The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-09-05

dependent, of New York, which is, as
you know, as absolutely sick OF love |
for Grant, as was the Egyptian spouse
of her lord, General Grant stands re-
yealed as one of the smallest specimen
of human nature that eyer toWereo ~ |
Greatness. and while his eg0tlsm
fulIy admitted and his Unsuitable greeo
for Gifts. it is all excused on tne
oronna al defects in his early ednea-
lion and it is not to be wondered at
for he really does not know any ,betler.
And the Grant family is represented
a. beine of the most common place
eharacter that was ever met, a Wash
inototI correspondents lately said
have looked upon the face of General
Grant in the drawing room ! L have
seen him smoking, and when ne mas
been driving his fast horses on me
avenue. and have said impossible
He is not our hero" But then he Is.
Not that he was braver or had half the
burning enthusiasm that hiIed the
hearts of ten thousand of the boys he
led /; but he led This was the thought
which thrilled those who raised the
thrice ten thousand cheersswhich rent
the air of Philadelphia at the mention
of his name.
His best friends say that the reason
why we should vote for General Graft
at the approaching election is that
although we think of him as he is, of
himself, we say " Impossible! he is
not our hero y but yet he is-he led
them! That single idea of the dead
past is the guiding star ofitheaG q rant
Republican party to-day. S~as
Think of this heroas he sifsAuppg
the magnates of she Nation, ON that
platform in the heart Of the great ag-S
dience assembled to witness the e1er-
cises of Harvard University where he
received from the authorities the de-
gree of LID ;rising, he said he Wonld'
not make 8 speech, and requested fhei
Attorney General tospeaE Tor him, ne
took his seat, and, ID the midst of that
| Intelligent and refined audieIfee.o 1ael
commenced smoking his everlasting
cicar8 Loud Laughter. Look. az that
| seen14 uS(F idiotic spectacle. and you
have q faint Specimens of our President
as man. s.s.zs...s.. .s,sy,
I reprobate the conduct of the great
National party which urges upon our,
choice for the chief magistrates of this
Republic such q specimen of human
nature. Nothing tends so much to
beliftle and render ignoble the Ma
tionai mind of our youth as to present
for their imitation and our election
such small and vulgar specimen of
mankind and I affirm that every man
that shall cast his vote for Gen. Grant
will in fact, if not in intention, vote.
for the belittIement and oblement
of the mind and character of the ris-
ing generation. loud applause. - -
SOMETHING MORE OF GRAN1ss NEPoTIsM
The nepotism of Gen Grant has Inc
augurated new era in American pol
itics. Prior to his election the public
sentiment of the Nation had been i'm
mutually fixed about such conduct on
the part of the President. q Under Gem
Grant this vice has assumed monstrofis,
and disgusting proportions. Senator
Conkling says that but nine of his rel-
atives have eyer received appoint
ments from the President. The N. Y.
Sun specifies twenty-five of such APP
pointments. Permit me. to furnish
two additional examples. A cousin
of the President, named Simpson,
whose employment from childhood to.
manhood had been farming, who had
received nothing blit common school
education, living in the southern spor-
ton of Ohio, and who had never own
ed a farm, but simply worked q rented
one !; soon after the Inauguration of
the President this cousin received the
CoIlectorship of the city ofssDayton. "a
city of over sixty thousand inhabit-
ants. Another case was person who
married sister of his, living lin the
same place, just after the Inauguration
moved to Newport, Kentucky, and
there received the appointment tiaof
Postmaster of that city. Laughter.
MORE ABOUT .THE< <sEeEsH pEs1s.r
You Have heard great deal about
the Dents. The President married
lady of that family, a family known
in Missouri as one of fsthesnest emhitsa
tered secessionist farnil lies in aiiyssparK
of the United States. THE st alehfents
l make to you have from "a most IN
telhgenta and honored citizen, ,and who
at the time referred to, kept school. in
the place of their resi- dence,aiid board
ed in that Dent family. When Gen.
Grant received his appointments of
Colonel, the old man said, with ram
oath, he is the only black sheep in
my flock" When the present Presi-
dent was in the army, in Oregon, old
Dent said of him q he will do more
than to keep his place." Casey, the
Collector of the port of New Orleans,
referring to the Union ntimentssof
the narrator, said - yon are a TRAITOR
to your country, and ought to be exc
cuted. That is the. chalactersof the
nepotism of which the country COM
plains. 5ET
A LITTLE MORE ABOUT GIFT TAKING.
Our President has an Unsuitable
greed for gifts, If we take for ! the
truth nothing more than what ihislI
best friends affirm They admit that
he has been ihEf fheL habit OF re Mardfnc
those friends with the fattest Offices
from whom he has received his Wealtht
What shall we think of a President |
who has introduced such a. taint into
our National politics. The sentiment |
of the world has heretofore been that |
a hlghofaieer has not dared to receive !
any great gifts from the people, Over
any human Judgment is the deep dep
recatlon hung ssThou shalt take NO /
gift for a gift sblindeth the wise and
perverteth the words of the right
eous.a This law with the reason an ]
nexed. is subsequently, re-enacted as /
lhe lmmntable law for rRlers and /
Judges. We have a constitutional I
provision against officers of the Gov /
ernment reeeiving gifts fnon1 foreisfEl
potenfates and llo Wt3ls wi5hstsf speciaI
leave from OoBgVesss Ssseh Is tie pub
lie sentiment of the world and the
spirit of our Constitutes as against
The habit Of our Fesideat. Shall we
not right0o uslN set aur-faees against |
honor aefileds lbfib cry zadeorruption.
that it may nos pade lonr judicial &
commercial andrivil relsionsP No
party ever stood before tEiis great Re-
pnblic in "a POSITION sol psrileusf to- ;,
ward the mofais istsk Of the Natioa as
he Grant Repubican part of today.
10 vote for She bulk Of their canfii-
1ates is to vote for Maj tinalal. q aar,olsi