The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-10-23

The Hon. p; =. Washburne recently made
a speech in Illinois, from which We make
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sis no fs ~. y ~ Ivy ~
~ ~ ihiiila.s t.ss ifien9 la q 1en Grant and no
doubt 1 speaks from thorough knowledge Of
his views. We entertain no doubt that Mr.
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posltlqnl and views f,iss, .,,;y "A
ssMr. w. proceeded to speak of Gen q. s. Z
Grant. He had. gone out from Joe Daviess
County six years ago and upward, and since
then hafia chained his name til the history of
the world. His fellowrcitizens, therefore,
had more than an ordinary interest in ali
that pertained to him, and they had in all
the vicissithdes Of the war, amid obloqny,
oalumny, fand detraction, given him their
confidence and support. He said itwas not
strange that when the loyal masses of the
country were agitated by the gravity Of the
situation, public attention shouldbe turned
to the Generaliof the armies of, thes United
.States.4slItf was. not surprising that many
people should be sensitive and exacting, and
perhaps. disposed to unjust criticisms, and
Should be agitated BY imaginary fears. But
the fellow-citizens of Gen. Grant, who had
followed his career from the beginning, and
who knew the man, had never any anxiety
in regard to his position, and any fears that
he would not in the future, as in the past,
realize the fullest expectations 'of the loyal
people of the countrya But many false ideas
had obtained. Many people. had looked
upon Gen. Grant as they would upon ci-
VILLAIN and d politician, and even d candidate
for civil office y They would seem I'd demand
that he should make known his political
views on the hustings and through. the news
papers. with all the arts of the common dem
agogue. The public had no more right to
expect Gen. Grant 6 tospeak outn than they
had to expect Lieut., Gen. Shcrman.a Gen.
Meade. Gen. Sheridan,ser Gen. Thomas to
make publictheir POLITICAL views. bIT The Gen
eral was not in the habit of proclaiminp
himself to the world bNyg, words hut like \
wise man Ibad alwavtsi III made lhisb rennrd
ltbroueh his .acts,ir Tbo6eb not kind for
the nubl;o. NO man, was more frank in ,ex-
pressing bis views on iii public matters. he
WASH was raised II II the Whies school oil politics9
His VENERABLE father. So well.known in Ca
lena. WAS ALWAYS an active. and influential
member of, the eIold Wing party, and after it
went out of existence, OF. the Republican
party. The General was always a Whie. SO
far as he was a politician at ail..i and never
to, or had any sympathy, with. the
.so-calIed Democratic party. He stated this
as a fact. Had Gen. Grant been a .memler
of the Democratic party he would have been
in the same position as he now is, and the
same as all the most loyal and patriotic men
who Were in that party now occupy. Though
mot a voter in illinois. in 1860. yet alter
Mr.. Lincoln's administration commen-
ced, and after the firing upon Sumter, there
was no man who gave more earnest support
1to 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 early as
a1S63ih he nrpte letter saving that US anxious
as he was for peace, he did not wish to see
| it established until Slavery was wiped out.
~ IN 1854 he was profoundly anxious for tie
reelection of Mr.. Lincoln, and no man more
,fully comprchended tlleyreat fact upon bis
reelection hinged the success sof our cause
| and the suppression of the Rebellion. He
so far departed from his usual course IN ssuc
IEmatters ID to write and i,ermit the r,1blira.
ton ofa letter in whicl, he briefly as,d,leIn.
/ phaticallv summed nm the sxh hole ouestion.-
The letter was published by, hundreds o.
thnrsonSs ~ sba s,,,,, - ndrs.s;s,na =
conI';ttao and evsrtoa ,reot ;,,5s =
- the co,,ntrv "a" Hs was onenls and stronsv fn ~
hot,, tho Gonst;Ynt;nn u I ~. sns1 onr
,beha;lsd & lie; 1ths aReconstroct;nn1 acf # te the
XxXJXtl, Conpress as the these solution Of IN, mn
difficulties. and he. entered upon the dis
charoe of his dutiss under that act With zeal
yiaiiance. and fidelity 4Sympatiliziing with
g6HSgress - aits actioi' and af5bIeeiati1p in,
r;mnorfance of its ,Ybeino * session. he uro
ed. and v;sed such action as would ,secuT,
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