Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-07-14
THE PRESIDENT.

ing. N. I. Observer.
THE PRESIDENT.
President Grant does not seem
to be much in the good graces of
the Cincinnati Enquirer, as will be
seen by the article we publish be-
low; we also publish below, an art
icle in relation to the Administra-
ton, from the New York Tribune.
Read these articles. Eds. Herald.
GRANTS BIG DRUNK.
Information received from cor
respondents who have just return
ed from Harrisburg, shows that
President Grants trip to Pennsyl-
vania, was, from the start, intended
to be a big spree, and it was such
from first to last. The excursion
was arranged mainly for the pur
pose of enabling the President to
escape the restraint under which
he was laboring in Washington,
and which he was desirous ofthrow-
ling off while the guest Of General
Cameron at Harrisburg. The Pres
ident took every advantage offered
him for recreation, and enjoyed
himself most successfully. The
sources whence these facts are de-
rived are in every way trustworthy,
and there seems to be no boubt
that the President INDUCED TO ex-.
cess in liquors during the whole
time he was a guest of General
| Cameron's house.
This fact needed further proof,
and it seems to find it in a message
to Congress this afternoon, in re-
gard to Cuban affairs. This mes
sage bears evidence that its author
has not recovered from the effects
of his Harrisburg spree. President
Grant was to be at West Point to-
morrow, at the distribution of prizes
but he has telegraphed tonight
that he will be unable to attend. He
will be represented, however, by
Mrs. Grant. Harrisburg whisky
was evidently too much for the
President Cincinnati Enquirer,
June 14th.
THE ADMINISTRATION A SUCCESS.
Gen. Grants career as President
is vehemently pronounced a failure
by such representatives Of differ
ent opinions and constituencies as
the World and the Sun The one
denomces him because, whereas he
once seemed to have few affiliations
with professional politicians, he is
now on the best of terms with them
because he shows capacity to for
get personal grudges in desire to
do his duty, and thus opens cor
dial relations with old antagonists
like General Butler: because he is
not, as it AYERS, q brilliant Presi-
dent (like Pierce or Buchanan, we
is not ambitious to en-
force a policy of his own, but is
most ready, waving his own opin-
ions, when necessary, to accept and
execute the will of the people, as
expressed through Congress, The
Sun is even more vehement, but
ess explicit. 1t denounces lin (af- !
5eT claiming that. but for its editor, :
lie would never have been Com
Chief, or even President) :
because he takes occasional seasons !
If relaxation from the cares Of Of
ice; because he does not adopt
ligh tone with effete and bankrupt +
spain; because he does not always +
elect noted politicians for the of =
ices because he has appointed to i
,filce men once engaged in rebel =
ion; and in general, because, as .
alleges, he is lazy and incompe- h
ent +,
With the personal matters, which II
n one of these cases, that of Mr.. n n
Dana, are openly discussed in con = =
lection with this Judgment, we q
AVE nothing to do. With the judg- 4
nent itself we propose briefly to n
Ieal. We do not regard General i
Grants administration as a failure.
Ne do regard it as a very safe and T
success, and we do not !,
or one moment doubt that, out "
ide the narrow but noisy limits of n
disappoiutments and as V
,irations, the sober, well consider y
ID Judgment of the Country sin il
.erely and heartily renders the same
,erdict. We remember that there
vas time when Mr. Lincoln was a
denounced in terms almost identi- Il
.al with those now used in the de- a
of Gen. Grant. He was Q
iccused of want of brilliancy, He il
vas declared to be no politician. l.
lie was said to cling to political no il
lodies, like Bates, and Usher and W