Sherman, and
Phil. Sheridan, and most of the brilliant
soldiers of the army. 1t was he who
quickly set aside many of the empty ce-
lebrities who stood between US and our
success. While he was in the War De
partment he gave conclusive evidence of
high administrative power. He is no
orator, but what he says is to the point.
Not with sounding phrase, not with vain
rhetoric has this stern warrior sought to
captivate the fancy of admiring friends;
but he has plunged his iron from the ar
gument from the mouths of his cannon
into the ranks of his enemy. One of the
proofs of the real greatness of character
is his readiness to appreciate the merits
of others and to confer honor npon these
who render valuable service. No .jeal-
ousy, no rivalry. no meanness ever soiled
his noble nature, or prevented him (as it
has prevented others) from making
known his obligations to all who aided
him.
Owing his high position to no clique
of poiiticiSns, his position is absolutely
independent. Holding already one of
the highest offices in the Government, he
will not be allured by visions of fame or
glory to swerve from the path of duty.
PATEIoTIC GEMS FOR THE Next Pres
DENT.-'I care nothing for promotion, so
long as our arms are successful. ."-Graht
to Sherman, February, 1862.
"If my course is not satisfactory, re-
move me at once. / do not wish in any
way to iapede the success of our arms.
Grant to Halleck, February, 6, 1862.
"No theory of my own will ever stand
in the way of my executing in good faith
any order may receive from those in
authority over me."-Grant to Secretary
Chase, May 80, 1868.
'This is Republic where the will of
the people is the law of the land."-
Grants letter to Andrew johnson, Aug,
1867. .....
81 should have no policy of my own
TO carry out against the will of the peo-
pie. e."-Grant's letter, May 20, 1868.
a''Human liberty, the only true founda-
lion Of human government. "--Grant's
etter to citizens Of Memphis.
"Let us have peaco."-Grant's letter
May 20, 1868. j.
In China man can have as many
wives as he wants, or rather as many as
he can purchase, but they must all be
subject to the first one. The parents OF
the young man always purchase the first
wife for him afterwards he makes his
own purchases. Nearly all the mer-
chants have plurality of wives-some CT
the rich ones being almost as often mar
ried as Brigham Young.
cY-The free church movement in the Pro-
estant Episcopal Church seems to gather
1900 A ,,1aot;pr to f,rt u xuoS baId IN