Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-07-02
SUNSET cox
HIS Views of Grant, as Given in a
speech at Columbus. Ohio.
Cincinnati Commercial, 18th

| Cincinnati Commercial, Eth.
| There is one way in which theRepub-
licans are right in indorsing Grant as
! judicious and able statesman. They
are right in defending him, for he is
exactly their representative man
He suits them. He is the man that
| has made all this trouble with the
force bill and attempts on elections.
Those troubles that have destroyed
the South came from his red right
hand. The Republican party ought
| to be ashamed of thus forever discard
ing such true and just exponent of
| their principles. What has he not
done, what doesn't he dc, what does
he doesn't do Laughter. In sum-
mer time where does he go away ? He
goes to Long Branch. He goes out
junketing. He goes philandering over
the country all summer. Off he goes
and his Cabinet after him, and his
chiefs of bureaus and his clerks of
bureaus following him all through;
from the biggest whale down to the
smallest tadpole go philandering. l
rode upon steamboat rs it ran upon
the Mississippi river many years ago,
which was called the Lively Sally"
They always had a string band board,
and were singing and dancing, and
dancing and singing aud tiddilng, ire
spective of any other steamboat that
flew up before, behind or about her;
but fddled away-up the side and
down the middle, give US the tune
with flute and fiddle.
That is the way they are going with
ouf Federal AdministratiOn-C
Mobilier, back pay, double salary,
of Yah W.
treaties, third term; up the side aud
down the middle, give us the tune Of
flute and fiddle. Laughter and APP
plause.
1t was not so in the old Jacksonian
Democratic days. They didn't rally
and tally and keep up this business
on the ''Lively Sally in that sort of
way in those old times, and yet the
riously by gentlemen who really have
at stake the interest of themselves and
posterity and the interest of liberty
aud property, they are called upon by
Grants letter indirectly and by prais-
ing his craftsmanship rs caps BILE aud
iudicious to give him one more term
on the "Lively Sally. 1 don't think
they will do it next year.
l heard the other day when I was up
in Connecticut, friend of mine make
speech, in which he illustrated this by
story. He said, if Grant was not
nominated by the Republicans, he
would burst the party, and if he was
nominated, the people would burst
him and the party, and said that it re-
minded him of All old Baptist preacher
out in one of the Territories, in old
times. He took his text to preach
from, some place in the Bible-I CAN
no tell where, you can read it through |
and find it, it won't hurt you, as DIR.
Odds used to say-he took text !
which ran in this way, "Once in grace,
always in grace. for your feet shall be |
as hens feet. Laughter.
Now brethren" said he, as you
know the popularity of hens feet
they have three toes in front and one
in the rear. SO that it can never slip up |
backward-once in grace always in
grace, for your feet shall be as hens
feet" Renewed laughter.
/ heard of fellow who went out
contributing the other day and
brought down a good fat coon. He
skinned it, and thought he would sell