New-York tribune., 1868-11-07
THE KINGS FRIENDS.

Convention assembled State and every
Territory being fully represented. and every
delegate designating Gen. Grant as his first
and only choice Among these were many who
had hesitated to support him until cOnvincingly
assured that he was with the Republicans III
principle and heart. Had he been otherwise,
he could not-widely as he is admired and pro-
foundly as he is loved and trusted-have been
the Republican candidate.
The Democrats might also have nominated
and supported him had they seen fit. Many
of them had early determined to do so, and
they long persisted in that resolution. lie was
eminently popular with the loyal section OF
that party. while the Rebels widely and
warmly appreciated his magnanimity and good
sense. OF all the men whose instincts ana
affiliations ally them with the Republicans, he
was their first choice. The one sole obstacle
to his nomination by the Democratic party
was the fact that he belonged to the other
parish
throughout the canvass just Closed Gen.
Grant has been Systematically, persistently
traduccd by a largo section of the Democratic
press IA a blundering butcher, drunkard.
despot. and a radical. whose election would dig
the grave and nail down the coffn-lid of con-
stitutional liberty. Martial law, States ex-
cluded from Congress, deprived of self-govern-
mcnt. aud ruled by the bayonet indefinitely,
&c. were to be the fruits of his domination.
The Democratic candidate for Nice-Presidcnt
indecently proclaimed that, should Gen. Grant
be chosen President hc would never quit the
White House while he lived perpetual anarchy.
"Negro Supremacy" and an exterminating war
of races ut the South, were widely proclaimed
the inevitable consequences of his election.
But he is elected nevertheless and the tele-
graph had hardly flashed the tidings over sea
and land till. prcstol this Iayng Radical is
transferred into paragon of good sense and
moderation Rcverdy Johnson-who never
before breathed n hint of it-tells Europe that
the American People would have shown them
selves mgratcful if they had not elected Gen.
Grant CThcn what does he think of his own
MarylandO The National HteIiigencer would
liketo fall into his arms in sudden swoon of ad-
miration; even Montgomery Blair threatens the
President elect with his approbation and we
learn from myriad tliroats newly attuned to
this strain that Gen. Grant is essentially
Democrat and Conservative, who will exert
all the power of his great office for speedy
restoration of the Union
And this, for wonder is true! Gen. Grants
instincts are MI democratic in the proper sense
of that much-abuscd term, while his leanings
are conservative, and his heart yearns for n
prompt reestablishmcnt of the Union in its in
tegrity. You are right now, however wrong
you may have hitherto been. But how could
YOU, thus regarding him, have fought his cleo
49, uI,.f N,ub b.. IN
in the words of q hackneycd ballad:
"I suppose IL light 20 disscrnble your love
But why did you kick me down -tair-T
or kick your utmost with intent 50 TO dol II
Gen. Grant Is the man you now proclaim him,
how is your past abuse of him 10 be justiiicd9
If yOur present faith in him is sincere, what
meant your recent, frantic opposition
For our own part, we arc nowise amazed by
this sudden spasm of adulation. We expected
and predicted it. We assured the People that
Grants election would give peace to the coun
try, seeing that il could not fail "a have that
effect We told them that the Rebels would
soon swarm around the President elect, pro-
testing that they had misunderstood him, and
were now apxious To cooperate with him In
the prompt and perfect rcestablishDcnt OF
peace, fraternity, and general prosperity. This
is certain TO elicit iit response; and, ere he
has been six weeks President, Gen. Grant will
seem to be as popular and potent at the South
as he is at the North.
We do confidently trust that Ku-Klux opera
tions at the South, from the burning of negro
school houses mp to Camilla butcheries' inclusive
are already in their last quarter, because it
would plainly be suicidal madness to persist in
them There may yet be few sporadic out
breaks, but no systematic perseverance in Rebel
atrocities. The chief arstocrats will quietly hint
70 the rufhans that they must stop, and the
hint will be taken. The new State Govern
ments will stand, and :" the Chivalry" will find
or fancy them more tOlerable day by day. The
Blacks will henceforth vote without fear of
general massacre OF even houselcss famine.
Their late masters will stop waylaying their path
To the bal0t-box, and will instead insist that
they have always favored Impartial Suffrage
which some OF the negroes will be cajOlcd
into believing by-and-by. The new machinery
Of Government will work rather roughly for u
time, but will wear smoother day by day. The
three States yet standing out will make haste
to resume their old places III the Union, arc
deemed, rcgenerated, disenthralled." We
do earnestly believe that Gen. Grants four
years will serve to eface all the ugly scars
left by our late fratrcidal war but, il not, We
shall have 70 insist on his serving second
term, and that will certainly see the good
work completed. Sulky chagrin cannot out
live twelve yeats of blasted hopes.
Our terms of adjustment are the same since
40 before our triumph-UNIvERsAL AMNESTY,
IMPARTIAL SUFFRAGE; OF, rs our Vice-Presi-
dent elect happily expressed them at Pitts
burgh on Thursday evening, Liberty for All; /;