The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-07
Tha Next Presidencv,

and their victims have learned to eight shy"
The Next Presidency.
From Wakes Spirit Of The Times.
There is one solution to all our political prob
lems-the Presidency. That answers every.
thing. 1t explains the anomaly of Congress
almost unanimously convinced that Andrew
Johnson deserves impeachment, yet refusing to
impeach him. 1t explains Henry Wilson's tour
through the South, and Mr.. Stewards purchase
of the Russian icebergs. 1t explains the un-
relenting hatred of Edwin M. Stanton by the
Democrats, and their obstinate resolution to
drive him from the Cabinet. The denial of
Benjamin F. Buffers superb ability and his
services to the country, and the savage abuse
heaped upon him, result from the knowledge
of his popularity as a Presidential candidate.
That the COpperhead papers, formerly Grant S
worst enemies, are now his most obse-
quious fatterers; that a brigade of
/ Jenllinses follow him by night and day
and publish his most insignificant movements;
that all the financial misfortunes and sue
cesses Of the country are equally attributed to
Chase; that the President at once profoundly
desires, and as profoundly fears, to remove
Sheridan-these are mysteries of which the
next Presidency is the true and sufficient solu-
tion. 1t is very well to talk of Presidential
nominations as premature; but they are,
nevertheless, made. The reconstruction ques-
tion is settled; the principles have been per-
manently fixed, and the difficulty of their exc
cutlon Is no longer national question. Nor
is there any doubt that the Republican party
will sweep North and South. Tennessee has
decided that, by her glorious majority of
thirty thousand for Brownlow and in almost
every Rebel State the registration returns
show that the black vote will be far in excess
of the white. The choice of the next Presi
dent is narrowed down to a few leading Repub-
Icans, Of whom Grant, Butler, Stanton, and
Chase have thus far been the more prominent.
Two nominations have just been made which
have unusual significance. The first is that
OF Grant, by the Union Conservative Committee
OF this city, body Of politicians who seeded
from the Republican party last fall, and hare
Stnce borne to tie Democracy the exact relation
Whtch the pttOt5tSh bears TO the shark. The choice
OF Grant by this obscure committee is intrin-
slcally OF little importance, except as it is a
recognition OF his popularity by the office
seekers, who are notoriously good barometers.
Hunger shaTpens all the senses. But the in
dorsement OF the nomination of Grant by the
Democratic papers has meaning; they have
ravenously taken the hint. The Eastern Ar01s.
of Bangor, Maine, declares that the conserya
tive Republicans evidently look ''to the cleo
tion OF man eminently prudent, of great
frmness, devoted patriotism, and broad libe-
raj, statesmanlike views, as the only means of
rescuing the Government from the hands
of the revolutionists now in power, and
restoring the Union under the Constitution,
There are a great many of the same opinion
and who believe that General Grant is the
man for the emergency. We are of this num-
ber.' Grants inveterate silence, rarely
broken, has unquestionably inspired the
Democrats with the hope that he is not with
out sympathy with their policy-a hope which
Mr.. Johnson has encouraged by claiming Grant
as a partisan OF his administrations they are
the more anxious to obtain Grant as their
candidate, because they are well aware that
no Democrat has the ghost of a chance. Pen
dletOn is vaguely mentioned, in an insincere
way, bat Sunset Cox confdentially informs his
friends that to nominate him would be to
retire from the contest. The chances of Sey-
mour would be little better than those of
Jack Rogers, of New Jersey; and as for George
Is. Mcclellan, nobody mentions his name. No
body knows where he is; he has absolutely
disappeared, and his friends think of adver-
tising in the Herald, "If G. B. NJ, who was
last seen on board of Cunard steamer wav-
ing an eternal farewell to an ungrateful
country, will return to his afflicted friends
all will be forgotten and forgiven, and no
questions asked" In this utter dearth of
candidates, the Democracy have addressed
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devil-ish of Victor Hugo, which lies in wait to
strangle and devour.
But the second Presidential nomination
lately made has far more Importance. When
leading Republican paper such as the
Tribune, virtually declares that General Sheri-
dan is its candidate for the Presidency, that
indicates deep satisfaction with the reticence
OF Grant on the part of many of the radicals.
II proves they are alarmed by the support he
has received from the Democracy although he |
has not said one word to show that he would |
accept such support. Yet it would be unjust |
both to Sheridan and his friends to interpret |
his nomination as merely an aggressive move
ment against his old commander; it means
that his bold and straightforward policy in
Louisiana has won for him the confidence of |
the whole Republican party, and that those
who urge him for the Presidency do so, in
great measure, upon independent grounds
Irrespective of their perfect willingness to
accept Butler or Grant, or Stanton, if either
of these gentlemen should be the choice of the
party. There is no question but that many
Republicans have been looking TO Sheridan as
possible candidate ever since the New Orleans
massacre Of July, 1866, and the action of the
Tribune is the most significant of recent politi-
cal events. II would become even more Inn
portant should the President execute his threat |