The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-03
ALWAYS FRANK SIMPLICITY"

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1t is sail, by a morning Contemporary, that
it may no. seem. but it really Is very
''profound remark and one that will
'bear reflection" that ",re always gets an
altogether different impression of Prcsi-
"dcnt Grants own VIZ. DIS" than from what
others saw about hn. We Acknowledge
the deep profoundly" of the 'remark,
and especially commend the deductions
drawn from this prelude The president,
we are told, never has anything "sphynX-
like in his letters a0l messages, but sal
',cays frank simplicity lie writes like one
"who speaks right on, aud says ,chat he
"means.' The beauty of all this is, that it
is written by an admrcr of the president,
by one who bell ye', or processes to be-
lieve, what he writes, or, at least, intends
to have the reader take it as a just and true
estimate of the presidents ''letters and
messages" IL is not intended .t1r satire,
and yet, we apprehend, that those who
read it, will consider it as the btterest and
kceIest of satire. While we admire the
bland and child-like faith of our cotempo-
rary, and admit the sincerity and honesty
of its intentions, we are fain to confess that
we have not much respect for its display of
memory or for its belief in the .ullibii,y
of the American people
This expression of faith and confidence,
this "protound remark" that there is sal
ways frank simplicity" in the presidents
letters and messages, and that che always
says what he MEANS" is bat another pre-
Jude to reported statement, made by the
president, and quoted as a part of the same
editorial, wherein he says: "No one knows
"what load has been taken off my sh jul-
" ders. Friends and foes have alike been
g troubled by this bugbear, but they haze
" not been troubled half as much as / hare"
This, the editor tells us, he "can readily
believe" He "oan rooaiiJ DeiIeve tnls,
although forty-eight hours before he had
published the presidents letter drawn out
by the resolution of the Pennsylvania re-
publican state convention, and twenty-four
hours before had edtorially reviewed that
letter.
In that letter the president says 81
/" hare been surprised that SO many sensible
"persons in the republican party should
"permit their enemy to force upon them
and their party an issue which cannot
q add strength to the party, no matter how
"met." Which horn of the dilemma will
you take, was he "surprised" or was he
troubled" twice as much as any other
person Was he go much ''troubled" or
did he tell the truth in saying he was "sur-
prised" that anyone else should be "troub-
led" about so trivial matter 1t was re-
ally of no consequence, he tells us, and he
is surprised" that sensible republicans
should pay any attention to it yet he tells
us that he aoas terribly troubled" twice
as much "troubled" rs any other republic
can. Which time was he saying "what he
MEANS" and when was that "frank sim
plicity" displayed? AS we all know how
much sensible republicans were ''troubled"
and what terrible penalty they paid for
the presidents silence, we are inclined to
pin our filth on ex-Postmaster-G eneral
Dennisons version of the matter that the
president was ''veXed and annoyed" about
it, rather than place too much reliance on
either of his own contradictory statements.
We have another illustration of this ''al-
ways frank simplicity" In his letter to
the president of the Pennsylvania conven-
lion, he says In the first place, never
sought the office for second, nor even
=" for first nomination" Now for
- the third term. | do not want it any
Z" more than did the first" ITO recapit-
ulate, am not, nor have been, can
g didate for a denomination. / would not
accept a nomination if it We're rendered,
" unless il should come uR3er such ciIcunl-
A" stances as TO make ii an Imperative duty
This was written, probably, Sunday, as ii
was published Monday, and the next day
he says in the statement quoted IN the cdl-
torial referred to: 81 find that great
many regret my course but Washington
A." is not a hedlthy place from achich 10 judg,
"puJlic opinion. ] believe that majority
g of the people of the country will appre
" ciate the difficulties under which | hayC
= labored." Taking these two utterances to
gcther, the 'people of the country" viii
undoubtedly appreciate both the "diilicul
ties" and the circumstances. The SCR
cumstances not likely to arise are tn,
probabilities Of a denomination and tn,
difficulties" were to understand that 1t
was not wanted for third term, because
Washington sis not n healthy place from
Is which to judge public opinion" If hi
statements can be truthfully rcconclled, i
can be only on the basis that while not il
the strctest sense of the word '.candi
date" because he had not written lette
explicitly saying so, yet he had not refused
and did not intend to refuse, to be candi
date because according TO "public opinion
as reflected in Washington, he would b
made candidate whether or no.
But we are not left to conjecture on thi