Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-08-22
GEN. GRANT AND CONGRE.SS

GEN GIANT IND CONGRESS
The Times, which is nov one of III,
most Conservative Radical, Copperhead
Republican, Democratic papers we have
and manages to oppose and support al
men and measures with marvellous consist
ency. say of Gen. Grant s acceptance OF Tx
| War Office:
Through many channels it will be as
serted that Gen. Grants compliance Will
the call indicates his approval of Mr.. Stan
toms removal, and consequently of tho
| policy which eXacts that proceeding Oh
this head. fortunately, there is no rO0m To-
misrepresentation. Gen. Grant has no
allowed his habitual reticence to ic0rC tn,
country m Doubt as to his position OF
the great occasion of difference between
Congress and the Executive. He sup
ports tie plan Of Congress, and IS in
favor of its prompt and vigorous enforce
men. The Coppcrhead counselors of Mr.
johnson will derive no succOr from Gen.
Grant
Here are certain statements of fact,
which we challenge in the kindest spirit:
|. When has Gen. Grant ever departed
from what is called ''hishabitual reticence'
to sustain Congress, or in any way criticise
the President!
III. When the President began his attack
upon the policy of Congress, did he not
send Gen. Grant down South TO make n
report which could be used TO neutralize
! the effect of the exhaustive and able report
of Gen. Schurz? Was not the report of
Gen. Grant effectively used against the
policy ofCongress?
III. Did not President Johnson state in
letter recently printed in these columns,
and written by trustworthy gentleman,
that he had never doubted that Gen. Grant
was supporter Of his policy.
". In the very crisis ofthe Presidential
struggle with Congress, Gid not Grant ac-
company the President on his electiOneer-
ing trip: Some OF his apologists have said,
wlIisperingly, he did it 10y official command.
Has ANYBODY ever seen the order: If the
order compelled him to make the trip, did
it also compel him TO visit the White House
and stand at the side Of the President while
he cried over the Philadelphia Convention:
, V. And now when Mr.. Stanton rightly
constructing law of Congress to mean that
his office is not in the hands of the Presi-
dent, distinctly states that he win make an
issue with the President and fall back up
on Congress, do we not see Gen. Grant
step in, accept" the Office, and by this
acceptance" so completely disarm Mr..
Stanton that he reiircs? Does not every
reasonable person know that had Gen.
Grant declined the ppointment-whch be-
ing a civil Office, he had right TO decline
the President would not have succeeded
in removing the war Secretary? Is it not
well understood that Gen. Grant is keeping
warm this place until some Conservative
may be found TO take il?
We are not complaining of Con. Grant.
He has right to his opinions. He may
honestly sustain the President Just as other
people honestly oppose him. 1t is a diff
ference of opinion which docs not detrsct
from his renown as a soldier nor from his
patriotism and fidelity as citizen. But
we do most decidedly object to the attempt
of The Times 10 make him Rad,cal
when there is no written or spoken wort
that we have ever seen or heard 10 justify
the assertion, and while all his acts, and
the acts of his l0udest friends. lead To a
contrary inference. These friends of Grant
are not so dishonest. The Herald, until
last week extremely Radical, hoists the
name of Grant as President, with Lee OF
Virginia as Vice President, and is furious
in its assaults upon Congress and its howls
over;what ii pleasantly calls 'nigger supre-
macy" in the South. This we understand.
1t is logical The Herald is probably as
well informed as The Times, and it open
| ly claims Gen. Grant as its ally. The
J World writes long article to show that,
in entering the War Office, Gen. Grant
"acted of his own free choice, and was
not coerced by the compulsiye stringency
of military discipline" Grant himself no
titled Stanton of his acceptance" The
word is plain enough TO all men.
AS we have said, we are not blaming
Gen. Grant We are really defending him.
1.-The means to be considered supporter
of Congress, he is great enough, and frank
enough, and he has ink and paper snough
to make that support apparent We are
bound to consider him as not a supporter
until better informed. We shall be happy
To find we arc mistaken, but we do not
want to be cheated by The Times, MOI
to assent TO the proposition that two and
two are five when we know they make four.
IfGen. Grant thinks enough OF the votes
of the Radicals to permit his friends tC
support him as Radical candidate, he
will pay us the compliment OF telling hi
what we are to vote for We honor him
enough to feel that if he comes upon ouI
Platform he means to STAY there and to
abide by it faithfully. His New York
friends are not upon that PLATFORM. They
are as far away as they were last Summer
when they arranged the Philadelphia Con
vention. Ii is suspicious that the mer
who arranged that Convention are now the
busiest arranging" Grant. The Time
and The Post are as loud now as they
were then, and they follow the same tactics
They claimed 10 he Republican, to act il
the interests of The Republican party, ant
labove all to represent the majority of tina
party as distinct from n fragment of seditiou
Radicals. Their Philadelphia Convention
was success, the party was n success, tn
address was success, the resolutions wer
wonderfully successful, the tears of John
son were the most successful demonstration
i'm history, if we accept kiss once best0w
ed by Conservative apostle; but whel
the election came, the fragment of Radical
swept the country, and these successful
and ambitious partisans were glad enough
TO be allowed to return to the line withou
being shot as deserters. Shakespeare tell
us that treason is but trusted like the fox
and SD we trust these people. They ar
inherently treacherous, bad, anii-Republi
can. They tried 10 destroy us last yea
by the patronage and strength of Andrey
, Jonhsons administration. They are try
, ing the same game now with the dazzlin
and ilustrious name of Grant. We bo,
before that name so far as 1t represent
valor and patriotism, skill in the field
moderation in council, and genius trium
plant i'm war. A year or two since W
bowed TO the lame of Andrew Johnso
as the representative of selfdenying loya
ty. war against treason, and clamorou
I devotion to Radicalism. But far aboy
: these names, as hi h as the stars, and
MS ouidinp stars we see certain Drineiptf