The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-25

"But, Edwin" said an old man, with . yrinkled
face and white crown 9, age ssorning ms sh osnS
ike to know why Horace Greeley can be better for
us than General Grant. 1t doan't seem
to %s Rsak sA an air Of w precs5n
and solemnity, .but what the old horse's good as
the new, or better II he has rode wei so fur. He
any nag would as felt kinder proud OF the estima-
ton placed upon him BY SO many folks, has her"
UNCLE SANS sKITrIsH HORSE IN
''You just read the speech OF Charles sumner
over again, Uncle ym,n answered Ed; land, my
supposing that the old horse.' as you call him. has
some very skittsh qualities-among them that Of
people, who Keep him n his magnicens stable the the
White House. He has been knownto bite his best
friends; but. strange to say. he has never thrown
him. The suppOstion supported by observation Is
that they pacied his stubborn temper by plentiful
handiuls Of cats and barley. He likes negro grooms
the best, and these he tyrannizes He has run
his master into q good many mud-puddles in the
perversity Of his horsey pride; and think every
steed for his buggy What do You say Jot ~
''Wal," said the individual addressed, IL dOan't
know as he's 80 dangerous an animal as you say:
Pears to me that he's driven very well and minded
the bit fust rate for these last four years, am
doant believe In turnin' or an old crittur who has
s 70 be
'.Well, well, this is begging the question and Is
foolish kind OF tax. For my part, cannot see
the reelection Of General Grant. He represents only
what should be dead and buried-the vengeance OF
the people against dead and buried treason HIS
every hour OF his rule and should make 1t plain to
you that he s not the magistrate whose policy win
ever cOncilate and recement ~. La
THE BROKEN BROTHERHOOD
between the two sections. See how steadily he has
snubbed those gentlemen who were disposed to re-
turn the rights OF the civilian to the SOutherners,
through the Civil Rights bill. What enmity he has
shown to the Union generals who during or after
GROSS the path Of his ambition history win show
And how he has taken gifts and practised nepotism
every American Of whatever persuasion knows in
These last charges, however, 1, acknowledge to be
Comparatively trivial. What we most object to are
'That's so that's SO, Ed. II there's any Jobs here
let's have them out in the daylight SO that we may
"Weii,n SAID Ed, turning around excitedly. II
would like to know of the man who really believes
that there are not. There are Jobs In every part
OF the national government to-day backer than
any Of those OF Tammany.n
"How do you know this ~
.How do ! know ~ BY reading the public
swell, II you take Sumner for gospel you must be
lost, indeed, and there il no hope for you. take
ana attacks 0a that
Grant no, better than i 6e were the
and coarsebred m0ngrel. This Ia unjust to him
and to the millions who believe in him, and, l
II a
excitcs sort OF heroic Indignation which win
surely replace him in the magisterial chair.''
voice. his lace al covered
beard and bronzed by toll In the fields. What he
sa e &c 10 with s %c
political opinions OF the young farmers Of this sec
ton. He acknowledged
GRANTS ERRORS,
but thought that they were no more than almost
every President had committed before him. He
Isaac Gaige, a wel-to-do Quaker, who has retired
remark at this point lie seldom nm makes remarks
when politics are talked OF, but sits silently and
listens continually, his thoughts being mirrored
II do not see why We should believe Sumner
more than we would any other political man. They
THE "QUAKER vorE.n
He supplemented this with sort OF half apollo
getic chuckle, and rubbed his hands as II with the
Consciousness Of having brilliantly disch arged an
oner0us duty. BE ID q man who has never yet been
seduced into voting the wrong way, speaking from
. republican point Of view. He Is shrewd but
silent. So are most Of the Quakers hereab0uts,
where they are quito plentiful; yet most Of them
have already declared themselves most decidedly
country, and this ANAL cluster OF white houses
perched on table1and next the valley honored
ITSELF by assuming their name M. as part Of its own
are as foiows:-Unce James Sheldon, John Chad
wick, Isaac Gaige. Samuel Quimby, Samuel J.
active Greeley man among them is Nathaniel
Meade, who has been a lifelong democrat, and was
sne e
but they used to be the most loyal OF abOtiOnists.
All but one OF those mentioned are venerable men,
possessing property and influence. This Deighbor-
hood was once one of the many termini OF the 'un-
dergr0und railroad, - by which
THE NEGROES WERE HELPED TO ESCAPE FROM THE
Several Of these gray-haired Quakers have given
shelter food and comfort to the fugitves on their
way to Canada, and many stories are told Of the
days when the kidnappers and constabes used to
ransack the farm houses and barns In search OF
their prey In a. spacious old
to be quite picturesque and beautiful, but now
rather dllapidated and looking sadly desolate
often to show his friendship for those runaway
slaves He was Friend, and was remarkable as
sort OF oracle OF the country side whose multitu
sons remain, one OF whom tils the old estate
Both Of them are Grant men.
Another Quaker, who Is Familiarity known In all
sUNCLE BILLY,n
because, perhaps, Of his patriarchal character,
votes, and SO cannot be said to support any one.
He has, however, q certain mythical reverence for
Greeley which he himself cannot explain.
The feeling Of brotherhood mentioned in my
former letter Is the secret of this strange ale
glance. Greeley and he were born about the same
woods Of New York and Pennsylvania, rom print.
ing oflce to printing Office in search of fortune, he
was clearing from the land which now composes
his fine farm the primeval growth OF forest He
leased 1t from the old patroon Van Rensselaer,,
whose grant from the King covered such wide ex-
tent of magnificent country. The soil is now his
own, however, his sons as is also that for which
he at first paid rent to old Jimmie Duane,
who owned the whole town Of Duanesburg
and whose now decayed and empty mansion, built
in pretentous style for Its day, sti overooks the
wide valley. The village OF johannesburg lies at the
foot OF the hill upon which 1t is situated, and Is
quite pretty place. Here
"OLD JIMMY ONEIL"
is the owner of the country store, and s the rrn-
cpal and richest resident. He was born in Ireland
Fifty or sixty years ago he came to America, and
was buffeted about roughly by the pillows OF for
time until he secured O0thold in this part OF the
country. He now owns most OF the land that was
lett by Kate Duane, the latest heir Of
the name, and may probably be worth
more than million OF dollars. All Of
this wealth has been accumulated penny
by penny, and old and rich as he is ne still watches
every scrap bit OF money that goes in and out Of
his Golfers sitting in his store from sunrise to sun
cot in m old-fashfOnpd pat har-h of for hot