The Republican journal., 1872-08-29
Grants Portrait Painted by his Acts
HIS ELoQUENC CE.
His Disinterestedness, independence and
LiberaIity.
CARE OF HIS HOUSEHOLD.
HIS RESPECT FOR JEWS And NEGROES.
HIS IT f NIP F. r A n CE.

HIS II f. MI = f r A n CE.
From the New York World
When men seek for the opinion of
public character, they look to his record.
A statesman is known by his opinions, as
tree is known by its fruits. Since Gen
eral Grant has set up tor statesman, it is
meet that his grade as such should be es-
tablished.
ORDER AGAINST THE JEWS.
One of Major General Grants first GEN
eral orders was the following, issued
against the Jews because the transactions
of Il single firm Mack Brothers) proved
inimlcal to the interests of the Generals
father:
Headquarters SfHiRrEFNrnA AKMYNoRPs, }
DEPARTMENT OF THE fENNtSSEF,
OXFORD, Miss, December II, 1852.
''THE JEWS, As A CLASS, Violating every
regulation Of trade established br the Treasury
Department, also department orders, are here
by eXpeitedtrom the Department within WPnty-
-four hours from the receipt Of this order by Post
Commanders. They will see thrj AZ, THIS
CLASS OF PEOPLE are furnished laSSeS and re-
CURED to leave, and amy one returning after
such Notification will be arrested and held in
sending them ont prisoners, unless furnished
with permits from these head quarters. No
passes Will be gwen riIFSE rEOILF tn rjSU
headquarters fnr he ptDpnSp " matinU per-
sonW 0ppl{cdtioA tOr tr0de permits.
Bv order ot Mlor-Grurr;h Grant"
The above order exhibits Grants incOn-
slderate habits OF mind. and shows how
Impossible it was for him to disguise, even
in the terms of Il historical document the
preludices OF Il narrow nature.
GRANTS REAL CONTEMPT FOR THE NE
GROES.
The ensuing order is only one Of dozen
indicating Grants original temper toward
the negroes
HEAD-Qr AKTEkS DEPT or THE TENNESSEE,
CORN II, Miss. AUGUST 1, 1852 4
"otflcers and soldiers are positively prohibit
ed from enicng slaves to leave their masters
1t is enI"ined on All commanders to tnlt Tins
order is executed Strictly under their own di-
rectioi&.
Bv command of Maior-General Grant"
Senator Wilson, in u speech before the
American Anti-Slavery Society at its third
decade anniversary, in Philadelphia 1868,
quoted an extract from II letter written by
General Grant to +. Is. Washburne. in
which Grant declared that he "h;ld never
been an anti-slavery man"
As late as October, 1863, Senator Doc
little made q speech at Milwaukee, Wis
in which he said
'He General Grant stated TO me in conyersa-
ton that a considerable portion of the troubles
between the whites and the blacks that had a.
ready occurred was in consequence of the un-
wise attempt to force negro suffrage in those
States. tie said further, that if the Govern
ment Were to attempt TO 40 il and enforce it, ii
would undoubtedly produce war between the
two nations there
These expressions of General Grant Suf-
iiclently prove the folly Of the claim made
in his behalf that he was friendly to the
idea OF freeing the slaves. A glance at his
report to the President lS6l ON the con
ditto Of the southern States shows that
he expressed the opinion that vice and
disease would tend to The determination
or great reduction OF the colured race y
HIS ECONOMY OF TRUTH.
Soon after the close of the war General
Grant suffered himself to be drawn into 4
dilemma from which he was eXtricated
with extreme discrcdit AT the .imc when
the Tenure c-Ot-otfce Bill conflict ragged and
Secretary stanton was suspended frpn hi
position ~ the head 0l the War Depart
ment by President johnson, Grant was
put by the President In Stanton'S place.
The Senate threatened to reinstate Mr.
Stanton, and Grant was kept in by the
President with the express understanding
that he would either return the office Il
the Presidents possession, in order to en-
able the President to appoint Il successor
before final action by the Senate, or would
remain at its head awaiting h decision OF
| the question by judicial proceedings In
| disregard of the understanding and his
distinct promise to the President, Grant
vacated the Office when Stanton demand
ed it, and without giving MIR. Johnson
notice OF his intention to do so. When
Grant attempted to make il appear that
he had not made the specified promises t'
| President Johnson, he was confronted by
| the personal aSsrVtrtiOnS of members o
the Cabinet, who testified to having heard
him promise exactly rs the President said
he promised. There was no question in
any mind, ut the close Of the correspond
enCe on this subject, that Grants rccollec-
tion of what he said had utterly failed
| him.
ms PERSONAL HABITS.
The question of Grant habits frequent
ly arose during the war and alter, and the
answers We're generally untavnrablc
Among the direct statements made was
one from al eye witness, vino alleged thai
''mdividuai instances of Grants brastlN
drunkenness were not ot rare occurrence
This witness gave the particulars at Gen
erai Grants into Xicatlon ut the ST. Charles
Hotel, Cairo, alleged that he was drunk
ON flag -ot-rnce" visit to Columbus
and spoke OF his '.dsastrou> spree ut
Fort Donelson. President johnson said
Grant had been in his room at the White
House $50 drunk that he couldn't stand
straight on his legs" Wendell Phillips,
in the An.i-Slavcry Standard ol February
|, 1868, said New runners reach us from
Washington, coutt9 from Mffrem ontl
hWstuorthV sources, that General Grant
has been Enthusiastically drunk in the streets
OF that city within !. few weeks" The In
dependent, January ~, 1868, said be had
been ''tudlletl in the streets" The Revo-
luton said, General Grant is drunk halt
the time, and has been seen steadving
himself III anothcr's arms in Pennsylvania
avenue" The Philadelphia Post, in the
face OF all these allegations, said that ''the
charge now amounts to deliberate allega-
ton. which the political friends of Gen
eral Grant are bound to meet" But the
charge has never been meet by an author-
tative denial, and has been repeated from
time to time up to the present day
SPECIMENS OF HIS EIOQUENCE.
President Grant has never pretended to
be speech maker, and his reticence has
been generally respected Still it is sur
prising that Il man brought before the
public so often has never betrayed the
slightest spark Of originality, or wit, or
humor in any Of the numerous little ad-
dresses he has delivered, and OF which the
following are fair specimens
At the great demonstration to sustain
Andrew Johnson at the Cooper Institute,
June 7, 1868, he said;
Il thank you for the reception. If were ia
the habit of speaking, am so impressed by it,
that | would not be able to respond as should
like to do. You will have to excuse me-
His speech at the dinner given to him