Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-16
GRANT.
WAot HIS Brother-in-Lu,c Corbin Kno,cs
Aboat HIS Political I7,teat:ons-Orrille
Grants Insanity

GRANT.
W'tot HIS BrotHer-in-Lu,c Corbin Kno,cs
Ab0Mt HIS Political I,,teat:ons-Orcille
Grants Insanity.
New York Herald.
just before the recent elections Herald
reporter enjoyed brief but interesting CON
versation with Gen. Grants Jersey brother
in-law, Mr.. Abel r. Corbin. Mr.. Corbin is
man yerging upon seventy years of age.
His form is bent with the weight and cares
of his long and active life, but his gray eyes
are still bright and expressive, while his in
tellect continues as clear and keen as when
nearly forty years ago, it guided with ability
a Democratic newspaper in st. Louis. MIR.
Corbin now resides at Elizabeth, N. J. With
him lives Gen. Grants mother, the yenera-
bic wife of the late Jesse Grant and the
mother of Mrs. Corbin. Mr.. Corbin was
| on his way home from the METROPOLIS
| when the Herald reporter overlook him.
The interview began on the Jersey CITY
| ferry boat, the first topic discussed being the
| condition of Orville Grant, the generals
| brother, who is still confined in the asylum
| for the insane at Morris Plains, N. J. From
what NIr. Corbin said there are but faint
IOpSo VI o1siAA0 . 1OSosO1y VI LIS lulI men
| tai vigor. At times, on some subjects he is
perfectly sane, but at others, on other sub
jects, especially those relating to business
speculations, investments, and money mat.
| ters generally, he is Gas mad as a march
| hare.' lis always the case with persons
| similarly afflicted, he considers everybody
mad but himself, and bitterly attacks his
| family and friends for needlessly causing
his detention at the asylum when. as he
says, he is ''as clear-headed as any of them"
He frequently urges the immediate members
OF his family to visit him, and suggests that
the best thing some of them could do would
| be to purchase farm near the asylum-a
suggestion that will be applauded to the echo
as the highest evidence of sanity and wisdom
| by those Morris county farmers who have
lands to sell. The cause of Orville's malady
| is overwork-too much strain on the mental
organism.
Speaking of Mr.. Orville Grant and his
| business transactions led to remarks gener-
ally about the Grant family and their occu-
patlons. "There is one thing said Mr..
Corbin, "that the public have been greatly
misinformed about. Gen. Grant never was
| a tanner, never worked at the tanners trade.
Strictly speaking, neither did his brothers.
Their father, however, carried on tannery
at Galena, ILL.,, and made great deal of
money. He set up in business the generals
two brothers, putting in about 100000 The
business was that of leather dealing, shoe
findings, etc. In the meantime the future
| captain OF the union armies in the great bat
tie between the sections was pursuing his
studies az a cadet at West Point. The
story about his having been brought up a
| tanner is, therefore, like many other stories
ind no lin @co
of felton,
"When do you expect the general back
from Europe?''
think he will be home some time in May,''
cat a political meeting the other night. in
Newark, heard a Democratic speaker de-
| clare that Gen. Grant was sent over to
Europe in the interest of the money power
of America; that he was coming back with
Old world notions of government, and that if
nominated and elected President he would
put yoke upon the necks of the American
people, and rule them like despot. Of
course, no one with common sense believes
anything of the sort, but what
ooh, stutfn' Interrupted Mr.. Corbin.
.'Ihat's too silly for serious consideration.
Surely nobody is gulled by such nonsense
The idea of forty odd millions of people,
free Americans at that-hanging their des-
tiny upon the movements of one man-pre-
posterous! ridiculous! [ have no authority
to speak for Gen. Grant, but l am sure he
thinks, as others think, that he has had his
full share of official honors. Whether he
will take any part in the next presidential
canvass OF not cannot say, though I think
it certain that whoever it is that gets
the nomination of his party will have
the generals hearty support. If such
state of things should arise-if such con-
tlngency should present itself, which, let me
say right here, do not consider even re-
motely probable, but on the contrary most
lmprobable-as that the great Republican
party should, after due and ample delibera-
ton, deem it best to pass by all it's other
worthy and deserving leaders and nominate
Gen. Grant, l feel certain that the general
would, for the sake of his party and the
country, yield to the desires expressed by the
highest party councils. But There the speak
er hurried away from the contingency ref
erence, as if he had paid it too much atten-
toni 1t is idle to suppose for one moment
that any party should be dependent for sue
cess upon one man. The great Republican
party has score of men whom it can wisely
nominate, and, as [ believe, win with. The
great Democratic party is not bound up in
any mans fortunes 1t may nominate any
one Of dozens of its leaders and may win
with him. Great parties, each made up of
100000 voters Or more, are not tails to any
one mans Presidential kite"