President Grant, And Political Rings

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Excerpt from President Grant, And Political Rings: A Satire President Grant: A Satire. Appomattox surrender made Grant a hero - He was dubbed a Scipio and a Cæsar - He was not noble, great, nor even grand, His selfish avarice was his god! With Johnson he proved a double dealer And joined a ring of Republican schemers. In 1868 for President he was then run - As a candidate both deaf and dumb. Of all the spirits that Christ scourged The dumb devil was hardest to purge. Grant displayed cunning and deceit, In his letter of "Let us have peace." When in power, peace was then treason, His argument was th' bullet and bayonet. Before election it was his proud boast, That he had no "policy of his own, " But when in office he changed his tone. By him th' Constitution was o'erthrown. His word was law - and avarice his rule, About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.