Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-11-01
SPIRIT OF THE IOWA PRESS.

SPIRIT OF THE IOWA PRESS.
The Presidency seems to absorb the st.
'ention OF tie Hawkeye prcss jus: a, present.
Ia referring to this subjec, the iowa City
Republican says:
The talk so common among extremists
that Grant mus; not be nominated for Pregi-
den. becHuss Le is nc. radical enough IL ct
the mos. damaging kind. IL our estimation
a very large share Of The Republican party
behave .hat Grant is ralical enough aad 10
not desire any one more 60. We b.H.ye
iha, present circumstances demand ae,
clareG policy FIR .ae future, y al.Y aspre
tensions of sx,r.me measures, and insieaa
OF 9epFec1;ing tie r1w frequent mention of
the ra-.c cf Gea--. Grant fer n.-t P-e.i
dent, "a many Do, We hail !. . tie mos.
prom ising token ofihe day-.ae best assar>
ance that p0.iie.ans are coming - tl.e!r seq
ses. Lei The Republican party .aiiy around
the Great Captain, alo led the Doys IL
Blue to CERTAIN Sictors--iet i BE yaier-
stood ,h.t Le Il % lcsd our hosts in lsss
and apprehension Nil be al."yc5, confidence
restored, aud ,iel5sy - cred, and lie 4;.;-
ar this j dose he Le,:er."
Cpga tls sane saijeci tie p.yea port
Gdaet.e discourses as f,!iews:
g /; is impossible 70 avoid ragar,iag viii.
suspicion, tie efFIrt no.s teiur rnaie IN Ger
tain directions 10 force General Gran: into
the field as Pres: .ea;iIl can li,la.e ana 10
compel Tie Republican parry Of tie nation
a once 10 assen. 10 lis romiaa.isa. That
movement originated with The politicians Of
Iaaslow Weeds soup kitclen ii New York
I. is now being urged forward mainly by
politicians Of Ii. I" Conservative school, or
by those VITO are, by long usage, accustomed
- iook primarily q the prospects, Of mere
party Success. These desire Genera. Gran.
for candidate, simply because they deem
TIE use of his rame, at the head Of the Ma
tlou.l Republican ticket, s-ra prestig. Of
party victory. There are o.Acrs. however.
and, as We must believe. large Z siority OF
the Republican pa.ty, who desire first OF all
10 kno. j4st wha. principles General Grant
Will represent as Presidential candidate
These persons remember too well tina, 4 adT
johnson was nominated a, Baltimore Tor
Vice Presiaent, ra.her .han Hannibal Ham
lin, simply because Of the supposed prestige
Of bis name as Soathera CEionis;. Tha.
dose Of availability" car not easily be for.
gotten. As long ss il is remembered there
will be found large number Q. Republicans
who will insist o. the exercise es eousiiera-
be caution in the nomination Of Pres.den.
.iul candidate.
Therefore, the conservatives and tie mere
par;izaus will DO vel to gba;e somexhat Of
saeir eagerness for a season. |. may be ,ha,
Gen. Gran! can lie wisely ani safely made
the Republican candidate .er President. Bat
the fact does not ye; appear Whether !.
will be seen at al depends, We mas repeat,
on the developments of the next SIX months
These are the convictions, We believe, ef
large majority Of Iosra Repu blieans."
And again:
= But We beg to assure the Chicago Jour>
nal, with ali due Difference to its assumed
knowledge Of the Iowa Republican party,
that radical Iowa has not yet any unan.
imous choice for next President" Further.
more, that whether Gen. Grant shall evenia.
ally be that choice depends necessarily. very
much on Developments in national politics
during tue nexi six months, and particulars
ly~on the opinions yet to be pronounced and
4stien ret to b. had hy General Grant L.a>
self. Possibly, also Iowa may be called gp-
own honored statesmen from the Senate to
The Presidential chair. Aui il, as IS no. at
all unlikely viii be the case, saCaeious men
in other States shall ask Mr.. Harlan 10 bs
candidate before the Nafional Repab!ican
Convention, i: IS very certain that tie Iowa
delegation viii be a unit in earnes: ADJ ocs,
ey OF his undisprted t.aess f. position il
Wish hls earnes; ability and lenv expert,
enee could be 20 wsll employsi IA the fur
,heranee Of the best Interests of the Repub,
lic
Possibly, also, Iowa may chose to prefer
Coitax, Or Chase, er some other tried siates
man TO Gen. Grant. But at any rate. We
counsel the Chicago Journal - 20 slow in
its disposal 0! the electoral votes of Iowa.
That business can De attended to by the Re.
publican party G. tbs State without aid from
Chicago"
The Burlington Hacse5e expresses great
deal If sound sense in tie following:
" General Grant, according TO cur IDEAS,
has nothing 10 hope seT BY going with either
Radicals or Conservatives, Q. BY processing
10 be other than VIA; be really Is. TIE
Conservatives wLo are rallying aroaud him
are proving themselves his worst enemies.
aad Will rula him Il they have ,aai- way. |.
anything can injure Grants hold upon The
esteem os the Republicans Of The land. it
Will be the ieliet. which Conservatives seek
10 encourage, tia, lie does rot adopt the
principles OF universal liberty and i'm partial
rights. Once persuade msn OF tits, aud
there VII be an ED a; ouce of Grants fame
and Presidential prospects. II be does no.
be iese in these principles he NAV be sin
cere patriot, bat be i No longer to be con>
siaered Republican. aud would yainly see.
q Republican nomination. About the modes
Of perpesua.iag these principles aud making
them universal ep:aiens may differ But
the nlan who does no, atiirm them, il he pro.
iesses TO be a Republican. has 70; where he
does not belong, and whsre he is no, wants
81 n any representative character For
President We want an homes, aud Jealous
Republican who will esFeetuaie It's priaeinles
in The mode Congress may By law prescribe.
without regard 10 the precise shade &c bis
own opinions. So we have this sort Of
nominee it matters little whether We shall
hereafter fix upon General Gran. or snne
other Nersonn "