Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-11-15
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Tie public prints are already beginning TO
agitatc the question Who shall be our next
c-Prcsidcnt? This is q wise step; as
past experience teaches us that, it is quite as
important rs who shall be President. That
Office needs a true man no less than does its
next higher. We have now a running sore
in the body polite for no other reason than
for having elected IA poor stick TO The Vice
Presidency. The tide of opinion is setting
strongly in favor of Gen. Grant as tho Repub-
lican candidate for President, though many
think he has been too quiet on the numerous
pressing questions of the day and yet when
there has been any necessity for speaking we
venture tn 1t no one can charge him with Civ
ing an uncertain sound With Gen. Grants
give us the name of n man of true, tried 10y
ally, and u vote i'll be rollcl in the United
States in 1865 that will make Goppe,head eyes
water TO look at. But for Heavens sake give
us no more FLYERS. Filmorcs and lol3nsons 10
bring on MS the calainitisS ST be present again
at least, by the aid of Republican votes. Ii,
seems eminently proper that this candidate
should be selected from cue os he sxg 'aree<t
Middle States-Sav Feausvlvarf. or Nav
York. Ia this view the State Reg,Stsv suggests
Reuben /. Fenton. the distinguished s.r.errur
Of New York and certLa1v : vuunf De ,a-.
to hr'i a r,me that strikes ~ nqr-q f,vgra1lw
We qlose frum The G4aaBr .o,treN iaA n,
length. ami heartily e21s-~e s. sea mems.
a; this disrtner. 10 Wv sS .4, 9-r>a II ag
that ~llo-a;jo >es-,s-c ~ ~ b.. rrg- 5cfe /.
nominee Of the Iorrer4y43 -t7or-ir5 liz Is
BY far The strongest Is Il : II. z.,.a a1- rs--
Gus msu in tAviv rznss-5g >cens e g. -aas
the inevitable logic q: Greats 81 las3 - ,As
choice OF Gov. Ecutca. at New Ia-k - tie SIS
socia;e Of Sen. Gran, on he Gs7ablicaa Ma
tional ticket. He wss to- nearly ten years r
Representative IN Congress from the Thirty
FIRST Uistric' Of New York. AL resigned tina,
of!.te in lSdi to accept the Republican nom.
inafion for Governor. The gallant Gen. Jas.
8. W~ad>wor;h, rs the Republican nominee.
had bee beaten by llo atio Scamore in the
Gubernaiolial contest Two years before, by
more than ten thousand majority, and there
we're grave arp~eh' nsions that a like fate
would be experienced by his successor upon
the ticket. The contest was a most desperate
one, as was manifest in the fact that Abral,am
Lincoln received only a little more than six
thousand majority in the State; but such was
the personal popularity Of Gov. Tenton tina,
his majority was nearly two THOUSAND more
than that cast for the Lincoln electoral ticket.
During his official term. in his devotion to
what lac regarded the interests Of lie masses
OF the peol.e, he incurred the hostility of
powerful railroad corporations bu; last year
the Republican Stale Convention nominated
him by acclamation for re election. and his
majority over the Copperhead nominee was
nearly Four cen Thousand. He has the ad>
vantage of extended Legislative experience.
has demonstrated his possession Of ability for
Executive administration beyond that of any
o:her incumbent OF The Gubernatorial office for
many years, is a Radical of the ~traishtest
sect, has been tried and found true in the
darkest days of the party and the country
and If, in the order of Nature or OF Providence
or by the han1 Of rebel violence, the mex,
President should be ut Town before the full.
fllment Of his term, Gov. Fenton would prove
TO be no Andrew Johnson. put with unswerv-
Ing devotion to the principles Of Loyalty and
Liberty, would faithfully discharge the great
trust committed to his han Is
Among the other names that have already
been mentioned are those Of Gen. Geary and
Hon. James Harlan-boih good men. The
former is deservedly popular, an would CON-
mand a large vote the latter is a man of the
West, both true and tried, and coupled with
Grant would cor, bine, probably, as much
strength as any other in the nation, but w
are 30 we'll pleased with the suggestion Of Gov
lenton that VIC willingly decline to claim a
place for loyal little Iowa on the next tickle
for President and Vice President Of the Uni
Ted States.