New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-04
WEDNESDAY MORNING, April. i, 1866.
Gen. Grant the Radical Candidate for the
Presfdency

The radical spiders have woven their webs skill
fully and General Grant is entangled in the meshes
We fear, beyond hope of rescue. The politicians
have trapped the soldier. The wies Of the cum
ming and practiced intrigaers have been too much
for the unsophisticated votary Of Mars. The tau
tics OF party have conquered the judgment of the
man OF battles; and Lieutenant General Grant,
harnessed in the traces Of faction is hencefofward
doomed to obey the whip and spnr of the dema-
power.
Forney had announced General Grant as the
Black Republican candidate for the Presidency
II that were all, the matter might be mended; but
1t appears that the Lieutenant General has sane
toned this. to him, unfortunate. maneuvre The
Washington Chronicle quotes eoltorially rom tne
aslena Illinois) Gazette, an article that leaves no
5srst $50 General Grants unhappy aspirations.
ana al este published at the home of the
N 'eA undn1btsdly, as the Chronicle suggests,
kpesAs sF IN Sfity, If not by inspiration from the
subject 81 IL comments, and, in allusion to the
Presidential contest, it says:
There can be no doubt that he General Grant)
win, st the proper time, respond to the unanimous
rally nnder bis banner, which will prove no less
vlcterious IN peace than it was in the storm
Upon his, the Chronicle comments with the
Axultation OF an intriguer that has accomplished
his aim, and then, of couse, proceeds to pour the
honey Of adulation upon its candidate with such
profuse lberality that the marval is how the SOL
der. whose modesty is so much vaunted can
der that Forney, smartng under the castigation so
recently administered by Mr.. johnson, should be
eager to haul into the Lists an antagonist to the
present Presidential incumbent but we pity the
Lieutenant General. It is sad to reflect that a
really good soldier should consent to be made a
tool to assist the petty vengeance of disappointed
and insignifcant politicians like Forney. II is still
greater pity that . General who had attained so
Considerable military reputation, should be SO
easily dazzled and deceived by the arts and
promises of q treacherous faction. Has he net the
sagacity to perceive that they are only using him
to intimid&te and weaken Andrew johnson Does
he mot know that they want the influence Of his
name to strengthen their own feeble and untena-
BILE position in the wrestle with the Executive
authority
II Gen. Grant was as clever politician as he is
soldier, he would know that there Is no chance
for him to win the Presidential battle under the
radical banner. His military career is not asso-
ciated with the doctrines Of the Black Republi. /
cans, and he cannot now identify himself with |
them in the political arena and preserve the pres
hge OF his military fame. The popularity be 1
achieved in the field will vanish when he enters the
radical camp. The people have intelligence
enough to appreciate the fact that Gen. Grant was
never radical until he became an aspirant to the
Presidency. If his ambition is so eager and short
sighted as to prompt him to sell his principles to
the first party bidder, it will be sorely thwarted
and mortified in it's vitable fall Let the general
cling TO his aurels and leave the politicians to toss
some other shntte-c ock.-[ New York News.