The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-09-06

>etflcment Of the accounts Of Lieutenan
L Ulysses :. Grant. rs CDmmissary an,
K iegimental tynirter-master. Fourth In
: fintry, there be- allowed to the saif
L Grant the sum "f $1,000. on account o.
The loss OF that amount Of public fund.
: IN his hands by tIlcft, ,on the night OF The
A 10Th Of June. le4S the loss being with.
out neglect on the p.,rt of said Glnnt =
:! -!Approved June II, 1862.
u After the passage Of thar law. Gen
!. Grant ceased 10 lie debtor and de.
faultcr 10 the United States as 10 the
!. $1,000: hut from ls4s to 1871. TIE book !
or The Treasury Department showed
: mat he was. alter allowing him credit
for the $1,000. both debtor and dcfaulter
IN an amount exceeding $4,000. and be-
fore the remission Of The xl,lOO il had
I,been upwards of $500. In that lopg
lneriod of twenty-ihrcc years. General
Grant received many Communications
from The Treasury officers. bringing lis
attention 10 the fact lha; this sum was
charged against him as "A balance on the
books Of that department: but he con-
tinued defaulfer while i'm the service.
and resigned his commission witbout
settling mp his defilcaiiom.
! In the eyigcncy of the Government
at the beginning Of the rebellion. he
was brought lack into the service as a
Colonel. aud was snccessivelv made
Brigadier Cen. Major General. Lieuten-
ant-General. General. aud President and
received from the Treasury more than
thirty times the amount of his lony-stan-
iing de!alca'ions. before 1871 hut never.
'prcviously.did he give any heed to these
moniiious from the Treasury Depart
.mcnt: but then. after being public de-
,'aulter for twentv-three wears. lie did
.deign to pay the principal of the detail
cation. leaving the interest. of larger
amount than the principal. unpaid.
4 And what brought General Grant. af.
ter such long and culpable DELAY. 10 paw
Jess less than one-half Of what he inst
lly owed his ccuntry's government. moi
IS an honest debtor. but for the nisap-
ipiicaiion o; war fund intrusted TO him
IN time Of actual hostilities i'm an enc
my ; country, and for which law of
Congress made him not only a debtor.
but an cmbczzlcr and criminal. and de-
'nonnced against him punishment by finel
and imprisonment. BY peti,ionipg Con-
rress Ia allow him credit for the one
thousand dollars which he represented
To have been stolen from him. he tacitly
admitted his mi-application and detail
cation OF more than four thousand dol
lars of public money besides and he ha,l |
ihc cooiu,s- 10 receive y credit for What.
had been stolen from him. without nav
ing what he thus admitted hc was still
OWING. What strong motive. more DOW.
,r!ll tl,n sense OF Justice. than the
obligation imposed by law. than the hon..
Or of patriot soldier brought him in
l'H to make this less than half paw
r,nt!
lie had not then been formlliy nomi-
iated as candidate for reelection but
le was a candidate in fact his dcfalca-
ion was one of the hidden thing, OF the
treasury Department. and was passing,t
mo OBLIVION. A clerk in that depart :
nent. whose official position had msdel !,
I'm acquainted with Gen Grants de-
alcation, WAS dismissed from his place.
rot from incompetence, or any failure
'f official duty. but in the course Of the I
oppressive and proscripiive system Of
hi<f Administration and he. i'm resent.l>
nent for the personal wrong to himself
disclosed II. with all its minutia Of fact, to =
newspaper editor of Washington CITY. IA
VINO published 1t to the country. Grant,
vas stolid. and. for time. immovable ~
he charge was published again and !
gain with all lis features of fac:. andi
leavy and argumentive reprobation Of =
he defaulter. IL was like placing a coal =
IN tho back of a stubborn tortoise snc-
essive tanning increased the heat: at
cngth i penetrated the hard she'll. and y
he torpid animal feels Il and moves: SO =
he repeated and hot charges of this Y
ewspaperat length penetrated. t,enera,
rant. and brought him tn pay up at :,
he Treasury Department wh1t he chose =
o call. and made the officers receive, as =
he balance against him.
This fact. his payment. was published
n his Washington City organ. When
ny agent. public or private, apple, to n
rs own Use mOnev intrusted 10 him for ,r
ariicnlar purposes. il il n principle Of N
cnernl law that the iaithless agent is re- +,
ponsible for interest from the time Of,
ne misapplication and il is another
'rirriplc of the same law that when a II
ebior makes payment upon his debt il
4 less amount thar the principal and,
interest. the pa, ,ment Is to he applied
rst to the interest, and il the amount ],
aid is not Sufficient 10 meet the inter- I
st. the residue Of the interest and he h
Whole of the principal are still owing
nj due. by this just, reasonable and v
Universal law. General Grant Is still 4 :
cfaulter 10 the amount Of the principal /
{ his defalcation. and interest upon IL
Or more than five wears.
"A law of COnvrpss doclo voe tL;- A. q