Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-06-16
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GRANT.
When Ulysses 8. Grant returned nom
his TIP around the world. . year or so
coo. hs vas most automatically greet
"a b, his people. They could not even
vsit for him 10 land ss San Francisco.
but DELEGATIONS Of the most influential
citizens Of tina, srsonsutie city within
The Golden Gate sailed forth upon the
ga 10 meet him. And the Newspaper
.r,portsss also went forth. TIE intsf-
viewer did his best. bat Grant had moth.
ina 10 ~. thsrsiors said nothing. and
IN csnssqusnily Q souros Of dissppoint
msns to the ardsntly szpectant intss.
viewer. Grant had literally nothing 10
SAY. and Why should Asf he had been
many months abroad. away hon any
personal knowledge Of the condition
and progress Of American politics. and
he had found from experiences that
where Q man personally knew bot little.
The lees b. had to say the better. In
this he had always exhibited an eminent
degree Of sound. practical common
sense.
The honors conferred upon him By
his grateful country In slsctins him
tviss 10 the Prssidsney. and the uni
vsrsal honors and national eoartssass
sxtsndsd 70 him. in whatever country
he visited (s1cspt oork). - we'll - his
glorious reception at landing ones more
on his native soil. vas sufacisnt demon
stration TO his mind. and to everybody
else, that he was actually the most pop
ular man In the world. Grants tn
umphsl journey throughout the world
and the grand welcoming reception and
continual ovation hs met with on his
return home has no parallel In The
history Of any one man. All these
honors 10 bore With becoming modssty.
and With few words BY way Of response
or acknovisdgmsnt. And what few
words he did speak were necessarily to
The point. Yet this very psuoity Of
words spoke more in his favor and savs
him more popularity than anything
else. People regarded Il - evidence Of
reserved wisdom, and even the smoks
paAsd irom his traditional and indis-
psnsssls cigar curlsd Loit In vrssths Of
seadsassd philosophy. - IL were.
Throushou, his military and civil %.
rear. his oourss was distinguished By
laeonie speech and decisive sstion. Hi
words we're few and his letter. less. In
this he certainly did exhibit . prs-smi'
nsnt degree OF sound common ssnss'
and The "silsnt man." or The "mar
With the cigar" va looked up 10 . a.
orssular reservoir OF practical sense snd
unlimited ability. A things have Do
yslopsd and turned ont since. thsrsir
lay his chief strength and effectiveness
30 long - he vss the "slsnt man.
kept his own counsel. and allowed every
body else to do the talking and the hon
orr, he vas all right. and retained hi
reputation for never making mistakes
But hs made Q mistake In allowing
Roscoe Conkline TO run him for tn
third tsrm - President. and his s.'ss'
has been since connected with and
marrsd BY several mistakes. II vas
most unfortunate mistake. In that Il
shook and injured the brilliant fabric
upon which he stood. and the proud
party chisitain Who led him into thai
mistake bot the other day made also thu
greatest mistake Of his own life BY kicking
the pedestal Of his own glory from unds'
him, and has blundsrsd about amid ID
ruins svsr since. Conklins's career n
apolitioal warrior and general had beer
% successful - 10 make him too arro
CANT and prssumptuous. and finally h
committed Q most criminal blundsl
BY losing his temper. tongue and
head al at the same time. Grant,
greatest mistake has bean In losine con
troll Of his tongue and head and allowing
himself 10 write letters. Andy Johnsor
''swung around the circle" and allowed
his tongue to ruin him. Grant. too,
swung around the circle. bat held hii
tongue 10 manifest advantage. drsdu'
ally. however. sven his tongue has beer
getting rather too timber; but his pen
has been the point upon which he hsi
inpalsd himself.
Grants letter 10 Senator Jones. oil
Nevada, Wa worse than the worst Of bid
speeches. for ons blows away with the
passing wind. while the other remains
svsrmors - . tangible. rsproashiul. I'M.
compromising record. Were his pen
and tongue still under their old rsticsni
control. he would yet have the ability to
appear TO advantage. But no. his head
was "of." like Conklins's; his hand
and brain had lost their cunning. and
without waiting. - he might. he pre-
eipitatsly committed the erims Of writ
ing that lsttsr from Mexico. Nov that
he has returned home aesin his unlim-
bored and unprotected tongue has 10
explain and to back up what his pen
wrote. and he must back up the position
he has taken In favor Of his friend
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