Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-16


delphia-the determination of the Low Church
Episcopalans with the members of that body
is creating tremendous breeze among the High
Church Episcopalians in New York who say that
something now must be done to counteract the
demoralizing influence upon the Church of such
proceedings.
FoREsrALLING PUBLIC SENTMENr.-The fol-
lowing article is copied from a reject number
of the New York Tribune, not because its SEN
timents tally entirely with our own, but because
the train of thought is suggestive. and well cal
culated, in view of the past. to admonlsh the
great union party of the country against precip-
itancy or looking too intently upon availability,
while sterling integrity of political principle
Iopen. clear and we'll defined, are hopefully ac-
cepted. rather than established, confirmed, and
written upon the life. Looking at exrediency,
and rather taking things for granted, on prCba-
BILE and insufficient evidence, has led US into
some very annoying and mortifyine excigencies,
that should not be without their effect in subse-
quent transactions. While we partake in the
popular admiration Of Gen. Grant, and woull
/ give him our heart;est support if chosen by
convention as the standard bearer of the party,
we are also a sharer of the feeling more or less
common, that his political status is not sufi1cl-
emily positive, and clearly enunclated We
have an abiding trust in his stcadness and fidel-
ity Of purpose when fully and clearly commit
ted. Notwithstanding his profession, therefore,
as a soldier, we think we can see weighty rea-
sons why his position should be more clearly
defined The lcssous Of the past are well calcu-
lated to teach both caution and independence.
ssThe king is dead: live the king! The Re
publican ascendancy having been designedly
purposely broken down by professcd Rrpubli-
cans, they are now busy telling US how 1t may
be restored. All We have to do, in their view,
| is to say no more of Republican principi S, but
/ go it blind for Gen. Grant next President.
We have an abiding conviction that our alb
lest and most worthy statesman is Chief Justice
Salmon p Chase And We hold conceded abil-
ity, wide civil experience, and eminent private
worth, qualities that the people app eciatc and
take pride in. We deem no man entitled 10 the
Presidency, and do mol desire Mr.. Chase called
to it for his own sake. He has great office
now-une in which he is eminently ust ful and
hunored. The same is true i'll equal measure OF
Gen. Grant. If either of them shall I've sum-
moned from his present 10 the one higher a
ton, l. must be because the place needs him,
and not he the place.
Gen. Grant we esteem by no means great
man, nor even very great General Yet he
has, in every position lie has filed, eyineed
modest good tnse, practical, unoStentatious
sagaciIy, which have justly won for him large
measure of public confidence. He is not by
/ training a statesman; yet his negotiations with
Gen. Lee and the terms OF capituiation conced-
ed by him al AppomaItox cvince wisdom and
breadth of view which few among our states
,lnt flhnfr0 la.S
surpassed We do profoundly honor and es-
teen him that he has never uttered one syllable
that savored of exultalion over the defeated
| Rebels, or called down vengeance ON their
heads The bio -d-and-thunder policy of exc
cuiion and cOntiscation, which We Intensely
loathe, has had no more effective opponent than
this taciturn, retcent first soldier of the Uni,
| Let it be forever understood, ih,n, that our
preference of GCv. Chase is based on no dislike
to Gen. Grant, nor even On a low estimate of
his abilities. We presume he has nc judicious
! friend who would pronounce him equal III ca
pacity or experience, as civilian, to the Chief
Justice we trust no fierd of the latter will
fail to render the General hearty support
should he lie made the standard-beaTer of Re
publican principles in the great struggle now
opening. We, at all events shall not hesitate,
In th case t. do our utmost for his election
But our interest in The success OF any candi
date wi be bas upon and measured Icy his
devotion to Impartial Liberty; and here is
where we think those who are now grooming
Gen. G. for the Presidential race are utterly
mistaken. We can elect no Republican on tn;
spontaneous combustion principle. We can
only triumph 10y the systematic and thorough
enlightenment of the masses, who always vote
for what comes to them labeled Democratic,
unless good reason is shown them for voting
otherwise The War being over, We can no
longer carry elections by reading bulletins Of
Union victories and exhUIting the People to
''rally round the. flag" And those who are
pushing Gen. Grant for President viii land just
where the Wings did with Scott in so, if they
are allowed to have their own way. They vi
terly mistake the time of day.
The Republican party res s under two great
and solemn obligations. The first is to the
Freedmen; the second, to the National credit
ors. 1t is bound, by every consideration OF
honor and good taith to go to the very ext Mt
of its power in protecting the Blacks in the 1Lll
enjoyment of their rights as fleemen and ciIi-
zens, and to take care that every one WHO loan
ed his means to the Government to sustain and
pro, ecute the War for The Union shall be paid.
principal and interest, TO the last farthlng. Ii
the Blacks are to be reduced again 10 vassalage
and scmi-Slavery, or if the National creditors
are to be defrauded, that result must be reached
over the Republican party, not Though 1t. De-
feat may be misfortune, but it is OItty misfor-
tune; while infidelity To the Blacks or to the
National creditors would be crime and immcas
urable infamy.
We cannot betray the Blacks. To do so is
TO compact the entire South in solid phalanx
aguinst us. The moment we assent to Recon-
struction on any basis which recognizes the
Black man as entitled to fewer rights than the
White, we consent that every State shall be
locked and chained to the car of our adverSa-
res as Kentucky and Maryland now are. And
to say that we are for Manhood Suffrage in the
Suuth, but not in the North. is 10 earn the
loathing contempt and derisiOn alike OF friends
and foes We have thus, thank God! no choice
bpt to stand fast by our principles, our allies,
and the Inalienable Rights of Man. We may
be beaten in this position, but defent is the
worst fate that Can befall us; while, If we re-
coil we snail certainly be at once disgracrd and
ruined If we are ''between the devil and the
deep sea-" We shall brave with stout heart the
perils,of the'stoTn1y main.
We object to the Grant movement that 1t Is oil
the nature of the osrich's simple strategy, that
deceives only himself There are times IN
which personal preference and personal popu-
larty go far; but they are not these times
Does any one imagine that Gen. Grant, support
ed by the Republicans, would carry Maryland
or Kentucky under her present Constitution
against Seymour or Pendleton? He could not
carry either State even against Forrest. Semmes,
or Quantreil. We are involved in great strug
ole and must cOuor,er nr f,I opd pocc awov