The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1872-09-26


for his commanders presence at hi
bedside. General Grant received
only one dispatch, and then he brok,
other engagements to hasten tt
Washington, where, with the utmos
exertion, he was only able to arrive
an hour after General Rawlin's death
But the falsity OF the charge wa
proved more effectually by another
circumstance. General Rawlins, be
fore his death, made will, leaving
his estate and children in care of the
President, to which estate the Presi
dent contributed 50, 500, and has ever
since looked afler those children ant
the fund left them. Loud applause
cheers and waving of hats. The
children are now with a married sis
ter at the West, and are carefully
watched over by the President
With his usual care and solicitudt
for the interests of others, he hat
placed their property in registered
bonds of the United States, in then
own names, to guard against possible
accident.
The next SANDER used by the
Greeley orators was in relation to
the case of the colored cadet at West
Point. As the Tribune gives the
story in its campaign sheet, the Pres
ident wanted the court-martial so
made up as to dismiss the cadet,
when the facts are exactly the re-
verse. Gen. 0. O. Howard, the
well-known friend of the colored peo-
pie, was made President of the court,
and the cadet was not dismiss ed,
though he was found guilty of con-
duct unbecoming an officer. And yet
a Liberal Republican, gentleman
who was somewhat prominent in the
Cincinnati Convention, which invent
ed Mr.. Greeley as a Presidential
candidate, has declared in the Iri-
buae that Gen. Howard told him all
this stuff about the Presidents re.
quest to the Secretary of War. The
President, Secretary of War, and
Gen. Howard having denied the
whole story, it appears to be now a
question of veracity between the
Liberal Republican before referred
to and Gen. Howard, and no one who
knows them both will hesitate long
in deciding as to which has the most
treacherous memory.
No man has ever been more true
to the colored race, both in general
and in detail, than has our President.
He has labored no less necessarily to
keep Cadet Smith at West Point, in
spite of the findings of the Court,
which were against him, than he has
to give our colored friends all over
the South the right to which the con-
stitutional amendments entitle them.
The Presidents interest in them is
shown by acts and deeds, and is vast
ly more effective than the Boosting
words of the Liberal Republicans.
In this respect he has happily dlsap-
pointed,many Republicans who, when
he was first nominated, feared that
he would not sympathize with the
liberal policy of the Republicans.
No man has been warmer in his
encomiums on the Presidents policy
at the South than Mr.. Greeley, and
to no mar would we have been so re-
luctant to look upon as an enemy OF
the President as he. And why does
not Mr.. Greeley like the President !
He has over and over again declared
that the President had stood manful-
ly by the doctrines of the Republi.
can party on the question of the col.
ored race that Gen. Grant would
be better fitted to be President the
second term than the first, and that
he had never been beaten and never
would be, To all of which we most
heartily respond, and in which we
heartily agree with Mr., Greeley.
Perhaps Mr.. Greeley's opposition
to the President arises from the fact
that he was not, like Mr.. Greeley,
ready to let the South go out at the
opening of the war; perhaps because
he was not willing like Mr.. Greeley,
to make peace on any terms during
the war perhaps because he did not
like Mr.. Greeley, approve the treat
ing with armed emissaries of the re.
bellion and perhaps the motive of
his action is to be found in later and
more personal difference of opinions.
THE PRESIDENTS HABITS.
The speaker entered upon a long
discussion of the Presidents habits.
He did not know any public man who
was less extravaganza in living, more
moderate in his treatment of others,
more temperate in the use of lam
guage, and whose example is more
worthy. He cited his conduct be-
fore Richmond, when much commo-
ton was made upon his stringent or
der abolishing the use of intoxicating
liquors within the lines. He read a
letter from Gen. j. d. Webster, de.
nying that General Grant was in the
habit of getting intoxicated while
conducting the western campaigns.
No man was ever more careful OF
the influence of his example than
Gen. Grant all through his military
life nor did his thoughttulness in
this respect and when he was elevat
ed to the Presidency. On the first
New Years Day after his Inaugural
ton he requested his Cabinet to le
frain from having any Intoxicating
drinks on their refreshment tables
This request was gladly complied
with, except in the case of one Off
Ger, who was not present when the
request was made (; and ever since
this has been the rule with the Presi
dent and Cabinet on New Years.
Day thus setting an example at The
capital of the nation, and in higf
quarters, which it would be well tol
our country to have everywhere fol
lowed. His department and example
have also been on the side of public
morality and virtue, to which, sait
Mr.. Jewell, / can bear much person
al testimony, and which has not we
been disputed by any credible wit
ness. This sentiment was greeted
with loud applause.
sAYLEs J. BowEN's CASE.
/ There has been one distorted stor,
that would never have been given t,
the public, probably, had the Presi
dent appointed Sayles j. Bowen Min
lister to the Argentine Republic, a
Mr.. Bowen last winter requested
nay, almost demanded. In the win
ter of 1869 General Grant sold hi
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