The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-08-11
The Nihbling OF the Pismires.

The Nihbling OF the Pismires.
At tho close of a long and exactipg
! session OF Congress, and after the bu-
sincss Of the year, SO to speak, is sat
isiactorily concluded, our President
has fed from the execrable climate.
and pes'cring opportunities of the po-
litical lazzaroni OF Washington, to his
cottage by the sea side AZ Long
Branch, TO enjoy brief season of
rest and to recuperate his mental and
physical energies, which have been
SO umernittiugly drawn upon by the
duties of his position as chief magis.
,ra,c of the forty millions Of people
of the United States. - u ~, 80 ,
Wcrc he such q blundorer as his
enemies constantly insist that he il,
it would quite naturally be concluded
that they would be delighted at his
absence fro n the executive mansion
at Washington, and satisfied with
any ordinary clork to discharge the
duties of his Office al interim; But
our GROWERS arc implacable. No
sooner does he leave, than these pigmy
pismiics are unusually fagitated i'm
their ant hills, and tho democratic
press from Dan TO Bersheba unite ID,
prolonged chorus of denanciation
OF the frivolity and indifference of
Gen. Grant to his official dutios. ~
1t natters not to these maleyolont
ma'contents, that we cite them to the
itlustrious example Of Aurelian, one
of the wisest. and best Of tho Roman
Emperors. who rightly held that .
ruler rhould be like the sun, and
should visit all parts Of his dominio0sl
10 enable him TO. govern his people
inte'ligently. fss. m. c.9t ~,
In vain we plead that mixing with
the PEOPLE, thus enabling him to get
out of the atmosphere Of venoiity
and corruption, and getting his hand
more closely upof the public pulse,
will DO of .incalculable advantage 10
him in understanding the situation,
and in administering tho affairs of
his Office. II is Of nc consequence to
these nibbling pismires that we show
that the labor devolving upon tho
/. President is SO absorbing that the
rest and relaxation is absolutely nee
essary, unless, indeed, they would
desire to see him work himself into
his grave like Stanton. It matters
not to them how plainly we show
that the telegraph has anpihilated
time and space, and that the Presi.
dent can from his telegraph Office at
Long Branch, dictate in regard to
all important matters at Washington
Just as we'll as if he 'iwere in the
White House. All arguments Of
reason, humanity and justice, are
brought forward in vain, and the
pismires in spite of us will continue
their nibbling process at tho charac-
tor and reputation of the Nations
Chief Magistrate, IS
Let them nibble. 1t affords them
congcnial passtime, and does not
seem to do anybody any harm. They
commenced nibbling at Grant when
ho moved on the enemies works at
Donnelson. They denounced him as
a drunkard and butcher for licking
their army at Shiloh. They had an
uncommonly lively agitation among
all the pismires, great and small, all
over the country, when he captured
$4,000 of their erring brethren ut
Vicksburg, and by the same motion.
broke the back bono of the democrat
ic revolt against the government
There was prodigious sqnirming
when Sherman ran his sword thro
their ant bills from Atlanta to the
-
sea, and their impotent wrath had
reached it's elimination when The
drunkard, butcher, numbering Grant
SO unccrimoniously took in out ofthe
wet under that famous Appomattox
apple-tree, their beloved idol, the in
comparable christian, hero and sol
der, Robt. Il. Lee. s, al,
In the meantime, the loyal people
of j .nerica, in contradistiuction to
tho nibbling pisn,ircs, grateful to the
man who was tie inspiration OF vic
tory IN war, and is tho personifcation
of honesty and fidelity in the admin
istration of the civil affairs of the
eminent, say to him to just take
his much needed rest and relaxation
to mix with the people; to study
their interests, thus enabiinghi m,
when he retarns to his post OF duty
to have clearer conception OF their
wants, and ifpossible, to serve them |
with more acceptance. jet
On the night of Aug. 5tb, VIM. Il.
Hanna ESQ "a very prominent men,
Der OF the b. OF Bloomington, ILL.,,