The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-11-20

| al. ULYSSES S Grant, call attention to the
4 Acl of iongr, s., and direct that no Ieduct
| ION H.. made. in the wages paid to working
| men and mechanics on account OF tue r.
auction of the hours OF LABOR.
/ Proclamation, May ii, ls'Z.
| 1.-THE free scboo! is tue promoter OF that
| intelligence which is 10 preserve us "A Tree
nstion."-Speeeh at Des Noines, November,
1879.
"When education is generally diffused we
| may ieel assuIei of the permanency anu
| perpetuity OF our Institutions at
| oakland
| LET us all labor 10 add all needful guaran-
| tees for the more perfect security !" iree
| thought, free speech, and Tree press, pure
| morals u nfettered religious Sc nt'ments. ana
OF equal rights and privileges To all men, II.
| respective of nationality, coiof oT ieis
| ION Speech at Des Aoines-
| ave believed then, and we believe now,
| that had good government, worm
| 6yhtiny for and, II need be, dying Tor. HOW
| many of our comrades paid the lstter price
for our pre- rved Union! Let their heroism
| and sacr Ifices be ever green IN our memo.
| ries. speech at Des Moines.
| "A pure untrammeled ballot, where every
| man entitled 10 cast n vote may do So, Just
once, at each election, without iesr Oh inoivst-
alton, or prescription ON account OF MS
political faith, nativity, or co!Or.'-Second
| Annual Message.
| awben one gets TO see the nations Of the
| world he begins to appreciate the Inc stina-
HE va ne of our broad acres and the great
energy of our people. IL hhJrds me Very
great satisfaction and pleasure TO receive the
ss. and i hope il this country ever sees
| another war, We shall all be together, under
one n AZ, fshtinga common enemy. -urah'
to Confederate Soldiers at San franeisco.
ave will not deny to any of those
who fought against Us any privileges which
we claim for ourselves; on the contrary, We
welcome ali such who come forward In good
. faith to help build up the waste places anu
| 10 perpei u ate our Institutions as brothers In
full interest with US in n common herila.e
but we are not prepared to apologies Ior Lhe
part We took in the war."-Speech AT pes
| Moines, 1870.
| az call your attention Ia one abuse OF long
| standing which would ike 10 see reiileuieu
| by this Congress- II il a reform IN the ciVii
| service of the cOuntTy."-S-cond Message,
Is10-tne first official mention OF civii service
REFORM.
. uThe present system of appointments does
, | not secure the b 81 men. and often even nor
: fit men Tor pub &c place Inc elevation hbu
| purificatIOn OF the civil service OF the gov
, eminent will he hsi!e1 with approval by the
whole people of the counuy."-Seconu Ah-
nual Message, lo'J.
..Tbe idea tina, any man could elect himsel
| President, or even Te-nomlnate himself, Il
| preposterous. u is a reflection upon tue III
tellieence aud patriotl>in Oh t,n Pro ,p car ~
, destroy his chances for Office. but no one car
l tore. election, or even nomination..
, Grant, Letter, May, 1873
a rstion that cannot give protection Il
| the life, property, and all guarantee CIV,
rights Of the citizen, Is "A isIiure-GranI
. | L. tier On South Carolina aHaus, July ~
i 1916.
/. .If the amendments 10 the Constitution
. | snd the laws OF Congress do not authorize I'M
=. | government tn interfere Ia protect us hum
best citizen, ten tney are Wl'h"i. ~ ~, =
| force. or effect, and the whole scheme OF COZ
ored eniranchiseInent is worse than nocRei.
aud litl.- better than a cIiihe--SeVehti
Il Annual Message
e 81 be;I.ye IL TO he beneath the dignity
Y the office which | have been twice called VI
Il on TO rilI TO speak of accepting or rejecting
e third tune before the subject has p"en pre-
e seuted by competent au horlty 10 make
l. Nomination. or by a body OF such dignity q
n not 20 make "A fair Ieply ssuuiecto al rldicuIe
: l-(irant to General White. OF Pennsy!vanis
May -, 1870.
y at is my conviction that the ciyiliZe'
| world is tending toward "A government by Tn
n people, through their chosen representative
4 and that our own great Republic Is uestihe.
v To be the guiding star 10 al olLeis' -oi"ht
- second inaugural.
"While remain Executive, all the laws G
= Congress ana the provisions oil the tchNutu
- ton, including he recent amendments WI
tie enforced with IigOr. '-Grants sixth All
nusi Message,
1--WE are a Republic whereof one man is q
good as another before the law.
SIKH Annual Message.
aAIthou n a soldier by education an
, | profession have never felt any fondness 70
war and have never advocated IL, exceI
as a means of pesce.'-Reply 10 the Lor
Mayor of London.
| oBut must dissent from one remark
our Consul to the effect that l saved I'll
. country during the recent war. III OF
country could be saved or ruined by u
| Efforts of any one man, We should not nav
country and we should not he now ceit
er nrating our Fourth OF July."-Speech
re Hamburg, in Response to American Consu
2, "There are many men who would hay
ri done far better than did under the clrcun
q stances in which found myself during u
as war. II had never he'd command II
a had fallen n all our Generals had lauel
ly | there were ten thousand behind US WI
Ie | would have done our WORK just as Well, WI
| would have followed the contest to the en-
and never surrendered the Union."-Speec
I. at Hamburg.
"TherefOre, II Is q mistake and re Hectic
upon the people to attribute To me, or 10 AL
&. mum Der OF us who held high com insnds, Il
II salvation OF the Union. We did our work
ID " ell AS we could, and so dad hundreds
A" thousands OF others. We deserve no cred
4 Tor it, for We should have been unworthy {
in our country and of the American name II =
had not made every sacrifice 10 save u
ne Union. speech at Hamburg.
"What saved the Union was the comii
al for ward OF tine young men OF the natio
'a They came from their homes and fields,
az, they did in time of the revolut on, givln
~ everything to the country. TotheiT deSote
20, We owe the salvation of the Union.
Sc Mt Hamburg.
de 1.-THE hum blest soldier WHO carried
- mus ket Is entitled to as much credit Tor U
| results of the war those ~ no were IN cor
mand. 50 long our young men are AT
mated by this spirit there will be no lear !
y, ,he Unlon." ~ Speech at Hamburg.