The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1872-09-26
GRANT AND WILSON.
The Great Republican Meeting In Cooper
Institute.
A Thorough Defense of General Grants
Career.


The chairman introduced Govern
or Marshall Jewell, of Connecticut
as the principal speaker of the even
ing, who said that he should have
found in his official duties sufficien
excuse for remaining quiet during the
canvass, had it not been that the
character of the canvass was such al
to make it impossible for any friend
of fair dealing to keep out of it.
do not, he said, propose to apologize
for the Republican party and its
platform, its record or it's candidates
1t is within the recollection of the
the youngest of us, when, where, and
how the party was started. At its
birth, its principles were very brief,
and its platform still more SO. II
was simply this : equal and exact
justice to all before the law" A par
ty that could within the short space
of fifteen or twenty years, achieve
what this has done, that could turn
the entire current of thought Of the
most progressive nation under the
sun from its old channels of looking
with at least some degree of tolera.
ton on the sin of human slavery, tn at
could change the front of forty mil.
lions of people, marching with the
strength and rapidity with which we
are moving, toward the highest pos,
sible civilization, an achievement so
remarkable, so noble, so important in
its results for the race, needs no
words of excuse or apology, neither
for its existence nor for its continu.
ance. Great as have been its works,
greater works are before IL. The
party must labor to heal the wounds
at the late war, and in this no other
party could outrun it.
This canvass is without example
for its violence of personal abuse,
and the attacks on the President
character and motives to action were
unprecedented in their injustice.
Twelve or fourteen years ago there
was in existence modest hide and
leather firm doing business in Galena
Being in the same business, said Mr..
Jewell, my knowledge of these gen.
tlemen began that time. They were
marked in all our agency books as
moderate in capital, fair in credit and
high in character. But now, while
one of this family is out ofmercantile
business and in political life, we find
systematic attempt on the part of
his opponents to write him down in
the political markings" as bank.
rupt, and entitled to no credit, eth er
for capacity, honesty or department.
/ have given such attention to the
some Of the charges made against
him as my opportunities enabled me
to do, and propose to answer few
of them, to brand them as falsehoods,
pure and undiluted, and without the
slightest foundation, and to defend
my candidate for Presidency against
these unjust aspersions.
THE CHICAGO LAND SANDER.
The President appointed as Minis.
ter to Belgium an old Galena friend
of his, but latterly resident of Chi.
cage, J. Russell Jones.
A few weeks ago the Chicago
Tribune found magnificent mares
nest in the fact that Mr.. Jones had
decided thirty-o one acres ofland to the
President, and the consideration
which the deed called for was one
dollar, thus accusing Mr.. Jones OF
having bought his appointment.
In 1857 Mr.. Jones proposed to the
then General Grant TO join him in the
purchase of 124 acres of land nesr
Chicago at 1925 per acre. which he,
(Mr. Jones) thought would be a good
speculation. So did the General,
but having no money to invest, he
was forced to decline, and Mr.. Jones
found another man to 60 in with him.
About a year later Mr.. Jones told the
General that the party with whom he
had bought wished to sell out his in.
terest at $3.50 per acre, and offered
General Grant an interest in it. Gen
eral Grant wrote him that he would
take one half of the interest which
Mr.. Jones was to buy of his partner
Before the Generals letter reached
Mr.. Jones, the latter had made the
purchase on his own account, and Of
course had taken the deed to himself
General Grant borrowed the money
temporarily, with which to p ay for il
in part, and when he sold his house
in w Washington and paid the balance
Mr.. Jones transferred to him an I'M
divided one quarter, and the consid
Grafton in the deed was one dollar
a custom too common among rea
estate dealers to call for any com
ment, or even attract attention. Gen
Grant actually paid, and this / know
for principal, interest, searching rec
ords, stamps, &c., eleven thousond
two hundred and twenty odd dol
lars.
But this, ridiculous as it is, does
not begin to compare in infamy will
the stories about the President'l
Long Branch cottage. The truth is
the President owns two cottages a
Long Branch, in one of which h,
lives, the other he rents. None o
his property has ever been owned b,
Mr.. Murphy, nor was he in any wa,
connected with its purchase. During
visit of the President at Long
Branch, some of his friends express
ing a wish that he would make tina
his summer residence, he signifed
willingness to do so could place b,
found within his pecuniary reach
This was finally done, and afterward
an additional lot was purchased OF
which he erected another house a
an expense of about SIC, 1000, besides
the land, for which he paid abou
$4,000. Now. all this hue and or,
about the Presidents Long Brancl
cottage having been given him b,
office-holders is tissue of falsehood
invented by people who should have
known better, and would, had they
been half as careful to look into TIT
truth of stories while circulating
them as they were jealous to Civ
them additional publicity after the.
had been started and shows TIT
anxiety of our opponents to make
sensation and to create public opin
ion against political adversary.
THE RAwLINs AFFAIR AND THE COLOR
ED CADET.
The speaker then proceeded to tel
what he knew about the charge tina
Gen. Grant had been spending hi
time pleasure.seeking in Saratog