The Jasper weekly courier., 1875-06-25
Grants Sacrifices.

SIS upon the sacrifioes he thinks he has
made In becoming President. And when
he says sacrifices, he means money, and
nothing else.
As long ago IS 1861, ia some negctia-
r1Ons with Col. Forney about lis prOspec.
tive nomination. views # the same low na-
ture were expressed. liz was urged en-
that he was receiving from $l7 900 "a S20.-
90 year a. a General. a life salary. and
that IL he became President for eight years
he would not be pecuniarily 80 well Of IL
would be pecuniary sacrifice for him o.
take the oflice. Again. in his noted letter
Of May Ia. lS72. 20 Deacon Richard Smith
Of Cincinnati. - | feel" be said, :. that
did make sacrifice In giving up high
position 80 highly prized by me-One ere
at.d for me by an apprt ciafiye public.
Then, sfter a few words more. he again
reminds Deacon Richard Smith OF the
=. PERSONAL sacrifice made four years ago. =
And now. in his recent third-ierfn letb-r.
he utfers the same base sentiment. ITO
the first term," he says. II was called
from life position. one created by Con-
gress expressly for me. lt wsuld have
been most agreeable 10 me 10 have retain
ed II until such time as Congress might
have consented % my retirement with the
rank and a portion Of the emO.uments
HuttA Il - liAtiEu Du4 W - ~
believe that the public good called me to
= IL must be remembered that all the sacri-
fices except that OF comfort had been made
in accepting the first term
Now, IL there is a man alive who ought
neither 10 speak nor "a think that he has
sacrificed any thing or ever could sacrifice
any thing for his country. il is this man
Grant. The United States almost created
him. II took him from poverty and ig-
nOr2nce in an insignificant place in Ohio.
and gave him al West Point all the seen
tific culture that his mind was capable
Of receiving: and al the same time lodged
him, fed him. clothed him. provided him
with pocket money, and made man of
him. Then IL made him an officer OF the
army. and opened 10 him the chance OF
gaining honorable distinction in the pub
lie service. II kept him there. support
Ing him like an officer and gentleman. al
the public expense. treating him for years
with confidence and honor. until. forget
ting his great debt Of gratitude TO such a
benefactOr. he gave way utterly 10 sensual
appetites. fell into habits of gross indul-
gence. and by repeated. conspicuous, aud
unusually indecent acts of drunkenness.
made IL itimpOssibie thus to tolerate him any
longer; and then he was kindly and fOI-
bearingly allowed 20 leave the service by
resignation. instead Of being tried and
cashiered, and made incapable Of ever
serving again. And yet. with this history
behinH him. this man now talks Of the
pecuniary sacrifices he plade in bec0m-
ing President OF the United States. and
asks for new and higher favors on that ac-
sount
After his resignation he tumbled about
the world for several years. trying 20 earn
his own living by head work and by man
usl labor. and all In VAN. getting drunk
with occasion and without. despised and
disrrusted everywhere. until AZ last he
brought up AT Galena. whore his money
loving and hard father employed him
nominally a. a clerk 10 sell the leather he
dealt in. giving him. more a charity than
a. real pay. a Titiful allowance OF 500 a
year. He lived there the life Of IoAfer.
until in the hour Of her great trial. his
country forgot his Oh unfaifhfnlness. and
once more took him in hand. making him
an officer gain. and opening up 10 him
new chances and new p ssibi!iies.
That he availed himSei. Of thee posi-
bilities and rendered valuable service. i a
great credit 70 him; bur neither he nor
any other man should ever forget. that
even In this. he owes ali to his country.
and very little. II any thing, TO himself
and that az every step. she heaped upon
him rewards and cOmpensarions exceed
ing his utmost deserts. Hour by hour.
day by day. she paid him not merely with
honors. hut with money. far beyond every
thing that in the widest intOxicati0n.
whether Of alcohol or OF ambition. he
could ever have imagined for himself.
His wretehed. shameful past she mag
unanimously overlooked: nis ingratitude
she never east up 10 him the genuine
ness OF his new glory she never ques-
toned: and finally, trusting every thing
10 him. hoping every thing from him. she
not only made him General Of the Army.
but put him at the head of the Govern
menf- And this he now speaks of a. a
sacrifice on his part, and a sacrifice OF
money,
But even then. in this new station Of
power and authority. his mean. narrow
nature could not Keep the level Of his
nigh duties. Once more he disgraced his
country. initiating the vile example Of
corrupt rulers, and making the public
trust a means 10 enrich himself. his rela-
tons. and his favorites; yet the people
fondly conficed in him still further.
making him President for a second time
and he AZ once improved this
new election 10 obtain through
dark Intrigue with servile
Congress. doubling Of the salary for
which he had agreed to serve; [; and the
great sum which he thus indecently ac-
quired. he may perhaps reckon as bal I
ancing In some degree his loss Of money 1
from consenting TO be President. Atanv /
rate. he does not include IL in his cats- 4
logue OF sacrifices.
And now. after this unprecedented ca
reer. in which his country has heaped A
every kind OF benefit upon him. deserved 4
and undeserved, from the least TO the \
greatest; when the people. detecting at
last his abuse OF their indulgence. mani
fest an unwillingness to elect him Presi-