Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-07-28
POpguns.

THE character of many of the attacks
upon the President is fatal to the cause of
those who make them. If the most strik-
ing and continuous assaults are absurdedly
trivial, or plainly refuted by facts, the in
evitable inference is that there are few
serious grounds of complaint. With the
return of summer return the gibes at the
desertion of duty implied in not remaining
at the seat of government. The country,
however, will hardly grndge the Presi-
dent his residence by the sea during the
hot weather nor will it curiously count
the number of cigars he smokes, nor of
the drives that he takes, as evidence OF his
official negligence. In fact, one of the
most agreeable traits in the President is
his contempt sOr all the cheap arts of pop
ularity which are so sedulously cultivated
by many small politicians in large offices
If it could be shown that he seriously ne
elected the duties of his office, there would
would be just reason for dissatisfaction.
But that is not attempted. The effort is
not to tell the truth, but TO create preju-
dice.
A ready humor can easily ridicule what
ever it touches, and q daily sneer at
any man or at any subject would not he
without effect. But the most Jealous stu.
dent of the ridIcule directed at the ad-
ministration by its enemies could not avoid
asking himself at last, If the administra-
tion be so insane and imbecile as these wits
represent, how are such undeniable good
ersults produced" 2" Mr.. Lincoln, accord.
ing to the familiar story, injured dnx.
iously about the brand of whisky which it
was alleged that General Grant drank, that
he might send some to certain other gen.
erals. And if inanity and imbecility di-
minish the debt, reduce taxation, settle
quarrels honorably, and maintain the ma
tional peace and honor upon all sides,
would it not be we'll either to try more OF
the same, or to ascertain whether they are
terms which accurately describe the facts I
There Is, however, one solemn charge
which we Sec renewed in some of the
Democratic papers. at would suit the
desperate and unscrupulous men who hold
executive positions" says paper of the
party which, in the same kind of rhetoric,
used to call Mr.. Lincoln gorilla and q
third-rate country lawyer, to "drug and
benumb the country into the conviction
"that better a bad government than 8
change" And it proceeds to declare what
it is pleased to call its "honest conviction
that Power with capital P) is industri
ously weaving fllaments to bind giant
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subjection." All this was much more
directly and plainly said by General Frank
Blair before the election of General Grant
when he told us that he would probably
make himself emperor, and hold the
White House against all corners.
1t is difficult not to call this kind of re
mark drivel. And when this is gravely
urged in respectable papers as a reason fol
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il is plain enough that on that day the
writer had no argument whatever to pre-
sent against the continued dominance O
the Republican party. There have beer
several military Presidents: Generals
Washington, Jackson, Harrison, Taylor
and now General Grant. The latter wa
elected, as it were, from the field, ant
with little comparative acquaintance
with political parties and civilians; anC
he naturally kept Immediately arounC
him certain officers whom he haC
professionally known and proved, for tn,
same reason General Jackson brough
with him TO Washington as private secre
tary his relation Major Donelson, who's,
death was recently announced. But ther,
never was President, whether taken from
military or civil life, who has shown NOR,
personal simplicity and total freedom from
unworthy personal objects In his higl
office, or who has been more faithfully
subject to the law. There has been NJ
act and no word upon the part of the
President that has in any degree justified
the prophecy made by General Blair, anC
which has been recently elaborately re
peated. And the assertion was first mad,
by the candidate for the Vice-P Presidency
and is now repeated by organs of th,
party, many of whose leaders would un
questionably have regarded with com
placency coup a. etat by General MClel
Ian, which was vaguely limited, and which
had only sweet words for those who woulC
d stroy a free republic to found a slav,
empire.
This is the kind of aspersion whicl
shows that arguments have failed, an,
which is made ridiculous by the characte
aud career of the President.-LIaqper'
Weekly.
A BURGLAR who attempted TO enter
house in Germantown, Pa, through win
dow, few nights ago, startled little cir
who was sleeping in the room. Hal