The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-02-19
General Grant and his Position
& .cbefore the Country.

General Grant and his POSITION
before the Country.
There was a time when General Grant
was regarded with hope by the conserva-
tive portion of the country. They saw
the danger which impendcd over the in
stitutious and the welfare of the land,
and emboldened by the conduct ofGeneral
Grant at the surrender of General Loe,
they trusted that rcpose and unity would
be effected by his avowed moderation.
Never was there more splendid oppor-
tunity OF service to the common country
afforded to any individual in the history
of nations.
lie was the successful hero OF the North.
It was under his command the war had
been brought to a conclusion. The peo-
ple of his, the dominant section, were
thereupon prepared to accept his guidance
and opinions. All that he had to do was
10 pronounce openly and distinctly for the
rights of the Southern commemorative as
States, and of their white race as citizens,
without disfranchisement or disability.
Can it be doubted that this would have
becn the course of peace and of fraternity!
Had General Grant honestly and thor
oughly thrown himself forward in favor
of an Immediate restoration Of the Union,
this would long since have been accepted
by the Northern mind, and accomplished
by it's Congress.
And this the people had right to ex-
pect. While in command OF the armies
of the United States, he was opposed to
emancipation by military power, because
it lnterfercd with the regulation of this
question by each State for itself In 9TH
er words he held and maintained that the
late war was waged not for. the suppress
sion of the Southern States and the sub.
iugation of her people. but simply for the
maintainance of the Union and of the Con-
stitution, with the rights of all of the
States hereunder unimpaired.
So, too, it is a matter of history that
General Grant was utterly opposed to
negro suffrage. lie regarded that the late
war was fought by the North for no such
purpose He looked upon it, not only as
desirable in itself, but public calamity.
On this subject he was not reticent This
was befors he had fallen into the meshes
of RadicalisTn. He expressed his. senti-
ments freely and decidedly upon this
question.
Ho openly characterized to Senator
Doolittle, as late as 1866, the attempt to
force negro suffrage geinthe Southern States,
as /" unwise, and as productive of "war
between the two races there"
And this fact is established BY the fol-
lowing extract from speech of Senator
Doolittle, delivered 1T Milwaukee, on Oc-
tober 2, 1866, and never, so far as we are
informed, contradicted. Said the Senator
speaking of his interview with General
Grant:
"But will not stop here. This is too
serious matter for men with flppant
tongues to pass over as if there was moth
ing in it. The other day when General
Grant was here, spending several hours
with him in free conversation upon this
subject among others, he expressed to me
the same opinion. Said I, General Grant,
never quote private conversation with
out express permission. Am permitted
to state what [ now state to you" Said
lie, Certainly, there is no concealment on
my part And he stated to me in con-
versation that considerable portion of
the troubles between the whites and the
blacks that had already occurred was in
consequence of the nnwise attempt to
force negro suffrage in those States. Lie
said further that if the Federal Govern
ment were to attempt to DO it and en-
force it, it would undoubtedly produce
war between the two races there"
The past opinions of General Grant,
therefore, admit of no question. They
are placed by his own orders and declara-
tons beyond dispute
But, alas, the Radical party has shorn
him of his strength. He has yielded his
opportunity for good to the embraces Of
this Delilah He will find the parallel as
of old, and that the very embraces he has
cast away his opportunity and faith for
will yet commit him to destruction and
ruin.
The Radical party do not design Gen.
Grant to be either their leader or Presi-
dent. They have held the gittering bait
aloft to scduce him to their purposes.
This they have accomplished. He has
played into their hands. Having attained
this they will cast him aside, and General
Grant will at last awake to realize that
he hassurrendered Il constitutional Union,
to find another thar himself it's unconsti-
tuition usurper. er.-CharleSton Courier.
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