Daily Republican., 1885-08-10
A sIauderer Of Grant.

While nearly the whole nation was
mourning the death of General Grant,
there W AZ one mean soul, and he au
editor of paper down in M,.s.as. ppi,
who reio ced in his death. The common
respect we have for all sec ions of the
country that had nought to say agains.
Grant, compels US to say that the name
of this si4nderer Of General Grant Is j.
j. Shannon, that he is Mississippian,
aud that the name Of his paper is the
Mercury, and the particular place at
which 1t Is published is called Meridian,
a place where Copiah County methods
had blotted out in blood every sem.
blance OF fair popular elections long
before the tragic assassination Of Col.
Matthews at Hazelhurst to insure
Denocrati: victory. This slauderer OF
General Grant has been appointed to
the Postmaster Of Meridian to sue
ceed VIM. NJ. Han cock, who must have
been man of some mettle and charac-
ter, when he preserved his Republican
partisanship sufi GENTLY 10 be call I'd n
offensive partisan.
Ono OF the texts laid down by Post
master General Villas whereby an Of
fensive partisan was to be known was
to be an editor or publisher Of Reput-
lican newspaper, but when Demo
cratic Postmas Is needed, it Is no of.
fense to be an editor or publisher of q
Democrats newspaper. In this par
ticular case it ceased to be an offense to
publish the m ost vindictive and mean
est kind Of vile Dem ocratic sheet, as
the following extracts from the Mer
curry on the death OF General Grant will
show:
Grant is dead. And that Is the sen
sation of the hour, and we do not un
derstand why it should be, for mer
born to die are always dying 1t is NJ
novelty for great or little man Il
die, that all men should cut up abou
1t and be standing on their heads
When great and good man dies, thu
world wants TO make a demonffratieI
on the occasion to testify their respec
because it presents the last opportunit.
they can ever have. There is some
thing noble in the respect the good pa,
to the good on such occasions. 1t is a
old as ancient history that it is not a
lowable to say anything of the dead bu
good. Yet Byron wrote 1t down whe
King George III. died
1t Is mockery of hell TO enfold
The rottenness of eighty years in gold.
1t Is safe to say that there will be a
immense amount of the same sort
mockery on the present occasion. W
wish we knew something good to say
Grant, now he Is dead. We would
love to say ii. Grant was
brutal comm apder and made no q
count of the lives of his men he eacr
feed. Napoleon said the Lord was c
the side of the party that had the bi
Rest cannon. Grant believed the 10
was on the side of the General who hi
the most men to sacrifice in battle. A,
so it was he won in the end, not by al
display of military science, but by q
ting the most men killed in battle.
Only Thursday morning, before t
last tidings had reached us, we we
meditating on one of Grants epigram
ascribed to him as being said toward I
latter period of the war. He said I
Confederates had robbed the cradle al
the grave to recruit their vast sd arm
Some fools have repeated Ii as som
thing smart. On the contrary, to I
refined mind, under the circumstanc,
it is exceedingly rough and vulgar, 81
like Grant was himself-a coarse a.
vulgar man with coarse and vulg
thoughts. Grant is dead. V
have no tears to shed but may t
ruler In heaven be kind to his soul.
Out Of the mouth of this Democrat
office-holding slanderer OF man t
whole nation mourns, let Postmast
General Villas be condemned. There
no occasion to characterize the use
such language over the fallen head
the brave, modest, generous soldie
over whose tomb the nation Is weepin
This new Democratic Off cial stan
convicted OF shameless offense agair
public decency, and has wantonly
suited the nation in its hour of bit,
sorrow. When President Clevela
appointed Mea1e, another red hand
Mississippian, TO be Postmaster
hazelhurst, who had been one OF I
conspirators az ,inst the life of Color
Print Matthews, he would not PERI
him TO remain in his off 90, but susp
ded him and appoin. ed another. WI
Will this administration do in the O
OF this new man Shannon How ab
his offensive partisanship? Will Pc
master-General Villas indignantly b
this vile sland srer from his Office
failing to do this, will President Gle
Land, who has besn laying the high
honors TO the memory Of Gen. Ora
suspend Mr.. Villas ? We shall
Yes, we shall see