The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-10-24
Gen. Grants Political Opinions.

Gen. Grants Political Opinions.
At the 10 Daviss County Repub-
lican Convention, held at Galena, H.
linois, on Saturday the 9th inst, Mr..
E. B. Washburne made a speech on
the political questions before the
country, and defined General Grants
position in detail. Mr.. Washburne
said:
"Many people had looked upon
General Grant as they would upon,
a civilian and a politician, and even
a candidate for civil Office. They
would seem to demand that he should
make known his political views on
on the hustings and through the
newspapers with all the arts of the
common demagogue. The public
had no more right to expect Gener-
al Grant to speak out than they had
to expect Lieutenant General Sher.
idan or General Thomas to make
public their political views. rHue
General was not IA the habit ofpro-
claiming himself to the world by
worus, but, like wise man, had al
ways made his record through his
acts. Though not speaking for the
public, no man was more frank in
expressing his views on, all. public
matters. He was raised in the whig
school of politics His venerable
father, SO we'll known in Galena, was
always an active and influential mem
Der of the old whig party, and, after
it went out Of existence, Of the Re-
publican party.
"The General was always whig,
so far as he was politician at all
and never belonged to or had any
sympathy at all with the so-called
democratic party He stated this
as fact. Had General Grant been
a member Of the democratic party
he would have been in the same pos
ition as he now is, and the. same as
all the most loyal and patriotic men
who were in that party now occupy
Though not a voter, in Illinois, lin
1860, yet after Mr.. Lincoln's admin
istration commenced and after the
firing upon Sumter there was no man
who gave a more. earnest support to
that administration. Gen. Grant
was among the first to comprehend
the results that would grow ont of
the rebellion, and the country will
not forget that as 1868 he wrote a
letter saying that anxious as he was
for peace, he did not wish to see it
established until slavery was wiped
out In 1864 he was profoundly
anxious for the reelection Of MI.
Lincoln, and no man more fully com
pretended the great fact that upon
his reelection hinged the success of
our cause and the suppression of
the rebellion. He so far departed
from his usual course in snch mat
ters as to write and permit the pnb-
lication Of a letter in which he brief
" and emphatically summed up the
whole question. The letter was
published by hundreds of thousands
bv the, Republican Congressional
Committee. and exerted great infu
ence in the country. f.
& ssHe was openly and strongly for
both the Constitutional amen 'ments.
and he hailed the Reconstruction act
Of the Thirty-ninth Congress as the
solution Of our difficulties, and he
entered upon the discharge of his
duties under that act with zeal, VIGIL
ance and fidelity. Svmpathizing with
Congress in its action. and appreci
ting the Importance of it's being in
session, he urged and advised snch
actions as would secure an extra
session, if necessary. When that
session came he expressed the most
serious fears of the effect of long
adjournment, and with a far reach
ing sagacity anticipating the precise
state OF things that has occurred he
used all his influence with senators
to have them adopt the House pro-
vision and the amended bill requir-
ing the assent Of the Senate to the
removal ofthe district commanders.
Favoring the reconstruction act }
no effort of his has been wanting to
secure their enforcement in the let
ter and spirit, to the end that the
Union might be speedily and fully
restored. He believes there is no
protection or safety to the colored
people and the loyal white people in
the rebel states, except through i'm
partial suffrage
''The Reconstruction acts having
recognized the entire equality of all
citizens in the states lately
in rebellion, he believes that consis
tency. as well as impartial justice
demands that there should be no dis
elimination against any elias per
sons in any of the states. His svm-
pathies, his convictions and his
hopes are now, as they always have
been, with the great patriotic and
loyal people that carried the coun-
try through the war. He is in favor
of upholding the honor and credit
of the national government, and
holds that all our obligations must
be discharged in conformity to the
terms on which they were contract
ed. He thinks there should be ex-
ercised by Congress and by all the
departments of the government a