Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-10
A QUESTION OF vERACIry.
Ia Witch Gen. Grant appears in a Very
UnenrtabIe Light.
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Chicago Times.
The people of this country have, for SO long
a time. been gazing at Grant as the recipient
of high honors from other natisns, that they
have fallen into the habit of looking at him as
8 sort of demigod. Remembering him as the
guest of the queen of England, recalling the
mighty receptions which he received when he
returned to this country, men had dropped
into the way of thinking that he is a superior
character. The old. original Grant was, for
the time, forgotten.
Within the last week, if there haye been
those who had forgotten that there was another
sort of a Grant than the one WAC was the hon.
ored guest of the world, they were reminded Of
the fact Ia manner which, to put it at its
mildest, was emphatic. The demigod went out
of sight as suddenly as the fame of an extin-
guished candle; and there came into his place
the same old Grant who was once dismissed
from the army for indecent behavior; who
gained reputation during the war of be-
ing the greatest butcher as we'll as the most
intemperate man of the age; who was
the brother-in-law of Casey: who was
the centre of the most stupendous ring of of
fetal scoundrels of modern times; who was
accused and proved guilty Of unmitigated IY.
ing when be gave up his position of secretary
of war ad interim; who has never given utter
ance to states nanlIke sentiment; and has al
ways been known simply as the tool of knavish
men, who purchased his completely by costly
presents, aud who desired his re election in
order that the work of plundering the nation
might be resumed with impunity.
All these facts and scores of Others are being
forced into recollection by the position which
Grant has lately taken. He has thrown him
self from the pedestal on which he was placed
by an admiring nation; and in throwing him.
self from 1T he has fallen into the mire from
whence ne came, and In which be properly be-
longs Itas the case of the SOW which has re-
turned to her wallowiug in the mire. Grants
song now should be Home again." for he ia
once more where has been greater part of his
life, and from which he emerged only by &C.
ciGent, and through no merit of his own ..
General Slocum says that if Grant said so
and so he is liar. Grant did say 40 and so.
and. therefore, he is what he is charged with
being by Slocum. But it is not the first time
that he has had this infamous charge rarumed
down MS throat; and therefore, there is no rea-
son why any body should be shocked that such
accusations are being made. Grant is no dem
lgod. de was for some years disreputable
kind of an old hummer around st. Louis-af-
ter being dismissed from the army; and then he
was tanners clerk, and a
very poor one. IN Galena. Then
the war came and he alternated between
big drinks and big defeats. till there came a
time when, By giving three lives for ore reb-
ell life, be managed to secure some victories
There Is nothing of the demigod in all this;
hence, when within few days people see this
man lying like an ordinary character, slander-
ing brother officer, ana showing himself ca
pable of envy Aand malice and meanness,
and all that sort of thing, there is no
reason for any ones being in the
least surprised. It is Grant getting
down to where he bel ,ngs. He received a
thin gloss while he was travelling around the
world; a thin gloss of poiiteness and regard
for appearances; but this was very soon
scratched of when he came back here and went
to running around in his native woods When
this was rubbed off there remained the original
Grant, There is no reason why any one should
be In the least astonished.
Grants transformation is very admirably
illustrated by a story which is told by the ver-
satile Storrs. There was man who owned a
cuach and horses and who wanted coach dog.
After q great deal of trouble he managed to
obtain one, beauty, and which was spotted to
an extent and In manner which made it the
superior of all the coach dogs which ever fol-
lowed the heels of pair of horses. Things
went along very charmingly; aud the
owner of the dog was the envy of all his
neighbors. One sad day there came up a
rain, when the dog was abroad; and then
it WAS noticed that change was coming
over the dog. First, his beautiful coiors
began to run together III sort of an unsishtiy
blotch. and then they began to drip away un-
stil there finally remained no spots or colors of
any kind, only a very poor, mean, NANCY cur
of the most distressing kind. lt was while
gazing at this remnant that there suddenly
came to the owner the meaning of a remark
which was made to him by tramp who stood
leaning against the wall of the building
where he bought the dog, and which was to the
effect: Stranger, there's an umbrellar which
always goes with that air kind of a doef'
Grant is an "umbrellar" dog. He has been
painted for some time; and while in this con-
ditIon he has been noted for the beauty of his
spots; and the world has come to admire him
as one OF the hnest animals in existence. Tho
present campaign has. however, been in txae
nature of shower. and all the paint has been
washed away, leaving only to view O NANCY
cur wethout single redeeming feature.