The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-08-02
Grants Trouble,

FIFTEEN CIGARS 4 DAY AND STEADY
DRINKING BELIEVED TO sE
SLOWLY WINDING UP
THE PRESIDENTS
SYSTEM
The Republicans here seize most
greedily upon tile stories that are
now talked Of everywhere that
Grants mind has become impaired
by the constant drain upon his
physical health produced by mis-
excessive fast living during the last
year or so. He has become very
gross, and, although below medium
height, he weighs upward Of $50
pounds. He has bloated, faded
look, that has been intensified by
the last few days of heat. The
reason why the Republicans are SO
anxious to circulate and believe
these stories is that they explain
satisfactorily Grants excessive
rudeness and his attempts to utterly
ruin his civil service by outruging,
insulting and dismissing all Of the
best men in the Government employ.
Several Senators have called upon
the President within the last week
for the purpose Of demonstrating
with him upon the course that he
has pursued IN relation to the.
peremptory removal of people who
have been prominent in the prosecu-
ton of the Whisky Ring. TO each
of them he has been so morose, so
savage and so utterly Indifferent to
even the common laws Of politeness,
that nearly all of his visitors explain
his extraordinary conduct upon the
ground that he is really not himself.
"A physician, who is somewhat
familiar with his physical condition,
in analysing the terrible strain that
Grants system las to endure,
enumerates the following; In the
first place, he is an excessive smoker.
He smokes, upon an average, fifteen
Reina Victoria cigars Of the strong
est brand per day. Without charg.
ing tue President with drinking
to an excess, it is a well-known and
established fact that he is what is
known as steady drinker. Before
breakfast, upon rising, he takes
stimulants, ard before each meal a
stimulant, and during the evening,
when he sits talking with his
friends, his old cronies, who gather
around him, the black bottle is one
of the most cherished objects with
Grant. The climate in Washington
in summer is one that requires the
most constant and watchful care
to retain health. the heat is almost
constant. There is very little reliet
felt from the LIST Of June TO at least
the LIST Of September The night!
Of June and July are almost as warn
as in the day. Persons worf on
) and FRUSTRATED by the extreme lea
Of the day find, when hight comes
no rest. All Of the physicians win
practice ii this climate especial,
, warn people against the use 0
stimulan5s during this torrld period
Some Of the most dangerous case
: of illness have beer accustomed b
: people when feeling i'll from heat
a rushing to some stimulant TO war
off the effects Of sudden depression
! The class who suffer the most alarm
t ing effects from heat and the debil
t tating influences Of this climate
: made up Of people addicted 10 tn
n use of stimulants. It is stated upo
+ good medical authority that if th
/. President we're obliged to perforl
e the average duties Of q member
r Congress he would not have lived a
Il long as he has. The White Hous
: is one Of the coolest parts Of tow
It BY remaining in it and abstainin
from going about he has in nea
" ure escaped the prostratlng efec
IS of the season; but during the la
y few days he has complained bitter
= of Congress. For the first tin
- since his election as, President
D. has been forced to remain here. H
Of previous custom has been to &c
O. the seaside on the Let Of June al
~, m return only on the LIST of the folio
is ing October. The peculiar conc
in ton Of mind exhibited by the Pre-
., dent, briefly analysed, presents t
be following features: He is moro
Nv solemn, and at times even sava