Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-12-06

in the Realm. Their quarrels with
Royalty sobered them, aud made them
an intensely earnest people. But IL
Andy vas a Scotch Irisbman, be must
have got streak of higher stock, as
the European aristocray understand it.,
In his veins by ancestry somehow, un-
known to himself, for when be took it
in his head to do so, Royalty itself
could hardly improve on his polite
manners, or freeze by independent
conduct. I'd give something for the
unknown history of his tore-fathers.
You mind how that one of bis Cabi-
net officers called on him in his private
room one day to say to him, that he had
distinguished lady down stairs in the
parlor that be wished to introduce. The
lady had been in almost every Court in
Europe, and was quite we'll acquainted
with the dignity and courtesy of the
Aristocracy of that country. This was
all told to Old Hickory by the Minis
ter. Andy at that time was alone, and
not fixed up. Tie man who wished to
introduce the lady was afraid that he
would 60 down to receive in thar plight,
and be took the liberty to say tina, his
appearance in that plight would not be
becoming in the chief ruler of nation.
That raised Jacksou's dignity, and he
quickly dismissed the familiar friend,
by telling him to 60, that he once knew
a man who got rich BY simply attend
ing to his own business.
In due time the Hero of New Or
leans put in an appearance. The lady
afterwards pronounced Andy the best
hammered man she had met in America.
1t wasn't every body that could get
Andy's attention, but when he gave a
lady attention it was with the polite
ness of a Prince and the same honesty
of purpose that he brought to the at
tention of his country. He was the
best combined specimen of honesty,
pluck and pcliteness that the Presiden-
tia! chair has had.
Grant has Andy's honesty of purpose,
and his pluck, but be isn't quite as
smooth naturally.
You ought 70 have heard how they
gave it to Grant down here, under the
lead of such articles as are printed in
the New York Herald and the Phila-
delphis Times If the papers that l
have just mentioned are true, Grant is
trying tc overthrow this country. They
say that he did great wrong in send
ing troops to South Carolina. They
say that he should be impeached for
doing that, but l :ell you, my boy, that
if Old Andy were alive he'd cay,
" Grant, YOU are right )" and he'd go
further, he'd say that the men down
there who are trying to throw the couu-
try into state of war, helped by such
fellows as Bennett of the Herald and
Mcclure of the Times, are guilty of
treason. That's what he called the
work of Calhoun and Hayne.
They we're trying to FIRE the heart of
the people TO war, and that is what the
fellows | just spoke of are trying to
do. They haven't a single good word
for all Grant has dvne, and vet he
hasn't done as much to be howled
against as Old Hickory did.
They are telling the country that
Grant has no ri ght to send troops into
South Carolina. They tell that much,
and then they 60 on aud abuse him and
say that when he does that he is taking
away the liberty Of the people, ana if
be dare sead troops into South Caro-
lima, he dare send them into Pennsyl-
yanIa or any other State and they talk
in such way that those who believe in
them and don't know any better, are
mislrd, are made to believe that Grant
has done great wrong, and that the
wrong is so great that if the people
would rise up and inaugurate a war
against the soldiers, that would be
right
Bennett and Mcclure both know that
they are preaching false doctrine, when
they preach such stuff as that. You
see they are trying to make the people
believe that the President sent the
troops down there of his own accord
That isn't true. When the Devil ap- |
peared to Eve in the garden and told
her, "Eat of the fruit of this forbid
den tree and thou shalt not die," be
did not tell bigger lie. The Devil
knew that he was not telling the truth,
and these fellows know as well as be did
hat they are Dot telling The truth.
They ksow that Grant did not send the
roops down there of his own accord,
,r on his own hook, as We say down
lere. But Old Andy did send troops
lown there on his own hook, and 10 de-
iance of the Governor of South Caro-
ina, to preserve the peace. The good
I'D fellow is dead, but that act is one
# the brightest that he ever did. 1t
: even brighter than licking the British
It New Orleans, and that was consid-
,red quite an achievement.