The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-05-29
The Nomination Of Grant.
From tAs chioaro Timea 4

From the Chicago Timee
The nomination. both Of Grant and Coiss
fax, is one which, however, much it may ba
hurrahed over, is, IN reality, one that crs-
afss no enthusiasm in the case OF Grant, and
only disgust in the minds Of majority Of
the radicals in the case Of Colfax
The radical party has always claimed fol
Itself tho. possession ofa love Of priacipis
which, in no case, would be sacrificed ts.
expedicnc7. Engaged in the Interests Of
God and humanity, imbued professsdly
With 4 mission that lifted il shove fdefs
pursy, devoted to q higher Law than kut:
uian constitutions; and carrying With is d
majority OF the pulpits and a great share Of
the religious elefneht,-it was not to be ex-
pected that, in any case. it would dare W
belle its professions By having auxht to do
with tricky political saencics, OF With tho
demagogisn that hesitates at no means,
however disreputablc. to attain its ends.
In its beginning, the radical party vas
honest. although fanatical; and it COM
manded the respect of its opponents. IL
achieved success in the beginning by its de-
votion to principle, by it's invariabie pref,
erence OF measures TO men, and by il. ''n-
hesitating willingness 20 submit to d.iea.
rather than to Secure victory by means
which were, in the least, in csnI.ot With iss
intiexible ideasnf the right
The difference between th;s cid, h neat,
and unswarying anti slavery paity. and les
sntc .ssors, who, on Thursday, nominate.t
General Grant, is as great as that between
luxurious, degenerate city which northern
bartarism almost swept from existence.
10 demonstrate the degeneracy of tds
party, one needs only the nomination of
Grant. That, OF ITSELF in proof suticiens
that radicalism no longer il true to aeciene
and respected principles In no sense q
the word IS Grant an exponcnt of tfose
loiter ideas to which his party processes ~
much devotion. Anterior to, and long At
ter the breaking out OF, the war, be was. int
his feeble political way, a democrat. Their,
is no lack Of men who know this fact, aH(
who have heard lin express Democratic
preferences, even up TO the time that No
Clelan was the PRESIDENT candidate, ia
1864. lie was always q pro slavery. nau
and nc repeatedly expressed himself as ops.
posed to war wsged for the extinction of
slavery. @
But Grant, although democrat Was
feeble man and he sgreed to sacrifice his
democratic professions so soon as Wash.
burne began to inspire him with hopes Of
tn. presidency. Or, rather, he sluEg 70
such democratic ideas as he possessed sfI
long as there appeared prospect that la
might obtaln democratic nominatiCn /;
and it was only when this hcra became i'm
possible OF realization that he consented tJ
become the candidate of radca i5rn.
1t. Is In taking asits candidate man vito,
never had moments confidence or belief
IN Its political faith, that radicalism proves
Its degencracy. 1t no longer dares 90 ia
the light trusting to the tried dese.ion ot
Its leaders and the purity OF its Irinc;p pies
and purposes. 1t cunpinglv conceals tho
latter In platform Of 'glittering gcneraE.
ties and, for the former, it selects opS
whose opposition to it has often ceen out
spoken, and whose adhesion TO it is n,
more than the tacit understanding reached
through an unbroken silence.
But, in thus selecting a man who has ~
sympathy In common with it, radicaiis,a
has not terminated it's laundering and i;s
treachery to its professed faith Its nomi-
nee Is snot even statesman. He is DO, d
man whose opinions on any subjees, arkrx
from the stable, is that of an expert. Up.
on not single onv vf H. (. h.
capable Of iSfbns @ tH One INV IL fn1h Waf he e. asvs
oped nothing save an ability TO WELD nero
brutal force. Hammering and attntIon
were all that ne knew and nowhere in Il
history is there case where a man sacri-
feed so many OF the lives Of his own men
and so few of those Of the enemy.
1t is this man upon whom degenerate
radicalism has been compelled to Tx i!a
choice as a leader. If there be men in i.s
party who haveta consistent and lifelong
devotion to its principles; who have braios
and craftsmanship; who are opispoken id
their advocacy Of their own fsith,-if there
be any such men in its ranks, radicalism
has passed them all over to give the
leadership to renegade democrat, Ito 3
man who is neither thinker, statesman, nor
| republican.
Under such leadership, radicaEsm De-
serves to be beater. No honest, thinking
radical can conscientiously support nomI-
nation which has not cLa poin. in coaso>
nance with those principles which are the
pro1csscd foundation Of the republics 4
party.