Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-29
Grant.
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Those who believe in the supreme i'm.
portance of Grant seem gradually to be-
COME small ty degrees and beautifully
icss. OF the few, now To be counted on
! ones fingers, Cunkling, the cgotist, and
Badeau, the sycophant, stand prominently
/ forth. Of the military history of Ulysse,
$. Grant, recently put forth by the latter,
no respectable man, whether connected
with literature or politics, would dare to
speak ro,iRgly. To elevate Grant upon
= shining pedestal and magnify him into
III" most heroic Of proportions, every de-
vice Of imaginative landation is exhausted,
while all the rest of the American people
are contrmptuou,ly dwsrfrd.
In recent American history there is no
other General, aud no other soldier. All
that is grand in purpose--sIl that is great
i'll stratrgy-Camc from him alonr; aud the
pigmys who claim TO have executed move
ncnts of their own dcvising: such. for in.
stance, rs Shermsn's march to the sea,
ftauaHlently dctract from the donors If
their own great lradct.
Such is the imaginative rictutc which
BadeaH coniHrcs up of Grant In such a
character one would hartil! expect the int
prrirtiions conmen to Other men. Bat
vhrn stripped al borrowed plHme> wha,
do wc lind ihis wonderful parsonage to be'
\ hcastiy drunkalh. with too sluggish IN
intellect tn c"mpr,hrnl any laN hut that
ot rr-i.tlcss force: man too lacking IN
sympathy to bc moved 10y any distress save
that which touches his own domestic
hearth
4 really great mau would have appre
Grated the honor- which accident, rather
than mrrit, thrust upon him. IT,, how
ever, pursued his advantages from begin.
Ming to rud With ii miscI's greed aud ont.
did the ffot,rlcrch- daughters III his de.
mands far more His power ~ Prc-t.
dent was, during two terms, ptostitutcd
for the benefit OF himself, his kith aud kin;
and IL shielding from justice the corrupt
mrmbrrs nf his own political and military
hnrs,hph
j. tins man la be rulnsi-rd "a little
less th:l god' 4 -,hcmng. miserable
politician in prac": and q rndr, hsarilcs,
t!rant III war, Who couniri II hrrpir 10
sacrifice 1--we. without r. gard 10 their cost
ar valuei Surely il il high time 10 check
,h, How of syncophaniic gu.h. and let
history place Grant III thu gutter where he
property belong,
We have no desire To do the man iuius-
tics; but are by no means di,losed TO de-
grade every other American citizen that
Grant may he made all in all
IN spite Of the heavy emigration from
ireiand, the population al Island shows
but small falling oil Her population
has decreased ont, 25*5-3 IN the last ten
years. ~ tho CENSUS I"c,uti, published
show
Col. John scott, the general manager oi
the Nmh,hurE, Shreveport aHd Pacific rail-
r"ld sat>. that the contract for t-ttiltimg
tn gap from Mnor.D' 90 Shreveport has
been Jet ON TO responsible parties. and
that the gap will hr romplr,rd Wuhin the
ur>t twelve rnourhs.
The question vas put -emtW hat iHdHis.
ltl,cll 10 he on.-ar,n.t organ grinder.
AR" yon snr>ivnr pf The late war;"
"Ncll. should snlr," Was ms reply;
"non't you So. that ! snr>Isrd' DO act
~ though was killed in the VARY
bi>iliri CnGri j. in session ,hi, week..
The business this i,tm of the court has
been dispatched rapidly. Tie conrt will
adjourn his week rs II will convene in
[ Mon parish Monday. W. think however,
that all the business. will be completed
before the cl 80 ot the wrrk
some Of the political prophets are pre-
dieting that the Son " old Abe Lincoln.
the present Secretary of War. will bc the
ucrt President of the tuited States. lie
wits one Of the -3ai grant men at Chicago,
while he is now with the administration
and - the man ho can unite the two fac
tl"ns of the party. The Secretary is said
10 be- man Of the same wonderful maguet-
ISM that his father had
-, Indicate of Liars Is hat they call
I bat cabal of Wall street Spectators " ho /
procure the sending and Publishing of false
new. in order IA influence certain markets. !
death Of prominent railway operator in !
order to affect certain stocks in tn. mark |
ct, and now they have cabled false crop IT,