Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-08-27
LANCASTER WISCONSIN, TUESDAY, AUGUSTA, 1872
President Grant-The Results from
his Administration.
From the State JournaD

| PreS.Qenu Grdnt-Tno Results iron
his Administration.
(From the State JournaD
No President has ever been pur-
sued with such relentless fury by the
opposition, az General Grant has been
and no one has ever given less cause
for this violent personal abuse. he
entered upon the discharge of his du.
ties as President, with the same OBJ
Iject in view that governed his action
as the leadersofthe Army in the time
of the rebellion-the greatest possible
good to the country he loves so well.
No purer character ever occupied the
White House. In a recent speech
Mr.. Schellabarger, of Ohio, one Of the
ablest men in the country, and men
in the country, and man of sub
stantiai character, that gentleman
spoke OF President Grant thus: ellis
character is that of modest, magnan-
imous man and magistrate, honest,
direct, frank, marked prominently
by common sense, practical wisdom
and diligent attention to and care OF
the public welfare" Here is the
truth, admirably expressed, by an
honest man who speaks from person
al knowledge. That the character
and motives of President Grant are
pure, no one who is acquainted with
the man, and is honest, doubts for a
moment. That his Administration
has boon an eminently successful one /;
that the country has prospered under
it to a. unprecedented degree, brief
summary of the results of this Ad-
ministration, sufficient to prove, to all
persons who honestly seek the truth.
A few of these results nay be sum-
ed up as follows:
The national debt has been reduced
over three hundred and thirty six
million dollars:
The revenues of the government
have continued the same, while nearly
two hundred millions have been
taken from the taxes
The direct internal taxes necessit-
ated by the war, have been wholly
abolished, save on whisky, tobacco
duu OdLh
The poor mans tea and coffee have
been made free;
Government loans have been fund.-
ed at lower rates of interest,
The credit of the United States In
the money markets Of the whole is
equal to that of any other nation, and
better than it ever was before;
The value Of the Government cur
rency has gradually appreciated un>
I'll it has almost reached a gold basis
The army and navy have boon re-
dueed to a peace footing and peace
expenses;
The cost of maintaining the govern.
ment has been largely lessened year
by year;
A practical civil service reform has
been inaugurated. and is in operation
in all departments of the govern
ment,
The unworthy and dishonest off,
Gals, largely appointed by previous
ADMINISTRATIONS, have been removed,
punished and made to disgorge their
i'll gotten gains;
A wise, humane and successful In
dian policy has been adopted for the
first time IN the history of our coun-
try;
The public lands have been set
apart for the public use, and enor-
nous grants to railroad corporations
have ceased;
The just claims of labor have re-
ceived practical recognition
The Ku Klux KHAN have been judic
iousIy suppressed
The colored man has assured his
rights under the Constitution with all
its new guarantees
The rights of adopted citizeps have
been affirmed and protected by
treaty;
Neutral obligations have been
strictly observed toward all nations,
under difficult and embarra sing
circumstances
Peaceful arbitration has been sub
stituted for the stern and cruel logic
of war, in setting international difio
culties
General amnesty has been extend
ed to those who lately sought to des"
troy the government;
Laws have been passed for the i'm
provement of commerce, to protect
American sailors, to secure cheap
postage, and to increase the pensions
of Union soldiers;
The country has developed more
rapidly and grown more prosperous
under President Grants administra
ton than under any administers tion
before the desolating war of the re-
bellion.
In view of the satisfactory record,
is it possible that honest Republicans,
OF honest men of any party, desire 10
see change? and especially IS it
desirable to entrust the affairs OF the
| government to self-willed, tickle old
man, who strikes at measures from
impulse, and changes with every
breeze, and who is now the leader OF
old rebels, and is backed up by the
New York Tammany thieves man
who is easily duped into the most
ridiculous positions though the pow
err of crafty politicians, and whose
measures, if adopted, would bring
ruin upon the country? Such Is
Horace Greeley, and from his past
positions, we may judge what his
course would be, were be President
of the United States.
aSA special to the Chicago Inter
Ocean says that Judge Barnard was