The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-05-29
To Whom 1t May Concern.
n. Y. Sun. Nav 3.


Inasmuch as certain newspapers calling
themselves Republican, notably the Cincinnati
! COmnterctal the Chicago IriGulte, the New
York IriGuHe and the Springfield Repnbttcdh,
have maiclousy and wantonly aspersed the
private character OF Ulysses Simpson Grant,
| ex President of the United States, by publish
ing caumnlcs, lIbels and falsehoods regarding
his condHct while in office from 1869 to 1877,
and by affirming him to be a man with an un
clean record, unit to receive the votes of hon
est Republicans for another term as President;
And inasmuch as these vile ISLANDERS have
had extensive circulation within the party, to
the injury of Gen. Grants reputation and con-
siderably to the detriment of his political pros
poets:
The following certificates have been obtain
ed from Republicans who knew him intimate
| ly during his previous terms in office:
Il am perfectly willing to testify to the per
sonal integrity of Gen. L. s. Grant ! was
long familiar with the unspoken motives gov
erAing his public acts, and recall no instance
IN which he failed to approve himself by my
own standards of honor and honesty.
House Of Representatives, April 20, 1880.
SCR RBs-N."
| II cheerfuly concur iu the above opinion.
81 lin ROCH."
And l. M-KT-GH."
II consider Gen. Grant a thoroughly honest
and patriotic man. deeply regretted the cir
cumstances which severed our official re!a-
ltions, and still continue to cherish for his
character the warmest and sincerest aumira-
ton. W Nv, BLkN-P.'
while a member of Gen Grants Admins
traton closely studied HIM. He was, ifany-
thing, QuiXotIc IN his moral sensitiveness.
We all thought him almost too scrupulOus IN
his eXacton of strict virtue on the part of
those around HIM.
GEO. LANDAULET W-LI~Ms."
| In uniting to bear witness to the commend
able private character of eX-Presldent Grant,
we repeat the striking language recently used
| by the New York Times There could be
no stronger testimony to the massive symmet-
ry OF his IGen Grants character than the va
ried and even contradictory motives by which
! those are animated who desire TO see him
again chosen to the Presidency of the repub-
lie
Verify the steps of good man are order
, ed by the Lord J. F. N-wMN y, ID. ID.
Dick II RR-NGTN,
"AL-x-NpR II. SH-PH-RD"
oh, the old man is solid. He wouldn't
steal cent. | will 20 on the stand and speak
to this, if necessary. BAR"
Brought into intimate relations with Gen.
Grant during the term of his recent Admins
tration, when | was Vice-President learned
to esteem him as one good man esteems an
other.
Although he never professed religion that
| is to say, never made public profession, there
was something near akin to true piety in the
rectitudc of his life.
Those four years with their atmosphere OF
moral purity, are beautiful to look back GPos.
| 'SCH-YLR CLF-X"
| TO tie Republicans II Pennsylvania:
This is tocertIfy that Gen. Ulysses ). Grant
Is right Put him through as you would
/ me. He understands Addition, Division and
Silence. w. III. K-MBLE.
"Dauphin County Jail, April %, 1880.
Mothers Grief
! The pride of a mother, the life and JOY OF a
home and her children, hence her grief when
sickness enters and takes them away. AXE
warning, then, that you are running terrible
risk, il they have a Cough, Group or Whooping
Cough, which lead TO Consumption, if you do