Show TRUTHFUL General Grant was says General Horace Porter in McClures Magazine without exception the most absolutely absolute-ly truthful man I ever encountered in public or private life He was not only truthful himself but he had a horror of untruth in others An anecdote Illustrates this trait One day while sitting in his bedroom in the Wihite House where he had retired re-tired to write a message to Congress a card was brought in by a servant An officer on duty at the time seeing see-ing that the president did not want to be disturbed remarked to the servant Say the president is not in General Grant overheard the remark re-mark turned around suddenly in his chair and cried out to the servant Tell him no such thing I dont lie myself and I dont want any one io r lie for me |