Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1872 — President Grant and the Late Mr Greeley. [ARTICLE]

President Grant and the Late Mr Greeley.

[From the New York Evening Post. ) The following “open letter,” addressed to President Grant by one -who was among his most determined antagonists during the late canvass, confirms what the Evening Post has already said about the kindly feelings which have succeeded the mournful occasion to which it re : lates: “To the FresiduntTsf the United States: ‘ ‘9tR: 1 trust that I shall not be charged with presumption in addressing you on the subject of this letter. I want to thank you, not for any favor bestowed on my friends, nr shown to me. Thanks for such things are- as common ab the benefits they conftr. I desire to thank yoti for something greater and betterthan these; for something much beyond the ordinary practice of high official life. I desire to thank you for the respect shown by yon to Mr. Greeley on his death bed, and for the great respect yoti paid his character and memory by your aUenditfk m, on his funeral.. It was a great compliment for-thehcad of a great nation to decline attendance on an official festivity, while a private citizen was dying, a citizen who hat) no .claims on the sympathy of the official,'either of blood or close friendship. It was a iffugh greater compliment when that Executive i laid aside the pressing duties of his great i office, and, making a night journey ol hun- 1 dreds of miles, at an inclement season, took , the place of a private person, gmong the ; thousands gathered together to pay the, last J, tribute of respect that the living can pay tot the dcaff. For your remembrance of Mr. Gree,ley,dying; for your attendance at his funeral, for the tearful attention you paid to the sad ceremonies of that occasion, Mr. President,

I thank yon with all earnestness. I am very sure that'in doing sol but echo the sentiments Of hundreds of thousands of vour fellow citizens, whose views of public affaire led them and myself to support, in the late canvass, the mkn to whom yon have shown such high respect. By these acts Jou have removed prejudices, changed opponents into friends, and shown the world that great official life need not deaden the better instincts of onr common humanity. By these acts.you have taught the nations that Ameri - cans neVer forget what is due to the character of their great citizens, and that the passions of an exciting political contest never destroy the respect that American partisan opponents have for the good lives of good men, “I thank you, Mr. President, and pray that a long and happy life may await you. And when it shall please the Great Ruler to send the Angel of Death to call you hence, may your passage to the tomb be made smooth by the affection of kind friends, and thetgrave close over you with the heartfelt prayers.of your countrymen for your eternal rest.- -* V ‘Very respectinllv vour mend. ~v ■ ,N.D,V~.,“Sinclair Tousey. “New York, Dec. 8.1872.” ' 11 Our Imprudence the Cause of Consumption.—How many of us can date the cause of our last-sickness to either a crowded room, and then coming out in a cold air, or wearing damp clothes, causing a cough which settles upon the lungs, producing seated pains in the chest. Allen’s Lung Balsam will check the dieeaee and restore health, to the system, if only used In time. Remember and call at the drug store for Allen’s Lung Balsam. Every family should keep it at hand. Said a Parent to a Child : “Just look at those Shoes, only bought last week; good as new, all but the toes, which are worn through. Money thrown away, feet wet, stockings soiled, all because they were not Metal Tipped.” Parentß, take your choice, neat, genteel, Silver Tipped shoes, which never wear out at the toe, or shoes Without Tips, with ragged holes and protruding toes. Which ICMikaihe- BeBt?- Which -is the Cheapest? A Fixed Facti* Pharmacy.—Considering the multimde of diseases, it is amazing that we live: In view of the countless remedies for them, it is wonderful that we die. Unfortunately, however, all the diseases are realities;• whereas most of the “remedies” are humbugs. One exception to the latter rule demands the recognition and approval of the press. We refer to Dr. Joseph Vinegar Bitters. Of the Doctor himself, we know nothing: but of his medicine we can speak fromrtrbservation, for it seems to have found its way into almost every household. Probably it is more extensively used in this country, as a family remedy, than any other preparation, although it has not yet been before the world three years. Wherever we go we hear of it, and whenever we hear of it the comments on its efiicae/'wre enthusiast ie. —We have questioned su flnters f rom liver complaint, remittent fever, fever and ague, chronic headache, vertigo., irregularities of the bowels, indigestion, rheumatism, neuralgia, gout, kidney diseases and affections of the lungs, as to its effects, and the uniform answer has been, “It is doing me good." Believing that “what everybody says must be true,” we have no hesitation -is- the Great -Medical Success of the present century.