Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-12-27
General Grant for resident--Isen-
nets'sA AE'atherly Advice TO- "H'oor


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Greeley.
from the New York Herald. Dec.al.l
I'VE began our political life about Rrty
years ago. In 1926 we nominated Jackson
and Calhoun, with Van Buren, for the sue
cession, in a paper published in this. city,
and called the NdtiORal AdU0cdte. Our ar
ticles attracted universal attention, and
poor Greeley to the contrary nOtwithstand-
ing-Jackson and Calhoun were elected two
years afterward. In 1892 we advocated the
denomination Of. Jackson; and it may sur
4 prise poor Greeley to learn that Jackson
was reelected. In 1910 we excited tre-
mendous enthusiasm for Harrison and elect
red him In spite of the politicians, who re-
venged themselves by boring him to death
/ in a month. This may be strange to poor
. Greeley; but it Is true, nevertheless. In
1874 we supported Polk; and if poor
Greeley has any memory at all he will
lec0llectY that Polk was3 elected. We
nominated General Taylor long before
the next election came of; and If poor
Greeley will consult any standard history
of the United States he win learn that
General Taylor was elected % in 1913.
The politicians killed him, as they killed
Harrison. In 1852 we gave our support to
| Pierce, and perhaps poor Greeley may re-
/ member that Pierce was elected by u ire
mendotis majority. We are sorry TO ado
that Pierce was q great failure as Presi-
dent, He would not have been so bad had
| he taken our advice; but he was very fool
ish and very ungratefuL and he hath hi'
| reward. ~ y. .'.t.,.-
Thus far, from our first entrance into poll
! tics down to the term Of poor Pierce, we
/ have had to record a series of successes
l ~ Hf,l,,tac al nd ha
most of them were, morally certain of an
telection as soon as We brought them before
| the country.
Now, in 1853, we nominate General Grant
and we intend to elect him in 1854. We
nominated General jackson two years before
the election, and the people ratified our
nomination. We nominated General Tay.
lor while he was yet upon the banks of tht
Rio Grande, and the people did not forge
the old hero at the polls. We nominated
General Grant while he stood upon the
heights of Chattanooga; and does poor
Greeley think the people so tickle as to
forget this great soldier and his great eX-
ploits in the space of a few brief months !!
Can the dictum of political conven-
tions erase Grants name from the popular
heart and blot his brilliant victories from
the pages of history? Why, even Greeley
himself says, "We have the highest appre-
citation of the services of General Grant !"
and again, " We believe there can be scarce
ly any limit set to the powers of endurance
of the man who could storm Fort Donelson,
vanquish Sidney johnson at Shiloh, circum-
vent Pemberton at Vicksburg, and pass un-
scathed through the tempest of shot and
shell at Chattanooga" Can the bankrupt
and disbanded politicians eclipse that re-
cord? We desire them to attempt it, with
Greeley at their head. Above all, we desire
Greeley not to assist us in electing Grant.
We can overcome his opposition, but not bis
corporation. He would certainly prove
treacherous, as he did with Fremont, and
defeat might possibly ensle. Let the Tri
Jme philosopher support Wendell Phillips;
or, as negroes are more to his taste, let him
bring out Fred. Douglass, and strengthen
his ticket with Chases greenbacks. Tht
whole country is heartily responding to the
nomination of General Grant, and mere
politicians must have no hand in the bust
ness.