Litchfield enquirer., 1867-12-12
GEO. A. HICKOX, EDITOR
Gen. Grant.

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 The probabilities are strongly in favor of Gen. Grants nomination for the Presiden- cy by the Republican party. His great services during the war, the modesty, sense, and patriotism he has shown since eentitle him to the Presidency if any one since George Washington can be said with propriety to have been entitled to that po- sition. Nevertheless the Republican party cannot afford to sacrifice its principles even to gain the support Gen. Grants name and character would give us. If he really favors the Conservative theory of reconstruction and of the suffrage, then not we, but our opponents, are entitled to the advantage his reputation will unqucs- tionably bring to any political organization His correspondence regarding the removals of Sheridan and Stanton seems to IS, how ever, to settle that matter concllsively fl 1t were before in doubt. We now propose say ing 8 few words regarding tho course hither- to pursued by the NY. Tribune and the \. y. Times in reference to the presidential nom ination.
 During the past few months the Tribune has been consistently unjust and unfair to Gen. Grant It had an undoubted right to prefer the nomination of 1Ir. Chase, but it had no right to misreprescnt inc views and position of the former, especially by covert insinuation rather than by fair at tack. Manifestly against his private inter est, and as manifestly for the public good, Gen. Grant undertook the temporary man agement of the War Department. How that fact has been used against him by the Tribune its readers very well knew. They know also how little ground the admins tration of that Department has afforded for the doubts regarding the political orthodoxy of its incumbent which the TiJuns has ta- ken such delight in expressing. Nor do We suppose any sensible man, particularly MT. Horace Greedy, is much surprised that our General in-Chief and Secretary of War Gd-fnterina has never issued the manifesto setting forth his political creed in detail, which the Tribune has so often required of him. It has been with peculiar regret that we have notice the wrong headed course pursued by the most independent, honest, and influential of American political jour nals.
 The N. Y. Times is bird of an entirely different feather: Its chief editor is 8 po- itical bankrupt. A SIC cession of political blunders and treacheries has ruined it's credit with all parties. There is no power except for evil left in it. The friendship of MT. Raymond might prove more dangerous to Gen. Grant than the enmity of MT. Greedy; and of all the an noyances he is called on to suffer, we have no doubt the greatest is the especial advo- cacy of his interests assumed by the N I Times. Hence, also we do not imagine he will be overmuch delighted ut the de- monstrations in his favor at New York, last week, wherein the trimmers and the cele- brated "wagon load of rich men" were ia. too prominent.
 What we wish particularly to impress upon the minds of our readers is the fact that General Grant has done nothing to de- serve either the hostility of the Tribune, or the friendship of the Times. Nor can we discover anything in his character, conduct, or position, which would lead US to fear that anything either of those journals has said regarding him, would influence his administration ill case of his nomina- ton and election.