Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-05-11
General Grants IsIunders.

The Irish Republic, a good paper
for Irishmen or any other enthusiast
tic lovers of freedom, has regular
correspondent named Peter Giles,
who has peculiarly fine way Of get
ting at political matters and things.
The other day he met his friend
Raphael, when a conversation ensued.
This Raphael is a good hearted fell
low, who thinks that the world res is
upon his shoulders, and that if he
should let 60, the universe m ust 60
to smithereens. If any thing is done
contrary to his advice it's blunder,
whether it be to regulate sewing
society or the u. S. Government.
His first salution to Peter was:
"Have you heard the news?"
ono, what's up?"
"Grant has been making another
mistake. The Republican party is
going to thunder!'
"That's bad! General Grant has
ruined us several times in the last
two years; that's fact"
"But 1 tell you we're clean gone
this time! Grant don't stand the
ghost of chance for denomination.
He wouldn't get twenty votes in a
convention tomorrow.
SIS that 500"
"You better believe it! He's moth
ing but a bundle of blunders. He
hain't got political sagacity enough
to take him through New York
primary"
"Poor man! I have heard that
said of him before. 1 think you
made the same remark when he was
down in the swamps about Vicks-
burg. But he blundered into that
stronghold, after all. Rather queer,
isn't it, that all Grants blunders
seem to have given US victories over
the rebs. recollect you spent day
once trying to convince me that Gen.
Grant committed blunder in going
through the Wilderness and getting
on the other side of Richmond. l
think you called him butcher then.
Some days after, he blundered up
against an apple-tree at Appomattox,
and General Lee happened there
about the same time. If recollect,
Lee was quite disguised at Grants
blunders, and the Confederates gen.
orally thought he made mistakes.
If / am not mistaken, our New York
Copperheads have played upon that
harp of thousand strings, General
Grants Cylinders" ever since Lees
surrender"
"Deuce take your fun, Peter! Your
know he's made mistakes in his
policy"
ayes, / think it was a great mis-
take to pay off so much of the nation
al debt as he has done, instead of
initiating Tammany Republicans
and going halves with "ring" on a
hundred million taxes"
"step, Peter, you're laughing at
fellow. You know Grant has turned
out Grinnell."
sop
"Yes, and removed Gen. Palmer"
"That was peppery!"
Sand changed one of the Pension
Agents"
ooh dear! Has he put Tammany
Republicans in ~
mo, not quite, but you'll admit
he has made blunder in"
"In what? In net putting Tam
many fellows in?"
"Oh dear no! but can't man be a
good Republican and not Grant
man?u
II think st. Paul had some very
good notions about that matter,
friend Raphel. I commend you to
the 3D. chapter 1st Corinthians. 1t
contains some very good suggestions
for present consideration.
ave have too many who go in for
Paul or Apollos and ignore the great
principles for which we are contend
ing. Factions are not parties. The
Republican party is one of principle,
If it's anything. The President is
simply. the leader, treading the plat
form upon which the people placed
him, and, like true soldier as he il,
knows no orders but those he finds