The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-03

Grant in the south.
At the close of the war, as was per-
fectly natural, Grant was heartily
hated at the south. Men do not lick
the hand that smites them, especially
when the shifting is recent, and the
wounds fresh. 1t Is true tnat uranu
was very gracious at the close, and he
took the bull by the horns bravely
when he proposed to use his army to
force the senate to ratify the conven-
ton with Johnston. His delicate and
manly treatment of our idolized Lee
at the closing scene, when the southern
cross went down at Appomattox for
ever, before the victorious legions OF
the union, was forgotten in the great
chagrin which came TO us when il
first broke on us that the south was
utterly defeated. Years were neces-
sary before men could size up the
actions OF those who had been fore
most in the WORK of our defeat. All
that passed away when this great
soldier, whose manly and silent
struggle with death for the last few
months has covered him with glory,
was made president. He was neither
a statesman or a politician, and be-
came the innocent tool of both. Left
to his own volition Grant would have
been generous ruler of a conquered
people-was indeed and In fact. Ii
was no fault of his that he was dragged
into the schemes of the corruptionists.
1t was fault such as should have
been expected from such man. But
we do not believe, and can never bu
made TO believe, that one dollar
of the corruption money ever went
into Grants pocket with his knowl.
edge or consent. Neither do we be-
lieve that he is to blame in any way
for the failure of the Marine bank
which has so embittered the last
months of his existence. Grant was
only great soldier. lie was nc
statesman, no politician md no bust
ness man. He was the Legitimate
game OF all of these, and we of the
south regret exceedingly that suel
was the caSe. II .;,..nsz.zsnx<-s,ss~s - p
q y ~ 7'lz7zfr- - was more our mi
fortune than it was Grants fault.
grew out of the times, the SURROUND
ings, and was the inevitable result
things that could produce noihir
else
! To those of us in the south who CT
look beyond the maze Of the preser
y who can rise above the prejudice
nay the natural and proper reser
ments of the past quarter OF cent
ry, who can see the future of o
grandly united country, and the glo
which is to come from the thorou
unification OF our people and the CO.
d mon result of the forces concentrat
e. only upon one point, the glory of /
II republic, Grant will stand out in h
tory as one of the grand land-mar
:. of the past, as one of the bulwarks
the liberty, safety and security
the people. History will ney
'r make great scholar or great stat
r' man out of him, but it will take CT
n of the eternal safety of his fame a
n. soldier and his claim to be consider
IN a patriot in the broadcast and fun
Il sense of the term, will be made 90
by the afiectionate regard of the p
pie as well as by the force of its o.
ne internal truth. Grant was not as dI
u. gerous an enemy to the south as hi
re been some of our own people, who
a their narrow and prejudiced secti'
alism have taught others to bell,
ae that we had not the magnanim
az necessary to express gratitude and
:, spect for the man who did not h,
m tate to fling himself into the bret
when the passions of the people W,
aroused to white heat by the death
e. Lincoln, and declared that if the c.
as vention of Sherman with Joseph
or Johnston was ripped up, he would
err place Johnston, re-arm his men and
W that he had fair chance to rede
his cause.
!. The time win come in the sol
:. when Grant will be thoroughly |
~ derstood, when his great magnani
= ity will stand as a competent and
cepted atonement for the faults viii
u grew out of his lack of other kno'
edge than that of his profession.