The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-03-31
THE PRESIDENT.

whom the people, grateful for his great
services, chose by an election to the
Office of Chief Magistrate. No one can
truthiully say that he sought the posi-
ton. 1t was II Of those exceptional
cases in our politics where the office
sought the man. But SO admirably
were his duties discharged, and so firm
was the confidence in his honesty and
patriotism, that he was houored a Sec
ond time in a similar way, and now APP
proaches the end of his second term. 1t
is true that SANDER and utilization have
persued all our prominent statesmen
from the birth ofthc Republic until now.
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Jack
son, n Lincoln were no exceptions to
this but, excluding the latter, probably
none of these were assailcd with the vlr-
ulence and relentless persecution which
have marked the administration of Cen
eral Grant. We do not stop here to
speak of the difficulties which the Pres
ident has surrounded, the victories he
has gained, the triumphs for the Re-
public which have been wrought under
his administration. We have discussed
them heretofore, and they will become
the subject of universal panegyric here
after. as certainly rs the nation shall en-
dure; but II wonder is that they should,
seemingly, be so utterly forgotten in the
noisy clamor which reigns throughout
the country. For four years the Pres
ident has been directly and indirectly
assailed as corrupt, designing, and un-
%scrupulous. We have seen and heard of
nothing but denunciation. investigation,
and inquiry. The ends of The earth
have been ransacked to find evidence
against him, but to this day nothing has
been discovered to cast q shadow upon
his honor or integrity. lie has been in
~vestigated by his party friends, and
found faithful even among the f;,ithless.
He has been pursued by his political en-
emies, and has met them with clean
hands and an unimpeachible record. lie
was accused of completely in the ware
house irregularities of New York City,
but his vindication came with the testi-
mony. He was charged with being in
terestcd in the gold speculations of Wall
street, but his accusers were driven into
silence by the evidence. They charged
him with being personally interested in
the scheme for anncXing San Domingo,
but the relations completely and entire
ly cXonerated him. SO it has gone on ;
assault after assault. accusation piled
upon accusation. He has been saddled
with the crimes of dishonest subordin-
ates, though such thorough prosecution
of offenders was never known before in
the history of the country. Himself the
chief mover in the raid upon the de-
frauders of the revenue, he has been
charged with being interested in these
fro nIc hir,pnlf. ,pl &1,,,,.rl l., nh,1:n,0o
to his order to ''lct no guilty man es-
cape" men OF prominence and great in
tluencc have been convicted, and fined.
and imprisoned, the idiotic Cry still goes
up that he is pursuing and furnishing
his w associates in guilt, rs ifnature
would not rebel ut such n course, and
the convicted men would not pull him
down with them if such were the truth.
And now the fall of the Secretary
of War, and the frauds in post-trader-
ship. There is not the first syllable of
evidence to connect the President with
any of these transactions; yet we see
column after column OF hints, charges
and innuendoes designed to associate
him with and hold him responsible
for these crimes. His brother is sum-
moned before a Democratic commit
tee, and by rude attack and shame
full insult questioned, cross.question-
ed, and abused. The examination
is completed, and it is found-mar-
velous discovery!-that the President
told him at one time that an In
dian leadership was vacant, and that
finally he obtained that or some other
post. And upon this one ofthe gigantic
fellows composing that committee re-
marks that the evidence against the
President is sufficient to warrant his
impeachment! Out of all places of
honor and profit at his disposal none are
given to this kinsman but the brother
is told that an insignificant leadership
is vacant, and for this he is once more
a assaulted and denounced. We beg
every intelligent man and m to
take this case home for M moment.
Let them ask themselves what they
would do in such cases, and then if they
can let them cast u stone at the EXecu-
tive. But this is far from all. Once
more the subject or gift-taking is raked
up, and General Grant is charged with
accepting brides because he received
testimonials from a grateful people be-
fore he had entered upon the Presiden-
tial office. Who thinks of assailing
General Sherman in a similar way,
though he and his family have been the
recipients of far moreP Who ever
thought of denouncing General Scott or
the Duke of Wellington because they
accepted testimonials Is not the mo-
tive for all this utilization clearP And
shall a cowardly public opinion yield to
it and Join in the unjust ASSAULT We
have differed from the President; we
still differ from him in some matters of
public policy: but we denounce these
attacks as gross, cowardly, uubecoming
disgraceful to us as a people. The
time is approaching when the injustice