The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-12-21
Democratic CaIunInics.


The Now-York Times, oc the 18th
inst, in an abls article, shows up the
falslty Of many Of tho accusatio,s
against General Grant which the Dem.
ocratic papers are constantly repeat.
ing. These defamers of the Presi.
dent have published thess falsehoods
SO often that at last they almost be-
licve thom true, and there is danger
of honest men falling into the came
error.
Onc Of the charges agains. the
President is that "hc went iuto Office
comparatively a poor man aud is now
n milionairc' That ho is not mill
lionairc is shown by til, fact that his
income, outside of his official salary
does not exceed six thousand dollars
n year. Ills principal proport y,'
says the Times, is his farm ofsix or
sO,en hundred acres noar St, Louis.
part OF which was inherited by Mrs.
Grant Thu reminder was bought
by Gen. Grant ii ON tho other heirs,
ont Of the ono huulrol thousand dol
lars given to him ly the citizons OF
Now York before he became Presi-
dent" Another Of the numbcrlcss
fabrications set s1Jat by the Now
York San and eagerly rcpca,ol by
other Democratic journals, is that the
Presidents Long Branch cottage was
II present from Mr. Murphy. Not a
doi'ar's ,coHh Of properly has Teen
girsn Gen. Grant since he became
President. Tho san has also repeat
cdly printed a list Of twen,y-fy. "re
lations' whom Gran. has appointed
to ofi,c under him.af. The Times
has investigated the matter and says
tho list in question is false in every
particular. OF the twenty-five SO.
called relations sixteen arc 10 no wav
related to him; three Of tho others
received their appointments from
Johnson, and were continued in office
by Presileu, Grau;.
"As to the objection 10 Gen. Grants
course on public affairs says the
Times, I've DO not profess 20 answer
them now; wc merely repeat our
own opinion, that in tho main his pol.
icy is sound, wise, and beneficial
ono. \ imam of purer private life
than Gen, Grant never occupied the
Presidential chair. Is it iust-is il
worthy of the Presidents position,
or fthis great nation-that he should
be called to account at any moment
by every disappointed oilicc-scckor
who chooses to invent q new slanler
against him! We have replied to these
charges because, by constant r,peti-
tion, they might have imposed upon
cFodulous minds. The moro thor.
oughly they are siftel, the more
shamefully false AMI malicious they
will appear. We believe that the ma
jority Of tho people look upon these
caIumuies with Indignation. They
have made thousands Of friends Tor
the President amcng that quiot and
thoughtful class Of the community
which rarely bu,ics itself actively iu
politics, but which admires pluck an
silence in public men, which hates to
see injustice dono, and which dcspi.
scs the towards who try to undermine
q public reputation by defamiog pri.
vate character. Whatever rejected
,oilice-scekcrs, like the calumuiators
of the !Snn, may do or say, the great
majority Of tho American people are
lovers OF fair play they dotest sian.
derers aad liars and they will hon.
or Gcn Grant all tn, more because
he gees on steadlvstly doing their
work, 10 disregard Of tho insults and
taunts Of men who hate him because
he vii! not yield to their demands"