The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-03-01
ULYSSES &. Grant.

Cbas. OConor called on President
Grant, on Sunday List, and made an
earnest apology for the letter he wrote
several years ago, but first Published
last fall, severely rejecting on the Pres
dent. Mr.. O'Conor said to the president
that he had arrived at an advanced age
that he did not wish to leave behind him,
over his own signature what he now be-
lieved to be libel upon great name
and he begged the president, in all sin
cerity, to forget the letter, and &c con-
slider this voluntary and friendly visit as
his best apology. The President, it is
stated, received Mr.. O'Conor's apology
in the spirit in which it was given, and
the two spent some time in friendly con-
versation.
The letter 10 which Mr.. OConor refer
red was that which Geo. William Curtis
criticised SO severely, and which he cha
racterized rs the letter of black guard,
disgraceful 10 the writer and insulting to
the American people. MIR. O'Conor's
apology was timely, frank, and full, and
ought to do much towards restoring him
to the position he held before it was
written.
Time at last sets all things right.
| Wendell Phillips is another man who
has said some severe things OF the Presi.
dent. A few days ago he delivered a
public lecture in Chicago, In the course
of which he said that it was absurd TO
Judge man by his trivial mistakes; that
history measured men by their whole
career and that "fve years from now,
side by side with Washington and Lin.
coin, will stand the name Of Ulysses S.
Grant" He then said:
"There stands President Grant. he
has been slandered by his own party, he
has been forsaken by many of his
friends; he has borne all in calmness and
without fear or favor; but through 1t oil
he has shown the integrity Of Abraham
Lincoln and the decision Of Andrew
Jackson. The country owes its exis-
tence to no man more than TO Ulysses
| S. Grant In the line of heroes of this
and the old world tho name of Grant
will stand side by side with that of Wei
/ llngt0n.
| Mr.. O'Conor is right when he says
I that he he does not wish to Gle "leaviDg
behind b IN libel on a great name"
and Mr.. Phillips is right when he says
that the impartial verdict of history will
place, side by side with Washington,
Lincoln, Jackson and Wellington, the
name of Ulysses S. Grant. There are
thousands of others in this country who
will feel the necessity, before they die,
of rctracting their libels on that patient,
inflexible, pnre hearted, honest and clear
bralned President and brave, patriotic
and SPLENDID soldier. Every man who
has any decency in his character or any
honor in his heart, will want to make
such an apology if he has over engaged
in the filthy and infamous work OF SLAM
dering President Grant.
We have lived, for nearly twenty years
past, in great era. 1t has been crowd
ed thick with great events, and has pro-
duced many of the greatest soldiers,
statesmen and politicians the world has
ever known. Its history will not be fair
ly written until the present generation
shall have passed away. But whenever
it is written, of the brightest names up
on the record will be that OF the great
soldier and great President, Ulysses S.
Grant.-The Champion.