The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-09
1 CONVERSATION WITH PRESI-
DENT GRANT. .'

A curious conversation is reported to
us as having recently taken place at
Washington between President Grant
and rural citizen, a conscientious aboli-
ZIONIST member of the coalition which
put Charles Summer into the Senate,
This estimable citizen of Massachusetts,
who in his early youth had cobbled on
one bench with the late Vice President
Wilson, went on to the capital to see that
statesman in his last illness. He had
read with simple horror most ofthe disa-
greeable revelations which have been
made during the last two or three years
of moral and financial backslidings in
the Republican party, and he took adj
vantage, therefore, Of his presence In
Washington to call upon the President,
'bear his testimony and get some, ex-
planation of all these uncomfortable mat.
ters. This was the resultsd q i'.'/- -
p Venerable Abolitionist- Mr.. President,
we in Massachusetts abhor the devices
Of Ben Butler, and are shocked at your
allowing him to Ntrample Civil Service
Reform and all decency under foot in
the wayyou have done. Why have you
done this 2iuDn al3D iNl $1.1l"]' ,i1l
! Pres't Grant-My friend, have you ever
reflected upon the horrible character of
slavery in Cuba ? d Do we not owe it to
our posterity to abolish that atrocious
system at our doors, peaceably if we can,
forGibly if we must? neg l2uD." 9"
= Ven. Abolit.-Mr. President, how can
you excuse yourself to the honest men of
this country for your open patronage and
protection given to Shepherd and the
rogues of.the District Ring? 'h'1 'Lr-- Al
p Pfes't G.4LRevered patriot |! Have you
read Mr.. Gladstone's able exposure of the
Internal designs of Rome? Is not our
school system in danger when red legged
cardinals. are openly nominated to high
ecclesiastical Office in this hitherto drab-
colored community ot t'b 'la y
Ven. Abol MIR. President, will you not
answer one question directly? Who is
the "Bab' that figures SO impudently in
correspondence at Washington with the
thieves of the st. Louis Whisky Ring?
Pres't G.ANoble-h hearted heir Of the
Puritans does not your heart bound in
dignantly at the 0utrages perpetrated
upon the negro land and cattle owners OF
Texas by the savage Mexican bands OF
CortinaP Can you blame me for sound
ing the trumpet and setting Sheridan at
Al u =
Ven. Abel Gn despair) )-Mr. Ptesi-
denti Why Have YOU insulted the death
| bed OF our own Wilson, the champion Of
total abstinence, by recalling to YOUR
council chamber the, flaming counter
anCe of ChandlerP3l l3hnn 7suFh1 do9
Pfes't G.LExemplary philanthropist
Ought we not out Of our abundance glad
ly to saddle ourselves with a new debt Of
several hundred millions if necessary in
order to rescue the groaning freemen OF
Cuba, Spanish, negro, Chinese and pro.
miscuous, from the yoke of their barbar-
GUS oppressors i0D n3I lia" t1"" Z"
Ven Abol!AMf. Presidentl Has the
Lord deafened your hearth What is the
truth, the dreadful truth, about your
brother. .0ryil Grant, and these wicked
rogies Of the Indian Ring, whom Prof.
Marsh 30 tnanfully exposed2 POI llsi-
Pres't G,-Descendant Of Endicott who
cut the Popish cfoss from England's 8 flag !
Did not the blood curdle in your veins
when you read my Attorney Generals
awful revelations in my Des Moihes
epeech-and learned how the steathy
9aRW q d9i 40 lOos " lhtHF W IL.