The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-07-02
GEN. GRANT,s srATEsMANsHlp.


ful state Of patriotic apprehension and
alarm lest Gen. Grants Obilliea as a
statesman should not prove equal to the
duties Of tho Presidential office. "0IheT
PrCsidenls. "sOy they, "have, in their
messages to Congress, taken "lha iRitia :
tive in legislation by proposing aud rec
Omending measurcT but Gen. Grant
"begins by declaring that he has no Poll
cy,' This is mistake General GIANT
has not declared HAT he will have no
policy, or that lie will not perform his
constitutional duty Of recommending TO
congress such measures as he sholl deem
proper fQs their consideration, He has
declared, op Tho contrary, that hs has a
policy, and thai his policy is not to en-.
force any policy against the will Of the
people, We cordially indorse this dec-
lhralion as eVincing, Ia the 6rst and most
vital point. a sound view Of the functions
al President under our Constitution,
We further commend it ns true states
manship than many Of our Presidents
have displayed, In stating that he has
no policy lvinlorcO "sgoiRst the will OF
the people," Gen. Grant implies that
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his whole energies will be degOtcd TO
enforcing such policies as the people,
through their representatives 10 Cons
gress. shall have cmboliod into law,
The maintenance Of peace and order,
the protection Of tho rights Of all Glasses
to invest and labor and 10 reap the
fruits OF their capital and industry, are
bOonS which through more than half the
area Of our country have meyer hrpn en-
ljoged. GeR, Grant, in securing these To
tue South, will add hundreds oil millions
Of dollars pes Ppnum to the wealth and
prosperity of that section. The maiuten-
ancc of peace upon our Indian fronlier
apd the substitution Of the reign of Law
for violence and brute force in our min
ing and border districts, would immense
ly aid the development Of the mineral
Territories ipyo States, and tho optwurd
flow Of wealth which the Government
and people would deriye from the prOcios
metals toward the redemption Of the Ma;
laio0Slds6Sr- Phe-vigcrdus enforcement
Of our revenue laws would at once great.
| v cheaper The objects olrsYOnus to the
consumer, increase tho income Of the
Government, lessen the burdens OF hon
est tax payers, aud turn out of Office the
tax thieves who now stand between all
imported and manufactured articles and
their consumeIs, and gorge themselves
by plRuaoriOg alike prodpcerS, consumers
and the GOVERNMENT. In Pchieying
these great results. Gen. Grant will win
a success far more difficult and glorious
than conld arise from any Influence he
pight exert oyer the Legislative and po-
lilicol policies Of Congress. Nay, bis
success 10 these, his proper fields pf day
will add power and force to such rec
concentrations as he may feel called up
on 10 make TO Congress which he could
not otherwise obtain. Andrew Johnson
lost the power 10 command for want Of
the discretion aud mOdesty to obey
Gan. Grant, by entering upon his office
with no other disposition than to obey,
and by the steodY pursuit Of that wise
policy, will attain 4 far greater influence
and real power to cOuuOnd. So far
from such policy afOrding any indicA'
lion that Gen. Giant will be negative
or weak President, it is only the applicp
,iOu 10 civil affairs Of the same quiet
wisdom which has lifted bin in supreme
military power and insured his success
in every undertaking on which he hRs
entered. = Tribune.
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The way 10 succeed is to try. En-
.husiasm and labor always tell unless
each effort is in new direction. The
trouble with people generally is they
lack faith, direction porsislency and in
tousity. The man who draws a hand
cart might not be a poet, but with the
right sort of pushing be would leave
that useful vehicle far in the rear and 10
timc, como to drive his spaOking span,
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