Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-21

General Grant for the Presidency
The New York Herald proposes General
GRAsr as the peoples candidate for the next
presidency, and il remarks that in order to be
completely successful they have only to bring
forward "A popular upon popular conserva-
tive platform The Herald regards the honina-
ton OF Mr.. CHASE by the Republicans AS proba-
BILE, but il "spprehends that an administration of
the extreme radical tendencies and affiliations of
Mr. CHASE. inssead OF restoring the national
harmony and Tightening our heavy burthens of
taxation, would be apt only to make confusion
worse COMPOUNDED, and to create additional de
mands upon the pockets of the people to meet
the lavish expenditures Of the government
To effect a change 10 the administration of the
government and to remedy the evils which the
foIIies and the fanaticism of the party in power
have precipitated upon the country IL regards the
nomination of popular, conservative candidate
for the Presidency, in opposition to the nominee
of the radicals, a necessity. 1t says:
Of all men, in this view, General Grant is the
man for the occasion. What military availability
is experience has taught u.s. The battle of New
Orleans, Ia small affair. and of no consequence
whatever in shortening that war, inasmuch as
peace had been agreed upon before the battle was
fought, made General jackson political dicta-
tor by the viii of the people; the battle of Tppe
canoe, a paltry Indian 6ght carried General
Harrison into the White House in a popular
whirlwind which swept away all distractions be
| fore it, The supposed killing of an Indian Chiel
made "Old Dick johnson. (" Of Kentucky, Vice
President. The little battles successfully fought
| by General Taylor in Mexico, eliminating in
that of Buena Vista, in which his whole force was
| less than six thousand men, made "Old Tack
| President over the head Of Henry Clay. and in
opposition to General Cass. whose reputation as
soldier was Of an older date and smaller pat
tern. True, Gen. Scott failed as a Presidential
candidate; but he was defeated by his supposed
abolition affiliations. His nomination, however
over the head of Daniel Webster is another case
which shows that military glory is stronger for
the Presidency than the highest reputation oil
craftsmanship
| But what were the military achievements in
their magnitude, of Jackson, Harrison, Taylor
and Scott, compared with those of General Grant,
Mere mole hills at the foot of great mountain
What is the summing up of General Grans's
battles? More than dozen victories, forty
thousand rebels killed and wounded, ninety thou
sand prisoners captured. nearly FIVE hundred
pieces Of artillery, one hundred and fifty thou
sand small arms, over one hundred railroad loco
motives. over thousand cars; and horses, cattle
cotton, contrabands, towns, cities, forts, maya
zines and all sorts of military stores on the same
grand scale No military successes OF modern
times will compare with these, except those oil
the campaigns of the great Napoleon. And the
best of il is that General Grant, of all men, has
the most moderate opinion of his services He
is, perhaps, in every respect. the most uhpre
tending man in the army. 81 little has he mao
to do with politics that ne other man can say
positively what his opinions the parties and
party questions of the day. All that we know j:
that his antecedents are Democratic, and that hi:
views and inclinations are sufficiently conserva
tive tor the Purposes of an independent conserva
tive movement for the Presidency.
The Herald says that in the election of maj
like General GRANT to the Presidency, 1--WE ma,
reasonably count upon a new order of things a
Washington, including speedy and satisfactory
restoration of the Union. retrenchment and re
form in the public expenditures, a general clear
ing ont Of the Augean stables, and some practi
cal steps toward the reduction Of our overshad
owing mountain of public debt"