The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-03
STARTLING DISCOVERY.
GENERAL GRANT ~ DEAD AVID HAs
BEEN THESE EIGHT YEARS.
A Conspiracy Which Has Saved Rndicalisn
and Defrauded the Union.
Grant Is Not Grant, Hut q Fellow Named
plOver.


Pl0ver.
A letter dated st. Joseph. Mo, May
20. to TIM New York Sun, gives start
ling, but not altogether unsatisfactory
clue to the unseemly conduct OF Presi-
dent Grant since he has been enjoying
the privileges of high office. The letter
tells the story of man by the name o.
Fouracres, who died in st. Joseph about
two months ago, and in whose yalise
were found documents Of such an i'm
port as to exonerate from all possible
blame the ilustrious General, who,
up to this date, has been
thought to he President Of the United
States. It now comes out that Grant Is
not Grant. but fellow by the name OF
Plover, who IL his perfect likeness. ana
this Is how the strange occurrence came
to pass.
Weall remember that about eight years
ago. during the last days OF President
Johnson's administration, the Repub-
lican party had serious attack OF gen
eral debility, and its oflice-holders were
in great fear Of seeing it die OF sheer
exhaustion. One man alone could help
the expiring party by making his name
a banner and using 1t as an appeal to
popular sentiment. That man was tho
hero of the war Of the rebellion. the
savior of the Union, the illustrious Gen
eral. and we have named him Ulysses
s. Grant The Republican party seized
it's opportunity, jumped ut tho hero,
carried him victoriously to the nomina-
tion. and he was soon President elect or
q happy Union of freconstructible States.
When we say happy Union. we mean
it, as who would gainsay the fact after
reading the following graphic and life
like portrait of the great General from
the pen Of the Sins correspondents
"Grant's character was pretty well
understood Making all allowance for
the exaggerated estimate Of q people
ready TO apotheosize, or Mt least 70
idolize. the hero of the civil war, he was
beyond question the foremost citizen Of
the Republic. Beyond his splendid
military genius. he had the higher
qualities of craftsmanship. Ability,
honor, vigor and manliness were his
characteristics To sincerity Of purpose
he added firmness of conviction. steady
self-coniidence, n rare moderation i'm
Judging others. rich common sense. and
a practical knowledge Of affairs. Per
sonally he was pure hearted and unsus-
picious as a child. He was modest to
fault, and generous with praise for
others. He was slow to anger, and never
uttered q rude word, u profane exclama-
tion, or vulgar lest. He was temperate
even to abstemiousness. ~ h,s relations
to others he was .scrupulously polite.
humane and cohsiderate, and in con
yersation good humored, shrewd and
fluent. In short, Gen. Grant was
clear headed and hearted man.
whose character was stained by neither
petty vanity nor selfish ambition
But. OH for all that l have seen in booksl
Or ever read in tale or historic.
The course Of true love never did run smooth
Gen. Grant. who was at the time Of
his nomination at the army headquar-
ters In Washington, took it into his
head to go West. and thither he went,
accompanied by his family. three or
four of the Dents and Gems. Sherman
and Sheridan.
In order to set Mr.. Fouracres right
before the public it might as well now
be stated that he had been engaged as
steward with Gen. Grant and party.
The telegraph kept pace with the eX
cursionsts till they arrived at Omaha.
but after that an anxious people must
depend for information on the docu
ments found in Mr. Fouracres' yalise,
which run, in order as follows:
Two telegraphic dispatches. one a
copy in the handwriting of Mr.. Four
acres. and the other the original dis
patch, on blank Of the Western Union
Company.
CoPY~oF TELEGRAPH1C DISPATCH.
To Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Washing
ton: Terrible news. Frigbtful accident
to u. s. G.. What shall we do? Answer.
Greeley, Col. Julys. DENT.
THE ANSWER.
To Judge Louis Dent, Greeley. Col.
Is accident fatal? News would kill
prospects Of Rep. party. Conceal at all
hazards until can consult. $. G.
Washington. July &.
HENRY rQURACREs TO HIS WIFE.
DENVER CRY, July ., 1868.
Dear Ellen write in great haste
and excitement, but will try to give you
some idea OF the thrilling events Of the
past four days. Little did l think when
/ joined this party at Omaha what
part | was to play.
At Cheyenne, ,where | received your
letter OF the Sd inst, we left the Union
Pacific and branched down the Denver
Pacific into Colorado. We stopped at
Greeley, for Gen. Grant wanted to see
the mountains He was a very good
man to be with. Gen. Grant was, kind
hearted and considerate. When ! think
of what has happened, cannot believe
my own memory.
At Greeley our party divided tempo
rarily. Gems. Sherman and Sheridan
and others went on to Denver City,
while Judge Dent, Gen. +. Dent and
myself remained to accompany Gen.
Grant on q horseback ride of some
thirty miles or more to Fort Collins, and
then to Longs Peak, one of the highest
peaks in the Front range. We had'a
pleasant ride along the Cache la
Poudre river to the old fort, and when
we struck down into Boulder county
Gen. Grant was much interested in the