Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-11-27


the Republicans could ask for.
Among the countless columns that
have been printed about Grant since
his arrival at San Francisco, the fol.
lowing leader in the Chicago Times
OF the day Of the big boom in that
city, comes as near fitting the vie rs
of conservative men of all parties( the
editor of the HERALD and your cor.
respondent not excepted) as anything
that has yet attracted the attention
ofone who diligently reads no fewer
than six big newspapers every day.
| give the article in full, feeling sure
that every candid reader of these col.
umns will give it the careful perusal
which il merits:
For to-day, Chicago surrendsrs Internationally
TO Gen. GRANT. Without questioning whether he 10
In pursuit ofa third nomination 10 the Presidency.
or whether he 10 merely working up "boom. to
turn over 10 Of his cronies the metropolis of the
West goes In for big celebration his honor But
there are evidences on every side that 1t Is the SOL
der ahd not the so-cailsa statesma n, whom the
people are feting. The character OF the decorations
and notices, the apparel In which Grant 10 clothed
tne rnse portraits to be seen on every side. aud
thinking OF him Is the General and the Pres
dent For the moment Grants career 10 the Presl
Dental once is forgotten. No account is taken of
the period in which he occupied the " hite House
period which is stained by some OF the most dis
graceful ovsnts In the history Of the country. Bab>
COCK ana the whisky ring; belknap and his post.
traders the Presidents regretful parting with the
man who by one act disgraced himself his chief and
his country Robson and the Navy Department
frsuds-sll these. and the many other scandals
which marked Grants Presidential term are forgot
ten In the glories OF the campaigns of vicksburg
and oil the Wilderness The American people have
an exceedingly forgiving disposition They have
proven the falsity of the adage that republics are
ungratetul' over and over again. They remember
shs good that public man has done for them, and
forget the evil that he has brought upon them
They are, moreover addicted to- boomsn OF all sorts
from Dolly Warden boom, bluerglass boom, or
"Pinafore" boom, TO q Grant boom. Hagabalus OF.
lered ms empire to man who would invent him a
new sauce; the American people If we are to believe
the Stswart politicians, the point OF Offering
their republic TO q man who furnishes them, in his
own person, with subject for e new craze. There
are excellent reasons in the experience OF the past
however, for the belief that the people will recove or
from the Grant craze as suddenly and radically
a. they did from the Dolly Warden craze the blue.
glass craze and the "Pinafore' craze But fer the
present we are in the midst Of the "boo land there
- no better way for curing the of their rage
than giving them all they want of The worst en-
emies ofGrsntsm in politics could not ask 'or be
Ter andote for the political poison which they think
the people are absorbing than the overdose they
appear 10 be taking. They should be permitted to
lures Of Grant which pass under the name Of por-
traits and should be encouraged in their fancy for
extraordinary pacards In honor Of the hero Of the
cay Inc deeper they go into this sort of nonsense
The sooner they will get it. Besides general
recognition of Grants military claims is entirely un
objectionable. and the people may we'll be pardonsd
shttie excess OF enthusiasm. Though there is un !.
quesiionaby good reason to doubt the greatness Of
tranfs military genius there can be no questioning
MS achievements. Whether the surrender of Lee
was attributable TO Grants superior tactics or 10
the superior heavness OF his battailions il took
place there is no doubling the event. Lee may
have been the greater General. but he was con-
quered, and Grant was his conquerer. 1t may be
that Grant did not win single victory in tho great
advance upon Richmond aud that the campaign was
SIMPLY grand competitive slaughter, in which the
General who mad the most men to slaughter came
out victorious in the end but for all that Grant
was victorious. 1t has been said that In the cam
psign OF the Wilderness Lee kept on beating and
Grant kept on thanking; but If this view be the cor
rect one. the Rankings Of Grant efTsctua'
than the victories Of Lee Grant will always be
garded as the hero OF the whether Justly or not
AND even after the present craze has subsidized the
people who are grateful for the results OF the
VIII be sure TO throw MP their hats whenever he APP
pears In sight.
Of course you have all read the
eloquent speeches made by Col. Villas
and by Bob. Ingersoll at the reunion
banquet given by the Army OF the
Tennessee last Thursday night
Maybe the HERALD will print them
this week. Here is Col. VS.. perora.
ton. Nothing finer, grander, and at
the same time more eloquent and
touching was never spoken by Eng
fish tongue:
Home again now. our first commander, after the
journey OF the world Here, here again. we greet hiu
ct our social board where with recurring years.
regao all the deeper ripening memories of sol
diership for freedom. Partakng of the lsbors, the
pertls the triumphs, which the beginnings Of
MS glory, we join now, with exutation, la the wei
coming honors by which his grateful countrymen
tell their forekno Wedge of the Immortality OF his
renown.
Long and many be the years illustrious leader be
fore your hour of departure comes Green aad Wig
orouS your age undesaysd every faculty OF mind
sense in fu fruition Of the wesiearned Joys of life
happy In the welfare of your native land the love
your counuymen. the admiration of the world.
Col. Villas IS a Democrat, "a ripe
and good one."
If you succeed in getting all the
foregoing in, in good shape, you will
have accomplished enough for one
week. Therefore, | will incontinently
bring my automatic pencil to pac,
and reserve for next week an enter.
tanning variety OF topics which it was
my intention to initiate this letter
withal.
One word: That green back bal
ance ofpower frog wasn't trodder
upon and flattened oct to any dis.
couraging extent! Oh, no. Not a,
all. In conclusion and by way oil
consoling those who need consoling
let as all sing:
It might have been All me All mel
And who cau tell the misery
or knowing ell that Ii fs has lost?
BY thinking Of the countless cost
Poor comfort can the sad heart CLEAN!
1t might have BEEN
1t might have been Nay, rather rest
Relieving what has been is best
The life whose sun is not yet set
eau fud no room for vain regret,
And only folly crowns queen
Its might. have been.
GUs.