New-York tribune., 1867-08-15

Herald, until last week exuelneiy hau-
ical, hoists tho name OF Grant as
President, with Lee of Virginia as VICE
President. and is now furious in its assaults
upon Congress and its howls over what 1t
pleasantly calls "nigger supremacy IN the
South This we understand. 1t is logical
The Herald is probably as well informed as
The Times. and it openly claims Gen Grant as
IFS ally. THE World writes long article to
show that. in entering the War Office, Gen.
Grant "acted Of his own free choice, and was
"not coerced by the cOmpulsve stringency of
"miltory discipline Grant himself notified
Stanton of his acceptance The word is
plain enough to all men.
As we have said, we are not blaming Gen.
Grant. We arc really defending him. If he
means to be considered supporter of Con-
gress. he il great enough, and frank enough
and he has ink and paper enough to make
that support apparent. We are bound to con-
slider him as not a supporter Until better In
formed. We shall be happy to find we are
mistaken, but we do not want to be cheated
by The Times, nor to assent to the proposition
that two and two make five when we know
they make four. If Gen. Grant thinks enough
of the votes of the Radicals to permit his
friends to support him as a Radical candi-
date, he will certainly pay us the comph-
ment of telling us what 1--WE are to vote for
We honor him enough to feel that if he comes
upon our platform he means to stay there and to
abide by it faithfully. His New-York friends are
not upon that platform. They are as far away
as they were last Summer when they arranged
the Philadelphia Convention. 1t is suspicious
that the men who arranged that Convention
are now the busiest in " arranging Grant.
The Times and The Post are as loud now as
they were then. and they follow the same tao
tics They claimed to he Republican,
to act in the interest of the Repubh-
can party, and above all to represent
the majority of that party as distinct from
fragment of sedltious Radicals. Their Phlla-
dclphia Convention was success, the party
was a success, the address was a success, the
resolutions were wonderfully successful, the
tears of johnson were the most successful de-
monstration in history, if we except kiss once
bestowed by a Conservative apostle; but when
the election came, the fragment OF Radicals
swept the country, and these successful anu
ambitious partisans were glad enough 10 DC
allowed to return to line without being shot az
deserters Shakespeare tells us that treason Is
but trusted like tho fox; and so we
trust these people. They are inherently
treachcrous, bad, anti-Republican They
tried to destroy us last year by the patronage
and strength of Andrew JOhnsOn's administra-
ton. They are trying the same game now
with the dazzling and ilustrious name OF
Grant. We bow before that name so far as 1t
represents valor and patriotism, skill IN the
field, moderation in council, and genius trium-
phant in war. A year or two since we bowed
To the name of Andrew Johnson as the repre-
sentative of self-denying loyalty, war against
treason, and clamorOus devotion TO Radcalism.
But far above these names, as high
as the stars, and TO us guiding stars,
we see certain principles, whose life Is eternal,
and whose success is more important to TINS
people than that of mere men. We follow
them, and whoever carries our banner must
lead the way All considerations of availabil-
ity. of personal reward, of pleasing this inter
est or that are temptations to desert, and
mean mischief We sustain no man whose
record is not as clear as the sun. We follow
no leader who does not tell us which way he
intends to travel Above all things, we have
os q party been too terribly juggled to run the
risk again.
Therefore we challenge the statement OF
The Times that Gen. Grant supports Congress,
and demand the evidence.