The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1872-04-11

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Knowing you y - * alihsrsl spirit
l take the liberty u dropping yos .
brief eommunicatios.
Some three weeks eince, Capt. Han
M, Of the HERALD, year eentsmporary,
Published an extract from New York
paper in which some twelve or four
teen of President Grants relatives dis
own any relationship to him whatever.
1 am not in the least surprised at this,
but I am greatly surprised that any Of
his relatives should own him at all,
when it is known that he is at tho head
of the biggest gift enterprise known to
the American people.
LIST cousin disowns him for wanting
Congress to change the constitution so
that A. T. Stewart could be treasurer
for heading q subscription to him Of $780,
900.
End cousin disowns him for appoint
ing Ashley of Ohio, Governor of Wash
ing Territory. Ashley paid Mrs. Con-
over $4,000 out of the impeachment
fund to get her husband 10 swear false
against President johnson.
3rd cousin disowns him, for having 81
acres Of land in Cook county Ills, near
Chicago. decided to him for el.00 BY Jo-
seph II. Jones and wife-May g, 1869,
and on the sand day, the said Joseph r.
Jones was appointed minister resident
Of the L. s. at the court of Brussels.
4th cousin disowns him for saying
that if he (GranD did not hold the posi-
ton he did, he would resort to the code
Of honor, or come the Hannah on Sena-
tor Sumner, for advising him as said
shrewd Senator thought was best.
5th cousin disowns him for allowing
the arms, &C., &C., OF the U. s. being
sold privately to the French while at
war with Prussia; ignoring the neutral
ity laws Of nations.
9th cousin disOwns him for treating
Prussia rs he did while she was in war,
after she had furnished 200 600 Germans
in the union army of the .. s.; and Ger
many had been our market for our bonds.
But now he asks of England undemni-
ty for not observing neutrality laws.
7th cousin disOwns him for removing
Senator Sumner as chairman on foreign
relations and putting Cameron of Penn
sylvania in his place; because Mr.. Sum-
ner opposed Grants San Domingo job.
9Th cousin disowns him Tor not rcmov-
ing custom house officers in New York,
when Greedy, Stewart and others gave
him notice of their rotten conduct.
9th cousin dis0wns him for pardon
ing ex-Congressman Bowen after he
had been convicted Of bi:any.
10th cousin disowns him for not Civ
ing the shoemaker in Washington an
appointment after he gave, and the Pres
ldent of the United States Of America &C.
cepted, those boots.
And might trace back to the SD tOu-
sin. But what's the uscy
am Messrs: Editors, taking too much
of your valuable space; for you get up
a No. 1paper. You know am Dem;
ocrat, but as much NJ ! love. dear old
Democracy, am like The minister who
had stood us much abuse and cursing as
long as his patience would allow; the
preacher pulled off his coat threw it
down and said clay there religion, until
thrash this d-n skunk"
Now sir, lay the name of Democracy
away in my memory and say, clay there
until Grants tyranny is sunk into obliv-
ion." When l see this republic crum-
bling under a tyrant's heel, l will drop
Democracy and come to the assistance Of
Liberal Republicans. lam for passive
policy" give me Trumbali of Ills, or
Davis of said state, Brown of NO., Gree
" of New York, ex O. S. Senator E. G..
Ross Of Kansas, though last is not least.
Either of these statesmen will save the
republic.
Yours,
T. -. WIcKERsaAN.