Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-08-22
OUR SOLDIER-STATESMAN.
Grants Portrait Painted by His
Acts.
His EIoquence, Disinterestedness,
Independence, and Libera1ity.


Jews and NeEroes-His Temperance
COnsigns the Negroes Death md
Pensions Twenty-one Rela-
tives, ETC., Etc.
From the New ork World.
When men seek for the opinions of a pub
lie character, they look to his record. A
statesman is known by his opinions, as a tree
is known by its fruits. Since Gen. Grant has
grade as such should be established
ORDER AGAINST THE JEWS.
One of Maj Gen. Grants first general
orders was the following, issued against the
Jews because the transactions of single firm
MACK Brothers) proved inimical to the inter-
ests of the Generals father:
d" HEADQUARTERS THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE,
OXFORD, Miss, December IT. 1862.
''THE JEWS, AS A CLASS, violating every
regulation of trade established by the Treas
ury Department, also department orders, are
hereby expelled from the department within
twenty-four hours from the receipt of this or
der by post commanders. They will see that
ALL THIS CLASS OF PEOPLE are furnished with
passes and required to leave, and any one re-
turning after such notification will be arrested
and held in confine ement until an opportunity
occurs of sending them out prisoners, un-
less furnished with permits from these head
quarters. No passes VIII be given THESE PEOPLE
to uisit headquarters tor the purpose of making
| personal application for trade permits.
by order of Maj.-Gen. Grant,
The above order exhibits Grants inconsid-
| crate habits of mind, and shows how impossi-
| BILE it was for him to disguise, even in the
| terms of a historical document, the prejudices
| Of a narrow nature.
GRANTS REAL. CONTEMPT FOR THE NEGROES.
The ensuing order is only one of a dozen
| indications of Grants original temper toward
| the negroes.
| HEADQUARTERS
| DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE,
| CoRINTH, Miss, August IL, 1862. J
| Officers and soldiers are positively prol1ib-
1t is enjoined on all commanders to see that
| this order is executed strictly under their own
| direction.
sBy command of Maj.-Gen. Grant
Senator Wilson, in speech before the
| American Anti-Slavery Society at its third de-
| cade anniversary, IN Philadelphia, 1868, quot
| ed an extract from a letter written by Gen.
| Grant to E. B. Ws shburne, in which Grant
| declared that he "hdd 1leuer been an anti
| slGuery man."
As late as October, 1865, Senator Doolittle
made speech at Milwaukee, Wis, in which
| he said.
she IGen. Grant, stated to me, in CONVEX
| sRtion, that a considerable portion of the
| troubles between the whites and the blacks
| that had already occurred aCds an consequence
| of the UNwIsE ATTEMPT to force negro suffrage
| IN those States. He said further that, if the
| Government we're to attempt to do it and en-
force It, 1T aooatld undoubtedly produce aoar be-
|
| These expressions of Gen. Grant sufficiently
prove the folly of the claim made in his be-
half that he was friendly to the idea of free
ing the slaves. glance at his report to the
Southern States shows that he expressed the
opinion that '' oice and disease soould tend t.
the determination or great reduction of tn
cOlOred race"
HIS ECONOMY OF TRUTH.
| Soon after the close of the war Gen. Gran
suffered himself to be drawn into dlemmi
from which he was extricated with extreme
| discredit. At the time when the Tenure-of
Office conflict ragged and Secretary Stanton
was suspended from his position at the heat
of the War Department by President johnson
Grant was put by the President in Stanton
| place. The Senate threatened to relnstat
Mr.. Stanton, and Grant was kept in by tn
President with the express understanding tina
, | he would either return the Office to the Pres
dents possession in order to enable tn
; President to appoint successor before fins
1 | action by the Senate, or would remain
. its head awaiting decision of the question b
Judicial proceedings In disregard OF tn
| President, Grant vacated the Office whe
! Stanton demanded it, and without giving M
: johnson notice of his intention to do 81
f When Grant attempted to make it appear thi
. | President johnson. he was confronted by II
3 personal asseverations of members of Il
u Cabinet, who testified to having heard hi
It promise exactly as the President said 1
n promised There was no question in al
mind, at the close of the correspondence
:, this subject, that Grants recollection of VIII
u he said had utterly failed him.
% HIS PERSONAL HABITS.
er The question of Grants habits frequent
Of arose during the war and after, and the a
swers we're generally unfavorable. Amo
the direct statements made was one from
or eyewitness, who alleged that "individI
le instances of Grants beastly drunkenness we
not of rare occurrence" This witness ga
~ the particulars of Gen. Grants intoxication
y the St. Charles Hotel, Cairo, alleged that
iu was drunk on +" "tiag-of-truce' visit to c
et lumbus, and spoke of his q disastrous spre
at Fort Donelson. President johnson a
so Grant had been in his room at the VIII
i'll | House 80 drunk that he couldn't sta
straight on his legs" Wendell Phillips.
the Arti-SlaUe1'y Standard of Feb. 1, 1S
ton, coming from different and t,'uStacOr
sources, that Gen. Grant had been unmistal
es bly, drunk in the streets of that city within
ry few weeks, The Independent, Jan. %, Is
The Revolution said, Gen. Grant is dru
of half the time, and has been seen steady
is himself in another's arms in Pennsylva
10 avenue" The Philadelphia Post, in the f
NJ of all these allegations, said that /" the cha
1o now amounts to deliberate allegation, VIII
he the political friends of Gen. Grant are boz
1ia to meet" But the charge has never b.
in met by authoritative denial, and has b.
of repeated from time to time mp to the pres
vi day.
an SPECIMENS OF HIS ELoQUENCE.
OK PRESIDENT Grant has never pretended to
le: a speech-maker, and his reticence has b.
he generally respected Still it is surprising t
- a man brought before the public so often
rs rs, never betrayed the slightest spark of oris
Ill ality, or wit, or humor, in any of the nun
sts Gus little addresses he has delivered, and
of which the following are fair specimens.
bo AT the great demonstration to sustain
drew Johnson, at the Cooper Institute, j
he T., 1865, he said:
ed 81 thank you for this reception. If v
es, in the habit of speaking, I am so impres
in. by it that would not be able to respond
90 should like to do. You will have to exc
an me-"
His speech at the dinner given to hin
the Astor House. June 7, 1865, was as
me lows:
rits "GENTLEMEN: know you will excuse
no from attempting to reply to your very fla
- ing remarks"
ost At Kalamazoo, Michigan, August 10, !
ore he said:
to 81 am not going to reply to the add
INT gentlemen. 1 could not do SO if 1 sh
IL, try
'iy, After a long and fattering address from
a chief orator at the Union League rooms
uary z, 1865, Grant said: