The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-29
From the New York sun.
A Contrast.

One % Grants scryilc adulators Ill the sen
ate Dronounc,-s him the purc>t ana ocSi Tre'
sjdcut since Washington.
Undoubtedly there is wide d!llcrrnc" DC
tween the prcsrnt-tikcr, the greco! i'inir.s.
maker. who wishes 10 hc reelected chich. w
the purpose OF increasing his aire'.''s "i,.p.'
fortune. and his predecessors III oiiicc'
VyLnfhcr fhi. difference is in Grants favor i"
,nnthrr thing. 4 statement OF the pecuhiai.t
>;,,utinn of jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and
J,cLson. when they retired from the PresI-
dcucy at the expiration Of eight years ser
Vice. contlastcd with that Of Grant after en-
loving the advantages of his position for three
wears, will enable the reader TO come toa cor
rec. conclusion on the subject.
1t should be borne IN nina that the sii'is
Of the President has never been changed II
IS the same now as it has always been. Inc
regular legitimate emoiunentS OF the once
amount to no more to-day, when money l.
not worth one-hait ofw!iat 1t was seventy OF
forty wear, AGO, than they did then. Or, T.
STAT: the case differently, the cost of main
ti;uin. the White House and dispensing the
l,yrr,Itivc hospitality under Grant IS GER
t.inly double what was paid by jefferson,
Madison. Monroe, or jackson; and yet inc
nrnecot-t,kcr grows rich on twenty-five thou
s.r5 dollars 4 year, while they left the W mt
House not only with their fortunes alnilfi-
i,hca, but most Of them Overwhelmed u! pc
cun;ary embarrassment ~.
.;,dtrson's furniture and estate were sold
n satisfy his creditors. His postcrity was
DRIVEN from house and home, and his bones
now lie IN soil owned by a stranger. Madl-
~, who was 4 model Of every virtue, pub
H. and private; whose love of order, ccono-
INV. and systematic regularity in all his htlsi,
mss habits were proycrbial, was compelled
70 borrow 81. 900 TO discharge debts that had
ac.rucd during his presidency. Monroe,
whose years had been spent IN the service OF
lI- country. retired to private lie tndinS
hi.l.cIr impoverished, his estate sofa lor
d1if. his funilv scattered, and his daughter
lnr;.d in a foreign land. General jackson
=; ,ac end Of his term drew against his cot
tnu crop, then in New Orleans, for 5000 to
I:,, III, creditors 1T the seat OF Government.
These great men had all been public hcne-
,,rtvrs. They had devoted all the active
wears Of their lives to the cause OF the pco-
jr. Their sacrifices involved the eXpendl-
iui., Of their worldly substances, and, With
the exception of General jackson, they
ended their days in poverty. Their modest
coincidence was exhausted in the public
service, their official duties prccludinS that
attention to their private fortunes which
might have made them independent.
Grant, on the other hand, when Governor
Yates gave him command Of an Illinois regl-
mcut, WAS rs poor rs Lazarus. He now naln-
taius III establishment of regal mSnitccncc
a; the White House, with three or four brc-
vet brig;,dier-ScncrnlS illegally attached to
lis court, the cost Of which is out OF all pro-
portion to the amount of his salary, and at
The same time he is piling up huge fortune
and cilrichinc his relations and his wifc's re-
lpiions of every degree of consanguinity-all
ii the public expense.