The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-04-03

occur before the next decade, the South
may reasonably hope to be free--if that
be boon, as things are since the down.
tall of African slavery. For the pre-
sent her interest is in an Emperor in
stead of mob Of masters, miscalled
Senate.
Nor need the South fear GRANT. He
is not the fool he is said to be. He is
not the Radical he is thought to be-
He has played and is still playing his |
game for absolute power with consum-
mate skill. From an obscure outcast
from the regular army, he has risen to
the supreme command of that army
He has made himself necessity to the
Radical party. Strong as that party
has been and is still, it is powerless
without GRANT, and they know it. He
knows it. This day, were he to side
with JOHNSON, Radicalism would go to
the wall. He does not side with JOHN
BON, because he hates the South or loves
negroes, but because JOHNSON repre-
sents Constitutionalism and his game
is outside and above the Constitution.
He is seeking dominion, and he has al
most grasped it. Whether the wisdom
which has led him so far be his own or
another's, the fact reInains-G rant is
the Power IN this country. Call it for
tune. luck what else you will, it does
not change the result.
He will use the Radical party rs
stepping stone to the Imperial purple,
and then he will strangle it. He is a
man raised up of God for that purpose.
He is remorseless. Ills heart is flint. -
His will is adamant. His fondness for
horses, fol- dogs and cigars, his bad
grammar, his silence, his ignorance, all,
do not the least unfit him for the part
he has to play. When the Courier des
Flats Unis said, in quiet derislon, che
talks little and thinks less" it uttered
good joke, which all enjoyed. But
those who will be at pains to look back
a little, will remember two important
facts in this "lucky fools" history
First, he accepted the command of the
armies ofthe United States on condition
that he should haze absolute control ofthem.
Second, he has persistently refused to
stand upon any Republican platform,
and has forced that party to make him
their candidate oithout any public pledge
,chatsoeur. These two, put with many
other things, prove that Grant is for
himselfand no one else.
He is no ordinary man. lie who
would rush his legions against BRAGG,
entrenched on Lookout Mountain; who
strcwed the line of march from Rapidan
to the James with $4,000 dead and dy-
ing who at the second Cold Harbour,
allowed his wounded TO perish in ago
MES rather than admit defeat by send
ing flag of truce to Lee and who, to
carry his point, accepted without hest
(, tation the awful responsibility of starv-
: ing ten thousand of his fellow-country.
men at Andersonville; he who would dc
this, and would play the terrible game Of
war as recklessly and coolly as he was
u wont to play the game of faro, in the
: days of his penury, is just the man t.
trampie a State or throttle a Cont
: nent, if that State or that Continen
8 stood in the way of his ambition. Self
"a contained and pitiless, he is the man o
all Others in America to master, pm
IS down, keep down, and trample out o
u existence the Radical party. What If
e in SO doing, it be necessary to delug'
New England or the West with blood
c That would please him well. Nothin,
better.
But he has taken sides with the negr,
= and will grind the whites of the Soutl
> under his heel. Not he. His DANCE
lies not that way. The South is un
y armed, aud naturally disposed, as
choice of evils, to prefer Imperialism t
u fanatical Demagoguery. The West
FESTIVE, and New England mischievous
But the moment the West perceive
: that the struggle has begun between
:. Grant land Congress, it will side witt
Grant. President in name but Emper
y or in fact, he will then easily overmas
ter New England by the simple threa
of putting his armies in motion. Ii
this way and this alone, bloodshed ma,
be averted and the Revolution now il
progress be accomplished peacefully
The Republic will have disappeared
: the Empire will have taken its place. =
We will not have a good. government
but we will have The best possible un
9 der the circumstances and as good a
most governments in Europe. A
sections, all classes, both races, will b
=, kept in subsection. The land will re
= pose, the fruits OF industry will be gath
cred; civil liberty will be extinct, br
10 there will be fair share of person:
II liberty to those who behave themselyel
v Therefore we hope that Grant will B
D. Emperor. 1,aa f3
or HOW THE EMPIRE MAY COME TO PAS
Iv The first Napoleon graduated in as
cen. to empire through successive adoI
10 tions nv flamoralizad rpnrasantati,