The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-11-08

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The Ra says; "TEs Nex York WSvn,.
10 an article attempting to dsnonstrats AIM
there 10 Z sudden tendency to Csoservaiss
shroushsst Tn saantsy = relsh Of the Oc-
,ober elections, imputss the sssas favor viii
which th4 name Of Gen. Grant b reoeivt
BY Republicans everywhere = : candidate
for the Presidency, 70 the fact that Radi>
.alism has had it's dsy;' that the strong
tendency 10 nominate man Of doubtful poli~
tics like Gen. Grant, astests . great sbb in
the tide : and that this preference proves
thu. this reaction has extended fas into the
Repu6aieAnpasty. Tfrs
"Ths Wc,sI, II never beAbss 0ss of IL
reckoning, Is for once sadly At sea. The
sudden feeling Of confidence which drsus
has Of late inspired in the hearts OF the pee
pie - . ct man for the Presidsaey, % ~ from
being caused BY their tendency to conservs.
,ism, u the dissct and iesstinsts frui. Of the
new evidences with which they have been fa-
vored OF his entire sympathy with the party
Of loyalty, and Of his thorough conviction q
tAs wisdom and necessity Of the Coogsss>
sional neaaares Of recosssruction.
Prior to the accession Of General Grant
to the War Department, 70 extreme had been
his habit Of rssicencs, and 30 absorbed had
he been in the discharge Of his military du.
tiss, that few expressions bed escaped him
regarding his political opinions. &4Bseh off,
eial and private correspondence ~ contained
sllasions o. suggestions q political moment,
General Grant, unlike N ost men, refainsd
from q living to the prints. As natsfal con-
sequence, there obtained feeling OF con.
Germ regarding his true sentiments. SO IN,
common and exceptional WAS the case Of q
man who refused to add TO his populsrity
BY Selling all occasions to annoance BID
sympathy with the purposes and aim,
Of the people, that it was feared
by not few that this unusual reticsncs va,
the harbingsr Of opposing sentiments; and il
is only recently that ths apprehension ha,
been utterly aud entirely dispelled by til,
testimony OF General Grants official course
Added TO this there have been broush. e
light certain private letters and other doca
men,s which show concusively that Grant j.
not only At the present time In entire sym
pathy with the advanced sentiment Of III.
country, but that throughout. the war he has
been ardenty devoted TO the cause.
Evidence Of this fact is ell that has been
wanting TO inspire in the people the same
confidence in General Grant a. q civil leader
that they have heretofore entertained for him
asa soldier, aud their doubts in this regard
having bean put 1t rest, they joyfully hail
him as . proper and trusty custodian O!
their interests in the Presidential Office.
Contrary to the Horids assumption
then, the spontaneous and wide acclaim With
which the name Of General Grant 10 received
- ; candidate for the Presidency, il OWNS
to the fact that his acts have proceed him e
be Radical, aud not because the people
have become what they have hitherto feared
General Grant might be-Conserva,ivs.'