The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-22

Inc dolly Warden papers have no
stock in trade to harp upon, except
Gen. Grants nepotism and his gift
taking. With the financial Or diplomat
ic policy of the administration, they
cannot produce single flaw wherein
to base q single charge Of incompcten-
cy or want of foresight The charge
Of nepotism is SO pcurile, SO little, 60
utterly groundless, that it has ceased
to be a source of comfort to the Dolly
Vardens, and just now they are devot-
ing themselves to the gift-taking
branch of the subject. They must
prove to somebody that Grant has ta-
Ken gifts since he aoas President; and
dear reader how do you suppose they
do it? Inthe winter of 1856, Gen.
Grant was presented with $1O5, 600, by
merchants and other friends in New
York and Philadelphia, at about the
same time that similar gifts were
made to Gen. Mcclellan, Democratic
candidate for President, and perhaps
better known as the famous "ditcher'o
and ON the 18th Of February, 1856, Gen.
Grant acknowledged the receipt ofthe
handsome and deserved gift, in the fol-
lowing note:
WAsHrNGToN, D. c., Feb. II, 1856.
| DEAR GENERAL: Your letter of the
18th, enclosing the handsome testimo-
NAL of the citizens of New York, with
the names of all the too generous CON.
tributors to it. is received.
Through you / wish to thank the
gentlemen whose names you who have
enclosed me, individually and collect
lively. ~
I have the honor to be your obedi-
ent servant" u. s. GRANT.
Now how do you suppose that the
Democratic-Liberal Dolly Vardens
| prove that this gift was made to, and
accepted by Grant, after he vas occu-
pying the Presidential chair? Why,
simply this way: A figure6 looked a.
upside down looks like a 8, and these
immaculate and honest (?) vehicles of
truth-severely diluted-inserta figure
8, when there should be a 6, and pres
to change you have the proof that Gen
Grant has taken gifts since he was in
stalled as President. land such honest
sheets as the Keokuk Consultation, ex-
pect this forgery to pass for truth, and
thus prejudice the Republicans against
Gen. Grant. Such lame, lying, dirty,
low-lifed sabterfuges will have their
effect, but not in the way designed by
their authors. 1t will only more
strongly unite the Republicans, and ali
trne friends of truth and justice, in
support Of our noble President.
The Springfield, Mass, Repubsican,
paper well known as opposing Gen.
Grant, has an article dehouncina
Campaign lies" and among .sother
things says;
"Such certainly, is the changing OF
the date of little letter Of Gen,
Grants, acknowledging q present
OF $l05,OO0 from various New Y orkers.
from its real writing in 1856 to 1869,
and thus making it appear that he had
been the recipient of this great gift at.
ter his election to the Presidency. and
Just on the eve Of his inauguretion,
This forgery has been going the rounds
OF the press, and been used more OF
less upon the stump, as an argument
against the Presidents re-electian. and
the Republican, unwittingly adopted
it, in an effort to enlighten CORES.
pondent ON the subject of General
Grants present-taking-all the more
TO Its modification, because that whole
theme is distastful to it, and furnish.
es in its opinion one of the smallest OF
the practical objections to Grants re.
tention at the head of the govern.
ment."
| The hand writing is on the wall
gentlemen, your internal scramble fol
office, will avail you nothing. Just as
sure as the 9th of November comes
Horace Greeley, Gratz Brown, De-
mocracy, Liberals and all will 90 to
the wall, and will be overwhelmingly
defeated.