The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-02
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 sp<nvsf opsssea-l An old fIicnd e Ceneraa Grans saia sc an 2 -. sseossx Ihs seazeang slansnsas vas received wisA incssdnliiy.
 Hs ihr rsrassnesd sAe esnalsman. |~ The fAilase ol Ais irm has raised him msazassS ss ~sal ss sesnciaIkv. TAe ehAnge b him is ahselueely asanaisAine. For yean he hAs ivsd An easy hls. Hts name has been ussd hy capiialisss, and he does noe sesm te have undsrxood tAa impropsisy of t. Hewssin Jsy Cseuids hands tpr tAree yeArs in spita q the pub lisAed record q the Hack Friday invessi- gasion. The uoahle visA tho general is that hs has aeser really undersaocd hos greAt man he vaA fhs has keps him in business when hs should have been out of h. The undsrcuErsns of his mind is vulgar. He is naturally cssdaloss aad is saaaly caught by spscieua pleas. This has bsea his great mas(csseae.s how deeply Aaa the iAilnrs af hss 6sm affected him ts
 More than aay one can believe ln the hrst place t must be rsmemhesed that General Gsaas is a cd mAn. h the second place is mus not be tosRosspa that he was seiiously ialured some tinss ago wAils stepping inso his carnage. The exteet d the latter lalsry has sever ben fully undssssood. He s Aalf pasAlyssd to-day. He is . wreck q what hs cacs was The tAiluss cempasssd the disasses. Eos years be was knovn e ,As silen, man. He is so DO loagss. He talks oea- ssantly. Indeed u b not . talk bu, . chatter. He repeats the tame denuncia. tons ef Ward over and over again wiih a parrot like persistence which ts very pa thesic. have heard him say tor an hour as time He was smart and trusted hum. My name was the bank and he vas the cashies.' The whole thing is very sad"
 "What does he cay of his sons s'
 This is the saddest feature of his ab- erration. He seems to think that he is as much to blame fos their ruin as Ward Is. He believes that ,f hts name had not been used by Ward his sons would have money nov. Hts family affection Is very great, and 1t is DOW h an abnormal state He sits for hoss al time saSing mean ingleas things about the late catastrophe. and Wards name is always intermingled It Is the aaddess end tn a great career in history"
 What do you thiek ot Ward -
 "l think he is crazy. The man mus,
 have been crary to conduct hts opsrations
 in the way he did, and his partners mus,
 have been quite crary to have allowed l.
 War has no propesty. There vas no h.
 ,entional dishonesty in hts wild 6naneier ing. His great success turned hts brain
 and he let things run h the most rsckless
 manner. A gyeat many of the iiabilities
 arc not liabilities at ali. Those to whcr
 the money Is due received most of it bacl
 in interest long ago. if they get anythial out oi the assets. and ] don't think the,
 will. it will be clear profit. blame ths
 men who did business wish the firm al much as do the hrm They must kast
 known thA, no legitimate business toult
 have paid them the interest they re oeised. l have no sympathy for any 0
 them
 "will General Gran, reoose, hi spirits y'
 "l think not. He IS too old. Tn,
 shocks upon his physical and menta
 system are too grea, lie is absolu,ei,
 broken down and the country will neve again knew him as he was. doubt U h,
 will ever again appeas in public. H,
 certainly will not f his friends can pre- } vent it."
 What will be the end %' MelanchoiiA and death"