The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-07-24
Grantism Down south

Iney have got Pioneer Grant Club"
in New Orleans, and have begun the cam
pain in very spirited manner. The club
has issued an address To the voters snh
especially the ex-Coonfederste soldier. Of
Louisiana" IN which the latter are called
upon TO rally for Grant ss "the manifest
leader of all" The following incident is
related in the addres:
General Robert +. Lee discovered, four cen
ye-rs ago. which srould At once admouIsh
us. o The - b Of Apr {, 1865 We ,y : TIE. ore
the Surrender, he 10 I the advantages OF his
forced march to amsii. Court House, where
lie mad ordered rations for his fsmishsd men,
TO II uim by rail-; but where he found, to
his tiis may that the uni adj n tram had. two
GAYS hsfJr., been ordered TO Richmond by
thu authorities there. 10 carry OF The Demo-
cratic politicians Their SAT y may have
been OF .Teai+T MON ent than the subsistence
of Les AIRED and exhau ted heroes. Five
day later, riter Tn. terms of surrender had
been signed Lee reIna ked that he recalled
too late the fact that many OF The cavalry nd
artillery horses belonged TO his men, where
u on General Grant r. plies: 81 will instruct
my parolling officers that all enlisted men OF
your cavalry and artillery who own horses
| are 10 retain them, just the officers 10
/. cirs. They will need them for their spT "a :
| blowing snd other farm work I" What was
| ier's reply: "Ge1.ral," sad ne, with all the
| earnest e>s at a proud, warm, and unselfis II
| heart, "there Is notnin. that you could have
done Ia accompli more good either for them
| OF the government"
| The address closes as follows:
| However much Democratic complaint
was mace concerning Federal tnierpO>ition
during his administration as President, he
| executed the laws as he found them; and
| while we desire and shall pronounce Tor any
| modIfcatioos that may withhold such Inter
| position in strict accor lance with the meas
| ure al competence IN a state government q
| maintsin Itself, We likewise declare that i
| the nj h must be- 4 part of the nation, in or
l - ts.r, u "a. % m u
i'm prov em.ut from that nation she is no les
| zach a part of The nation that sectinnallsH
| canno, C lnvert the map lines of States wit q
In thsf>partfnio walls, to oppose the L u po
Iiiicsi pr gress Of the war-settied American
principle
| judgment i well as strNs violent hands.
\ We believe General Grant will b. elected
and that In lsS5 the south will ssy to him fo
"GENE~AI., THEIR: - NOTHING TIA
YOU COULD HAVE DONE To ACCOM-
PLISH MORE GOOD EIrHER FOR IhEA
OK IBE GOV ERNMENr."
The ladies, by the way, are not all "un
reconstructed" down there, not withsta ndin,
the boast of JEFF. Davis and one of then
contributes the following song TO the club
Now, glory 20 the Lord of Hosts. nom wnon
And M nor to the gallant ones, the heroes Q
the wsr.
D
from near and far
As We go marching on.
Chofus-Glory, Cory, Hallelujah
| Glory, Glory, HalleluJah,
Cory, Glory. HalIelujan
As We go marching on
See the man of Appotomsx: You heard hi
martial tread.
As by the shining river, the boys In blue h
| led;
And srnote the foe advancing with their ban
ners gayly spr-sd
As he went marching on.
Chorus Glory, Glory, etc.
Behold him like lion on V icksburg's blood
Uufsltering in couraee-invincible in might
Wen sing his deeds of vslOr, as he battled 70
| the right.
As we go marching on.
thoru=-Giory, q DRY, etc.
Hark. to the bug sounding, beneath a sum
As round about grim Ricnmond he watched
wit sleeples- eye,
TIL Gown its buIwarks cIumb ed, as the ia
| arose on 'gh.
A. we went marching on.
Chorus-Glory glory. etc
And when ine hour of triumph the battl,
And Lee, the gallant Ch.i,tsin, SO ssdl
| stacks It's arms,
Who tells him "ret your soldiers take thsi
wsr-sie. ds for their farms"
| As We ". mt marching o.
CnoIus-Glory, glory, etc.
And then that noble chieftain 10 his feeling
In ALI answer to TIE victor that for ages sha
not cease
To stir b-sv- hearts to say with Grant, Ia
u have p-ac.'
, As al 90 marching on!
/, | t'hDruS-lI.Ory- glory. &.