The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-11-01
A REPUBLICAN, ON THE GRANT DYNASIf
AND ITS CONNECTION WITH GOLD
GAMBLING

The Cincinnati Commercial, leading
Western Republican journal, published just
across the river from the home OF Uncle
Jesse, the Ledger biographer of Ulysses,
expresses its opinion OF the Grant family
and its completely in the recent gold gam
bIer's fight in New York, as follows:
.'In this part Of the country the influence
of the Presidents father has been absurd
and injurious In New York We find Mr..
Corbin, known long ago in the Washington
lobby and in Wall street as shrewd and
unscrupulous operator, who, few months
since, assumed the relationship OF brother
iulaw to the President, and began presently
TO speculate in that relauonship' IL WAS
his stock in trade. 1t gave him familiarity
with Gould and Fisk the most notorious OF
the Wall street gamblers. He assumed to
be able to control appointments in New
York. There is too much reason to believe
that he did control some Of them-perhaps
that of Gen. Butterfeld among others.
"When the President passed through New
York. as he was in the habit OF doing on his
excursions, be was the guest OF his brother,
in.law; and this was entirely natural ana
proper, for Mrs. Corbin is his sister who IS
most like him, and who has more influence
over him than any other member OF his fam
iy This was Covington gossip before she
was married, aud her influence was felt here
in important appointments, previous to that
event.
How much truth there may be in the
stories about the President quitting up mar
gins on governments" and Mrs Grants IN
terest in gold speculahons, it is difficult to
say. Few persons understand the mysteries
of Wall street gambling. Corbin is one of
the few. 1t would be just like him to in
0uce the President to try his hand in little
speculation - to persuade him that his fame
and his honesty, as PRESIDENT, would in
crease the national credit, and OF necessity
appreciate securities; and that if he woul'
consent to put up a margin, it would
merely an expression of his confidence /
the success of his OWN administration, while
If it resulted in his individual profit it woul'
be all right--no one to blame, nobody rob
bed, and none the wiser.
Failing to get his brother in law commit
ted in Wall street speculation, Corbini
next proceedings would, of course, be TO III
huence Mrs. Grant to allow him to make 1
little money for her. If the President ant
his wife dabbled little in stock and golt
at the suggestion aud under the direction o
their brother in'law with a brown ston'
front residence, evidently they were present
" apprised that the transaction was not dis
tinguished BY innocency as it has been req
resented to them by their brilliant and pei
sussive relative.
messengers to Washington, Pennsylvs
MIA, and arguments by Jay Gould, and in
Guires By Jim Fisk, meant something NOR
10, hot of the pregtdpn
and his family in Wall street specuatio n
was simple, ordinary business affair.
the President was in, he took care to e
out, and it is quite possible that the col
sciousness that there had been an elabora
effort to use him. had its influence in eau
ing the percent tory order that be gave,
be saws in the Bonner letter, for the sale
gold ,,
While the Bulls were at work with q
President, the Bears seem to have had 4
Secretary Of the Treasury in hand, and ga
him fine dinner with the view of pIyir
him with overwhelming arguments why
should sell geld and crush out the resca
These were reformers in the same sense III
the late Reformers IN Hamilton eonr
were So They were quite as wicked
Fisk and Gould, Corbiu or Butterhe
They were in another ring, that was
Their game WAS TO steal as bears instead
as bulls.
"Now we hope that in oil this the Pre-
dent will learn one useful lesson. 1t Is
brief: that not only is personal governme
played out in monsrchies, but that fam
influence will no. serve any good purpe
with Chief Magistrate; that in his positi
all families of honest people must be on t
same footing; that the Grants are not in I
least better than other folks because he
President, but are rather to be discrimin
ed against; that his personal friends nj
be Judged by their fitness rather than th
friendship.
aft he can learn this lesson speedily, a
give evidence of his increase of kuOwled
the people will be swift to forgive the err
already committed; but if be remains
this particular dull scholar, the degree
popular impotence that be must eneoan
may ii least Surprise him . good DEAL"