Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-11-02
GRANT AND THE RADICALS.

The radical fugleman are in sore ,ribula-
ton. Since the October elections it has BE-
come perfectly plain to them 'ha, an aban
donment az their radical policy. and ,b.
nomination of an expeiiency candidate, is
essential to their success in the next Presi
Dental election. To this end they are n,
longer clanorous for the extreme measare
of their party, and il il already given on
upon high republican authority that Thsd
Stevens proposed bill for the enfranchis &c.
ment Of the blacks in al, tho states, will be
promptly defeated in the republican con
gressioDal caucus An abandonment Of prin
cip'e, however, is not all that is wanting to
stem the tide Of popular sentiment whicl
ha, Sc. in in opposition to the policy Of tn,
radical party. In the selection Of candi-
date, care must be exercised that the choice
will fall upon man whose ntn. cou.mital
ism and lack of sent iment and fixed polit-
ca! opinions, will act Is thick sugar Goa,
ing for very noxi"us dose. Tn castinr
around for a man who would fill the bill
the name Of Gen. Grant naturally came t,
the surface, and s,raigh.way radical orators.
newspapers. aud members Of the order
G. A. r, Great Asses Of the Republic
united in heralding him as the coming mau
As specimen oil non cos. mi tai ism, and i.
rema rkable illustration of what is sometime
done BY luck, main strength aud awkward
ness, it was decided that the Geuutal wuul,'
exactly fill the till, and consequently The
idea of making him the mongrel standard
bearer begot @ sor: Of grim cnthusa m, sucl
as is manifested by body sna,cher whe,
he disentombs a good subject for the dissec-
ter's sea'pel. But it is to be feared that their
enthusiasm will be of but short du,a,ion.-
Another body Of Jenkinses, a set IF "conser-
vatve cusses, from away down in Georgia
have been in Washington, and extracted
. confession from Grant that he is not .
radical--that he voted for Buchanan, ant
that be hasn't done much voting since tia,
if he consents to become candidate fol
President at all. he would prefer to receiv.
the nomination from the conservatives, a:
'aIf au' a!f party, and if elected to be cor
sidered the President Of no party. This
talk" is going to be PUBLISHED, and The
Generals sentiments, Ut now appears be
has some) placed on record. If the report.
in regard t. this conference are correct, then
Grant has kept his mouth shu: and Conceal.
ed his political sentiment during the pas,
five or six years TO very little purpose He
has made a declaration of bis sentiments
and wishes just at time to ffcc,ual!y damn
his political aspirations, because no ma,
who has no. fixed aud decided political SEN
timents, and who will not carry cut th.
policy Of one, or the oher Of the great polit
ca! parties Of The day, stands no show v hat
ever Of succeeding to the Presidency. The
republicans, to perpeluate their party and
establish its principles, mus. have mar
who is firmly allied to their party, and who
has the courage to maintain and enforce it.
doctrine And the democracy must and
will have an opt n, able and consistent adyo
cate Of their principles. A middle man, a
conservative. would be a candidate with
out party-a kite wi.hou, a tail.