Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-22
THE PRESIDENCY.
senator Wilson ON General Grant.


Hon. Henry Wilson writes:
The Presidential contest of 1868, with
its vast issues, will stir the nation to
its ~profoundest depths. The Democracy,
without responsibilities, under the lead
ership of men of talent, tact and expert
ence, will put forth a gigantic effort to
win back lost power. The Republican
party, upon which rests grave response
bilities, has in its ranks able, tried and
true civil and military men
whose names are honorably associated
with the country's struggles for unity
and liberty. Who among these honored
men, Of proved capacity and tried tidel-
ity, shall be selected to marshal the
Republican hosts to victory? Whose
nomination will, in advance, make the
assurance of victory doubly sure? Above
personal aspirations and ambitions,
above local pride and attachments,
above all associations and interests,
there comes from the body Of the three
millions of Republicans to whom the
success of the old cause is so lear the
prompt and emphatic response. "Ulys-
ses S. Grant" These masses see, with
the clear instinct Of patriotism, that the
great soldier would bring into the i'm
pending contest the weight Of his great
name and illustrious achievements, his
solid and practical judgment, his con-
coded integrity, his modesty that never
vaunts his own deeds, and his rare
magnanimity that ever gracefully recog-
uizes tho deeds Of other Generals, SOL
diers and civilians. These unselfsh
masses, with their practical sagacity,
see tina, the ranks Of the Republicans,
in the struggle through which duty has
led them, have been weakened BY timid-
ity and treachery; that their sacred
cause now needs to be reinforced, rs it
so often has been, by drafts from the
most advanced men of the democracy
and that the selection OF General Grant
will rally tens Of thousands to tho cause
their hearts love.
The military achievements Of General
Grant are gratefully acknowledged, his
administrative capacity is o con-
coded, and his general views Of public
policy commended. Earnest Republic
cans, however, whose fidelity to vital
issues cannot. be questioned, but whose
distrust Of public men has been quick
ened by the shameful treachcry Of men
they had trusted and followed, ARE anx-
ious concerning the sentiments of Gen.
eral Grant upon those vital issues, the
right settlement Of which q alone
bring permanent security and repose to
the nation. The past and present o.
the Republican party and the personal
| integrity Of General Grant afford ample
| assurance that their and his sentiments
and opinions will be distinctly arowed
| in the coming canvass In the trying
| DAYS of the warm the Summer Of
ls63-Genera. Grant wrote from his
camp, on the banks Of the Mississippi,
to his tried friend Washburne:
"I have never been an anti-slavery
man; butt try tojudge justly ofwhat see,
made up my mind when this war COM
| meuced that the North and South could
only live together in peace as n ma
ton, and they could only be one nation
by being a free nation. Slavery, the
| cornerstone of the so-called Coufeder.
| acy, is knocked out, and it will take
| moro men to keep black men slaves
than to put down the Rebellion. Much
as | desire peace, | am opposed to any
peace until the question of slavery i:
forever settled"
This emphatic avowal fully committed
General Grant to the policy Of enamel
| patton. He was, too, for the reelection
ton Of Abraham Lincoln, declaring &c
| his nearest friends that his defeat would
| be q dreadful calamity to the country
| Since the close Of the war he has beer
in accord with Congress, in its effort:
to protect the loyal, black and white,
secure the equal rights of all, and re-
store the rebel States to their practical
relations. Whom the pending Constitu.
tional Amendment was before Congress,
he was for its submission to the people;
and when it was submitted, he urged
the leading men Of the rebel States to
| vote for its adoption. After its rejec'
ton by the rebel Legislatures, he press
| ed Southern men, who sought his ad'
| vice, to reconsider their action, adopt
it, and give suffrage to the freedmen,
| To leading Southern men he said: "iou
must look to Congress; the Republicans
have the power; consult them; do moi
seek the council Of men in the North
who opposed the war; the people will
never rust that class Of men with pow
er; the more you look to them for ad.
vice, the more exacting Congress will
be aud ought to be; tho rejection Of tho
amendment aud the legislation against
the freedmen will cause Congress to re.
quire universal suffrage; and you should
at once give it," Some of the men
were wise enough to accept and act up.
on his advice. To the Reconstruction
policy of Congress- vital and over
shadowing issue Of the day-Generel
Grant gave his earnest support, and he
has zealously striven to carry the legis-
latiou Of Congress into effect. On the
Reconstruction policy General Grant
has been and now is in accord with Con-
gress and the Republican party. So
anxious WAS he to have that policy
promptly carried into effect that he ur-
gently pressed upon members of Con-
gress the vital importance of so arrang-
ing the adjournments as to be able to
meet at any time, should the needs OF
the country require it.
TERRIBLE EXPOSURE AND FREEZING TO
DEArH.-The Deseret Ne,rs of the 18th