Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-11


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 well as the most
incorporate 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 ly-
ing when he gave up his position of secretary
of war ad interim; who has never given utter
ance to a statesmsnlike sentiment; and has al
ways been known simply as the tool of knavish
men, who purchased his completely by costly
presents, and who desired his reelection in
order that the work of plundering the nation
might be resumed with IMMUNITY.
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 i'll throwing him.
self from it he has fallen into the mire from
whence he came, and in which he properly be-
longs. 1t is the case of the SOW which has re-
turned to her wallowing in the mire. Grants
song now should be Home again." for he is
once more where has been greater part of his
life and from which he emerged only by ac-
cident, 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 il is not the first time
that he has had this infamous charge rammed
down his throat; and therefore, there is no rea-
son why nybody should be shocked that such
accusations are being made. Grant is no dem-
igod. He was for some years a disreputable
kind of an old hummer around st. Louis-af-
ter being dismissed from the army; and then he
was a tanners clerk, and a
very poor one, in Galena. Then
the war came and he alternated between
drip md till fbara n
time when, by giving three lives for ore reb-
ell life, he managed to secure some victories.
There is nothing of the demigod in all this;
hence, when within 8 few days people see this
man lying like ordinary character, SANDER
ing brother officer, ana showing himself ca
pable of envy Eand malice and meanness,
and all that sort of thing, there is no
reason for any ones being in the
least surprised. II is Grant getting
down TO where he belongs. He received a
thin gloss while he was travelling around the
world; thin gloss of poiteness and regard
for appearances; but this was very soon
scratched off 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 story which is told by the YER
satlle Storrs. There was man who owned a
coach and horses and who wanted coach dog.
After a 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 oil the coach dogs which ever fol-
lowed the heels of a pair of horses. Things
went along very charmingly; and the
owner of the dog 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 colors
began to run together in a sort of an unsightly
blotch. and then they began to drip away IN
til there finally remained no spots or colors of
any kind, only very poor, mean, NANCY cur
of the most distressing kind. 1t was while
gazing at this remnant that there suddenly
came to the owner the meaning of 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 dogg'
Grant is an ''umbreilar' 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 finest animals in existence. The
present campaign has, however, been in the
nature of a shower. and all the paint has been
washed away, leaving only to view q NANCY
cur wethout a single redeeming feature.