Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-02-12
Fon PREsIDESr. ..s
ULYSSES S, GRANT
TIE PRESIDENCY.

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We presume no intelligent observer any
longer entortains doubt as to who il
to be the standard bearer Of the party Of
Freedom in tho ensuing Presidential con-
test, From Maine to California, there
comes opevoicc from TIE people the press,
the boys in blue, and from Conyen
tions, 50 far g they have Teen held, and
that, voice il. for Ulysses s, Grant. Be
soy, the sturdy, honest modest, incorup
tible patriot, Grant! With the kuowl-
edge that this event is certain--as GER
tain as anything in the fature--tO take
place, We might 5e content. We feel that
with Gen. Grant. at the head of the exc
cutiye department of this Government.
the obstacles which now besct the path to
reconstruction will speedily vanish. All
the now unreconstruoted rebel states will
speedily adopt constitutions Republican
in form. the people will adopt them, and
send their representatives to Congress,
all loyal men, and before the close Of the
FIRST year Of his administration the whole
machinery Of this then glorious Republic
will be in more harmonious motion than
ever before. We shall then have, as
never before, common country. A man
from New England may then have a
nights lodging in Charleston, Savannah,
or Mobile without fear of assassination,
even though he is not and never has been
a worshiper of Baal. The laws Of Con-
gress made for the protection Of all the
people Of this country, the humble and
poor as well as the powerful and rich, the
black as well as the white, will 10 long,
err be bitter mockery. What a galaxy
of the noble and the true will rally
around our great chieftain to insure their
equal and just administration!
We will not deny that some months
ago there were considerable manifesto
tions Of distrust towards Gen. Grant, 10
quarters among Republicans worthy Of
respect, which bid fair to iujure his pros
poets. These distrusts have all vanished
under the recent Developments which
have unveiled the heart Of the man and
we thank God that we never harbored a
feeling of distrust. toward him. TO have
distrusted the patriotism Of Gen. Grant
(and by his patriotism we mean his thor
ough sympathy with the party Of freedom
in this country would have cast dark
shadow over our hopes for the future Of
the land we love. If we could not have
trusted him, we should have locked in
vain fer the successor of Abraham Lin {
coin. But We can trust him-and the
Of tried, trusty and tue who
have given freely Of their blood and trca-
sure to save the last hope of liberty Oh
earth, trust him. and have already. with
o consent 80 Instructive and unanimous
him as the administrator, de c
6oniS non, upon the estate of Abraham
Lincoln, thatit leads us to exclaim: Vox 0
Del, If the voice Of God is in anything
human it must be 10 such q manifestation a
as we are now Witnessing in this respect. i
The people may safely trust this instinct.
1t is the Pillar Of Fire which God has
Bet up to guide them out of the wilderness y
Of slavery. We shall follow it with I'm. =
wayering trust. v
1t will be Observed that the State Com
mittce have called Convention to be i
held at Rutland for the purpose of NOM 81
mating four delegates at large to attend q
he Chicago Nailnal Convention. See c.
,all in another column.