Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-06-02
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NO POLICY OF HIS OWN.

party was waited upon and officially informed
of his nomination by the Chicago Convention
This notification of course called forth
speech. and in that speech Con. Grant was
pleased to inform his political keepers, that
in the event Of his elevation to the Presi-
dency, he should have no policy OF his own 10
oppose to the will Of the people.
The plain Interpretation of this admission
of the General is, that he intends to permit
Congress to control his administration, re-
cardins that 'fanatical conclave as tho expo
:cn. of the will of the people. Having sur
rendered himself and his convictions to Ste
veus, WashburR & Co, he graciously informs
his masters that if they will do the fddling
he will checriully dance to the music, whether
II be harmonious or discordant. And in thus
eurrenderiug himself, Gen. Grant Las shown
a weakness never before apparent in any can
didate for the Presidency. He is used BY
the Radicals, ret because they have faith in
his ability or his integrity, but because they
havo hope that his military reputation; won
at the expense of others, and by the sacrifice
of hundreds of thousands oflSes, will bring
success to their party, which is now sinking
to the shades of infamy, on account OF Its
intolerant policy and unparalleled corrupti0ns.
The Southern Opinion paints the best pic
turc We have seen Of the hero Of Appomsttox
in his present position. 1t says that as a re-
ward for the sacrifice of soldierly honor, We
rac;tv, and great name, the wild beasts OF
Ephcsus have elected him to lead them in
their mad ravcning raid upon the national
Treasury. Il now seems that alter his retl-
cent fashion, from the moment military sue
cess obliterated the memory of the wees
which once drove him from the army to the
paternal tan watts, he has aspired to the Pre-
sideucy. The conservative influence of
military education, aud his early adhesion to
the Democratic party, at first led him to seek
the coveted prize by advocating policy cal
culated to give the country that peace which
should have followed the victory won by his
countless hordes over handful OF starving
Confederate patriots For few brief months
he acted the part Of the magnauimous victor
and the conservative patriot with brilliant
success The struggle in this mans breast
between the good and the malignant GEM
which the OrentaIs believe are perpetually
strucalins for the mastery, at first indicated
.he triumph of the virtuous principle.
he conceded generous terms to the brave
men who had SO often routed and chased his
gigantic armies from the soil Of Virginia;
he di:opproycl the emancipation Of our slaves
and ordered TIE return Of - coutrabands" to
their masters; he openly opposed negro sui
fraCe, and called forth the harshest denuneia-
tons Of his present political associates by
advocating the policy of the President, ana
in December, 1865, crucifiod that ''impenitcnt
thief" Butler. and silenceda thousand calum-
1ia;ors OF the South by proclaiming in his
official report the triumph Of the Presidents
reconstruction measures Then General Grant
was anxious to bring order out Of chaos, and
desired TO rescue the country from the hands of
vile dcmagogues who have since destroyed all
vcs:igas Of the form of government established
by our ancestors. Mahomet, in his vanity
sud pride OF power, believed that the noun
tain Of Radicalsm would torsake its abomina-
tons and come to the great military Idol OF
the hour. But there was stubborn maliS~
nancy and total dcprayity in that party which
neither Grant nor the public had dreamed
Hate, Military Despotism, Oppression, and
Prescription. In spite Of the b1azing glories
Of Grants successes, it assailed his conserva-
tive policy, aud refused to recognize him as
its leader unless, like the hunter of the liartz
mountain, he sold himself to the Evil Ono.
That chosen representative of Satan, who
lhupcs the policy of the Radical party, was
willing to enter upon no negotiation with
Grant which did not demand an ''uncondi-
tional surrender" of that persons honor and
integrity to the keeping Of wretehes who
scoG Ut everything Ike political dccency and
virtue. Thad. Stevens dictated terms to
G rant which offered splendid reward as the
price Of an infamous desertion CT Conserv-
atism The miserable victim Of ambition in
vain attempted for time to escape the de-
grading conditions demanded by the Radical
party as The conditions Of their support. He
sought refuge in dcuze cloud Of tobacco
smoke, and eyaded direct questions by talk
which smYcke3 o. the stable and kennel
BIZ. the Radicals were Egu,, implacab!o and
rcleutless, and were not content until they
made their victim openly abandon his Con-
serra;ism aud utterly and irrctrievably dis
honour aud disgrace himself in the eyes of
crc.y gentleman and Old companion in arms
and when, Ike the poor PARTISAN prostitute,
lis STOOD forth clothed in the habiments Of
ghore, they threw open for him the doors Of
their poi,i,a: l[sgLa!en. Aud when his be-
truyal Of the President, lis furious Persecu-
ton Of an unarraed people, his approval Of