The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-01-08
Grant Must Not .suner.

The condition of Gen. Grant ex-
cites the commiseration of all
Americans. Broken physically,
financially and in spirits, he lies
hopeless, hapless cripple. What a
fall! He was ten years ago the lead
ing figure on the globes face, and
now he is the sport of constables
and court papers. We never liked
his policy nor his person; we de-
spised his party and his purposes /;
we abhorred his principles and his
pals; we believed he was overrated
thrown to the surface. Luck ran
riot with him and hoisted him into
the third heavens and then let him
drop to hear him hit hard. Luck
has no conscience. Notwithstand-
ing all this, every true American
heart is stirred to its depths by the
recital of his woes and the account
Of his wreck. Americans cannet
afford to have Gen. Grant suffer.
Opposing him as, we did, in toto
and in detail, and in every and all
of his public acts, we still recognize
his indisputable claims upon the
government and the people and the
times. Even if undeserving, it
would be a blot upon Americas
honor to permit him to suffer. Nor
tai man should rise in all his power
to resent such cruel thrusts of fate
upon one of his brothers. The CO.
lossal figure of Sphinx limned by
the giant hand of Luck against the
pages of American history should
be. guarded and preserved intact
and unassailable by the hosts OF
freemen who love the principles he
maintained principles great in
themselves and which made him
great. The south should demand
the right to help the great. fallen.
Gov. Cleveland recently wrote 6
letter to Mr.. Curtis in answer to s
communication addressed to him by
the Civil Service sReform Associa
ton in which he laid down the
ideas and rules that will control his
actions with reference to appoint
ments. Its perusal brings little
comfort to the horde of pinched
with hunger democrats who are
barking up the office tree. The
CITIZEN said of the Pendletor
bill while pending that it was ar
unwise and unnecessary surrender
of the perquisites of government
Just as the democrats were about tc
succeed to power. The republicans
have held the offices for % years
until hundreds and thousands Of
men have become rich. These mel
almost without exception live north
and thus the whole of the cream
that has risen upon the surface for {
lifetime has gone into one set o.
pockets. 1t was and is nothing but
just and right that these perquisiteG
now fall to other people, taking
care always that the efficiency o.
the service be not impaired. AnG
yet the democrats cut themselves
off from this by the foollshness o.
the Pendleton bill and Mr.. Cleve
land can do no more than obserVG
its unjust requirements. 1t leaves
the men who have fought for years
to redeem the country from the de
spoilers without prospect of deserv
ed reward. There is one bright
slit in the cloud: Mr.. Cleveland
says that officials who have used
their time wastefully and for party
shall 90. Those Of US who are
longing and honing after the flesh
pots will have our patience long
drawn out before our time comes.
There is another sorry promise
made by the president: The fell
lows with the longest petitions will
find the shortest way to the door.