The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-06-11
From the N. Y. independently
The Standard and the Standard
Bearers.

A dove, painted red, white, and blue
$50 the reports say was set flying over
the Republican Convention at Chicago.
The emblem was happy The nation,
now at peace, paints its tri-color on a
doves wing. Four years ago, in the
midst of a rebellion, the Republican
Convention at Baltimore was council
of war. No dove flew near it.
The tri-color might have been painted
on the eagle instead. Henceforth let
the eagle keep her nest. and let the dove
brood over the whole land
Gen. Grant, an apt pupil of events,
has at last learned to be radical. Men
of finer grain become radicals through
studying principles alone, without wait
ing till these take practical shape in
statutes and policies. Men Of affairs are
apt to get their knowledge of principles
at second hand and as an after thought.
The highest type of statesman is a man
both of ideas and of affairs: one who,
through his knowledge Of great princi-
pies, can compel events to take their
final mould from these. ii may be
almost said that Gen. Grant had con-
quered the rebellion before he had
turned his attention TO political ideas.
When first named by his friends for the
presidency, he had never once thought
of himself as destined to a political
career Having won the laurel of lau-
rels as a soldier, he was content to wear
it without pursuing further ambitions
or asking further honors. Drawn into
the army by silken thread, he was
dragged into politics by an iron chain.
When, contrary to his own wish, he
was first discussed for presidential
nomination, the people did not know
which party he would be likely to head
since both parties claimed him equally,
and neither felt certain of possession
But meanwhile public duty led Gen.
Grant to study the problem of dealing
with the defeated South. Placed at the
head of the congressional policy of re-
construction, the victorious soldier saw
that the sword conquers but does not
pacify. He knew that the South could
not be left in the care Of its eX-rebels.
He felt that loyal governments must be
maintained in the Southern States +;
and, if possible, without the support Of
Northern bay0nets.
1t was at this emergency that Gen
Grant first seriously addressed himself
to the study of the political situation.
And this study led him to the adoption
of radical ideas. Greater men come to
such ideas by theory, argument, and
intuition; he was lead to them by the
palpable pointings of outdoor facts
| The Bourbons, 1T is said, "never learned
anything and never forgot anything
Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Gran
were endowed by nature with teacha'
BILE temper. Mr. Lincoln grew greater
and greater with every year of his life
Gen. Grant has an equal disposition ant
an equal opportunity to accomplish
within himself an equal transformation
Compare the Gen. Grant Of the last few
months with the Gen. Grant of yea
ago, and it will be seen that in politica
knowledge and convictions he ha
greatly advanced beyond his former sell
Judge him now, for instance, by tw'
of the strongest tests of Radical Re
publican-first Negro Suffrage; and
second, Impeachment. We believ
that no man in Washington desires tn
negro's enfranchisement and the presl
: dents conviction more earnestly an
I anxiously than Gen, Grant.
Half year ago we urged the Reput
lican party to nominate Mr.. Chase, who
was then Radical, rather than Ger
Grant, who was then Conservative
, Since then (strauge to say Gen. Grar
has become Radical, and Mr. Chase
c Conservative. Nor is it improbabl
that the two opposing candidates in th
; ensuing campaign will be Grant an
7 Chase--the one representing the Rae
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