The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-31

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reno of the veil, and II the yell face and all be
/ stone, cannot risk my faith, as love my
national tiles upon ~ tng s onoe @ Vi th % @
| nAVian Edda, we are told that certain elves,
springng as maggols IRON IRON a Sne mssh Oh Ine SIAN
| The sun, for It's beams falling upon them
changed r them aro,sl lmmeoisteiy into ads- nr
| champion in the late war was less commander
than the consolidated heart and muscle in his
| command; this was our g1antl The triumph
| was due Iess TO the strategy OF general than to
| the sublime purpose OF the ranks. The strife
! ended, we hung Gen. Grant up for simply what
! he is hencefUrth, an empty armor to be reve-
reDtly and gratefully remembered in history.
from the graves of our noble soldiery, arrogat-
| ing their prowess as well as his own, and mint
the people for their best public trust.
We let the sunlight in upon him to examine
these claims, and lol he has been smitten into
stone. You can extract nothing from him II
there be a heart impatient for liberty within
him, could he repressit when the public ear has
waited so long for the avowal2 You tell me of
his service, as perhaps he may yet do, when he
draws his gauntlets over his Itching palms to
dictate his own nomination. l answer, l am
grateful for the results achieved by an army
whereof he was one; after the private remem-
question the motive of his serViee'
whether as much to save his country
as to escape insgnihcanGe; whether
not welcome even though ploughed via Vicks.
burg and petersburg. Long as 1t was, 1t was
Gel talnly short TO his ambition If he esteem
the Republican party mere faction, the majo.
rity adverse to this opinion is too large for him
armor, as we cherish the past: let us crush tue
maegot, as we are jealous Of the futurel Do
party in thus permitting his poten tial nomi1a-
tion by the opposition, which is now waiting
for us to drop him as crumb in its way.
should Grant consent thereto, he is still more
10 be summed. No Presidential candidate
cVn stand on an auction block for
when we may ascribe our successes
| to party tricks alone. 70 be beaten upon
| sound, honest bases is a victory-to succeed
| upon false bases is a lasting defeat You can't
| cast missile into a placid stream without an
lie into the political tide and simply sink it in
| the Present-its result will swell steadily out
and S,p repeat Itself on the Future. % National ex-
The Capitol, and we must consent to our mea
sure of his shame Let the rebuke we have re-
| ceived be our admonition next June. Don't
| let us, like the Thebans, carry Sphynx for
standard Perhaps have said too much for
more more before abandon the subject. You MAY may
say that Grants letter to the President con-
rate Republican sympathy. 1 cannot discover
IL. In the first place, his voluntary supersedure
value to us of the latter in the Cabinet, where
| he fought Johnson as he had fought Davis for
nature of the issue between the Secretary and
| President, savors either of cupidity or in
science. Cupidity in availing himself of
| better to grasp at the high honor he covets;
or insolence in bidding a miserably de-
|
and be reassured in his errors. Whichever may
have been his spur, Grant has not prestige
He should husband himself better. stanton
vacates his chair, and enters the warm public
e s Ss ess on @ @ the 9 YER
door of that heart were wide open to him be-
FORE it is barely ajar to him now. Just one week
from the day he accepts his new post, he is SER
vile to the Executive demand, a refusal
to respect which he knows to have
provoked Stanton'S suspension, and
| a pledge to respect which ensured, as 1 be-
lieve, his own promotion-I mean Sheridan's
removal. He Keeps his promise too well; the
writes it down and issues it as General
Johnson can contemn There is no compulsion
here; the service is voluntary, and barren of
excuse. But his poise on the see.saw of party
neutrality must still be observed. He Will do
| just enough to appease the President, but the
| Availability for either nomination tempts this:
the we'll anticipated public question of his con-
duct impels it,
| what he himself abets. In the same hour, and
| with the same pen, he throws of his order and
Has he indicated himself? No; he should
have resisted the Executive, as did Stanton.
meant to dissuade the President? No; he could
have said much that was more cogent, and in
matte in It's terms to have been intended for
any but the he PTibs PTi6IS Eye ibsn What was
Sheridan sis SHV has been % %popuSrly % accepted as
bold exponent OF Congress; TO drop him 1t
should be done tenderly, and, as one OF Grant 6
leading Democratic apologists, the New York
World, says, "for personal, not political rea-
sons" 1 am willing TO accept that judgment
though it comes from the opposition. Person
ally, he may sustain Sheridan; politically, he
certainly buffets down the District Com
mander. He deals in urgent terms in his let
ter, because he is about to desert man To
whose prowess he owes much of the only repu-
.. tation he hasa soldier's;, a. man who
to expect better things; a man. whose
charge of infidelity he must forestall by
! some sort OF assurance. The letter ls now
Haunted before our eyes; the credulous Repub'
lican reads 1t, and exclaims HE Is with u.s.
, | the Democrat laughs over It, recalls the dis
| placing order, and Tejoins "He is with u.s." The
question after all is here. The loyal people send
Sheridan to Louisiana to render service be
cause of that service he has been ordered from
q | Louisiana by Grant The General in Chief may
I | have tied the straw of his protest upon his OH
/. | cial boot TO soften the kick, but Sheridan
: | Stanton defeated him before Grant found Il
r | out, so has Sheridan, and he is now forced x
4 | confess third victor-let us pity him for it
/ | the Executive himself! (Cheers)
Q The primary condition of our nomination
i | should be, that he whom we summon to tn,
r Executive chair has already and unequivocally
1 | shared the frank, answering purpose OF ou
b | loyal people; that he has not, like Henry Will
b son, avoided Issues till they became mere part!
t | ends and then loudly bawled for them; tina
q he has not, like Fessenden, rendered almos
o every public service under protest; that he II
n | not, like John Sherman, who, for a year past
It has smirked upon conservatism, ready to sacri
d fice thereto his faith, brother, and himself
that he is not like divers other public servan Is
3, | who, respectable legislators, per
e | haps, have already attained thu
:! highest honors TO which their talents and ser
l. vice seem thus far 10 entitle them. None O
these suffice our need. Loyal Louisiana is q
q my shoulder when say this, and her solcitud
l. is painful as 10 your choice. Do not, entrea