The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-05-26

not more tIhH AulSc cscttVtAo4 's-c~
will he counted. for s. J. Tilden north
Of Mason and Dixon's Inca
The paltry list Of names in the
Commercial that will not vote for
Grant now does not equal in number
or point of responsibility the delegates
that Cincinnati sent 20 the Liberal
Convention in 1872.
But, says some one, II Gencral
Grant is safe candidate, why should
there be so much objection to him ?
l have no other answer only thst
some men are so constituted that they
must assume the cloak of righteous
ness and say Il am better than
thou"
It is not unusual to find trusted
and trustworthy men, to find men to
whom the country owes much, assail-
ed, tradnced and vilifed by those
who profess to be friends of the cause
of which the object of their maligniry
is the representative. Great men Of
all ages had their envious opponents
Henry w., of Frnnce, Richelieu,
the French Minister of his son Theirs
in his struggle 20 establish the French
republic, Gladstone, WHO has bitter
opponents in the ranks of bis own
party in England, who is now serv-
ing his third term as Premier Wash
ington had his oppoaen,s and revii-
ers in America SO had Adams, so
had jackson and / am sure that 1t
is matter OF history with which you
are all familiar, that when that saint
ed patroit, Lincoln, was candidate
tor reelection in 1864. that q large
conelave of his enemies gathered st
Cleavlaud and there issued their msn-
ifestoes, which convention was more
eminent and a thousand fold more
respectable than the gathering at 81
Louis the other day.
Surely, then, it is not to be wonder
ed at that Gen. Grant should have
his maligners and revilers to-day
Envy loves shining mark
As these other great men went on
in quiet accomplishment of the great
objects they had in view, and have
passed into history to occupy inches
with the greatest of the world, 80
will Gen. Grant quietly pursue the
even tenor of his way, and peace
fully bring to close bis adminis,rs
ton in 1884
And the only note that Halstead.
and Curtis, and the Hend ersons,
and the Schurzs will receive 10 his
tory will be such brief mention 80
history sometimes gives to those pests
of society who are never happy except
when looking for spots on the sun.
finding something reprehensible in
virtue itself.
But it is said by others that they
do not like the odor of Grants ad-
ministration. What is it that you OBJ
ject to ? Was there ever grander ad-
ministration in the annals OF the
country?
Grant began his administration
when it took $50 cents in paper
money to buy a dollar in gold, and
when be left the chair. on the 4th OF
March, 1877, at 104s cents paper
would buy dollar in gold
That, l think, may be classed'as a
great achievment, for are we not told
that the great Secretary, having
brought paper and gold to par--that
is having increased the value of paper
by about A per eent-has accomplish
Ell wonder.
Then Grants achievment must be
greater, for while the Secretary struck
off the difference of per cent, Grant
struck of a difference of nearly 80 per
cent.
The triumph of honest financial
policy over the greenbsck heresy has
been justly regarded as another great
triumph of the Republican party, and
yet it was the veto of General Grant
over the vote of the really great Nor
ton and Senator Sherman that enabled
us to meet and stamp out and oblit-
crate this grenbaek heresy. Surely
this is great achievement of his ad-
ministration.
When Grant became President
there was unsettled questions between
this country and England that threat
ened the peace OF the two continents.
One might think that an ambitious
soldier, such as Grant is described to
be, would have assumed to prosecute
o successful war with England and
added the Dominion of Canada to
the domains of the United States.
But instead, what was done? Under
the mastery administration of Grant,
by the hand of Hamilton Fish, that
grandest achievment of diplomacy
and arbitration over mere brute force
that the world has ever seen was
given to the Union by the general ar
bitration, and fifteen millions of money
more than dollar for dollar for our
losses. was paid to rs by the Bank of
England that was an scnievment in
civil life ranking with Vicksburg and
Waterloo in military life.
1t is q grand incident in American
history, not 80 much because Of the
contamination of this great act of
as that the patroit soldier
priced peace and good will as being
above his own personal fame and ag-
grandizement, and as being above
the aggrandizement of bis country at
the expense of the lives of its citizens.
But SAYS some one. Grant had
dishonest men in Office. He had
Belknap, and Bsbcock, and the
wh,skey thieves" / DO not know
that any one is claiming that Grant
was immaculate or that be was ON
niscent. Grant had among the hun
dred thousand officers and agents
that carried on the administration
and affairs ia the United States, dis
honest men, who betrayed the
trust reposed in them. Bot what
banker or merchant has not had the
same experience.
| stated as the second of the reas-
ons why | desired to see General
Grant elected President was that
This country would be more benefited
by him than by any other man that
could be elected at this time.
/ doubt not that General Grants
next administration will be immacu.
ate | do not think that be will be