The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-08 00:00:00

General Grant.

The persistent attempts of Mr. Seward and others to
declare General Grant's political views during the Presi-
dential electioneering tour have driven the General into an
express repudiation of the idea that any political signifi-
cance attaches to his presence with the party. His brief
speech in New York, in which he said that an agreement
had been made before they started that there was to be no
speech-making on their journey, and Admiral Farragut's
remark at the same place that the President of the United
States was his commanding officer, and that he had always
considered the request of his superior officer equivalent to
a command, were sufficient in themselves to indicate that
the two principal officers of the army and navy had accom-
panied the party at the President's request and not of their
own volition, and that the tour, so far as they were con-
cerned, was exactly what it purported to be—a journey to
the grave of a deceased statesman, having no political sig-
nificance whatever."

We have known these facts from the beginning, and
we now state, for the information of those who are
accustomed to read the Chicago Tribune, and who believe
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dent's request, after having dklined an invitation from
the Committee of Arrangements ; and that he has repeat-
edly stated, during the course of the journey, that his
presence had no political bearing or consequence what-
ever. The discretion observed by the General through-
out the tour has been admirable and praiseworthy. In
the midst of debauchery and blackguardism he has ob-
served the proprieties of life, and the etiquette of the
military profession. Conscious that he was taken along
by the President for the purpose of giving eclat to
Andrew Johnson and his policy of degrading and injuring
himself in the estimation of his friends, and of
giving a triumph to his enemies, North and
South, who will never forgive him for having
crushed Lee's army, and taken the rebel capital,
he has borne even this infliction with his usual composure.
In fact Grant and Farragut were the only persons in the
whole party who demeaned themselves as gentlemen. The
public early recognised this fact and lavished unbounded
honours upon them accordingly.

We desire to impress upon our readers the fact that we
do not make these statements from guess work. We write
understandingly. General Grant is worthy of the fullest
confidence of the Union party. There is not a drop of
Copperhead blood in his veins., He cannot be used to
overthrow the loyal Congress, either as the General of the
United States army, or as Ulysses S. Grant, citizen. If
Andrew Johnson intends to inaugurate a new civil war
for the purpose of " arresting the course of Congress," as
he said in his speech at Newark, Ohio, he will find his
greatest obstacle in the great captain who received the
sword of General Lee at Appomattox. This is a country of
and General Grant is the foremost living embodiment
of law. Ile buttons his coat around more law than any
other American citizen. Ho has executed more law than
any other man whom this country has ever produced.
The army of the United States is created by law and
governed by law. Every order issued by any officer, from
the President down to the lowest subaltern, depends upon
law for its validity and binding force. Not even a private
soldier can plead the orders of his superior as a warrant for
an unlawful act. Neither Grant, Sherman, Sheridan,
Thomas, Parragnt, nor any other high officer in the army
or navy, would execute an order in violation of law, or in
defiance of the law-making power, which is but the will of
the nation constitutionally expressed. In any conflict
which may be precipitated by the President, as fore-
shadowed in his speech at Newark, Ohio, the army and
navy will be the foremost to arrest his mad career

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