The daily gazette., 1876-07-13
THE PRICE OF BLOOD.
GRANTS SON TO BE PROMOTED
There II sa0sU ssO Prom Oti0ss from,
the Ranks by the RepuD-
lic0ss Party.

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From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Lieutenant Frederick ID. Grant.
There are some names which are the |
glory of our history, names suggesting
the most heroic service rendered to
country, the sublimest deeds Of hero
ism done in the face of the enemy,
names which make all dreams of CHI
valry possible realities, and among
these glorious names does not appear
that of Lieutenant Frederick d. Grant
The natural modesty of his disposition
has not permitted him to rush into the
| face of the entrenched foe, and his ex-
quisite regard for the personal safety
of Frederick d. Grant has prevented
his superior officer placing him under
fire. In fact, Lieutenant Frederick
ID. Grant has never been where danger
invited him. He declined the invita-
tion, and his deeds of prowess have
been confined exclusively to wearing
his uniform and dangling his sabre in
Washington drawing rooms, where
his buttons have been greatly ad-
mired.
When the other day the sad news
came of the massacre of the heroic
Custer and his men. there was some
alarm felt lest the son of the President
had fallen in the dreadful encounter
for it was known that he was attached
Ito Clusters command, but he was not
aearer the scene of the battle than
the White House at Washington, and
not hair of his beautiful head had
been touched except by the barber
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stain on his dazzling uniform, and his
sabre was as free from blood as that OF
the unborn child.
! His record is of another sort, here IL
is:-At school ct West Point at the
country's expense, a prolonged tour in
Europe on full pay, a partnership in
clearinghouse at Washington, still
drawing full pay, few months, now
and again, on Sheridan's staff at Chi
cago, drawing the full pay of a lieuten
ant.colonel. Never once in action
never once showing more valor than II
required to hunt the buffalo over the
plains, never once doing a soldierly act
never once commencing himself t6
promotion, a dallier in drawing-rooms
a carpet knight, drawing always {
soldiers pay while real soldiers die
the work.
That is his record. 1t might be worse
but it might be better, and it should b
better to warn the Senate in confrmlni
him full lieutenant over the heads @
thirty-two other second ieutenants VIII
were commissioned long before he lef
West Point, and over the heads of twelv
other second lieutenants who wer
graduated with him. On the Sth instan
chat is to say on Thursday last, whe
the news of the massacre OF one Of tn
ieutenants Of the 4th Cavalry was but
. few hours old. and when bis unburie
: body was where his Indian butchers lei
: it, President Grant sent into the Senat
the name Of his son, Second Lieutenan
! Frederick ID Grant, nominated lieuten
ant, in the place of the lieutenant lyin
dead there in the Black Hills.
There was not only the indecency G
promoting this young man, who ha
never drawn sword in battle, over TIA
heads OF thirty-two older second lieuten
) ants, and over the heads of twelve of hi
classmates, but there wns the shockin
indecency of haste to seize for his so
, the place left vacant by the death of
heroic lieutenant whose corpse was still
: above the ground. We have ceased t.
: look to President Grant for any sign
however slight, of that fine sense o
3honor which characterizes a gentleman
of sensibility and refinement, and W
therefore look to the Senate to refuse t,
confirm this appointment, the making
Of which was an insult to the dead ant
| the liylnp-TeLe1r0ph. 81.