The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-06-14
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

A Wisconsin woman has actual
ly named her poor, innocent little
baby Horace Greeley. Poor thing.
An indignant Democrat, who has
lately been reading Summers
speech, calls Grant "a darned old
nepot."
Miss Smiley, a Quakeress preach
er, renounced the faith of the
Friends and was publicly bap-
tized by immersion, in Brooklyn,
n. Y. last Sunday evening.
Minister Sickles has demanded
of the Spanish Government, by or
der of General Grant, the immedi-
ate release of DIR. Howard, held as
a prisoner Of war by the Spanish
authorities.
We publish elsewhere o report
of the Kansas Senatorial investi-
eating committee of the United
States Senate, from which it APP
pears that Senator -Pomery is com
pletely cleared of the charge of
using corrupt means to secure his
election.
ALEX. II. STEPHENS, late Vice
President of Mr.. Greeley's friend
Davis little confedcracy isn't in
clined to take any Chappaqua in
his. Indeed, he thinks Grant pre-
ferable to Greeley, as a friend of
the South, and as the filter man of
the two for President in all res
poets.
A venerable Kentucky Demo
crat, oppressed with grief at the
thought of voting tor Greeley,
gives voice to his feelings as fol
lows: "Tm getting old; can't
last long; 1 will soon step into the
grave. l don't want to go to the
other world and meet our old
Democratic neighbors and tell 'em
1 wound up my life by votin' for a
man who has abused our party
all his day, and to whose infamous
teaching, more than to those of
any other man living, we owe the
sad, sad, weeping days of fire and
sword and desolation and ruin of
the past twelve years"
DIR. Lanaham was arrested on
an order of arrest issued by Judge
Freedman, of the supreme'court on
the complaint offs. G. Goodenough
who has brought suit against him
to recover damages for alleged Sian
der. Plaintiff in the affidavit says
that DR.. Lanaham had called him
o thief and robber, and that he
accused him of wearing diamonds
and other articles of jewelry, pur-
chased with money which he had
taken from the Methodist Book
Concern. Bail was fixed at So, 900,
which Lanahan at first refused to
furnish and went to Jail, hoping to
become immortal as n martyr; but
subsequently, reconsidered and fur
nished the $4,000 bail.
In 1868, Horace Greeley, at a
banquet in Montreal, made the fol-
lowing acute and suggestive re-
marks-as suggestive as Hamlet's
soliloquy: "Mr. Webster was not
only n gentleman, but he had the
clements of moral greatness; and
he had faults as well. He failed
only in one respect, and in this res
pect / differ from him-he wanted
to be President, and 1 don't.
(Cheers and laughter.) But for
that one misfortune he would have
been the greatest man America ev-
err produced. We have seen our
greatest man, Mr.. Chase, making
the same blunder. l have seen
men who, had the disease early, and
died at very old age. CLaugh-
ter.) General Lewis Cass died ut
about eighty-two, and up to the
day of his death he wanted to be
No one ever escapes
who once catches the disease-he
lives and dies in the dslusion. Be
ing q reader and an observer at
m early age, saw how it poison
ed and paralyzed the very best of
our public men, andI have care
fully avoided it"
GEN. GRANTS PRISCPLEs.-The
extracts from the pub
lished correspondence of General
Grant explain the principles which |
guide him in conducting the affairs |
of the nation:
1 care nothing for promotion so !
long as our armies are successful
Grant to Sherman, February, 1862. |
If my course Is not satisfactory |
remove me at once. do not wish |
in any way to impede the progress
Of our arms.--Grant to Halleck,
February 6. 1862.
No theory of my own viii ever
.tand in the way of my executing
in good faith any order ! may re-
seive from those in authority over
to Secretary Chase, May
%, 1866.
This is republic where the will
Of the people is the law of the land.
Grants letter to President John
;on, August, 1867.
/ shall have no policy of my own
10 interpose against the will of the
1eople.-Granfs letter, May %,
IS6S.
Human liberty is the only true
of human government.
Grants letter to the citizens of
Memphis.
Let Us have peacO.-Grant's letter,
Nay %, 1868.