The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-03-18

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mind only within few months. Whel
we first began 10 know the General
there was nobody's dignity in oil N,
world that took care Of itself NOR.
ciiectually, without the slightest attcn
ton from any BODY, than u. =. Grants
Perhaps the reason why II needed *
little care WAS that II got 50 little from
himself. Ia those days when there wa.
such tremendous work % do. and NJ
was one Of those rare men who stucL
doggedly 70 the work. without any side
Chances at the newspapers 10 see how
his dignity was getting on. lie did not
write dramatic dispatches nor put him
self into impressive attitudes. When
i came 10 that kind of thing. Genera
hanks was unspeakably more majestic
Ills dignity was sedulously taken care
Of; and 50, in different way. was Gen.
eral Buffers. But Grant kept driving
ahead At his business. moving imme-
diately ON the enemy's works. as il hi
didn't have any such baggage as q dir
nifty 70 look after. After that trcmen-
dous fighting that ended in the fall 81
Nicksbnrg. hc was sent for TO Wash
ington. where he Was the universal adj
miration: but he told TIC President MI
his Council Of War that he wished thew
would hurry up and Give him his orders
for he was tired OF this show business. y
And when the American pcoplc heard
that. they clapped their hads l;.e
the multitudinous waves. and said
to one another: Here's digni-
~ now! Here's man that
IS not thinking about feathers in MI
cap or stars on his shoulderi Here :
another man As Abraham Lincolnr' Rv
and by some Of the politicians sncceed-
Ell in getting nj him N his fent N V;r-
ginia and whispered to him con i;dent;al-
" that a gentleman IN his position conld
have anvfb;ng ~ wished a. th.t 49,
in the gift 81 Tho people. Couldn,t ~
think q something he wonld likep Ana
after reflection. Ia said there was ons
thing. He did wish the (,ommo N cou,~
eli OF Galena wonld make 4 Mani wall,
as far as his front gate. But the finest
thing, II seems 10 me. il all Grants "a
reer. was his willingness 70 iii still And
hardly hold his own along tie trenches
looking toward Richmond. win mi shc
country impaticntly WONDERING whv
Grant did not strike. while Sheridan
and Sherman. his snbordinates. were n
the full blaze 81 popular admiration and
he himself 4 little in the shadow Th;s
was heroic. In those brave o,d dars
il probably did not occur 10 any one NJ
the civilized world that measures wcre
necessary 70 secure Ulysses Grants d;r-
nity. But now things have chance5
The Times Is passing round the hat
and the Indcpendenf is bidding for 4
pension and a title. and Mr.. HAYES e
trying TO invent a new pattern 81 epau-
let. ali because Mr.. Grants dignity 4
IN peril and something must be done
Tor u. What can have made the differ
ence?
suppose that there were people
who voted for Grant for President In
1865, because he deserved" ii. or
was entitled to it, or il was ICON
Ferring honor" on him. In every
election, great or small, there are fools
who give their votes for such reasons.
But good citizens, worthy Of the trust
81 citizenship. voted for him not for
Grants sake, but for the country's
sake. We thought that he had quail
lies that were needed in the Presidency
the simple straightforwardness; the
ievonon 70 public duty, without re-
gard 70 public interest; the faculty and
The will 70 find the right place; the set
resolution that would tight it through
pa q well-considered line Of back-door
influence; opposition IN front and rear
W. thought we knew our man. and
we're voting for things like these when
ve voted for Grant for President. We
hought we were doing good thing
or the dignity not Of Grant, but Of the
'flice, By putting worthy man into il.
Well. there Is no DENYING II. The
was partly disappointed.
repeating Mr.. Summers
,verstraincd indictment against Grants
Administration. we have to acknowl-
edge that at the very points at which
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