The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-10

Iue tresiuchcv ana Generni Sraht-TOpuin
Action aud the Unconditional Surrender OF
the Politicians the Great Necessities.
Our citizens should Immediately by
grand, universal, resolute expires ion, put
General Grant before the country as
their choice for President He is the
the world with the American people. Tried in
the terrible ordeal of war that would have
carried to irretrievable ruin any government
but our own, the nation was SIZED through and
through for its best men and to the last trial
this man alone stood so we'll all tests that his
other assertion or defence than the perusal of
those great chapters Of our history in which his
name is the dominant word. Rising from abso-
Lutte obscurity, from the unchr Jncled ranks OF
the masses, from the sympathy and fellowship
of the sterling common people-stepping from
roads to The first place in the marshalled genius
and proves of the greatest people of the age
neither the wondrous figures Of fable nor tie
remarkable characters of history supply ade-
quate parallels to his career. Beside his Story
the stories of Theseus, Horatius and Cincinnatus
become tame and pueriie; Caesars battles and
victories were small to his. He carried the
country successfully through q contest more
tremendous than that which destroyed the
power and empire of the first Napoleon. Nor
did patriotism and modesty show with more
splendor and purity in the career of Washing.
ton than they will shine in the history Of the
soldier who, having done so much, has given
the most indubitable evidence that it was all
done for the country-that the glory of his
actions was never stained by thought of
advantage to himself at the expense of freedom.
Shall we so far wrong ourselves, do violence
to our history and swindle postarity as TO
put any other man than this at the head of the
nation? We cannot answer for what will
happen if the people wait for the parry pettifog-
gers or show any willingness to dance attend
ance on ringleaders, lobbymen, jobbers, and
other vermin of our political system. Conven-
tons should not be given time to open their
mouths On this great topic, either on the one
hand to scandalize the nation by opposition in
favor of some other candidate, or to come
between the people and their great leader, to
cheat them of the chance of honoring him, and
to galvanize the convention system into a new
life by the credit of this act. Conventions are
the packed juries OF our history. Standing be-
fore the world with the pretence of hearing
and trying impartially the great issues of the
time, it is notorious that their verdict is always
made up in advance; and we have had too
much evidence thai it is as rule atrociously
and shamefully wrong. Shall we suffer Grants
chance TO take his natural place at the head OF
the nation to stand upon the action of packed
jury-a deliberately prepared cheat? Shall we
suffer the one grand opportunity to pacfy the
nation by giving it q head who can command
the respect Of all sections to be disgracetully
traded away in the barter OF small Offices? II
we would not, the people must ignore the poll
ticians and move Of themselves and the move
ment should begin with the people Of this
city, the national metropolis, the vital starting
point of the great actions Of the country,
whether for defence in war or development in
peace.
No one can positively say how the South
stands on the Presidency. 1t Is 80 full Of the
imperative necessities of social reconstruction
that it has no disposition or time for discus
,ions of less obvious interest to itself, however
important, and will hence follow in the course
hat may be distinctly marked as the will |
Of the mass of the Northern people.
This is, perhaps, the condition OF the
Southern white vote. Undoubtedly the
negro is in the hands of the party that
has made him the most extravagant promises
Of the nation. We must not stand to be
swayed by any indications drawn from the
possible control of the niger vote. That is
the only opposition that can be raised in the
South to a bold expression of the Northern
people, made in the interests Of peace, harmony
man whose election will give North and South
confidence and faith In the future, and will
insure to the country that permanent tran
GUILTY. which is now the real want. He is the
man for The occasion. His elevation will be
the logical end of the war, will destroy fac
ton, will gather around the government all
the elements OF our national strength, aud, by
invigorating our foreign policy with something
of the spirit that put down the rebellion, will
enable US to take our proper position as one
of the leading Powers Of the earth. Let the
people, directed by the substantial men of the
city, take steps TO initiate this great movement
for the nomination of General Grant. Now is the
time. Let New York declare her will, and the
country will echo the ntterance with one mag
nificent reclamation.
The Morals of syracuse-Tho Effect of Cen.
vcntions.
The city of Syracuse oddly in need of So
cial and moral reconstruction. All the baths