Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-07-18
THE TRUTH ABoUT GRANT

THE TRUTH ABOUT GRANT
FACTS TO WHICH THE GLAMOUR OF n
RopE-Akp FLuNKYIsn CANNOT ELM
AMERICANS.
The reception that European snob
and fools may extend TO Grant is no
q matter about which Americana pos
sessod Of a thimbleful Of brains nee
care a baubee, and II is only whcl
nunky journalism on this side of th
water attempt to make II appear tha
the recipient Of aristocratic and roya
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q warmer place in the regards of Amer
leans, that the subject is entitled toany
consideration whatever The send of
that Grant received at Philadelphia
was in no sense a tribute Of rcspect 81
him as a man, soldier or as OK. Presi
dent Tho affair was deliberately got
ten up by the Don Camerons Of Penn
sylyania as an insult to Hayes. II
wasintended TO say; ave prefer Grant
the despot, the bribo takor, the asso
clate Of thieves and the debauchee o.
the Government, to a Presidential
fraud who accepted power from crime
stained hands and had not tho courage
to stand by Grants bayonct policy
The ovation to Grant had this signid
canco and mono other.
The papers that were the most bit
ter in their hostility to Grant--whc
charged him with the design OF max.
ing himself dictator, with all the col
lateral crimes necessary to such a
coup d'etdt-arc now ovornowing with
gush about his reception BY tho snobs
and hunkies of England. All this is
unfortunate for Grant, however much
hc may desire to be regarded as an
"ex-sovcrcignj" !" for it makes it necos,
sary for reputable Journals to 90 back
a little in tho history of Grant and
show him up in his true light.
No one is disposed to disparago
Grants military record, though it is
too carly to write 1t. 1t may grow
dim or brilliant in the light OF adyanc.
ing years, a matter about which there
may be a diversity of opinions; but
one thing is certain-his admins
tration as President Is black with the
record of crimes. 1t was conspicu.
onsly an era of fraud, peculation, steal.
ing outright, Of rottonness everywhere
and in everything with which the
Government was directly or indirectly
connected. 1t was an era OF ncpotism,
of Ignorance, of imbccility, and bribc-
taking. 1t was an era Of disregard of
constitutions, Of law and of rights of
the people. 1t was an era of military
despotism, in which crime begrimed
misereants wero maintained in power
by the bayonet.
1t IS quite likely that a full knowl.
edge of these things will give Grant
caste in aristocratic circles of Europe,
and that the spawns of rotten dynas-
ties may iawn about man whose ma.
tive instincts, strengthened by close
proximity to slaughter houses and the
insuiierablo stencil of raw hides, quail.
fed him for work which earned the
disgust and loathing of the decent part
OF the Radical party, thousands and
tens Of thousands of whom abandoned
him, and for which the whole country
condemned HIM.
In addition to this, we have the de-
claration from tho highest authority
that is was only because his term had
so nearly expired that he escaped i'm
parchment. 1t were better to let such
men get into obscurity as soon as pos
sible, or at least cease parading them
before the public as objects of special
regard.
This, however, the Neic York Tribune,
an organ of lunkyism, is not disposed
to do, and among other foolish things,
in noticing Grants reception in Eng.
land, it says;
The judgement of strangers re-
scmbes somewhat tho Judgment of
posterity. As he is now regarded in
European countries, So doubtless. he
will stand in history, when the bitter.
ness and the littleness Bipartisan have
passed away, and his real services to
his country and his real character are
1t matters precious little what the
Judgment Of strangers may be, or, for
that matter, what may be the verdict
Of posterity. Tho living present knows
that Grant consortcd with thieves
that he was the defender and supper.
ter of conspirators; that he girdled
the Louisiana Returning Board scoun-
drels with bayonets, while tho perjurcd
crew were plotting frauds with which
to reverse the will Of the American
people. The Atlantic ocean, were its
waters soapsuds, could not in thous.
and centuries wash out the stains from
Grants record. His friends should lot
him rest and t.-lndidaapoi6 Sent.
mel.
THE RADICAL Wall.
Hayes "civil service" card has dis.
turbcd the "loyal" elements very much.
The editor OF the Philadelphia Times,
sent an interviewer out among the
office holders of that city, for the pur.