Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-31
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sympathy Tor General Grant-Does He
Desire ft.
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10 he Editor Of ths Rsgis,,r
Ia the PittS6ugg Christian Advocate. of
May 10Th. | find the following sympathetic
editorial IN favor of General Grant. It's
but stereotype edition Of what is floating
about IN many Of the Newspapers of the
day and, | regret to say, is heard from
many of our Pulpits-at least such as dis
cuSS such matters. 1t can only be charac-
terized as mawkiSh sensibiHty, Or spurious
clarity, and | propose to give substantial
reasonS for thinking so.
The article reads:
General Grants mistortUnes in business
have excited the public sympathy in no
small degree, and it is to be hoped that no
delay will attend the carrying out of the
proposition made by Senator EdmundS, to
put him again on the list of army officers.
His age wuUld retire him on half paw. and
and that he ought tn have His name is
the most illUSuious born bv an army regis
ter with the exception Of Washington, aud
1t aught never 10 have been removed His
services to his country have been priceless.
and gratitude demands a perpetual recog-
milton His mistortunrs have not involved
in the least his integrity but have his bust
ness wisdom. Endorsing paper has been
his mistake a mistake that has caused the
financial uudoing Of many shrewd business
men. Gojag surety was long ago con
dcmucd hy the wise man, and the expert
enCes of later DAYS but confirms his con-
domination.
Let Us look for moment at this mater
General Grants miSlurtuneS in business,
saws the above article, have excited the
public sympathy in no small degree But
why So? If General Grant is at fault at all
as he certainly is-then he is deserving OF
the greater censure, inaSmuch as his pron-
incnt position before the country renders his
evil example more powerful for mischief
" But it is hoped, continues the editor,
that no delay will attend the carrying out
of the proposition made BY Senator Ed
mundS, to put him again on the list of army
officers SO the Senate seems TO have
thought. Hurry up, for delay might in
duce Congress TO take the sober second
thought. His age would entitle him to
half pay and that he ought to have. To
which proposition | would very humblr de-
murr Whatever NAV have been General
Grants services to the cOuntry-andI think
they have been ovcreS,imated-he has been
amply paid for them. He was well paid for
his services during the war, and after lis
close. aS aforementioned and then ~
General. he received from the government
a very ample income But this is not all
Acting in concert with members of Con
grrSS. who desired to increase their own
salaries and by his own act ifnot his own
cuuui,arcc. his salary was increased from
$4,000 to SjO,090 per anuum, thereby
enabling him to receive during his two
terms Of Office 5000, 600 more than any Of
his predecessors ever received.
Again. we are told, His name is the
most iilustriUuS borne by any register, with
the exception Of Washington, and it ought
never to have been removed. About
which there is some difference Of opinion.
This little game of attempting to galyaHize
every murdered president and every
successful general into martyr
ora Washington. has become rathes mon
o,onous Il is about PLAYED oNr. Why
should General Grant be entitled To more
tEttI IMAM MS bEOtlttI blllttlS, vi llltlll NilC
rank and file Of the army? All did their
duty in their respective spheres; but alas,
the General get, all the glory aud the lions
share of the pay-and vet, like the horse
leech. never satisfied he and his friends still
cry give! give, Besides, General
Grant derived much OF his credit which he
receives from his brother officers. 1t Is
hardly to be supposed that One.who stood rs
low as - at West Point in class Of forty
would have suddenly developed into a SPLEEN
did military genius without the aid above
SUGGESTED. Had General Mcclellan re-
ccived the backing from the government
which was promised and which he had a
right 10 expect. he, too, might have been
proclaimed to the world as a great military
gcnius-"a second Washington. But, says
the editor above named, General Grant
misiortuucs have not involved in the least
his integrity. And this too, from church
paper which proclaims that 'cOvctousness IS
idolatrv," to be ranked with the grosser sins
of "adultry" and drunkenness; and, more
ever that the wicked blcSSeth the cOvetouS
whom the Lord abhoreth. Now, that Cen
rrol Grant stands before the country. as
covctouS avericiouS mOney-grabber, goes
without saving. and to deny it would be hyP-
ocritical and false II is patent to all men
that this Instinct Of his nature has been de
vriopcd Throughout, his whole public career.
The country remembers that he had not be-
come warm in his presidential seat before
he received "a present from y. /. Stewart 81
$50 OOO-aud how many more from other
partics God only kuowS-a thing which ]
believe no president before him ever did.
Hi, predecessor President Johnson, having
like opportunities to enrich himself died
comparativelv poor. But this is not the
wor>, of il. i short time after receiving
this present he nominated \. I. Stewart FOR
Secretary of the Treasury; and for very
shame q Republican Senate refused to con,
finn the nomination, to the very great grief
aud vcxation or the same \. I. Stewart.
The country will draw its own conclusions.
But further still; General Grant tried to
g., L;r,so1F ,,,,,, the COuntry for a third