The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1868-05-20


The papers in the interest OF the
Radicals are evidently looking to
complete revolution 10 our form Of gov>
eminent, and scme are bold enough 10
avow preference for the. imperial pur,
pie. We quote from 40 article in the
{" Native Virginisn OF recent date:
Looking to the past, We now see
clearly that the American Revolution,
in SO Ear as il was supposed to have es
tablirhsd the righ, Of self government,
was hl0nder as well rs a crime. The
experiment has failed signally and (for
sges TO GOMEZ hopelessly. ~ -
:, We believe firmly that Grants eisc-- :
tion is certain, and that Grant will
prove their master. .....' '..
Nor need the South fear Grant. He
is not the fool he Is said TO be. He is
not the Radical he Is thought to be-.
He has played and Is still playing his
game for absolute power with consum
ma;e skill. From an Obscure outcast
from The regular army, he has ariser
TO the supreme command Of that army.
lie has made himself necessity to the
Radical party. Strong as that party
has been. and is still, ii is powerless
without Grant, and they know IL. lie
knows II. This day, were he to side
with Johnson; Radicalism would go 10
the wall. He does not side with John
son because he hates the South or loves
tbe negroes, but because johnson rep
resents cousiiiulionalisn,, and his game
is outside and abuve the Constitution.
lie is seeking dominion, and he has al
most grasped it. Whether the wisdom
which has led him SO far be bis own or
snother's, the fact remaius-Gran is
the power in this country. Call il for
tune, luck, what else you will, it does
not change the result.
He will uae the Radical party as a
stepping stone to the imperial purple,
and then he will slrangle il. He is a
man raised up Of God for that purpose.
lie is remorseless., His heart is flint
His will is adaman,. His foudness for
horses, for dogs and cigars, his bad
grammar, his silence, his ignorance, all.
do not the least unfit him for the part
he has TO play. When the Courier
des Etats Unis said in quiet derision,
he talks little and thinks less" it ut.
tered . good joke, which all enjoy ed
But those who will be at pains to look
back a little will remember two impor
tant facts ip this" lucky FOOLS" history.
First, he accepted the conlma and Of the
armies Of the United States on condi-
lion that he should have absolute con.
troll Of them. Second, be has persist.
emily refused TO stand upon any Re.
publican platform, and has forced that
party to make him their candidate with
out any public pledge whatsoever.-
These two, put with many other things,
prove that Gran, is for himself and no
one else.
He 10 no ordinary man. He who
would rush his legions against Bragg
entrenched on Lookout Mountain {; who
strew+d the line Of march from the
Rapidan to the James With 80 900 dead
and dying; who, at the second Cold
llasbor, allowed his wounded to perish
in sgonies rather than admit defeat
by sending a fiagif truce 10 Lee; and
Who, TO carry his point, accepted with.
out hesitation the awful responsibility
" starving ten thousand Of his fellow
| countrymen at Andersouyilie he who
would do this, and would play the ter
iible game Of war as reckessly and
cooliy as he was wont to play the game
OF faro in the days Of his penury, is jus,
the man to irsmp!e State or throttle
q Continent IL that State or that Couti-
nent stood in the way Of his ambition.
Self sustained and pirilsss, he is the
man Of sll Others 10 hmeriea to master,
put down, keep down, and trampls out
Of existence the Radical party. What
IL In so doing. X be necessary to del
uge New England or the West with
oloodi That would please him we'll.
Nothing better. .. a.''~'' '.~.
But he has taken sides with the ne
gro, snd will grind the whites Of tho
South under his heel. Not he. His
danger lies not that way. The
South is unarmed, and naturally die.
posed. as choice Of evils, to prefer i'm.
periAlism to fsDs,ical demagoguery.-
The West is restivs, and New England
mischievous. But the moment the
West psrceivss that the struggle has
begun between Grant and Congress il
will side wiih Grant. Presidsat in
name bat Emperor in fact. he will then
easily overmaster New England by the
simple threat Of putting his armies in
motion. In this way, and this alone.
bloodsbed may be sverted, and the
revolution now in progress be accom-
PIished peacesble. The Republic will
have disappeared. the Empire will
have taken its place. We will no,
have a good government, but We viii
have the bes, possible. under the cir
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