The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1872-08-22
WHAT CHA. DANA THOUGHT OF GEN.
GRANT BRFORE HE WAS REFUSED
THE CUSTOM HOUSE,

WHAT CHA. DANA THOUGHT OF GEN,
GRANT BRFORE HE WAS REFUSED
THE CUSTOM HOUSE.
1t Is well known that Dana, of the
San, was an abiect toady and fiatter.
er of General Grant until he discov.
cred that the President would not
appoint him collector of New York.
Dana has been trying to get the post
for years past-he wrote to Mr.. Ray
mond about it; he has been begging
and praying for it at all times and in
all sorts OF places without intermis.
sion. But General Grant knew that
he was an improper man for the
place, and he refused to give it to
him. Upon this, Dana became the
habitual slanderer and libeller that
he now is. In Pennsylvania and
New Jersey he dare not show his
face-in New York he will not be
much better off when the last of the
corrupt judges are gone, and justice
is once more accessible to the pub.
lie.
The way in which Dana uniformly
spoke of General Grant when he still
hoped to extort a lucrative office
from him, may be illustrated by the
following extracts:
MATCH HIM.
Tribute TO Gen. U. s. Grant soritten 6y Charles A
Dana, OF the Sun.
An honest mana man without pretense
Modest, but brave-though silent, full OF sense
His highest fancies are substantial facts,
And his best thoughts translate themselves IL
acts.
No fogs of doubt obstruct his steady gaze,
No vain, dim shadow, looming through the haze
But all stands out clear, sharp and well defined
Before the earnest challenge of his mind
mind that, in the beginning, sees the ends,
Explores, compares, weighs. gauges, compre
And with force resistless as the tides,
Shapes to results whatever 1t decides
A clear, cold brain, well-balanced and compact
That in to days discerns to-morrow's act,
And fruitful in resource, to all its needs
Measures the succor that must come in deeds
A calm and lofty courage that can cope
With drest perils. hoping against hope;
Patience that tires not, and an iron will,
Tenacious, stubborn, and persistent STILL
That naught can swerve from its one grand de
To fight it out and conquer-"on this line -
From even disaster Wrestling full success.
And making all things to his purpose bend,
Till Appomattox brings the glorious end,
Such are the trails that mark our chosen man
Note him, o world, land match him if you can
[From the Sun, Friday, May, %, 1861
Grants name is doubtless a towe
of strength to the Republicans, fo
he has firm and abiding hold upol
the confidence of the people, ire
spective Ofparties. From the houl
when, amid the thickest gloom of tn,
war, the victory of Donelson revived
the dropping spirits of those VIII,
were struggling to preserve the Uni
on, he has had Judgment in tn
popular heart, from which neithe
calumny, nor clamor, nor prejudice
nor faction has been able to driv
him. Though calculating politics
leaders may have averted their face
away from him, the unselfish sent
ment of the nation has never hesita
ted to regard him as the soldier t,
whose genius, skill, and frmness ar
due in large measure the salvation O
the Republic. Since the close of tn,
war his conduct in the discharge o
difficult and delicate trusts has COZ
WINGED rejecting minds that he is
wise and prudent counsellor, no
prone to extreme views, but model
ate and conciliatory in his policy
and, while clothed with almost auto
matte powers over a conquered an
PROSTATE section of the country, g
exercising his authority that no Cit
zen has felt the undue pressure of hi
hand. Throughout this turbulen
and trying period he has been scru
pulously observant of the laws, new
er seeking to evade their require
ments, but always striving to fulf
their injunctions in the spirit of a
urbane and considerate magistrate
From Dana's life of Gen. Grant,
1t hardly admits of a question tia
his training was better adapted to
him (GranD for craftsmanship tina
that afforded by most of the highe
grades of colleges in this country
The Academy at West Point not or
ly thoroughly tests and trains tn
intellectual faculties, but its routin
Of studies embraces law in it's appl
cation to the ruling of States, the biz
tory OF nations, political economy
and the general science of civil gov
eminent. He passed the severe OF
deal ofthe Academy with great cree
it He has ha
seven years. discipline in one of th
greatest schools of modern timel
wherein he has been constantly Ell
gagged in dealing with some Of tn
most intricate concerns, political an
military, ever intrusted to the care
a civilian or a soldier.
He is certainly entitled to a plae
in that class Of public men of whor
Franklin, Knox, Jackson, Taylor an
Lincoln were illustrious types.
His enlightened counsels-the actus
service he rendered in regard to civ
il, social, legal, and financial matter
of unprecedented character and trar
scendental Importance, effecting tn
interests of large populations and tn
destinies of powerful States-prov
that he possesses abilities and affair
ments that entitle him to a plac
among the wise and prudent states