The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-06
PRESIDENTIAL sPECULATIONs.
1871 a.
Candidates for the Presidency.

From Madison Courier, May %, '67.
Gentlemen who visited Indianapo-
lis last week inform u.s. that the
friends of Governor Morton are act.
i've in canvassing for his nomination
for the Presidency in. 6S, over Gen.
Grant and all others. AS a question
between Senator Morton and Speaker
Colfax for omplimeptary vote of
the State Convention, it may be en-
tertained but, as against Gen. Grant,
it is absurd, ridiculous. For no mat
ter what the State Convention and
National Gonveption27may resolve,
Gen. Grant is the candidate Of the
people over all others.
In Indi; Morton may get as many
delegates as Colfax. In all the other
States the latter will beat Morton two
to one The reputation of the Speak
er of the House Of Representatives
Of Congress is national; his course
has been consistent, he did not OPP
pose manhood suffrage during the
longest part of his official life, and
then take sudden turn IN favor of
it. Mr. Colfax has been with and of
the Radical majority in Congress, and
has been trusted representative man
of the majority during the war and
since the surrender Of the rebel ar
miles, He was not caught with the
glittering generalities of the johnson
policy; he made no speech in advoca-
scy of that policy, or contrasting
the administration of the lamented
and martyred Lincoln with that of
Andrew johnson, and entirely to the
Advantage of my policy" IF the
Friends of Senator Morton wish to try
conclusions with the friends of
Speaker Colfax we Withhold as many
of their hats as possible without car
ing much which whips IF the dis
cussion is in any way to=be adverse to
the peoples candidate we wiHEtake.
part in it. The discussion of the
claims of the two distinguished Indi-
anians for the Presidency will be in
teresting as side show, it viii amuSe
the people during the heated term"
If we have one this year.
We were at loss to understand a
very fair article in the central organ
Of the Republican. party, a short time
ago, under the caption of General
Grant and his ~traducers, which
rounded out with the following para
graph to wit:
We have not writ n these observa-
tions concerning Gen. Grant in view
Of his possible candidacy for the Office
Of President. We do not suppose
that he has any longing for the place,
and are sure that his present position
for life is better than the Presidency
for four years with its cares, turmoils
and -vexatienss-bub he has rendered.
great serrieessto his country, and We
think he should at least be treated
with candor and fairness y
( The canvass for Senator Morton's
nomination for the Presidency ex-
plains itself The compliments be-
slowed on Gen Grant were intended j
to give point and piquancy to the
opinion that he would not be a can
didate. We-are free to say that Gen.
Grant will not be candidate In the
sense that Senator Morton and /
Speaker Colfax are. The nomination
will seek Gen. Grant; he will not
seek it. The nomination will come
to him by the general and spontane-
Gus acti ion of the people. Doubtless
he would rather not be President
would prefer remaining in his present
position; but he is more than human
if he withstands and refuses to accede
to the wishes of three-fourths of the
voters in all the States. The candi-
dacy of the Senator and Speaker, like
the Black Crook " and other exhi-
billions of questionable propriety, will
run its course-have their day, and
then be forgotten in the dead peiiti-
cal past.