Arizona citizen., 1879-11-08
THE CITIZEN.
Sa TURD4Y. NOVEMBER 8. 1879.
General Grdnf.

prognostications as to his probable course of action. Noman has so con- pletely filled the public eye. The numerous comments upon his remark able tour have been as varied in char actef, as they have been peculiar and unique in the conclusions set forth as to his motives, opinions and future de signs. Partisan malice pursued him with relentless zeal during the period of his official career. Ambitious pre- jects were attributed to him. His patriotism, and good faith, were made the themes of public and private dis cussion by every blatant demagogue, whose inflated opinion of his own mer- its was held in abeyance by the solid qualities, and modest bearing of the presidential magnate. When his term of office expired, and he quietly with drew from the political arena, and de parted on tour of recreation and pleasure, the tongue of islander was silenced for time. The ghost of Cesa- rism retired to the shades of sepul- chral obsurity.
 The vituperation and misrepresenta. tions of years could no longer with stand the logic of facts The horizon of political hopes was unobscured by the portentous clouds which had dark ened the existence of presumptiops aspirations. The distinguished Amer ican as private citizen pursred the even tenor of his way in foreign parts and received the plaLdits of the null titude. The grandest rulers of antique dynasties vied with each other to do him honor. TAe unostentatious sim plicity of this plain republican was cause Of astonishment among the mo- bles of Europe whose standard of mer- it is inseparable from royal display, and regal hauteur of mien.
 The silent power of this man con- manded the homage of kings, the ad- miration of titled nobility, and the re- spect of all classes. His views are sought by the most distinguished men of every country, and his utterances are heralded forth as oracles of wis dom not to be disregarded.
 Amid all this display of royal hos pitality he never once forgot that he was an American. His example es- tablished the precedent that the rank and dignity of true citizen of the republic is coequal with the highest grade of titled splendor, unaided by the glamour of spangled glitter. Arriving amid the moulderlng civill- zation of the most ancient of Empires his friendly services are sought as an umpire in settling dispute concern, ing one of the most delicate questions of domain. A claim honored and re- vered by the most conservative ot peoples, is contested by 8 neighboring power. A claim of right, based upon immemorial possession, and which or iginated far back in the long gone cen turies of the past, and before the pres ent great nations of western Europe had emerged from the thraldom of feu, dal despotism.
 Thus the distinguished scion of the younge,t of nations was sought as an arbiter upon a momentous subject involving the pride, the dignity and the political status of this most an- cient of nations.
 When we consider the character of this people, their untiring efforts to overcome the effects of western civili zation, their aversion to foreign in terference, their stolid indiffer- ence to everything. possessing the slightest element of western progress, theIr perfect contentment with their inferior condition, proud of their own debasement, and reveling in dreams of fancied grandeur, whiletrembling with the intirmities of physical and moral decrepitude. When these historical facts are considered, some idea may then be formed of the keenness of ap- preciation, and remarkable esteem in which the distinguished ldier is held by the rulers of this peculiar people.
 Returning home again after an ab- sence of three years, without either wealth or position, with no patronage to bestow, when official connections had all been severed, with no political aspirations for the future, he is met upon his arrival by spontaneous out burst of popular enthusiasm, never be- fore equalled in this or in any other country. What are we to say of such a man? Are we to accept in explana- tion of this phenomenon the superf- cial theories based upon partisan bias, or shall we soar above the grovelling influence of political strife and take a calm philosophic view of the situa- ton? We prefer the latter course.
 It has. become favorite maxim in political ethics, that no great man can expect justice at the hands of his CO., ln1 al