The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-06-21
From the Indianapolis Sentinel.l


Grant is not q matter about
which Americans possessed of Il
himbleful Of brainf need care
baubee, and it is only when
tiunky Journalism on this side
of the water attempts to make
that the recipient of aristocratic
and royal favor merits the dis
tinction, and that it gives the
titled fools who bestow it a
warmer place in the regards of
Americans, that the subject is
entitled to any consideration
whatever. The send off that
Grant received at Philadelphia
was in no sense a tribute of res
pect to him as a man, a soldier,
or as ex-President. The affair
was deliberately gotten up by
the Don Camerons of Pennsyl-
vania as an insult to Hayes. It
was intended to say. eve pre-
fer Grant, the despot, the sot,
the bribe taker, the associate of
thieves and the debauchee Of the
Government, to a Presidential
fraud who accepted power from
crime stained hands and had not
the courage to stand by Grants
bayonet policy The ovation
to Grant had this significance
and none other.
The papers that were the most
bitter in their hostility to Grant
who charged him with the
design of making himself dicta-
tor, with all the collateral coup
etat-are now overlooking with
gush about his reception by the
snobs and fiunkies of England.
All of this is unfortunate for
Grant, however much he may
desire to be regarded as an eek
sovereign" for it makes it ne
cessary for reputable journals
to 60 back a little in the history
of Grant, and show him up in
his true light.
No one is disposed to dispar-
age Grants military record,
though it is too early to write it.
1t may grow dim or brilliant in
the light of advancing years, a
matter about which there may
be diversity Of opinions; but
one thing is certain-his admin
istration as President is black
with the record of crimes. It
was conspieuously on era Of
fraud, peculation, stealing out
right, of rottenness everywhere,
and in everything with which
the Government was directly or
remotely connected. 1t was an
era of nepotisn, of ignorance,
. of imbecility, and Of bribe tax
ing. 1t was all era of utter dis
regard of constitutions, of law,
and of the rights of the people.
1t was an era of begrimed mis-
creants were maintained in pow
er by bayonets.
1t is quite likely that a full
knowledge of these things will
give Grant caste in the aristo-
cratic circles of Europe, and that
the spawns of rotten dynasties
may fawn about a man whose
native instincts, strengthened
by close proximity to slaughter
houses and the insuffera BILE
stencil Of raw hides, qualified
him for work which earned the
disgust and loathing of the de-
cent part of the Radical party
thousands and tens of thousands
of whom abandoned him, and
for which the whole country con
demned him.
In addition to this, We have
the declaration from the highest
authority that it was only be-
cause his term Of office had sc
nearly expired that he escaped
impeachment. 1t were better te
let such men get into obscurity
as soon as possible, or at least
cease parading them before the
public as objects of special re
gard. This, however, the New
York Tribune, an organ of fun
kYiSm. is not disn0sed to do