The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1880-10-22
4 DethrOned Demi-GOd.
The Chicago Times ON Grant
Scathing Review Of the Career
ot the Great Ulysses.

The people Of this country have,
for 80 long q time, been gazing at
Grant As the recipient of high hon
ors frsm other nations that they
have falleu into the habit OF look
ing:at him as q sort of demi god.
Remembering hia ~ the guest Of
the queen Of England; recalling
the mighty receptions which he re-
ceived when he returned to this
country, men bad dropped into the
way OF thinking that he 10 q supe-
rior character. The old, original
Grant WAS, for the time, forgotten.
Within the last weeok, ii there
have beeu those who had forgotten
that there was another sort OF q
Grant than the enc who Was the
honOred guest Of the world, hey
were reminded of the fact iu .
manner which, to put it ut its mild
est, was emphatic. The mi.god
weut cut OF sight as suddenly AS
tue Hame OF au extinguished can
die; aud there came into it's place
the same old Grant who was once
dismissed the army for indeceut
behavior; who gained the reputa.
ton during the war OF being the
greatest butcher as we'll ~ the most
Incorporate man Of the age; /; who
was the brother.in.law of Case;
who was the center OF the most
ring OF official scoun.
drels Of modern times; who was
accused and proved guilty OF un.
mitigated lying when be gave up
bis position OF secretary of war AL
Interim who has never given Ut
terance OF q statesmanlike senti-
nent T; aud has always been known
simply az the tool OF knavish men,
who purchased his completely by
costly presents, and who desired
his reelection ia order that the
work of pluudering the nation
might he resumed with inpunity.
All these facts and scores of 9th
ers are being forced iutO recollec-
ton by the position which Grant
has lately taken. He has thrown
himself from the pedestal on which
he WAS placed by all admiring na-
tion; aud in throwing himself from
it he has fallen into the mire from
whence he came, aud in which he
properly belongs. IL is the case OF
the SOW which has returned to her
wallowing iu the mire. Gran,'s
soug now should be Home
Again, ,"tor he is once more where he
has been " greater part of his lite,
aud fiem which he emerged only
by accident, and through no merit
OF his own.
Gen. Slocum said that il Grant
said so aud so, he il y liar. Grant
did say 10 aud 80, aud, therefore,
he ID what he is charged with be-
ing by Slocum. But it is not the
first time that he has had this infa-
nous charge Iammed down his
throat; and therefore, there is no
reason why anybody should be
shocked that such accusations are
beiug made. Grant is no demi.god.
He was for some years y disreputa
BILE kind OF au old hummer around
st. Louis-after being dismissed
from the army, and then he WAS u
tanners clerk-and a very poor
Oue--in Galena Then the war
came and he alternated between
big drunks and big defeats, till
there came 4 time when, by giving
three lives for one rebel life, he
managed to secure some victories.
There is nothing:of the demi-god in
all this; hence, when within a few
days people see this man lying like
an ordinary character, slandering
O brother officer, and showing him
self to be capable of envy aud ma.
lace and meanness, and all that sort
of thing, there is no reason for any
ones being in the least surprised
1t is Grant getting down to where
he belongs. He received . thin
gloss while be WAS travelling around
the world; a thin gloss of polite
ness and regard for appearances
but this was very soon scratched
of when be came back here and
went to running around In his ma
tive woods. When this was rubbed
of there remained the original
Graut There is no reason why
any one should be ip the least AZ
tonished.
Grants transformation is very
admirably illustrated by u story
which is told by the versatile Storrs
There was man who owned !
coach and horses and who wanted
a coach dog. After a great deal o.
trouble he managed to obtain one
q beauty, and which was spotted
to an extent ard in y manner which
made IL the superior of all the
coach dogs which ever followed the
heels OF pair OF horses. Things
went along very cbarmingly, and
the owner of the dog WAS the envy
of all the neighbors. One sad day
there came up rain, when tue dog
was abroad and then 1t was no
ticed that y change WAS coming
over the dog. Firt, bis beautiiu
colors bepsu 70 run tUgerhsR 10