The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-05-11
HE OUGHT TO BE RICH.
GRANITE lmRense Income in Presents
aaA SALARY During His Term
Of Office. .s4 -. ~
: -.lFrom the Hartford Times

Is, tho TACT indicates that he Ia a thrift
less man. He has certainly had money
enough-or property enougb-since his
singular rise to public position, to have.
made him rich. He has had presents
enough 70 enrich any man, over.
In .; heuses alone. The house tina,
was presented to him In Washington,
about the time of his election, by hie
wealthy admirers, he not long after
ward cold to hts friend Bowen for $4O,-
600. Subsequently he, to use coars.
but expressive colloquial phrase, on
hearing OF n better offer, "backed out"
made and legally completed, and
again sold the property (now belong
Ing to another for $GO, 600. Bowen
began legal proceedings against the
President Of the United States, and, to
avoid such q scandal, no was pacified
by giving him the Washington Post
Once, and Grant pockcted tho SG0, 900.
Then came presents Of valuable
houses and city lots in Philadelphia and
Gaiena, and the. valuable cottage at
Long Branch; also, we believe, Il house
In New York. Altogether his houses
must have been worth $l4O, 900 at least.
OF his endless III esents of silks, car
ringes, horses, stocks, etc., no definite
market value can DO stated; he was the
only President Of the United States
who received presents, and he kept
receiving them, throughout his entire
double term-even to $1,000 boxes OF
fancy cigars, cases of costly wines and
old Drandies, and n rnre ana varied
assortment of dogs. These he was
pleased to receive if tho express char
ges for their transportation had been
paid, otherwise they wero refused.
Precisely how much money he received
for his share of the ssBlaclS friday
operation may never be known. One
''gift" of i$25, 900 to "Mrs. Grant" came
promptly to hand, aud another of the
same amount was prepared to follow 1t
u faw hours later, when the wicked
combination fortunately exploded and
put a sudden stop to these hidden
operations. While he was known to
have held shares in the tsSeneca Sand
stone Quarry Company" Il concern
whose building stone, it had been ar
ranged, was to be used in all Govern
mont buildings What his gain was
from tho Boss Shepherd Ring, or from
tho vast Whiskey Ring which he pro-
tectetl, will probably never be known,
but there can be little doubt that it
put money in his purse from some, if
not all, Of tho dtsroputablo speculation
combinations with which tho name of
his Administration is more or less
clouded, even to the San Domingo
speculation.
Grant, we are glad to say, is the only
ex-Prceident who ever increased his SAL
AIRY by his own act. by an extraordi-
nary subterfuge to get around the Con-
stttntion, which prohibits such a
thing, the bill was passed on tho last
day Of his first term, and no signed it
at the very close of his first term, and
thereby doubled his esalary and put
500, 900 more into his pocket during
his second term. 1t was u low trick,
which would not stand the test OF :, |
legal examination for one moment |
but it seems to have been worthy OF |
Grant, who is believed, and with rea-
son, to have enriched himself to tho ex
tent Of many hundreds of thousands OF |
dollars during his occupation of the
high ofticc which he 80 mis-used and
in his personal as well as
political ways. II, as he now claims,
no Is "a poor man" (why this an
Of it?) he must certainly
be a very thrittless one; and poor men
would do better to stay ut home and
husband their scanty means, instead of
startling out OH two years tour through
Europe and around the world. II his
uncomplimentary record as President
will not give him honor in Europe, still
less Is he calculated to command much
honor or respect abroad by his personal
presence; and this circumstance unites
with that of his alleged poverty to sug-
yest the proprivty OF his staying at
home.
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