Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-14
.mERALD" ON GRANT.

THE "HERALD" ON
The New York Herald makes the
Custer disaster the text for = terrible
arrangement OF President Grant and
his administration. The Herald, II
anything, il Republican in its leaninRs.
AS the leading Journal IN America its
opininos are entitled to respectful con-
sidsratiOn. The views Of the Herald
are Identical with those expressed by
the aENrINEL on receipt Of the first
news Of the Custer calamity. Says the
Herald; aas4a a.Mras +,
General Clusters desperate hardi'
hood in riding " into the jaws of death,
into the mouth of hell" was a natural
consequences Of the treatment he had
received from the President. The
honor Of . soldier is 1.-THE immedi.
ate Jewel Of his heart" When bis
honor is impugned, whom . stigma Is
publicly set upon him, in the face Of
the whole country, by his command.
or in-chief, he Is subjected to a torture
such - only q soldier or . man Of ex
treme moral constituencies who feels
. stain like a wound" can fully under
: stand. Civilians are sometimes tempt
edto smile at the excessive punctilious-
ness Of army officers about questions
of precedence and relative standing;
butt must be considered that honor
and estimation are the chief rewards oil
the military class, and that it Is to
their eager craving for distinction
that the world is indebted for the i'll
lustrious acts Of heroism which en-.
biazon the pages OF history. II the in.
tense, excrucisting smart of soldiers
under disgrace be fault tits q "fail-
ing which leans TO virtues side."
General Custer was . man whose
mental organization made him
peculiarly vulnerable to the sting
OF disgrace. 1t Is only an i'm
petuous man Of quick and almost boil
ing sensibilities that can make such .
bold, dashing cavalry officer A. Gen
eral Custer had shown himself to be.
It il in the nature Of such a man to be
elated by marks Of honor and appre.
citation, and to be plunged into deeper
alton and despair by q public stigma
fixed upon him by q superior whose
acts it Is not permitted him to ques-
ton. General Custer went into the
campaign, from the expected COM
mand of which he had been barshly
degraded, with his heart torn by q
keen sense of injustice and with an
apparent determination to retrieve his
standing by some splendid act Of sue
cessful daring or die the kind of death
which hall0ws the memory Of q soldier
in the hearts Of his countrymen. Had
he been in command Of the campaign
. sense Of responsibility would have
restrained and tempered his impetu.
osity. But this brave soldier had been
rendered desperate by Ill usage, and
when ''desth was set in one eye anc
honor In tho other" he courted q he
roic death rather than endure the dis
grace which the cold malignity of the
President bad attempted to put upon
him. 1t would be hardly too severe
to say to President Grant, "BehoId
your hands! they are red with The
blood Of Custer and his brave three
hundred"
z The sun of General Grants admins.
seems to be going down In an
eclipse Alike In its earlier and In It's
later stages, it Is an expression OF the
personal humors Of the President; but
his earlier humors we're more sm'able
and kindly. 10 long - be remained
the chief object Of popular favor ne
had q hearty enjoyment Of his position,
and It seemed to be his wish to make
every creature connected with him by
blood, marriage or friendship the
sharer OF his good fortune. This
showed an inadequate Of his
great pablo trust, but II It was selfish
Il was an amisble selnshness. Since
the disappointment Of his cherished
'hopes 81 . third nomination his tenn.
per has undergone = change. The
spirit Of indui9snt nepotism has been
supplanted by = fell spirit of revenge,
and his chief delight seems to be In
Furnishing all who have been in any
wy Instrumental in thwarting bis
hopes. He degraded poor Custer be.
u Custer testified to the truth of
the charges against Belknap. He in
sisted on the dismissal OF Yaryan, be-
cause Yaryan was active In fsrreting
out the whisky frauds which came SO
near lodging Babcock In q reniien-
tiary. He Is taking steps for the dis.
missal Of other officers who assisted
ex-Secretary Bristow in his successful
efforts to expose and punish official
population and thereby made 1t impos-
sible for Grant to lay his hands for q