Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-10-12


patriotism to glory in our country :.
renown and the honor and the good name
of her great men.
Do not make a mistake here. / have
no iavors to ask whatever. | opposed
the election OF General Grant as Presi.
dent, and shall oppose him again. il
there be occasion, because ours is not .
military government. Since we are q
peaceful, pastural country, caring moth.
ing about arms or armies. save in
an emergency. | do not believe in
always having a military man at our
head. But DO glory in my country.
her great achievements and her great
men, and this man now at her head is
certainly one OF the very greatest that
have been given her.
If any man should 20 through a great
park, throwing stones and mud at the
most beautiful aud the best pieces Of
marble and doing all in his power TO
delace them and make them look vile in
the eyes of all men. what would be
thought Of him And yet that man is
very inOcent compared to the writer who
deiames living man whom the country
has set in high place. Marble can be
replaced but great men come seldom up
on earth. Besides that, they arc human
and can suffer.
| take, perhaps, a sort el savage,
eetainly perfect satisfaction in saying
to the Old World, and saying also to
thatander hemisphere. that this man
now at the head of our common state
seems 10 me, 50 Tar as | could see, to be
one oil the most noble and perfect men
in the world.
1, was my fortune during the past five
years tomeet with, in one way and an-
other, about AL the heads of the gres
powers Of the Old World, and | am free
TO say that saw nothing there more
c0urly ana decorous, and at the same
title simple aud manly, than the bearing
and behavior OF ths President of the
United States. who, i am informed, has
still for the first time TO visit Grant
Tace-tTacS.' Mine was no. = hurried visit
at all, but extended over some time Al
Long Branch, and, IL this mans every
day NE Is any Key 10 his character, the
country had ought tC count itself very
proud. indeed. o., this figure tor is grea;
gallery. lam perfectly aware, however.
that I know no,aing a. al about the
political life OF the great captain. and il
Is possible be i even Is great q failure
- an almini-tra or - was the Duke al
Wellington. / can only say to ms people
oi The Great West, who have not any
opportunity Co see the man IS ne Is or bis
lite and surroundings. that they must
Journey lar before they hud a simpler. a
more gentle and refined title household
than that which our President rules over
in The cottage At Long Branch, In his
domestic administration be Is certainly
success, aud "a kinder father is not TO te
found. ! take the responsibility proph.
esyins TIA: this will be the verdict OF
Time upon his administration OF the
affairs OF the common state also. Gaiusay
~ who Will.
Ia conclusion, I must say that some T.
weeks OF idling about the Branch, where .
the Pccsileu, was 20 be seen almost daily. .
some E;t.c intercourse with him. some .
on kuo,,y subjects, which I, .
seems 10 nae Congress only succeeds Ia .
tying up tighter every time II touches
them, some close observation 10 that
gentle and happy hosseholI, and all that.
assures me that this man Is not orly
very great map. as The world has l0ag
since said. bat also very good man,
iudeed.-N J. Independent.