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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-10-05
Quarantine.
Abbcv!lle, La, August Sd 1878.

Abbcv!lle, La, August Sd 1878.
10 ali uhon 1t mag concern
Know yc, 10y these presents that
that by virtue of the. duties impos-
cd on, and the powers vested in
The Mayor, under the Quarantine
Ordinances Of the Town Council
OF said town and with a view to
the protection of the inhabitants
of said town, and to prevent, if
possible, from among them the in
PRODUCTION Of the dreadful malady
Of yellow fever.
Therefore, this proclamation is
issued declaring the city of New
Orleans infccted.with yellow fever.
a quarantine is hereby establish
ed in this town against said city
Of New Orleans.
Quarantine posts will be estab-
lished, in this town by the sanitary
committee appointed by the Coun.
ell. The sanitary committee will
decide and determine upon what
kinds of goods and articles of
merchandise shall be allowed to
be introduced in the town: and
until otherwise provided the in
PRODUCTION Of any effects and arti-
Gle OF merchandise Of any nature,
kind or description whatsoever,
the U. 5. mails, medicines, ice, lem
ons, sugar, flour, meats, salt, coal oil
and liquors In bulk excepted,
coming from the city of New Or.
leans, is hereby prohibited, until
after the expiration Of quaran-
tine Of fIFYEE.N DAYS.
PR.ons coming from New Or.
lcanssas we'll as from other points
which may, hereafter. be declared
injected by the sanitary commit
tee are prohibited from entering
the town Of Aubeville, until the
expiration Of the quarantine delay,
as aforesaid.
The residents Of Abbcville are,
warned and notified not to allow,
from and after this date, and until
otherwise ordered, any person, ef-
1ccts and articles Of merchandise
of any kind and description what
socver, the above specified articles
excepted, coming from said infect
ed city Of New Orleans, or any
other points which may be de-
clarcd hereafter to be infected, to
enter or to be brought in their
private residences or their places
OF business, until the expiration of
the quarantine delay, a. aforesaid.
The fine imposed by ordinances
Of the Council for any violation Of
the quarantine ordinances, in such
case made and provided, will be
rigidly enforced.
LASTIE BROUSsARD,
Mayor, Pro. TEN.
in absence Of the. Mayor.
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Abbevllle, August 3 lst 1873.
The Sanitary Committee OF SAID town
met this dav
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On motion Of DR.. W. G.. kibhe,
Resolved that 1t b- commended that
| no mail matter, coming from any infected
points, be received at this pace
Resolved further, that the Mayor be
and he Is hereby requested to notify the
postmasters of all infected places not to
| forward any mail matters to this place
| un'll further noilce.
On motion of DR.. w. d. White.
Resolved that persons coming to this
town, from unlnfected districts shall be re-
quIred to present to the quarantine guards
a certificate from the proper authority Of
the place such person may hail from, to
she effect th At such person has net been
exposed to any infectious diseases and
fur her. that The date Of such certificate
must show that such person has had am
pie time to reach this place, from The
place he obtaine- the certificate, without
delay provided that persons coming iIom
any points. now, or which may hereafter
be nfect ed with any contagious diseases.
or having Travelled on the Morgan Texas
and New Orleans Railroad. or any of the
lower Mississippi! or Teche boats, siucp
the date OF the certificate Aforesaid, shall
be permitted to enter The town.
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The following goods. and 30 others, are
allowed to be Introduced Ill town, viz
Medicines, ice, lemous SUGAR. flour,
meats, salt. coal oil. liquors in bulk, lard.
plugged toba co and tobacco in buckets,
lime, soap matches, gun powder, bic-soda,
sal-soda. hardware, woodenware and
canned goods.
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Resolved, that all goods allowed to be
introduced i'll the town, when brought at
the quarantine station. must be disinfr ct
ed with carbotic acid at costs of thu own
er who must procure the same, and the
boxes, barrels, buckets or any other ves-
sci in which goods may be carried (such
as may require tbs same to be doHe) shall
be opened at the Quarantine station by =
person who has had the yellow fever, 10
be appointed by the mayor, aud the goods
disiniected rs aforesaid, and the wrapping,
packing. etc, Destroyed by the person so
appointed as aforesaid. whose duty ii shall
be to give a certificate describing the
goods and stating hat all the iormalilies
required had been complied with.
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No goods are allowed 10 be Introduced
when packed with straw, saw dust or such
materials or wrapped with paper, but Ill
such cases sueh goods, if embraced in the
above list ,nrSt uD1rrso the ujsinfpctaut
process aforesaid.
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The above extracts are published for
The information Of the public.
LAsTIEDhOUSSAED,
Seer tary SAM AIRY Committee.
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Les nouvelles du theatre du
A4au aGgastateur sont navrantes.
LA f6yre Jaune moissonne ronde-
ment dams lEtat du Mississippi.
Depuis Ia Nouyelle- Orleans jusqu'a
yicksburg, la fevre est tpidtmi-
que. Nous apprenons que les
priDcipaIes paroisscs de Ii Loui-
siane tributaries du grand heuye,
sout elles memes atteintes du
feau. A Memphis les bras man
quent pour enterrer les victimes.
On a decouyert dams divers en-
droits de pauvres malheureux 81
sant depais p heures ct a moitit
dtvor6s par les rats. C'est af-
lreux ct narrant, rien que d'y SON
ger!
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In appel q Ia charife chretienne.-
Nous ne sommes pas riches dams
aOtre paroisse, Mals dams maints
endrolts attelents du dtau, lis sont
encore moins tayoris6s one nous.
lie tout manque ct pain, ct bras
ct argent. Chers iecteurs, sovons
caretIenS ct II abandonnons pas nos
irercs dams la detrcssc, moutrons
au conlrare Que nos cnurs sont
avec euX ct nos fables res
sources a lcnr disposition. a bas
cette maxine dc I'egolsmc. a l'mu.
Vre; on SQUIRE rester hnsensibles
aux crs des victimes que lie A6au
decline ct fauche CONNIE lc mois-
Sonneur ablat les epis dor6s don't
les champs sont converts est un
crime de RESERVATION. Tout le
monde sonscrit, lie Nord CONNIE
lonest, Ia Franco, elle-meme cette
ane sincere ct devou6e. cette ter
aEe mere Went d'envoyer plus de
S'V'OoO en- Louisiana. Nos pa
f0'sses voisines ont egalement
sympathlse avec les yictimes en-
envoyant d'amples secours. Seri-
0nsnous moins quIberic ct Lafa-
yctte?
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JUDICIAL NOTICES.
SIIERlFFS SALE.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Parish of Ncrmilion,
Parish Court-No. T66.
Marie Elise Landry
Pierre Dubois.

L
By virtue of writ OF iieri facias
issued in The above entitled suit The
Parish Court of the State Of Louisiana,
in and for the parish Of VermiIlon, and
to me directed, there will be exposed at
public sale, 10 the last and highest bid
der, at the courthouse door, in the town
of Abbeville, with benefit of apprase-
ment on
Saturday, November End 1878,
between the hours of IL O'Clock a. H.,
AMI 4 o'clock p. m., and continuing from
day to day, if necessary, all the rights.
titles. Interests and demands Of defendant
in and to the following described pro
perty seized TO satisfy said writ, to wit :
One certain tract of land situated partly
in this parish and partly i'll St. Landry.
the came acquired by defendant from
Jean Bite Mpanceaux containing one hun
dred and sixty acres, more or less; b0nu
ded north by Cplestin Istre, east ty One
zine Trahan, and J. 3. Meanceaux, south
and west by unknown, and one dwelling
house aud sixty panneis OF fencing.
Terms, CASH.
Giver under my efficial signature this
28th day OF September 1878.
G. B. SHAW, Sheriff.
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LA FIEVRE JAUNr.

La grande question du jour "la
feyre jaune" fait fureur. Les OPT
mons des savants sont evoquees,
ct, TEditeur du journal de village
en- ce temps d'inquietude morale,
pour l'edifcation de ses abonnes,
afin de les preparer a attendre de
pied ferme lie terrible heau qui
frappe a nos portes. Non arcanls
nihatus, "a chacun son metier,"
public pour ce quill considere lie
bien etre du public, .toutes les
ideeS a lac main, tirees des ou-
wages des etoies qui iluminent la
profession d'Hipocrate ct, souvent
dc5 theories erronnees Sc font Jour
ct sont recueilies avec empresse.
ment par le vuIgaire. ct le specu-
Iateur, ct, aussi, par ces peureux
qu'on rencontre dams toutes les
communauteS. Dernierement il
nous est tomb6 sous la vue IN ar
tlcle, on l'illustre Cotin fgurait.
Pulse a grand trait par un Iecteur,
il fut soumis a la redaction. Deja
scs opinions sont adoptees par de
certains qui orient "a bas la qua
rantalne, cette mesure nest neces-
saire," dame Cotin assure que la
lievre jaune Test pas communica.
b'es par le contact, surtout Ell
France. quoi ? voudriez vous com
parer notre cllmat Il celui de la
France, qui est reconnue JOUR
dune plus grande salubritee 81.
tuGe sous une latitude des plus
tenvtrte, jamals fieyre jaune ne
pourrait s'implanter sur son sol; ;
ce qui est yrai pour la belle France
ne Fest ras pour notre patrie. La
lcvre .aune est pres4uc a retat
endemlque sur tout le littoral du
Collie du Mexique. \ Galveston,
en- 1864, ellie sevit parmi les sol
dats garnisonnes la avec une seve-
rite vraiment surprenante. Re
marquee que le port etait bloque|
par an moins quinze gros vapeurs
yankees, au moment meme OH lei
premier cas- Sc d6clara. A quoi
attribuer cette visitation? Au'
climat ct a aucune antre cause.
Quoi9ue nous avancons ces fats,
ne cloyez pas que nous voulions
admettre son 6tat endemique lei );
cette assertion serait ridicule -
mais, 81 ellie nest pas a Get etat
ellie est tout au moins contagieuse !;
verit6 incontestable. Et puisquo
nous reconnaissons cette veritt,
les mesures necessaires
a lui barrer lie passage. Ne raj
sonnant pas de concert avec ces
niais, qui soutiennent avec un sang
froid imperturbable que cette ma
ladie peut faire parc-en-ciel, dun
village a un autre, sans plus de
c6r6monie ; quelques mauyais gars
dams chaque communaute, ct en-
moins dc deux semaine la Loui-
siane serait un foyer empeste. La
l'union des ceurs, la
generosite des personnes en- moy-
ems seules peuvent nous sauver.--
Les moyens ne peuvent etre trop
rigoureux. En temps de guerre
tous les moyens sont honorables.
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Ceux qui ont des
tcrreS d Vendrc,
attention.

Messrs. +. Armant & Gle, 70
Rnc du Camp, Nile Orleans sont
prets a pablcr grojis sur lcnr pam
phlct, conccrnant les Ird0Vantes
Pmoi$ses ne IN LoniSianc, Potl're en-
vcnte dc toutes tcrres ct propriG-
tcs conlormtment il la description
qnl scra donnGe a +. Montague a
Abbevllle< seul agent dc slesSrs.
f. Armant d Gle pour la paroisse
Ncrmilon.
Aucnnc vcnte n'Gtant cf1cctuGo
les propprletaircs n'anraient ricn
a payer pour lrais dc publication,
mais dams le cas- contrairc lis pale
ront unc commission reasonable
d'avancc par contrat.-
Pour plus de detail adrcs,cz yous
a NJ Ernest Montague
5cuI agent pour la paroisse Yer
million dc la maison L. Armant e
Gle, Bureau dcs Tcrrcs ct dim
+. MONTAGUE,
Abbeyille, VcrmilIon.
81 juliet IT.
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81 scptcmbre 1878.
\ Y Is.

Etant sGpar6c de mon mari Sc
vignt Leblanc, je desire fairc pn
blier dams votre journal que je ne
me rends responsible d'aucune
dette coAtractGc par lni pouil' mon
compte, soft pour l'nsage de mon
habitation on autrement de plus
ie lui defends de vcndre aucunc
propriei6s mouvantcs qui m,appar-
tienncnt en- fait d anlnauy on an
ire chose.
CELIH> kLANCHEr.
SEPT, 4 lS7e.
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TIE MERIDIONAL,

LItalie a cru devoir Sc METRE
on carde contre lie feau americain
ct a etabIi une quarantaine contre
toos les batilnents arrlvant des
Flats Unis dams les ports italiens.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-10-05

En- France, on parle serieuse-
meut de rttablir en- Am6rique plu-
sjeurs cousulats qui avaient etc
supprimts depuis quelques temps
mar raison d'6conomie.
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5000 a month clear profit made
EASILY by agents. Agents wanted every
where Men and Women, BOYS and
Girls. Lntire time or spare moments
day time or evenings. Every body waits
it, and every family will buy it, Big
cash pay. Pleasant employment Ez-
elusive territory. In fact TIE btsi
4gency ever offered. Circular and terms
FREE on application. ConrIETr otrF1ts
allied. postpaid, on receipt of One Dol
lar and Fifty Cents, Send for il ana
make money. Address
TrE BEVERLY CONPANY.
H7s, Wabash Avenue, Chicago
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-10-05

ceux qui nous sont chers. Cepen-
dant, sill est une consolation pour
vous ici-bas, c'est d'abord cette ter
rible sentence. Nous sommes tous
mortels ensuite cette pens6e cue
ce jeune ange emporte aux cieux
d'abord lie souvenir de vos douces
caresses +! .... Que Dieu seche
vos larmes 8 famille infortunee ct
que votre jeune file jonisse en- paix
du repos que Dieu destine a ceux
qui, apres une vie d'epreuye, Sc
sont rendus dignes de son amour |!
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-10-05
UNE LETTRE DU REV. P
LAMY,

Mardi, 10-Le kev. P. Nei-
thart, de lEglise St-Alphonse, a
recu de son pieux ct d6vou6 con
frere, lie Rev. p. Lamy, la lettre
isuiyante
Holly Springs, 10 sept. 1878.
An Rev. 3. a. Neithart, rec
teur de Peglise St-Alphonse, Nou-
velle Orleans. Apres vous avoir
quite, samedi soir, je suis arrive
a Canton, dimancle matin. J'ai
trauv6 le p6re Logan mourant ct
| al conduit a sa derniere demeure,
lundi matin.
Apres avoir visit6 tous les ca
tholiques maIades ct mourants, a
Canton, je suis pafti pour Holly
Springs ;.j'y suis arrive, mardi ma
tin, ct y al etc recu cordialement
par tous, catho!iques ct protes-
tants. J'ai dG.ja donne les der
niers sacrements au Rev. ?. Ober-
ii, qni est tres bas. Qaant a moi,
je me porte bien. Veuillez faire
savoir au vicaire- general de la
Nouvelle- Orleans ct a celui de
Nachez que .je sus lei.
Pere LAMY, G.. Fl. R.
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fiXer dams la paroisse Vermillon,
nous ne pouvons rappeler les dl-
verses phases dc sa carriere ante
rieure. Nous laissons ce soin a
ses vieux ct nombreuS amis des
Attakapas, contree OH il suit sac
qu6rir une 81 grande popularit6.
Mais pour nous acquiter du juste
tribnt d'hommages que nous de-
vons a la memoire de Get estimG
ct regrette compatriotc, nous al
Ions dire, en- Dotre nom ct aux
mons des nombreux Francais qui
habitent Abbeville ct la paroisse
Vermillon, lie peu que nous savons
de sa personne ct de sa vie
LIE capitaine T. Feray, fills de la
vieille Normandie, arrive en- Loui-
siane au prlntemps de sa vie, sans
autres resources ct recommended
tons que ceIles quill pouvait at
tendre de sa jeune intelligence ct
de son amour du travail, dut pas
ser par cctte s6rie de professions,
de meters, de positions prtcaires
qul 5ont, pour ainsi dire, obliga-
torres a la plus grande partie des
immi igrants. Puis, il sut deyenir
ct rester un citoyen honorable, de.
vouG. fdele dc sa patrie adaptive,
don't il apprit a parler ct a 6crire
correctement la languc. lie capi
taine Feray etait un hommc dune
belle intelligence ct dune bonne
instruction, ayant une grande pra-
tique des affaires ct une rare acti-
vit6. II rachetait grandcment
une certaine yivacitG dc carac-
tere par un bon cGnr, par une
anne juste. lib6rale ct cheyalrcsQuc.
Pardessus tout, il fut bon Gpoux,
bon pere de familie, ami sincere ct
d6vou6, qualities morales de pre-
mier ordre, qui commenccnt a per
DIRE de leur vuI IgaritG eu notrc
bean temps de civilisation ct dc
progres.
Comme tant d'autrcs, notrc
vieux Capitaine ne fut point cX-
empt d'illusions. Ne pouvant adj
METRE Get odienx preCeptc des po-
tentats modernes La force prime
le droit, il dut Sc soumettre a dc
terribles Gpreuvcs A son retour
de la guerre de secession, a la
quelle il prit une part active, il ne
retrouva qu'une famiIIe dtsolee,
quelques epayes, sans valeur, de
son fonds de commerce, un habita.
ton ruin6e, d6pouillGe de qnatre-
vingts bales de cotton, don't un
rapace s'6tait empress6 de
faire une proie! Malgre son age
deja avance il Sc remit, avec une
tou'e Juvenile, aux affaires,
au commerce, aux operations Tar
pentage ct avec Taide de sa pre-
miere epouse, pieuse ct yertueuse
catholique, qui lie de-
vanca dams la tombe, il put finir
d'elever convenablement sa nom
breuse famille. pour laquelle il sut
'aire des sacrifices enormes, dignes
]'eloges, 81 ce nest admiration.
Nous lui repetons done du fond
1e nos ceurs, dams Pcstimable
'euille qui veut bien nous onvrir
,es COLONIES, a ce cher bon vieux
,apitaine, a ce noble ccmpatriote
It ami Adieu adieu que la
erre te soft ltgere que ton anne,
Iffranchie des vicissitudes humai
les, regagne les regions inconnucs
lie lautre monde, pour y reposer
N paix, pour y gouter les itlicl-
es auxquelles nous asplrons tous,
n duittant cette valI6c de miseres
It de larmes
G. lACosTE,
'our les Francais amis du d6funt
Abbevl!le, q sentemhrc 1878.
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A Y | S.-Ma femme Celim;

AV | S.-Ma femme Gelima
Blanchct, ayant Iaiss6 Ie toit con
jugal, sans aucune raison, .je pre-.
viens lc public que je ne suls res
ponsablc d'aucune dctte contract6c
par el,c, Gsant lagent legal du
bien de commnnantG.
SEvIGNE LEBLANC.
81 septcmbre 1878.
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Lundi dernier, nos autoritfs To-
Gales fatiguees sans doute, peut-
etre meme IN pen ennuy6es, de ne
point recevoir de journaux ont ne
goci6 avec les autorites postales
ct, remercions-les, nous avons pu
lire avec douleur les diverses
phases suivies par la fevre jaune.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-10-05

Tout nest pas rose dams la
profession d'avoue en- Italie; il
arrive quelquefois qu'on les pale
en- monnaie de singe, ou plutot en-
mennaie de lievre, CONNIE lie prou-
We lanecdote suivante, que nous
empruntons au .MOumento, de
Genes.
Un paysan, qui venait d'avoir
un entretien avec un avoue, quill
await charge de quelques affaires,
lui dit:
-Je desirerais savoir combien
je vous dois, mais je ne pourrais
pas vous payer maintenant.
-Diable, dcnnez toujours quel-
ques chose pour commencer.
Eft bien, 81 vous vouliez prem
DIRE un lievre a compte?
-Certainement, je lie prendrai,
pour commencer.
-Et bien, 81 vous lie prenez,
vous etes plus fort que mon chien,
qui a conru toute la mutt sans pou
voir fattrappe.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-10-05

t'ouS soamettrons aux yeux de
N.Y. lecteurs, une lettre de remer-
s'uents adres-te a notre charita-
,,al'h'stre du Christ par laqueIle
sRev' Rouxel remercie son digne
''''aOorateur ct frere, ainsi que
- ames pleuses ct charitables qui
~ ~ o'eh voulu de leur bourse, con-
S'0ueF au soulagemcnt des infor-
slsant en- maints endroits
Nus pains ct sans mGdlcaments.
.'Alt.oRLEANs, II sept. 1878.
:, :, 'uehank, Abbem7e, Lne.
oHef eonfrere-Un mot seuIe-
,,a ~ Des remerciments pour les
iDe vous avez envoyds dites
,,"s,! ,s'Fe Congregation, que Dieu
ts,'. "'era pas lie petit coin de
Al elo'gnee, que ron nomme
t,ss D''ss ! leur de ma part que vous
,sesl ,ss ,e Ter cure qui ait envove IN
a's pour nos pauvres malades,
:, lie nom d'Abeeville sera ecrit
h n;s'' 's''re dor dams lie dossier de
q m %n'stricorde de Dieu. -
Nerci. -
'0tre dtvoud confrsre,
Z. A. RouxEL.
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Une jeune femme, madame Del
mas NuneZ, neur de dlx-neuf prin-
temps a peine ct mere depuis peu,
Went de s'eteindre emportant dams
la tombe ct sa beaute ct sa jeu.
nesse, aiusi que les regrets dune
lamiIIe inconsolable ct les condo
leances des amis de la famille. O
cruelle Parque, qui ne respectes
rien, pourquoi prlver un epoux de
sa douce ct chaste compagne, pour.
quoi priver une mere de son idole,
un pere de son cnfant !! !. Helas
le destin est la, Pauvre famille !!
nous vous plaignons et ne cher
cherons point a secher yos larmes,
car il est encore doux de pleurer
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EXTARCTS.

Abbeville, August 3lst 1873.
The Sanitary Committee OF said town
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20

One Of the blacklist acts Of stanton, in his
efforts during the war TO weed everything say
oring Of democracy out of the army, was the
trial OF FIiz John Porter by "court organ.
lied 10 convict and his dismissal from the
army; and Grant showed his bullheaded
meanness In nothing more conspicuously than
in his persistent refusal to allow Porter re.
hearing, President Hayes, however, having
no personal resentments against Porter to
crafty, granted him archcaring, and the court
martial organized for that purpose is now in
session at West Point. The evidence thus far
submitted, It is Slnos, needless to say, Is over.
whelming in favor of Poricr's perfect yindica-
ticn, aud amounts to a disgracing reflection as
well on Grant, who put so many obstacles in
lhe way Of having The truth brought 10 lig'l
as on Gen. Pope and his lying war bulletins,
and on Stanton, who made them TIC pretext
for Portef's disgrace
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20
GRANT.

That there is determined movement OF
foot to bring out Gen. Grant for the presidenc,
in 1880 is patent to all. Whatever importance
il may attain, of this there need be no doubt
that the movement, if not directly melted b,
Grant himself is at least In full accordance
with his views and aspirations on the subject
There arc certain peculiarihes about Gran
that make Inn different from any other of on
presidents No, other president after Wash
ington dreamed of taking the office for thirt
term Grant at the end of the second term wa
as much a candidate for reelection as at thu
end of his first term, and it was nothing bu
the supposed fixed sentiment of the people
against third term that prevented his nomlna
ton in 1876 He was so anxious about 1t him
self that the Office holders under him found i
prudent to be very chary of their utterance:
against third term.
He held different views otherwise in regard
to the office from any of our other presidents
He regarded it as a vast power vested eXclu
sivcly in one man to be arbitrarily exercised
and largely for his personal qualification and
profit, He preferred weak men for cabinet
officers, and seldom consulted them, regarding
them rather in the light of head clerks than
as constitutional advisers.
All our other presidents, on retiring from
office regarded themselves as having returned
to simple citizenship, on level with all other
private citizens. Grant goes around the world
putting on the airs and demanding the courte'
sizes and attentions of an ex-inonarch. Return
ing home, nothing would appear to him more
natural and in accordance with the fitness of
things than to step back into the executive
chair from which he had but temporarily and
voluntarily absented himself to spend season
in travel and relaxation.
Elected FOR third term will he not equally
consider himself entitled to fourth term?
And will it no. justify what Frank Blair said
at his first election, that once seated firmly in
the executive chair, Grant will be president for
life. He went out at the end of his second
term most unwillingly and thoroughly regret
ting, no doubt, that he had not commenced
earlier in 1876 to WELD his almost unlimited
power to compass his reelection. Would he,
if reelected in 1880, make the same mistake at
the end of his third term? There is a prophecy
that Hayes is to be the last OF our presidents
Is its solution to rest in making Grant king or
emperor?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20

Alexander Read, of Toledo, Ohio, had no
hand, that we ever heard of, in concentrating
the fraud which made Hayes president, yet the
president seems to have made him especial
case" as much as Wells, Anderson, or any OF
the southern returning board thieves. After
appointing him two or three times postmaster
at Toledo, the senate each time rejecting HIM
he is now appointed receiver of public moneys
at Wallawalla, in Washington territory. The
senate will probably confirm him this time on
the principle Of the further off the better"