The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-11-07
The,Next Prcsident-"-The Chi
cagO Tribune Out for Grant.
lErnm the Chicaqo Tribune, 2lt.hl

There is no man in all the broad
land who is so strongly commended
to the whole people by his personal
virtues and general fidelity as Gen
eral Grant. lie unites in his own
person more Of the sterling attrib-
utes which should characterize the
President of free and republican
Government than any other man
now living. There j. no false pre-
tense about Grant. lie is, really
all that he appears to be, and more.
His modesty and his reticence are
not the affcctation of the dema,
goguo, but the natural incidents OF
real worth. His patriotism and
ability are evidenced by his acts,
and not by his words alone. His
inAcxible devotion to the princi-
plies of freedom and equality is wit
messed by every act OF his personal
and official lie. 1t is rarely that
the country has an opportunity OF
elccting TO the Presidency q man
who combines such superior exec
utive ability, sound political send'
ments, and purity of personal'char-
acter, as does General Grant. 20.
litically, his nomination is com
mondcd by the strongest conside"
rations, 80.
l. Ifclected, the policy of his
administration will fully reflect the
sentiments of the Republican party.
2. If nominated, he will be
elected beyond all doubt, and with
out very serious opposition,
3. Ho will possess, more than
any other man can, the confidence
of tho whole of both sections, white
and black. .t'e
4. He will immediately proceed
to re adjust the finances; establish
strict responsibility and accounts
bility in every branch OF the ser
vice. With that inherent regarc
for the public interest already
shown in his brief administrators
| of the War Office, he will abate al
sinccurcs; put an end 70 all useless
offices; rctrench the expenditure
of the government, and, by a thor
: ough and complete reorganization
: of the Government, bring the eS
t penses of the nation to II scale 9
the most rigid economy. A reduc
tion of taxation by the reduction {
4 national expenditures, will be
2 double blessing, of which the coun
: try has had some practical expert
: cnce in Grants administration {
2 the one branch Of the service un
der his charge.
5 The Republican party is utterl
+ excluded from the executive branc
: of the Government, exceptin tn
War Department. 1t can not stEik
IS at the abuses, the sinecures, the t;
= Jobs, tho frauds and corruption
n which exist in all the other brancl
es and departments of the Cover
/, ment, until it can get al eXccutlV
1t animated with its own zeal. enlel
t, tanning the same determination
.p reform, reduce and economize tt
le whole system Of public eXpend
Al lures; and there is no other publ
d man upon whom the country ca
u rely with such certainty in tn
SO matter as upon General Grant
At The Chicago Tribune, Jealous #
- the interests of the country, al
id believing that the Liberties, wrest;,
r from peril by the war, can only J
or preserved by placing their prote
IN ttion in hands upsullied and fat
i'd full, urges, and will continue to ur!
10, upon the Republican party, t
cd wisdom Of a union of the who
k. American people by the nomin
Nv tion of General Grant TO the Pr'
70 idCncS in 1868. aw