The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-08-21

career IN the rebellion Il thriee-toiu
tale While Senators who now hawk
al him We're iolling for their fourth
term on cushions, and eFiseeratine
encyclopedias, hooks Of quotation and
classical dictionaries. the tanner Of
Galena swept rebellion from the
Valley Of the Mississippi, and the
Father Of Waters went unyexed II
the sea. He was called TO the De.
partment of the Potomac, that
Golgotha where army after army had
melted away, where be measured nc
backward step until he set his foot
upon the shattered fragments Of the
greatest military power and invading
army eycr oEertArogn- He solved
the problem which had bafled al
others and preserved a nationality
after the world thought il had gone
down. The Democrats sought his
consent 70 nominate him for the Pres
ideney, without platform or pledge,
but he declined He did not become
unfit for President until three wears
experience hadripened his knowledge.
He did not become unfit while the
patronage held oct, and while un-
clean fingers We're allowed TO tumble
IL.
? SOMETHING ABOUT oIFT TAKIN0
Mr.. Conkling next alluded 10 gift
taking. In accepting il was not wrong
for Grant as q general TO accept ma
nifcent offerings from the aflaent
whose fortunes be had saved, and in
giving which they bat followed the
+ customs Of ancient and modern times.
Wellington, Cromwell, Fairfax. Cob
den. Bright. Mcclellan, Sherman,
Sheridan and Farragut we're similar
recipients The charge that il was
wrong Is an Insult 70 the nation. who
witnessed and aPpiaG,led the pro
ceedingS The charge that Grant ac-
eepted any gift after be became Pres
isient or after be was nominated j.
wholly false lie has accepted moth
ing Of value since his first nomination
not even a carriage and horses Only
three or at most four contributors 70
the fund raised for General Grant
have been offered appointments and
Il would seem iarfetched 70 explain
the selection Of three for g reason ap-
plyIng to more than three hundred
subscribers who were never selected
for Office at all. Many cf the ap-
+ P5intmeEts made By the President,
aow 20 much decried, were at the
tine supported by the Tribune. and
nos only those Of Borie, Stewart and
, GrinnelL These men were selected
because they were no, politicians In
+ the ease OF Mr. Stewart, when The
President found that the law was
against his appointment he promptly
Withdrew "a. acknowledging his mis-
: take Much has been said about
President Grants choice Of his Cabi-
net, but those who know IT. inside
history know that the very men who
are bounding the President warmly
approved Of the persons named.
GRANT NOT An oFFICE-sEEKER
Mr.. Conkling denied that the Pres
ideRt had grown rich in Office. He
made an exhibit Of the moderate
property now held by the President.
showing that the little he had came to
him from gratitude Of the nation az
the termination Of the war before he
entered Office Every dollar be
owned came from the services a. open
as the day. end every month Of his
Presidency made him a poorer man
As Grant was no monev-maker. Meth
er was he an ciiee-seker. though.
charged with insisting on being q can
didate for the Presidency. Neyer 10
the speakers knowledge had be ex-
pressed the wish 10 be reelected 4
wear ago his friends were uneasy lest
he might Withhold his name He did
, not consent to stand a second tine
luntil assured that the party demanded
him as the only man who could not
be beaten Had not aspersions been
cas-. upon him, be would personally
gladly be mustered out. lie had ex-
pressed 10 the speaker bis earnest
wish 10 be rcleased from public toll
but since the assaults made upon him
aroused him 10 Resistance. Grant
never seares well at al. and l. never
driven when courage can make a
stand aIs4- -sAe -isEa debts the Repab-
6CaH parry 9ses 70 the deserters who
have attempted to betray It, are, first,
that they hare e!eansed and reformed
the party by leaving it, and second,
that they have ensured il candidate
who, in the words OF Horace Gree
ley, never las been beaten and never
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