The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-10
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Some. of our eetenP9rsTies are in
painful state Of patriotic apprehension
aud alarm lest Gen. Grants abilities IS
a statesman should not prove equal 70
the duties of the Presidential Office.
sa0ther Presidents say they shave, IN
their messages to Congress, taken the
ini6siiSs iH 1egislstion.9b b. PropoYirg
and recommending measures; but
Gen. Grant begins By declaring that he
has no policy." This is a mistake.
Gen. Grant has not declared that he
will haye no policy, or that ne will not
perform his constitutional duty Of re-
commenting to Congress such meas
ures as be shall deem proper for their
consideration He has declared, On the
contrary, that be has a policy, and that
bis policy is not to enforce any policy
against the will Of the people. We
cordially Endorse this declaration a.
evincine, IN the first aud most vital
D6aG a sound view of thefuuctiO1s Of
a President under our Constitution.
We further commend It as tEuer states
maaship than many Of our Presidents
have displayed. In stating that be has
no policy to enforce against the viii Of
't6e people" Gen. Grant implies that
his whole energies viii be devoted to
enforcing such policies as the people,
through their representatives in Cor
Qress, shall have embodied into law.
The maintenance Of peace and order
the protection of the rigbts Of al classes
to invest and labor and 10 reap the
fruits Of their capital and industry, are
boons which through more than half
the area Of our country have never been
enioyed. Gen. Grant in securing these
to the South, viii add hundreds Of mil
lions Of dollars per anDum 10 the wealth
and prosperity Of that section. The
maintenance Of peace upon our Indian
frontier, and the substitution Of the
reign Of law for violence ssnd bruts
force in our mining and border dis
tricts, would immensely aid the deYel-
opment of the mineral Territories into
States, and the outward flow Of wealth
which 2 t6e Government and peopls
would derive from the precious metals
towards the redemption 81 the National
debt. H -.s-1
The vigorous enforcement Of our rev
enus laws would at once greatlyeheap-
en- the objects of revenue TO the con
sumer, increase the income Of the Gov
ernment, lessen the burdens Of honest
taxpayers, and turn out Of office the
tax-thieves who now stand between al
imported and manufactured articles and
their consumers, and gorge themselves
by plunderiDg alike producers, consum-
ers, and the Government. In achiev-
ing these great results, Gen. Grant win
win success far more difficult and
/ glorious than could arise from any in
4 ffuence he might exert over the legisla-
tive and political policies Of Congress.
Nay, his success in these, his proper
fields of duty, will add q power and
force to such recommendations as he
may feel called upon TO make to Con-
gress which they could not otherwise
obtain.
Andrew johnson lost the power to
command for want cf the discretion and
modestyto obey. Gen. Grant, BY en-
tering upon MS Office with no other dis
position tkan to obey, and BY the steady
pursuit Of that wise policy, win attain q
| far greater influence and real power to
command. So far from such policy
safoFding any indication that General
Grant viii be a negative or weak Pres
ident, it is only interpolation to civil
affairs of the same quiet wisdom which
has lifted into the supreme military
power and insured his success in every
undertaking on which be has entered.