Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-21

accepted Jy General Grant as a gift
since he has become President. In
common with other heroes OF the war
and Immediately following the victo-
res which brought peace, General
Grant did receive gifts from people
of all parties as expressive of their
appreciation of his services in con-
quering the rebellion. These testi-
monials were freely bestowed and
honorably accepted, and both the
giving and the receiving received the
applause of the public at the time.
In reply to allegations of later gift
taking the Times specifically denies
that the President ever received S2o
600 worth of stock in the "Seneca
Stone Company;" the only fonnda-
ton for such q story being that he
owns, by purchase as an investment,
$4,000 of the said stock, which he
bought in the same manner and on
the same termes as other purchasers.
And the story that the President re-
ceived the gift of q house at Long
Branch, from exCollector Murphy, is
also explicitly denied. The gist Of
the Times article relating to the pc
cunia,y affais of the President is con-
tanned in the following extract:
Outside of his official salery his in
come does not exceed $4,000 year.
His principal property is his farm of
six or reven hundred acres, near st.
Louis, part of which was inherited by
Mrs. Grant. The remainder was
bought by General Grant from the
other heirs, out of the 100000 Civ
en- to him BIZ the citizens of New
York before he became President.
One of the charges against the Pres
ident, is that this ST. Louis farm was
o present to him. The 100000 re-
ferred to was used in paying off the
mortgage on his house in Iustreet,
Washington, now owned by General
Sherman, and in purchasing and fur
nishing his house at Long Branch,
which he is charged with receiving as
present from Mr.. Murphy,-tha at
being another of the numherless fab
rications set afioat by the San about
The President, and repeated eagerly
by journals opposed to him. Not a
dollars worth of property has been
given to Gene.al Gran. since he be-
came President.
During the war the President saved
something out of his paw as Major
General, and with the money so saved
he bought q part interest in some
Chicago lots, which have appreciated
in value, but hitherto have yielded 10
income He also bought q small
amount of horse railroad stock,
which pays moderate dividend. He
was given, while a q General in the
army, house in Philadelp hia, which
he rents for about $4,000 year.
And finally the Times reduces the
list of relatives of the President
paraded almost daily in the anti
Grant papers in evidence of the Presi-
dents nepotism, by showing that
three of these relatives were appointed
to the Offices they hold before Grant
came into office, and that "no less
than twelve OF the persons set down
as relatives of Grant or his wife, are
not connected in any way with the
family of either;-a very materia
subtraction from the sevidence of the
case. The fact that the enemies o.
General Grant have no better ground
of opposition to his administration
and re election than such as is vacated
in the counter statements fthe Times
betrayes at once the weakness anC
hopelessness of the opposition cause
--Clevelano Leader.