Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-05-31
Daily Arsus.
FrIaSy. Nay 81. n72.
Innlatinr Presidents.


as prOpristiss Of the position '0sy pre-
led. washington, the AdAmses' ''I ~ vi
G.S;,on Monroe, Jackson, Van borsn' lii
- T,I.r. Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce co.
,-.A.o.u Lincoln. These we're oil men oil ~ ~
,ni., dirui6sd and selfrespecting ways u'
"a man Who held in sacred regard the 's
,,.,, hOuOrs conferred upon them BY the n
,sODls. There was not uuanimi'y among n
he people as 70 the political acts which dl' Ii
their sdmiuissrsiions-thia was y
nOs to DO expected. Bot their talents 'hsr
manners in Office, their industry and their
careful, considerations attention to the details
Of business we're well known aud acknOwl- |
edged BY all. II, since the sad death OF
LiucOln, the great Office Of President has
been differently administered IL is the fault
Of the people Who make presidents, bot shO
have little power TO unmaks them. John
son add Grant were brought to the surface
BIZ war. johnson tried hard TO stem the
carrOnt Of Capitalization and CORRUPTION ooI
was oyorruled and ovsrborne BY . olgoteo
end corrupt Congress, and BY reckless anu
dishonest Office holders whom COngre" re-
fused 20 Let him remove. But be had ms
had aide. He left the duties OF bis great
Office 10 stroll around the country, ("sWing'
ing around the circls") 6llsd with whisky
and making violent, imprudsnt and m~uo-
lin speeches. Seward and Grant generally
went with him, and they we're both full OF
fre.wa,sr also. ItisGwsll known fact that,
on the trip to Chicago, to lay the corner
stone Of the Douglas monument Grant was
90 drunk that be was switched o6 at Cieve-
land and sent to Detroit TO get sober. They
we're bad act, disgracing themselves and
dishouoring the people who placed them in
power. And since Grant has been presl'
dent things have gone from bad q
worse. He has scarcely been II
Washington six consecutive week
since he was elected. The most shameless
corruption psrvAdss every department Of tn
governmeut, and the nominal head Of affair
almost wholly nsglecling his official du'ie
(which be has little capacity TO Performl
wandering about the country, dsadheAdin
on railroads and sisHmboAts, and at hotel
chile two Of his children are doing the sau
thing in foreign lAnds,-One Of them
violation Of Law. Fred Grant was educate
at the expense Of the people and appoints
. lieutenant in the army. The law prohibi
so long an absence az he has been give
without longer continuous service than
has rendered, and bis father when he pc
mitS this absence is guilty Of violating lA'
he hA1 sworn TO enforce. And the gala
Sherman il made . waiter upon this d.
and siupid boy, 10 hiG foreign travel
Only Yesterday We read . Washington tel
egrAn, IS follows:
The scene presented in Turkey recent
wherein young Fred. Grant, Who Is only a lie
tenant In the army, And Who, for misdslhsano
vhiIsA cadet at ResI Point, not long SIM
would have been expelled had he not been :
con OF the President was located in the place
honor, bJ the sultan, in advance of the gals
shsrmAn, the gensFAlin- chief OF the army Of
United States, and the late rsntpols Of W
Point was gsEsIIsd As "His RoyAl Highnsss,
Son OF the Prssidsat OF the Unitsd States 81
an absurd blundsT could not occur ~ par
the official ceremony OF great nation, not 81
In Turkey, without the knowledge and PrObA
oompIicity OF SONS American snob who thou
he would Indirectly render hi msslf a service W
the President Such ibinRs ere disgrAesful,'
ought " be nipped IN the bud. Intelligent ?
pl. eVsryUhsrs laugh 1T the denon'trat i
made and making all over Butope, BY Amsric
and EuFoPssns, about the mtvemsnts Of tvs
the PrssidenTs children. That the rssid
I'll kkara nn
likes the notion Of having his family Y
while he 10 In power, ana TO make sure, he p
poses 70 proeesd, shortly after grsss I'D Jour
20 the border ot"Ths Dominion" With y
Grant and the elder sOn, U. 8, Grant. IT., .
at law school Cambridge, and the t~o latter
be received at the liue, and s'corted 70 Que
where they will undoubtedly hAvsa receipt
vofthy Of oil ooaosrned. The President can
70 over without violsting Law, unless be
smugglsd across 10 which event be nigh
oonHscAtsd on the other side, which would
lieve u' % the tFouble Of rspudiaIing hin
November on this side.
The contrast between the coarse. vul
and sensual Grant, with the corrupt
which follow in his train, and the ear
and better days Of the Republic are hun
Aiius indeed to every lover Of his couu
and if The rnment shall ever be bror
back TO its simpler, honesier, and b
days. Il must be by the action Of the pee
They must rise above the shackles Of pi
and, throwing aside their former Animos
and prejodicss, act together, in . Spir
patriotism, II they would right the shi
state and save what little is lef. to Their
selERoVernment. Will they do it2