The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-05-27
PROBABLE DEATH OF PRES
.s>---IDENT GRANT.

: lDENI GRANT.
The Radical party nominated for
ViccPrcsfdent the man Coltax, in an,
tioipation Of the removal. by impeach.
ment or by death, Of U. 5. Grant
ave watt no nlnre doubtful Vice Presl.
denrs," was the warming OF Wendell
Phillips. The party drnlrd that Wcn-
dell Phillips was authorized to issue the
word of ofcznnnaser rasd then proeeedrdts
obey it. circumstances compel US.
they rcAcrn d. go 'hsad our ticket with
u sie, chlrss sphynx; but even the
spt,pxes.catbere,pexed raadd.ayezdie.
We must have, fur the second pIace, a
man Of our own 'eslil6dsi6g.1 And the
ehpicc ,fsll on poor, ,simperins gaIpx,y,
TIE probabilities that Grant will be
rrwuyed b.; impeachment are diminish
Ing Ing III proportion as as Tie probabti,fes 81
his rcnnvalbyA Death are increasing.
Private advicrs rom Washingtrn indi,
calr Thai Grantj> jhiLHu iH kealthxsery
rapidlyo, Iis1eyen dlapIb9s daapbssei ijG i heswill h. wiz
i've live to prefofm the Presidential fanc,
tiorH1s ii5H atyEtirr, tyEtirr, aalhdtgfhe may not before
tlfat stihe.b dihehiS gfaycg The imaIady
under which lres is suffering is OF tho
kiud thark kills the mind betSrethe body
dies, although tic death lcsllh q the body gst istc
cvitably fYilYys.
The hssS SYMPTOMS Ni ina in Graz Grants case a'a.d
h,oittil ,6ii,al and physical suffering. He
has had toa'sAatapNhop" stimes alt
ready in ;i< many weeks, she sislosipE
flesh r., Visitors complain. Of hisibipsf
incucss, and many Of them Of his tenn
per. lie has wholly ceased to fee6ite
vvis:torsIut night The few. who see him
wnh his Aa1mly speak Of himius appcars
ing tnbe .lltoreughlyfaggedFout saeh
day S, round Of work. lie smokes iia17 IN
ccs>anrly, and sis for hours with his III
lie slrls lind IN his own, not uttcringa
wud, and never salBing' except when
his wife whose anxiety n,aecoaht oflils
cur, ,d,tOnsis,ill .disguised:"'r /: ati. has
Medical gcmleWen< vii, even from
this hrricyl description ofthe symptoms
readily recognize T the 'lIr:ilaay Which is
rapidfy u aGtiAg Mr. Grant torE E'mentat
4fnt oi;nDy, kind,'and 'hhstenipgs him
surely to the grave. f,qcI 81; ., dob
Insanity, in any Of the, more common
phases, is probably ndt. . hereditary In
the Grant family. 3Butthat ldss Of lrea-
son which iresui /, FROM what il called
suficnlng Of the braiu isuot, properly
speaking, form pf insanity; ;but rqtb,r
the cfe,t Of . physical disease, that
III y result from great MANY different.
causes Excessive insenil eta: ce"'iir
drinks, or in habit that cxhausts the
nervous y ysiemnis!p xery, prnliGc gnqse.
The in enprra,e use 9i opium or iobne;; b;
CO. has ,he same effect. Ordinarily. the
effects OF, ,isin. these poi<ons are not
visible, or do not exist, ifuiil snmc other
clemens. is3 brought into comtinatlot!e
lust as tho clement ,oxygcu:is necessary
to the combustion Of phesphorps. In
Ar. Grants case, the vast responsibility
OF the pre- sidrntial %ficc, and the unusus
al excre ei,es of his mental faculties " hicis
j, involves. have doubtless supplied the
element which, in system ALREADY pre-
pared for its entrance, has developed
tie fatal disease. Asa writer ic-srly ex-
presses it, the presidency has proven
'.too mueli for him. 'sr7 2f.s.s.. .#'h
Sacr is Mr. Grants state o(,hcalth
that the country need not be surprised
il he should b. disqualified to perform
the duties If President before the next
meet ng Of Congress. Whether, in that
case, Congress would proceed im'"dei.
atcty to iuaugurale Mr.. ,Cclfax or not
woud perhaps. dcpeud upon the opin.
iuns Of medical experts as to the pdssr-
bility Of Grant's recovery! TIicreason~
able presumption, lowcver,isf. that the
unty iupe Of his recovery is in hisire-
tircment tpa private and perfectly quiet
! lite. AS President Of The United Statcs
the Indications clcarly arc that he can
not live ty the end Of his term. 'l"2
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