Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-11
from the Chicago Times,] .g.igrg
Vanished GreaIneEs--Gen, Grant.

The Radicals are giving up Grant. The
fact has already become too obvious that
the illustrious conqiieror Of the rebellion is
still resolved to "fght It out on that line"
That he cannot be seduced from his fixed
determination to 'niove upon the enemy's
works. so long as an enemy of 4 RESTORED
Union remains in the field That he can
neither be coaxed nor frightened away
from the right hand of President who is
still battling to restore the Union of the
States, aud TO make treason odIOus at "bOth
ends of the line" ,i'''"Fi Hti 20 Tpf@ !
4, The Radical disunion newspaper organs
4 in this city-b6th head and tail--have made
the discovery simultaneously that General
Grant is not Of mitch account, after all.
The Radical faction, says the head, can get
along very we'll without him. r'No manis
so great" Says the TAIL shat the Repub1
lican party needs him on the score Y OF
! availability" "The unterrifed" fam
aties, says. the head t'wiA-1r not
talter or pause in their grand
march" !" and are only sorry about1Grant
and Farragut sfor theirown sakes iNThe
principles (,J of the Radical factions says
the tail, "are higher and moreapreeious
| than any man." And therenpon both head
and tail chime i'll the chorus that General
Grant is no statesman; that his abilities
outside Of military greatness, iareof the
most ordinary character; that he is one
who, III Some mems ,imaglnatioU 'ieasts a
| shadow nous rohslyH enlargdd3l like the
spectre OF tie |BrUcken; and chat when
/ these false dnnensioiiso come to be EXAM
! ined, hesiliusion fsi"reduetd TO the stand
ard OF a mere man." - 'lGc srayiD I
t., There is nothing more significant of the
current which public opiniOnis taking than
1. the discoyefies which the Radical newspa-
| per organs are now so frequently making
| OF the unimportance of important men,
| Andrew johnson was an important man, a
| loyal man, a brave, noble, patriotic model
man, until 1t was found that he was man
who could not be manipulated by parties to
the purposes Ofopulling the Republic TO
pieces, instead of restoring it. Then il was
Suddenly discovered that Andrew johnson
was avery small, uninpoFant, dlsloyai and
despicable man. William II. Seward, was
avery great man, atower OF Strength, and
pillar of the Reppblie, until it was found
that he, tOO,e was for.reunion and opposed
to Indefinite disunion of the States. Then,
William IL! Seward suddenly collapsed to
the dimensiOnso avery small man, Cow
Ian, Meade. Steedman, Sherman, Doolittle,
4 Randall, Custer iFarragut,, and q host OF
1lOthBr iIlustrious men whose names will be
1Iforeper bright iIi our nations history, were
4 all great men, noble men, until Twas found
they really loved the Union. and did not
iloVethepolitioal parties who would destroy
10, wheno their greatness vanished; d-;--dwin-
died srlil5e the: ilusery spectre of the
4 Brooken,n p to 'ReryipFdinary dimensions
\ General Grant has come tp the same fate
HE is not an Radical; therefore, he, is a
'smere man,'ha man of no ability as
statesman,l land iOf no particular conse'
dquence any ay.oi''These grapes be very
souf!"qab noisstuRs 7i0u snf1Cm I'd p"