"Farmer and Mechanic" (Raleigh, N.C.) (March 22, 1882):

"There is a good deal of talk about the Democratic ballot to 'Retire' Grant. Some of us tried mighty hard to retire him with a bullet, while he was making his little trip from 'the Wilderness' to the [sic] Appomattox - like a 'great big bear done come out de wilderness.'"