New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-24
A THING or BEATTY


SOM has been thanking God again at ProYi-
dence, in a speech which appears to have
been uncOmmonly long and proportionately
fabby. What strikes US particularly is the
loose freedom with which our General uses
the name of his Creator This may not DO in
good taste, but it renders his oratory as ener-
getic as that of an excited skipper remon-
strating with his mariners in a gale OF wind.
Senator Anthony was present and presided,
thus giving him an excellent opportunity OF
having little religion rubbed into him-and
we don't know any man who needs 1T more.
Gen. Wilson is described in The PrOrideacs
Journal as "not in the best condition for
speaking, being well worn down. but this
feebeness did not in the least prevent the
General from using tho name of the Deity
with great vigOr 4. g.
1. "The Republican party came into exist
"ence by the providence of Cod"
Q. "The Republican party stands tonight
"before the world and before GOd.p
8. 81 think we ought to thank God every
"day"
4. "Well, thank God that we have got
president"
5. "The war we passed through was one Of
Goods wars"
6. (By way of variatiOn) Abraham Lincoln's
proclamation came from tho teachings OF
"Jesus Christ"
Z. ST do MT know man or woman on Gods
"earth."
8. 81 thank God for the Ku-Klux law"
But we suppose that our readers have had
enough of this; and we gladly turn to Gen.
Wilson's exquisitely esthetical remarks upon
Grant and Horses The charming elegance with
which the General meets this point develops
poetical side of his character which we did
not suppose it to possess. "The President"
he said, "likes good horse and knows how
"tO drive one, and | like him the better for
"itr And then the Brigadier-Senator warmed
up. Probably he thought Of Arab steeds, OF
Bucephalus of the Horse made Consul by the
Imperial Roman, of the horse upon which he
fled to Washington from Bull Run. At any
rate nobody ever talked horse" more charm
ingly "The poet" said Gen. Wilson, tells
Gus that a thing of beauty is joy forever and
Z" for one 1 think that we ought to thank God"
0here it is again) every day of our lives for
"the wondrous beauties that our eyes behold.
81 like a beautiful flower, beautiful tree, a
beautiful man, and beautiful woman.
" do MT complaint because Gen. Grant likes
"a fine hOrsew Is MT this delicious What
a classification! What a climax Flowers.
trees, men, women, horsesl You cannot hum
bug the General. He knows an elegant object
when he sees it. He has sharp eye for
" thing of beauty" the General has.
More gems we might gather and give from
the Providence grafton, but perhaps orr readers
have had quite enough. The purest fapdOodlo
is sometimes little clOying, and the Generals
is pure indeed. 1t even rises to tho dignity
of what is called swash. Anything called
"Oratory," cheaper, thinner weaker, or washer.
all the debates in all the parliamentary bodies
which have been desperately bored by their
OVID drivel since the creation of the world,
would fail to furnish. AS we read, we arc
impelled to skip to the end of the Grafton;
and then we encounter the same old tune, for
Chadband winds up by declaring that Grant
will, if elected, 80 manage matters as "to
" bring down upon us the blessing of God"
We have nothing more to say.