The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-08-29
A STRIKER FOR GRANT.

T Among the many political dead-beats
who received great favoritism at Grants
hands while he was President, and are
now repaying their obligations by vehe-
mently urging his denomination for the
presidency in 1880, there is no one more
active in season and out Of season than
the somewhat celebrated parson New
man, who was Grants pastor during the
great smokers presidential career, and
as reward for his religious services, the
results of which have never been seen in
Grants actions, he was given the posi-
ton of Inspector of Consulates, thereby
getting a free trip around the world,
together with trine of few thousand
dollars as salary. This Parson longs for
return of the good old days of Grant
ism. He has been out in the cold, polit-
ically speaking, since Grant left the
White House, and the mere possibility
of having him restored to the presidency,
which the Parson feels satisfied would
also restore him to some easy position,
causes the New England parson to over
flow with joy and give vent to his feel
ings in the following extravagant Ian
guage relative to Grant, which none but
the political bummers of this country
will concur in:
"This nation has never appreciated the
intellectual greatness of the man. His
mind is not one of ratiocination, but Of
intuition. He grasps thing instantly
and unerringly. he does not want tc be
President again. But General Grant is
supremely honest, entirely conscientious,
and should an emergency arise where the
American people demanded his services
again, know he would not refuse. BE
would regard it as a call of Providence. ="
In this he enunciates one great truth,
which is that General GRAFT "grasps a
thing instantly and unerringly." This
grasping of things is exactly what the
patriotic portion of this country object
to in the e1-President. They think he
was disposed to grasp not only salaries,
&C., &C., but the rights of the people and
of the States also. The Parson further
says Grant "has an unwavering belief in
Providence, and he has often related to
me various instances wherein he has
pointed out the providential events OF
his life." We do not wonder at this be-
lief of General Grant, for he must realize
in common with all the American people
that nothing short of Providence could
have selected such an efficient instru-
ment for scourging the people of the
United States as he proved himself to be
during his two terms as President. The
Parson then proceeds with lis eulogy of
Grant, and condemnation of Hayes, to
the extent of an absurd and impious
blasphemy, as follows:
"Hayes paid no attention to the out
going administration for the last ten days
of its existence. I think an invitation to
lunch comprised about all the courtesy
shown by the new President to the old.
Hayes, John Sherman and Schurz thought
that Grant was dead, buried and descen-
ded into hell. The third day he rose
again, but they did not find it out till he
reached Philadelphia, and never fairly
realized it till ne crossed the Atlantic" "
The mere fact that Grant has the Cam
erons and Chambers among politicians,
and Bishop Haven and Parson Newman
among the political preachers as his ad-
yocates for denomination to the presi-
dency ought to be enough to disgust the
better class of the citizens of the United
States with him a1d his friends.