Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-11-08

fore us-whether he was for johnson or
Congress, or who the devil he was for; but
never could get any thing ont of him.
As Quick az I'd talk politics he'd talk
| horses, and he could talk for honrs on that
| without getting tired. Well, horses are
| very good, but in these times a han may
be all right on horses and all wrong on
! politics. Grant may be all right for what
! know, but then again he may be all
wrong. If he wants to be President by my
voice, and the voice of the men act with,
he must not only be right, but he must
prove that he is"
1 inquired Of Mr.. Wade what proof he
would require from General Grant before
supporting him as a Presidential candi
date Would letter indorsing the Radi'
cal policy do?
mo, it won't. We must have his word
backed by some official act showing him to
be in some sympathy with us. and in favor
Of the doctrines we advocate. We won't
take any mans word after what we've gone
through. Grant must come out and show
his hand as a pronounced Republican or
he can't get my support. don't know
that my support amounts TO much, bnt
what little there Is of il will go in the
right direction"
SHOULDER STRAPS WON'T DO.
"Afen vote on principle here. and if any
body thinks that a mere military record is
going TO win on the Reserve he's mistaken.
at home. They don't care for shoulder
straps, but they do care for straight Re-
publican principles, and they won't have
any other, General Grant without plat
form and without pledge, can't more than
carry the Reserve. A pronounsea Republi
can will get fifty thousand majority that's
inst the difference between availability and
principle in this coming fight, and men
who purpose TO cram no-party candidate
or a no-principle candidate, down our
throats may as well make a note of It, And |
| think it is great mistake to suppose that |
4 mere military reputation can win any |
where in the next election. Recent elec- |
tions show that that cry won't avail any |
longer In Ohio they came near beating |
one Of the best soldiers of the State with a |
peace Copperhead for Governor in Con-
necticut, last spring, they beat a splendid |
soldier with Mr. English in New York, |
last year, the Republicans beat soldiers |
running on the Democratic ticket, and so |
on. The people want to fight political |
battles on principle. If Grant wants the |
Presidency let him come out like man |
and say which side he is on, and if he is |
strong enough on our side we'll elect him. |
But it is neither wise nor necessary for usto |
run an availability candidate. We will |
have the Southern States reorganized by |
that time, and they will vote right. Then |
We can rely on enough Northern States to
insure the election of our man, whoever he
may be-"
CHAsE-A RENIIEIsCENCE OF 1860.
"The idea has got out, some how or
other" said he "that have been disposed
TO fight Mr.. Chase. ! have never been any
thing of the kind. In 1860, before the
Chicago convention, Chase wrote me
letter asking me 10 sound the members of
the two houses and see what his prospects
were. | did so. | took the Republican
Senators one by one into the lobby, and
asked them what were Chase's prospects in
their States. L found only one man
Bingham, of Michigan-who was in favor
Of Chase in the Senate, and only few in
the House. | wrote to Chase that the thing
looked little blue, but that perhaps he
Soon after this Dick Parsons, of Cleveland,
came TO Washington and did little pros
pecting. He found it no better than had
told him. When the convention was about
to meet Chase wanted me to decline, but
how the devil could do that? / hadn't
been nominated, and didn't know that
anybody would be fool enough to present
my name, and it would have looked very
impudent for me to decline under such
circumstances. Ever since that conven-
tion Chase and his friends had an idea that
was opposed to him and trying to defeat
him in one way or another. Not word
Of truth in it. If Chase can be nominated
next year, we'll and good.
CoNFIscATIoE.
Mr.. Wade characterized Thad Stevens
pending confscation bill as d-d foolery.
The time for confscation bills, he said, was
during the war, when they could be of use
in preventing men from going into the re-
bellion, but to think of passing such a
measure now, was sheer folly and nonsense.
If the negroes of the South wanted land,
let them work for it.