Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-18

e~1.rai Grant for the Presidency.
The ysx York Herald proposes Oenersl
orAxr a. the peoples candidate for the next
presidency, and il remarks that in order 70 be
completely successful they have only 70 bring
forwsrd popular man upon popular conservs-
tive o!Aifrn The Herald regard. the nomina-
tou o. VI CHs.r by he Republicans - proba-
be. tot il "spprehend- that an administration Of
the extreme radical tendencies and affiliations OF
Mr. CHssE. instead OF restoring the national
harmony aud tightening heavy burtheEs Of
.AIation. would he mp, only to make confusion
worse eonfounded. anil 10 create additional de
.mabds upon the pockets of the people to meet
the lavish expenditures of the government
To effect change in The administration of the
government and 10 remedy the evils which the
foiie- and the fanAticism Of the party in Po~es
have pfeciritled upon the country. il regards the
nominption OF popular, conservative candidate
for the Presidency, in opposition 10 the nominee
Of tie radicals. a necessity. II says:
OfalI men. in this view. General Grant is the
man for The occasion What military availability
is experience has taught Us. The battle of New
Orleans. "a small affair ADD Of no consequence
whatever in shortening that war, inssmuch as
peace bad been agreed upon before the battle was
fought N de General jackson a political dicty-
Tor bv the will ef he people; the battle ct Tippe
canoe. p'liry Indian fght. carried General
Harrison INTO the White House in = popular
whiriwind which sweet away ali distractions be-
fore t Tie supposed killing OF AN Indian ChIel
made ..Old Dsck Johnson." OF Kentucky. Vice
President The little battles successfully fought
by General TAYLOR iu Mexico, eliminating in
that OF Bnena Vista, In which his whole force was
less than .ix thousand men. made "Old lack
President the head Of Henry CLAY and ia
opposition To General Csss. whose reputation
collier WAS OF an older date aud smaller pat
tern True. Gea. SOFT failed Presidential
candidate: hut he vas deiested by his suppo ed
sboIiiron affiliations. His nomination. however.
over he head of Daniel Webster Is another case
which shows that military glory is stronger tor
fIe Presidency than The highest reputation Of
statesmauship
But what we're the military achievements i'm
their magnitude. OF Jackson. Harrison. Taylor
and Scott compared with those OF General Grant I
Mere mule bills at The foot OF great mountain.
What il the summing up OF General Grants
battles! More than dozen victories, forty
thousand rebels killed and wounded. ninety thos-
sand prisoners captured. nearly bye hundred
pieces OF artillery, one hundred and fifty thou
sand small arms, over one hundred railroad loco
mutives. over a th.lisand cars; aHd horses cattle,
cotton, contrsbtn,s 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 OF
the campaigns OF the great Napoleon Aud the
best OF IL is that General Grant. Of all men. has
the m.'-t mod,.Tnte opinion of his services. He
is. perhaps. ia every respect, the most unpre-
tending man ia the army 81 lutte has he mad
to do with politics that other man say
positively what are his opinions on the parties and
party questions OF the day. All that know is
that his sntecedents- are Democratic and that his
views and iuclinatious are sufficiently conservs-
tive tor the opposes OF an independent conserva-
Tive movement for the Presidency.
The Herald says that in the election of man
like General GRANT 10 the Presidency. I'VE may
reasonably count upon = order Of things at
W Washington, including speedy and satisfactory
restoration of the Union. re,renchment aud re-
form in the public expenditures. general clear
Ing oat of the Aegean stables. and some pracii-
cal steps toward the reduction of our overshad
owing mountain of public debt"