The Van Buren press., 1870-03-01
IN. Las. Portrait of uly.sss oraas.


The Last Portrait ef Ulysses Grant.
The Cincinnati Commercial (albeit Re-
publisan) allows its Washington oorrss-
pondent to draw this picturs sf he littls
soul that sits in the chair Of Washingtou,
Jefferson, Madison aud jackson:
THs ARLINGTON, Jan. Is, 1870.
THE MAN ON HoRsEBAcK.
This celebrated phrase 10 receiving.
just now, a singular eventuality. Certain
ardent friends and admirers, assisted by
artistic talent, are busy getting up an
equestrian statue Of President Grant, 70
adorn the front of the Treasury building.
The money has been subscribed. his "a
cellency consulted, and the horse select.
cd from which to model the animal, aud
the artist 10 at work.
One could we'll question the taste Of
this performance. 1t comes within touch.
ing distance Of the Vanderbilt brenses.
Ii is too much the work of the man to be
an honor. We all know the motives that
animate the move. I'VE feel to know"
as my excellent friend, the Right Rsve-
rend Maxwell p. G. was went to say.
that il his exccllency we're to wait until
tho end of his term, the subscription
would be slow to swell to the necessary
amount When completed, the man ON
horseback will hook upon the melancholy.
unfinished monument to George, the
father Of his country. and sincs then .
long line Of Presidents have como and
gone, who, had they desired, might have
figured in bronze or marble, and called
for the efflgies during their brief hour
Of patronage. Even the inebr,ated An.
drew could have succeed the Treasury
Building with his remarkable person.
But with the patronage disappear the
parasites. The most popular President
tho man who goes in with hurrahs and
no end Of fire engines from Philadelphia
leaves, on his last day Of power in
solitary hack
"Unwept unhonored and unsnflg."
But it is waste Of good ink to be dis
cussing question Of taste with this Ad-
ministration. 1t has oil sort Of sense.
but sense OF propriety
There Is, however, q little inner history
connected with this equestrian statue
worth giving to the public. The work
originates in Philadelphia, under the di.
rect supervision Of Pig-iron Kelley. And
this accounts for certain lactsal fluids in
the cocoanut' Up to a certain time u
was believed, If not known, that the
President sympathized with Western IN.
tercsts. Our Governor Hays, for exam.
pie, had very satisfactory talk on that
subject with the General, aud said his
views sounded as il based on the statis-
tics Of David A. Wells. When, however,
his message made ito appearance, there
was found total revolutions, and ali ths
iniaedhahssaf,ff iniaedhahssaff tAa Administration wss bsssvhs
ern interests are being buried. And seen
it was whispered about that part Of the
message had been prepared and put In BY
old Pig iron Kelley himself. The bronze
horse has proved more fatal to ~ than
the wooden steed Of Troy. How could
his Exceilency resist the soft persuasion
Of q gentleman who was doing such
grand thing for him9 An equestrian
statue--hsw far ahead Of the other heroes
OF the war he would be. Where is your
old Pap Thomas nowY What are West
ern interests to thisl Let us have in.
famoa. tariffs; let them be augmented.
Ulysses will sit for ages 10 immortal
bronze, long after those transient meas.
ures have passed away and we small men
forgotten.
Well, as the statue Is TO be erected, We
must have an appropriate inscriptien.aud
/ humbly suggest the following: 4l
Erected to the Honor s
Ofulysscs 8. Grant. General,
And President.
CT obscure origin aud questionable training.
lie held himself aloof from parties,
And patriotically
Had no principles. ia
Entering the army,
lie fought bravely and won rcnown,
BY making the road to Richmond,
A highway OF human bones;
Happening to be the first In command,
When the Confedcracy fell,
From sheer exhaustion.
A grateful people made him President.
he proved his science
BY reaching into the unknown
For his Cabinet.
lie was generous, .a
And, to those who brought him gtNs, ~
lie gave fat office;
Aud charitable, lf .a
For he feed his family at the public crib;
Aud lives immortal as the only mou {
Who ever helped f
A brother-in-law.
This monument
Is built M ff
OF protected copper aud
Moncpoiised ply iron, ti
BY grateful few, i1
Who fattened famoasly
While people starved.
- so------s
Tns SnALLKsr SrEAx ExolxE.--Ths
smallest steam engine in the world 10 new
in possession Of John Penn, Of Green.
wich, England. II will stand on three
penny piece, and 1t really covers ssss
space, for its base plate measures only
three cighths OF an inch by 3-l0 From
the extreme sinallnsss Of this model, .
few minuti,e--such, for instance, - tho
air pumps-havc necessarily been omit.
ted. Still, so small are some Of the parts
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