Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-06-19


of consummate abEy, tho absolute com
pleteness oil bis respat and he viudicates his s
claim 10 stand next after Napoleon and I
Wellington, among thereat soldiers Of this a
century, if not on levewith the latter.
On the 2lst Of May lls, the very day i
Gen. Grant was nominate.the same paper {
begins to disparage his rnets in the face
of its past opinions as exIessed in the
above article and attacks him the follow
ing style.
From Tie World May 2lls6s.
II was possible for Grat. after
his failure Ito fight it out on oneine'' In L
his advance of 1864 upon Richmond TO Law
ish the lives Of thousands of America sol
diers aud to expend hundreds Of th0nands
Of dollars Of the nations treasure un0
new campaign, and so finally wear and We
ry down the strength Of the rebellion wfiie
had already been mortally wounded By
Meade at Gettysburg.
Such is eopperhead patriotism Such,
c0pperhead consistency! But the successful
General the gallant soldier, the true patri-
OF cannot be hurt by such mendacity. The
honest expression Of their sentiments be-
fore being tainted with partisan hatred,
bitterness and ialsehood, viii be taken BY
the people as the true measure Of merit,
while the partisan abuse that follows will be
Justly ignored as the rawlings Of disappoint-
ed, unscrupulous and despairing party lead
ers trying, but in vain, to tarnish the bright
ness of the fame Of the man whom they
were unable to control aud use because of
hissterling integrity and devoted patriotism
a DEMOCRATIC OPINION OF HIS SOLID
PUBLIC SERVICES, THE ''sTEADlNESs
AND sTAUNCHNEss OF HIS PATRIOTISM
AND THE 'UPRiGHTNEss' OF HIS CHAR
ACTER.
General Grants temporary acceptance Of
the War Department causes stir in the
Republican party, which cOnfuses the cal
eulations Of those Rannhllcans who bYe
,sceA-- aEu, counted secGfely on his nomlna
ton as their candidate fSr the Presidency.
Those Republican newspapers, therefore,
which, like the Times, are trying to identify
General Grant tciM the Republican party,
are opposing a strong presumption by the
thlnuest and teeblest OF shadowy inferences.
Gen. Grant, to be sure, tacorS the execution
of tbe Reconstruction acts but so also does
President johnson As they do not differ
on this point, they probably differ on none +
which Is pertinent to the present posture of
affairs President johnson would indeed
have had no such laws passed as he feels
TO execute; nor Is there any eUj-
deuce that Gen. Grant eUer tdUOFeft, or tried
to promote their passage. President John
son comedies that Congress has practical
control of reconstruction by c0BseBting to
execute the td1Cs 1t has passed on that sub
ject; and Gen. Grant finding these laws in
force, recognizes their authority, lcahoUt
going Jelnd them to inquire whether they
ought to have been enacted. There is no
evidence that the President and Acting
Secretary of War differ on any important
practical question. The fact that the Trt6-
uae and other Republican journals object to
Gen. Grant that he has never signifed his
assent to their principles, deserves notice
and consideration. Of the deddiaeSs and
S tauRclmess Of Gen. Grant patriotism, or
the UpriQhtReSS and The S0ltdity Of his char
acter, no man IN the country doubts, nor Qt
fectS to eloRJt The most perfect loyalty,
then, may stand with the most absolute IN
difference to those objects which the Repub
licln party regards as supreme. Or, to ex-
press the same idea differently, devotion 10
Republican shibboleth is no test of devotion
10 the country On the score Of iog0lty and
SgLd pH6hc ScrCiceS, no man IA the country
caH cOBle into competition lctth this iUUStrt0us
S0dier But measure him by the usual
Loyal League standards, aud it requires a
glass Of very extraordinary pow
er to discover that he has any merit Of pa
t'totis8l at ALL
The Tribune is clamorous to have Gener-
al Grant show his colors and take sides in
the party squabbles Of the day. We rejoice
that there Is one man n the c0tatlg arh0 IS
aygee he necessity Of such beliHtlng partisan
ship We trust that Gen. Grant loves his
all It's citizens, without regard to any divi-
ding lines-whether they be lines of party,
or section, OF race, or color. 1t is the no.
hlest reward Of great services ike his, that
it eXalts the character Of this high level;
that 1t enables a man to act nobly without
appearing to be pretentious. Gen. Grant
is under a moral necessity Of respecting the
great reuOwn OF his past services. 1t is be-
meath him o play any common part IN vui-
gar politics The Presidency can be moth
ing to bin; he has more valuable office
But u it tie hands n PfOUjdcHcc, he c0lid
be an 5tStrymeat for trdgqUtizRg the cgiRt-
'FH that as az hoaorJoy Jrhict he coHid af :
ford 10 sacrifice e1Se, cOagattai parsUits, and
NE responsibilities Qf greater fame as q S0i
K5cr.
God forbid that he should descend into
The arena Of party contests If be cannot
be elected President without such decent,
he can do no good in the Presidency Our
0rn, lacerated, exasPerated country needs
needs pacifeation, needs oil on
he troubled waters, which still toss and
lash after the recent tempest. We would
no more have General Grant become par
" politician than, if we had lived in Wash
neton time, we would have wished him
10 give and return party blows. As Wash
ingtou was elected and reelected on the I
strength Of bis character and services, with ]
,ut pledges either asked or given, nee trust
hat General Grant ,cW Jeetected, II at az
u tic same lcqy, and ,sth tie same geser-
uS confidence Horiag restored the author
tV Of the Government, zee hope that he mqy
ydd the highest clcic to the highest military
0ne Jy restoring long lost cordially Of jeei-
the Nesc York World.
In letter hitherto unpublished, dated
ugust, 1857, the late Lord Brougham ex-
,lninp1 IN a c11riOuS cDrrnEpopuant his now !