The Van Buren press., 1872-04-02
NO 46.
Anti.0rant.

THE REMOVAL or LOSGsTRyEr. The Pfcsi>
dent has remoy ed Gen. Longstreet. the only
one OF the Federal eiiice-hodcf in New Or
leans who had the pnblic confidence. Long
street Is an honest man and remained 0Itsidd
the factions that have dis2raced Louisiana
with their imbccle and scandalous warfare.
The Generals successor Is a carpet-bagger
from Massachusetts. and one Of Ben. Butler's
creatures. still. we suppose. IL Is necessary
on all occasions 10 shout" Hurrah for GrantT'
- Cincinnati Commercial.
WARMoTH vs.. GRANT.-It appears. then,
that Messrs. Casey. Packard and company arc
dearcr to the President and have more inau-
ence with him than the Republican party Vt
this State, headed BY Gov. Warmott and that
disscnsions have been encouraged by the
President until Gov. Warslotii has been COM
pellrd To proclaim his hostility to the course
pursued bv President Grant toward himself
and the Republicans of tai, State. The case.
AS 1t presents itself now Is Warmoth vs..
Grant. and If the President does not secure
better counsel than Casey 4 Company he will
lose his case when it comes before the people.
~. .. Republican.
DID GRANT SAVE THE CouSTRY.--Thc fer
vent Forney was, we suppose. justified In be.
ing able and eloquent when taking leave OF
the employees OF the Philadelphia customs
house. but the chartableness that we have
viii not cover this:
II remember Grant as the man who saved
my country and yours. remember how hs
seized our cause when it was sinking almost
for the last time and bore 1t to victory re-
member hi, patience and perseverance; re-
member how he avoided complaints to the
authorities and appeals to the people; re-
member when Richmond fell he refused tn
ride through that conquered city at the heed
OF his victorious army. but quietly returned
to his family. then ia New Jersey; remem-
| Der how he slbstained from the Presidency
till 1t wa. forced upon him, and that, but ( Z
him in 1863 we should have been defeat, d,
even by Seymour and Blair
| A more ,ickening speciman of sycophancy
| than this was never uttered. Make the most
! Of Grants military record, and we are not
disposed to belittle III and the assertion that
he saved the country Is an untr,Ith, a slander
and folly. 1t Is an anti Republican falsih-
cation of history The man who will shout
! over Grant a, the man who saved the coun-
try, ha, but one more step tn take. and that
not Il long one, to become a m0narctist. They
utter stuff In such phrases as that, when ~.
cause was sinking for the last time. Grant
seized Is, would disgrace school-boy. 4
teacher who would allow pupil to write
such miserable falsllcation In school exer-
else, without rebuke. would deserve dis
charge and condemnation. The spectacle Of
multitudes always seeking excuses to wor-
ship somebody to idol worship
hcadlong-ls discouraging to those who de-
sire tospromote the ultimate triumph Of Re-
publican principles In the world. Why
Grant refused to ride through Richmond we
don't know or care; but 1t IL necessary to
say that the excess Of modesty claimed fer
| him In this ease has not been shown In his In
Vulnerable Journeys Stree the var lfthere
Is deep anxiety for retirement and modest
longing to quietude displayed In the sixty
Thousand miles IN special cars since the fall
of Richmond. we fall to see II. After For
ncy's tale of the negotiation that led TO putt
ting up Grant for the Presidency. in which
that office was dickercd about In the spirit { I
n horse trade. he ought not to have referred
to Grants remarkable abstinence from the
Presidency. He evidently looked upon It IA
n question of money and personal position.
not OF usefulness and dignity And II 1t Is
! true that no one but Grant could have saved
us from Seymour and Blair-if he must go on
saving the country over again-wIlati IL to be-
come ofus when he Is gone? Il there any
Dent capable of succeeding him? or Is Lieu
tenant Fred. likely to be grown In time 70
save us p CiaciaHdti Commercial.