Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-08-28

CENTRAL GRANTS PROTEST.
MThe protest Of General GRANT against
NJ removal IF General SHERIDAN from
= command Of the Fifth Military Dis
lei. and the order Of the President for
N removal, Notwithstanding, are OF
=tra0rdinsry significance.
lThe protest is a clear and unmistake-
PIE declaration by General GRANT OF
Pc adhesion 20 the Parliament and its
Lislation, at al points, against the
hsideut. We have never believed that
Pwas opposed to the measures Of that
parliamentary majority which made
n General of the Armies Of the United
Pites, and, so far as a decent p%retence
FEEegard for the Constitution permitted,
lependent Of his Commander-in-C Chief,
4 President Of the United States. We
X not undertake to say that, in this,
RTnsral GRANT is in the least acting
Ainst his convictions. We have no
slbt thst he sincerely comedies with
- Radical psrty-perhaps, not alto
6hsr with the most extreme among
8m-UPon all the main points OF differ
re between them and the President.
Onself a soldier, ne naturally sees
sHhing wrong in the establishment OF
hPiitary Governments in the sUbjugated
ties and although we do not think
II cruel, and be has proven himself
TO. ungenerous, one needs only q look
IN his face, to see that he is
Of those hard, cold, stern,
steZible men, who govern by force
II. sin and resolute determination or OBJ
Lacy n who, If be had lived In
Vtlsnd two hundred years ago, would
the C5veuanters, with the Word Of
w in one hand and the sword in the
WEer, and in England would have sought
W. service OF the Parliament, led arsgi-
WFut Of Ironsides, II occasion offered,
C given in his allegiance hesrtily to
M5HwELL as Lord Protector or be-
WleL Lord Protector himself. For, with
- CBOMwELL's fanaticism, which yet
tgreat Ruler so kept under control a.
nake it always doubtful whether it
mot wholly hypocrisy, the charac-
Mtof GRANT ~singularly ~reprOduces that
His Highness the Lord Protector.
lNIwELL was not among the greatest
OSenerals, such as TURENNE, MARI
nvl.oUGH. FREDERICK and NAPOLEON;
al he was an able one, admirably brave,
Nv TO conclude but quick TO act, Of
= ged resolution and ~uBfiuching obsti-
bay, one who could inspire the soldiery
Tba confidence and wrest victory from
n unwilling fortune. As a soldier,
eonANT seems to Us TO be his exact par
w. So, toe, we think be is in all his
LTrltal aud intellectual characteristics
Ihb We have no doubt that, g. Protector
Emperor, be would administer the
'eTnment Of this great country with
Com and vigour, and with no more Of
potic harshness than the unruly ele-
ITS and the remembrance Of lost lib
among the people required.
e a conceive Of no sufficient rea-
a. towhy GRANT should desire TO be Pres
Lout and therefore do not impute his
est to a desire to set himself right
necti the Radical party and secure the
inati0n FOR that Office. Il il certainly
e'nntce not greatly 10 be desired under
circumstances, when Congress
usurped the same supremacy over
urda President, That the National Con-
ion did over LOUIS XVI. Even
h. sral GRANT, once chosen President,
Jere.d have to elect whether he would
is8ively receive his orders from that
Carbnieal and corrupt body, OF set them
a. aaace, disperse them with the bay
Bag and become Dictator. 10 is quite
stop 10 that the Office OF General OF the
plss7es for life is much more desirable
be- Cd that Of President for four years
Tyr a revolutionary Congress.
that position Of Dictator, either
,nnigb or without the Presidency, We
/ not suppose that General GRANTS
ton yet aims. IL Is always circum-
cans e., rather than intention, that make
MAN the absolute chiefs Of Republics.
bare ier Cromwell or NAPOLEON
Pariled for i. Each was forced onward
Font direction by the Fate which the
iyznts deemed the master Of the gods
- selves, and the circumstances
NJ shaped for them the course that
vas constrained to pursue. GROIN
MISS ruled England in the interest Of
sh liberty; for he maintained the
M, rity Of the civil law aud the courts
5aired and If he dispensed with
ITdments. il was not because he
Bod to subyert the Constitution Of
O5 T,bSspS. out because the Parliament
done so, and it was impossible
ID rst it with the powers OF govern
The which such bodies invariably
bra.
hsssherefore impute no unworthy or
~ ambitious purpose to General
Fif We do not doubt that his letter
{ President expressed bis honest
lions. and that in writing It he
"a do simply that which ne
his duty required. Il is sssisr !