Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-04-15

VINO ARE THE SLANDERERs We have
asked over and over again what has been the
presidents crime that he should lie assailed in
iahgage which Mr. Greeley, for instance, thought
it a sin 10 apply to Tweed aud his gang2 Less
than a year ago this is what Mr.. Greeley wrote
of the president in his paper;
"He (Alr, Greeley deems il too soon by year
10 discuss the claims or chances Of Gen. Grant
or any one else So far as he can judge, the re-
publcans are generally satisfied with General
Grants administration, and inclined to renew
his lease of power. II there is not much en-.
thusiaSm in his behalf there is very general
conviction that he is a safe and prudent execu-
tive, NOT hearing of any formidable or serious
effort to prevent his denomination, it seems 10
MS unwise In those who favor il TO agitate the
matter. The meeting Of congress next Deem
Der is quite soon enough for that. Gen. Grant
has been not quite two years in power. During
those two years many war-cloudS have doomed
on the horizon, yet peace with foreign
nations and with the Indian tribes has been
happily preserved. The taxes have been large
~ reduced, yet two hundred millions of
the national debt have been paid off and can
celed, though we are paying one hundred and
twenty millions per annum for interest and
thirty millions per annum for pensions to the
widows aud orphans of our great struggle. We
doubt whether any government ever before de-
voted so large proportion of its annual income
TO the payment Ofdebt. He misunderstands hui
man nature who lancieS that these facts will not
tell in presidential contest"
Now, we ask any iair-mindcd man, what has
zen Grant done since this was published TO iusti-
fly Mr.. Greeey's change Of tone? He has kept
moving on in precisely the same direction which
Mr.. Greeley commended. He is still a "Safe and
prudent executive, quite as much so as he
was year ago. He has persevered in his adj
mirahe Indian policy lie has continued TO re-
ducc the taxes, and to pay off the debt. He has
continued TO do the very things for which Mr.
Greeley warmly praised him year ago. Then
is flln o,r tIf.v
appeal to dispassonate readers to contrast Mr.
Greeey's opinions in 1871 with his opinions in
1872. Let them then decide whether the real
slanderers are not the men who are now striving
heart and soul to carry out their personal ambi-
ton, or crafty their personal grudges, even at
the risk of destroying the republican party
Ne'c York Times.
A CRUSADE AGAINST THE ENGLISH FAIRS
The home secretary has banished the learned
pig from the neighborhOod of London. The fiat
has gone forth that the horn fair of Charlton be
discontinued, and that a somewhat similar festi.
val which was wont TO be celebrated at Black
heath be also numbered with the things of the
past. We dare say Mr. Bruce did not come to
determination on this subject without sound
reasons. Residents in the neighborhood of
Woowich and of Blackheath have sadly com.
planned of their SutleringS during the periodical
seasons of merriment and high links at which
the fairs were held. Although the Charlton
carnival ndu us picturesque features 10 AN out
slider, the TACT scarcely compensated the nhabi-
tantS of the district for such Inconvenience as
aweek of burglary in the parish, the demorali-
cation of servants, and so general reign of the
lord of misrule over the place that the locality
took months to recover its tone, and for the
year retained Il sort of reputation for vagabond-
age which normally affected the rents of the
houses. At Charlton there was little or no pre-
tense of business; the occasion was supposed TO
be simple gathering of pleasure seekers. The
only cattle on view there were not such as farm
erS would prize; the COW with "even legs, or the
sheep with five, however interesting or instruc-
tive from a physiological point of view, being
comparatively Of small account to an agricu-
tufiSt or butcher And then the fun of the
fair could not recommend itself to an age bent
on shutting up casinoeS and dscOuntenancng
French ballet. Those who only know of these
merry markings from scenes in an Opera--all IN
nocence, music, flowers, golden goblets and
amlable burgomaStcrs-can scarce have any
idea OF tine reality carried out in glare of sput-
ierng, eyil-smelling naptha, the roar of steam
driven gyrating cars, the deplorabe yugarity of
the catCh-penny shows, and the unpleasant fore
ing of cOnyiyiality by means OF a much more
substantial kind than those which are permitted
TO the Vatican illustrators OF the pleasure fair
ON the stage. The action of MIR Bruce how
ever, opens melancholy prospect to the giants
and dwartS aud other artists of diminished or
extended proportions who are exhibited i'm the
caravans, aud who, in our present temper of
looking sharply after the ethics of public amuse-
ment, may find it impossible to get an engage
ment within the London circuit, unless they
come round to us via New York, and are intro
duced with flourish OF medical opinions and
comic criticisms into the Egylan hall or willis
roOms-LOHdOB NelCS.