Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-02-15
America is SO truly the representative

America Is SO truly TIE representative
of reserved power.
Grants memory Is a marvel He
never forgets anything. He can talk
by the hour about the political con.
dition of every State. and give the
dates and facts that most OF US pre-
fer to recall by proxy in the Tribune
Almanac OF McPherson's Hand Book.
/ found that he knew all about the
politics of South Carolina; and when
he talks of the future Of the party he
shows by his accurate knowledge of
political statistics that he foresees
danger that hardly any of our public
men even dream OF.
Grant IS a good listener. Men who
suffer with the verbal complaint think
they are good takers and they can.
not wait long enough to listen to any
other voice A healthy talker can be
known always by his power of lis
tening. As soon as Grant answers a
question or ends topic, his lips bang
together; he reaches out for match,
lights his cigar again, faces you and
never interrupts you. If he has moth
ing to say he cultivates international
good will by adding to the income of
Cuba. (lf any man can invent more
diplomatic synonym for smoking let
him draw on me at sight for cigar
If were a French writer and de-
lighted in epigrams / should say that
Grant listens like loaded mitralteuse
collected, cool, silent. but giving one
in front of him the impression that he
is ready to fire off volley if he should
not chance to like your style. Hewitt
knows all abont this trait. He never
stands in front of Grant now. A
bar'l of money" couldn't tempt him
to do it again.
What Grant said abont the fnan.
ciaI situation was a brief of his mes
sage that he had ready for Con-
gress but had not yet signed. The
only confusion of ideas in it that |
could see was his theory that there is
any such thing possible as healthy
imitation" of the currency. Initiation
is the mere fat of the financial sys-
TEN and when men or systems go in
to training they must first of all get
rid of their fat. They need pure mus
cular development. A bloated man
looks healthy, but he is sick in exact
proportions to his extra bulk. 1t
seems to me also that the message,
one of the ablest he has ever sent to
Congress, would have been entire
ly unobjectionable if he had left out
his suggestions as to the repeal of the
law that limits the amount of the
fractional currency and silver coins.
They complicate an issue which is
simple and wise when presented on
its own merits.
Republicans who have been led to
believe that Gov. Chamberlain is not
worthy of the entire confidence of the
Nation, may be interested to know
that the President, who has studied
the Southern question thoroughly, re
CARDS him as man of integrity, who
gave a pure administration to South
Carolina and is to-day ''the ablest
man in the Union who is Governor
of State or among those claiming to
be Governors.
But do not intend to report the
conversation, as | did not visit him
as an interviewer but as private
citizen.
The old question always comes up
when one is brought into personal
relations with men of great genius or
in lofty positions Do fame and pow
err make men happy? Here is Grant
who has risen from the humblcst rank
in life to the highest position on this
planet from lanyard to the White
House from the dull obscurity OF q
poor mans struggle for bread in a
Western village to the dazzling emf
hence of the greatest historical repu-
tation of his nation. Surely, he must
be happy manor regret only that
he must soon lay down his symbols of
power and popularity.
"Well," he said, 81 have Just a
month left; and it seems to me that |
can hardly wait for the time to leave
to come.
So sixteen years of glory and pow
err, end with an eager longing for qui-
ct and rest Epectetus was right.
Our happiness must come not from
what we have but what we are.
| JAMES REDPATH.