The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-25
co,oro, Grant,s Will.

Not his last will and testament by jog
fun. as least: but that will of bits which Is
las,inc and unalterabe. The last day OF the
session of Congress he gave a sign OF us
,,nalerable friendship aud determination TO
stand by men in the face OF every oppose
tion--of every propricty.
II has been observed that A. Il. SHEPHERD,
the Governor Of the District OF Coiumo'a,
has maintained steadily for years the relation
Of friendship towards General GRANT. lie
has attended the General in bis journeylnSS
of sorrow and pleasure, and has been the
frequent yi,i,or at the White House on occa-
SONS of trial and anxiety, as we'll as OF
pleasure and tes.ivity. \. +. SHEPHERD was
made Governor, and the government OF the
District falling under suspicion and bectm'
iny the subject OF ctamor and accusation,
Congress took it in hand and investigated 1t
most patiently and closely,
The committee, after its laborious setu-
tiny. found more things wrong than they
found pcrsoas to blame for their being
| wrong. Tracks were remarkably covered
up, and the most experienced members oil
the committee in woodcratt were unable to
| trace the trail of the persons who had done
" hat they found wrong. Nevertheless, they
| determined to clip the Gordan knot by al
vsing the change of the whole government,
| aud accordingly did so. They recommended
! an entire abolition Of the then existing gov
eInmcnt, aud the substitution Of another
| therefor under the head Of three commits
| Sioners. The committees recommendation
| was adopted with singular unannity.
1t fell upon General GRANT 10 name to the
Senate the three commissioners. This duty
| he promptly discharged on the last day OF
| the session. And 10 and behold at the bead
q: he list stood the name Of 4. X. SHEPHERD J!
| The man who had been at the head OF the
| government which bad been found so talnt-
| ed that Congress with almost one voice aoo'-
| Ishcd it and instituted another to succeed 1t !.
| This was the display Of persistent personal
aitachment--a devotion rot dl>mayed urder
the most depressing circumstances. We
hardly know which most to admire, the
strong virtue of friendship displayed III the
act, or the contempt equally exhibited for
every consideration of prorriety and decency.
Well, in went the. Eames-ARTngR Il.
SHEPHERD at the head and what did the
Senate? Why. it rejected ARTHUR r. sHsr-
HERD 10y Il vote of thirty-SiX to six! Such
rebuke of the President by the Senate we
have never before known. We doubt
whether such Que was ever before admin
i>tcred to the Executive Department, ami it
is fir to presume That such Que was never
before provoked.
General GRANT has certainly proved the un-
cbangeabe devotion Of his friendship, and
4. r. SHEPHERD can never repay him for the
trouble and the oGiurn he has incurred Ill
sustaining him through evil report.
In the history OF the country there is no
parallel for this act, ard it Is to be hoped
that its equal will not again occur. General
GRANT is Que Of the most inScrutlblc Of all
prominent men. He is an American GDI-
prs. His life will be hard to write. If he
dies before it is written his history will moi
be "every way complimentary"