Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-03
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An lKClDEAr IN GRANTS CAREER
An Account of His Former
Army Life.
Is Such a MAN Fit to Represent
10000, 600 of People.

The New York World says: There is q
story which has long been current in militia
~ circles of a certain Captain of the Fourth
United States Infantry, who, being stationed
on the Pacific coast some twenty years ago,
repeatedly disgraced himself by being found
drunk when on daty. His superior officer,
long unwilling TO ruin him, finally found
himself obliged to take decisive steps. He
called the delinquent before him, and insIst
ed upon his giving In his written resigna-
ton. 81 shall not use this" said the
Colonel, ''unless you compel me to by
again publicly bringing scandal upon the
service. 10 that case | shall instantly for
ward it to Washington The story runs
that after no great space of time the unhappy
Captain once more Iapsed. The threat was
executed. The army lost an officer, and
St. Louis gained q citizen. To no man
in the country can this story be bet
ter known than to President Grant"
To which the Manchester Daily Union re-
spends, rs follows:
We are able to state the facts alluded to
above with exactness, and we think it is our
duty to do so While sojourning at Wash
ington in 1867, we met a gentlemen who
was an officer in that regiment at the
time referred to. Its commander was Colonel,
afterwards General Buchanan, who com
n auded at New Orleans for some time Turing
the late war. The Captain referred to
was Lieutenant Ulysses s. Grant. His
dissipation was sh ocking and perpetual, and
| finally eliminated, at public dinner of the
officers, in an oifense-nameless here-so
fragrant and revolving, that Col. Buchanan
gave TO Grant the alternative of resignation
or q court martial. OF course he preferred
the former, and resigned, as affirmed above
| The Colonel agreed to hold it until Grant got
drunk again, which was very soon, and il
vas then forwarded to the Department.
Our informant says that Grant then left
the camp, and lived for some time in mos,
sbiect degradation, among the neighboriDe
Indians. Then he went to San Francisco
and opened billiard saloon, which he KEEP
till be ''run himself out" when he sailed fol
New York.
Now let US meet him in New York: He
arrived without dollar. He sent TO an off
Ger in command in the harbor-aud we hav,
this from that officers own lips-to com,
to the city and meet him. He Gid so, anc
supplied him with money to reach his wife
relatives IN Missouri, and not one cent o
that money was ever refunded His caree
in Missouri, while living on the farm of hi
tssher-ln-lsw, vas simply awful. We vii
not now say what We kn0le to be true in re
gard 10 it. We only add, If required t,
match it," in dsprivity and degradation
We could not do 1t in the limits of our &C
quAlntauce.
Ne know he carried the same habits int
the army, and we believe that a hundre
III Of
: sacrificed in consequsnce-snd We can sho'
when and where aud boW-with AbuLdHnc
of contemporary testimony, which We wi
produce il any body wants it.
We sincerely believe that Grant is not
for any public position whatever, intellect
al y or morally, aud that if our people kne
the simple truth in regard to him,
would not get 81 honest vote. Let such "
ters maze II their business to learn. oefor
l. they commit the fatal error of voting fC
him again.