The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1871-11-25
Our President.
The Baton Rouge State Joaraalsay.

i
/ Without playing the part of the
4 tOady and sycophant as the National
! Republican does in its issue number
one, (Monday), upon this subject, we
at the same time mean to say "a few
i words about our President, and give
him his just dues and not one iota
fmOre.
/ To begin, General Grant has our
/ profOundest respect, but candor COM
pels us to admit that for the rest of
his quite numerous family, which
shoot, and have its branches all over
the land, our respect is not quite SO
i profound. General Grant is undoubt--
edly very great chieftain. He per-
formed hereulean feats during the
war. But, at the same time, we must
not forget one who has passed away,
and who it was that kept Grant sup
piled with all the men, money and
munitions of war, just as they were
required and if it bad not have beeg4
for this great and good man, we doubt
muchly, if our present President
would have been occupying the lofty
/ position he is to-day.
The great and good man who kept
Grant supplied with all he needed was
Hon. Edwin NJ Stanton. 1t was
Stanton who never refused to crafty
each and every demand of the General
Iof the armies. Grant had all he
asked for, and all that remained for
him to do, was to. employ the means
Egranted to him in a right way and
Ego ahead and do the fighting, and
IGeneral Grant did fight. No going
back upon that. But if General Grant
Ihad not have had the liberal hand of
the Secretary of War supporting him,
1--WE think that with all his bull dog
tenacity, things with him might have
1 gone altogether different, and .Jeems,'
/ the supposed-to -to-be boss of the New
lOrleans Custom house, with his native
--Fefir-would not have mounted the
ladder of notoriety and wealth quite
as fast as they have DONE.
I Amidst the multitudinous cares of
the high and responsible position
General Grant occupies, as the head
fof this great nation, the tririet affair
of part and parcel of his office
holders, including his brother-in-law
"Jeems," attempting to break up and
disrupt entirely. in this State, the
4 great party that elected Grant Presi-
dent, is of too tririat nature for
us Louisianians to expect Grant to
take any action in the matter what
ever, or expect him to offer us prOtec
ton from the assaults of his Office
rdmpires upon our political rights.
j 1t really seems to us that it is only
with him, who has stood amid the
strife and carnage ef battle, and
remained so passire, who could now
when IA battle is raging, wherein the
aggressors are has owm Gpp0intees, and
who are attempting to break up the
very party that made the General
what he is, in this instance, remain
calm, indifferent and passive too.
/ Reiterating our profound respect
for the General himself, but not for
his numerous family, we must, never
theless, say that although utterly
Indifferent as he appears to be to the
interests of the great Republican party
in this State, he, at the same time>
1 should not be SO entirely negleetful
/ of the other desires of the people
of the Southern States.
4 Now our President finds time, amid
!. the arduous duties of his office, to
perambulate East and West, but aeuer'
South. Why make Portland and
cities East and Wset, the only blessed
spots that are favored blythe presence
4 of our President, and the opportunity
i to listen to the wise words that fall
/ from his lips during his brief speeches
i Give lis South the same opportuni-
i ties of listening to the wonderful
speeches, and consequently the oppor-
j tunity OF increasing our admiration
for our worthy President. Unless
General Grant does favor us South
with his presence, the able truths he
gave utteIance to in his Portland
effort will prove true indeed. He
says, speaking of his not visiting the
city very often: "Unless i come
/ oftener, shall be an old man by, the.
next time come," and so it will be
with us, for we fear that he will be an
old man, unless he puts in his appear
ance soon amongst us. A reception
i worthy of the occasion of such visit,
could easily be gotten up. 'sJeems''
has his c. III. b. B., and FeliE could
do the same as he did convention day,
draw at sight upon the appraisers
department for all the wines, liquors
band cigars needed.
i If the gatlin- -gunners are to be sus-
tanned by our President, then cur
President should take trip this way,
and see how things here are for him.
self. 1t is our opinion that if pre-.
vailed upon to make us d visit, and
after seeing the exact situation of
affairs, he'd mighty soon throw the
stump of his cigar away and prepare
for business, by laying Packard,
i Lowell ard the whole Dunn Carter
crew across his knee and give them
what Paddy gave the drum. Do not
/ wait till you are an old man, Mr.
President, but favor ,ls with visit