Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-02-02

1t is very refreshing indeed to note Tie
estimation in which the President of this
great and zee Re2ah,io o; A.Asls..Ic:: IS held
by some Of his party ffiends,-hy those whe
were warm in his favor when his mana was
first menti0nea as q candidate lnE tho f'.esi-
aeAeS, AMI VINO scrupled at nothing that
would aid IN his election. The following
extract from the -Nese York Sun, which we
find copied in Wilkes Spirit Of the Times,
(both the Sun and the T:r.e5 Hs:ns Repub-
!lcan laper5,l y ap illustration of the fact
that General Grant is not as good an article
as was warranted fM him kf ''is nrends,
S1,i GpaS, ~ use vulgar but apt phrase, he
won't wash
We commend the article 10 the attention
of our readers, as an evidence of the very
slight hold that Grant, as President o., the
Epi-cG 4tatas, naa "a ere political affections
OF s6Ne Of the Republicans in the North :;
WHAT = PEovFp 81 4Ha cce4oM House
INVESTIGATION.
Enough evidence, and more than enough,
has already been taken in the course OF the
prove that one oftwe th'ngG -ttT'ls b1 true.
Eit&'tI-- a.. 49, ;'''N
I.Preslden Grant has from the first
understood the great frauds and rohberies
committed by the CAstpN. House ring and
It's afi,iiaGianS upon the commerce OF New
, York, and has shared in the fruits of these
roOberies. Or else
Ill. lie has not understood anything
about them, but has been deludcd and i'm
posed upon by his staff officers, Cronies, and
camp followers, who alons haze. .prOtisSd
and become. enriched. blythe large shms OF
money of>'WhicIl our merchants have thus
been plundered:
If the first hypothesis DO lr,te, President
Grant is q scnundrel.
Ii the second hypothesis be true, PreSl
dent Grant is a fool
, Is there any third conclusion which car
possibly be drawn from the facts developed
by the Senate Committee of Investigation
/ and Retrenchment2 II there i! any sucf
third explanation, will sOmebpdy 1nentioi
it and state the; reasons BY which it is sup
ported ?
The friends and advocates Of Genera
! Grant, without exception, adopt the secont
hypothesis. They do not put it as plainl.
as we have done. but they all agree in on
way or another IN arguing that PreSiden
Grant is fool.
For our part we do not concur i'll thi
opinion. The theory that Grant is destl
tute Of common sense and ordi2ary in9elll
gence, 50 that he eap4b he imposed upon AN
humbugged by anybody that chooses to tr
it, cannot stand for a moment, GOverno
Boutwell,, who certainly knows hiI
/, well, has recently said Of him, tha
'instead of being In any way stupid maj
he is ready, quick, almost always we'll IAN
even minutely informed" Secretary Robe
son saws that "Grant is the leader Of h
, Cabinet on all important topics" NJ
George William Curtis has also stated thf
he was every much gratified as well as a
tOnishsd to End Gen. Grant y2ly we
poatad. not only on oNr own but on Il
evil service systems Of other countries
Senator Sect OF Pennsylvania and tt
Hon. j. E. Stevenson, of Ohio, Of the k'
Klux Investigating Committee, have II
peatedly declared that the President Ill
! derstands that subject better than they d
and Senator Scot has also stated that II
President is ''the best informed man in IL
country on this matter" These are q
. competent witnesses, and to contraGi
them by saying that Grant is a fool is pr
posteruuc. Tine Goo.ier that line OF arg
meht Is. aband5ned by the supporters Of h
4 reelection, the better for their cause.