Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-06-12
THE swoRLD" on GEN. GRANT.

thelr opponents employed TO secure last
Saturday victorious shame.
THE "WORLD'' ON GEN. GRANT.
A DEMOCRATIC OPINION OF HIS "soIID
PUBLIC SERVICES" THE "sTEADiNEss
AND sTAUNcHNEss OF HIS PATRIOTISM, -
AND TUE ''UPBIGHTNEss'' OF HIS CHAR
ACTER.
General Grants temporary acceptance of
the War Department causes stir in the
Republican party, which eonfuses the cal
culations of those Republicans who, FIVE
weeks ago, counted securely on his nomina-
tion as their candidate for the Presidency.
Those Republican newspapers, therefore.
which, like the Times, are trying to identity
General Grant ioith the Republican party,
are opposing strong presumption by the
thinnest and feeblest Of shadowy differences.
Gen. Grant, to be sure. t1rors the execution
of' the 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 be feels
constrained to execute; nor IS there any Ell
deuce that Gen. Grant euer fdr0red, or tried
to promote their passage. President John
son comedies that Congress has practical
control Of reconstruction by conseafag to
erecate the IqJcs It has passed on that sub
iect; and Gen. Grant finding these laws in
force, recognizes their authority, Uuhout
going behind then, 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 Trib-
aae and other Republican Journals object to
Gen. Grant that he has never signifed his
assent to their principles, deserves notice
and consideration. OF the steadiaess and
stamchaess Of Gen. Grants patriotism, or
the uprigItness and the s0lidtty Of has char
acter, no man dt the country doubts, nor Gt-
feets to doubt The most perfect loyalty,
then, may stand with the most absolute in
difference to those objects which the Repub.
lican party regards as supreme. Or, to ex-
press the same idea differently, devotion TO
Republican shibboleth is no test of devotion
to the country. On the score Of loyalty and
/ solid public serUices, no man ia the country
can c0nae into competition tcith this Hl,tstriious
soldier. But measure him by the usual
Loyal League standards, aud it requires
magnifying glass of very extraordinary pow
er to discover that he has any merit Of pa
t4i0tisnl 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 rgioics
/ that there Is one man IN the county 1cho Is
ADORE tie necessity Of such beltttling partisan
ship. We trust that Gen. Grant loves his
whole country; that he desires the good of
all its citizens, without regard to any divi-
ding lines-whethsr they be lines of party,
ur sUUliUu, or lace, OF color. 1t Is the no
blest reward Of great services ike his, that
it exalts the character of this high level;
/ that it enables a man 10 act nobly without
| appearing to be pretentious. Gen. Grant
/ is under moral necessity of respecting the
/ great renown Of his past services 1t is be-
meath him TO play any common part in vul-
gar politics. The Presidency can be moth
| ing to him; he has a more valuable Office.
But i IL the hands Of PorideRce he could
/ be an Instrument for tranqu2izjag The com
/ try, that Is aB honor for phich he could df
ford to sacrifice ease, coHgnial pursuits, and
/ the responsibilities Of greater fame as a sol
| dier
God forbid that he should descend into
the arena of party contests. If he cannot
be elected President without such decent,
he can do no good in the Presidency Our
torn, lacerated, exasperated country needs
soothing, needs pacifcation. needs oil on
the troubled waters, which still toss and
dash after the recent tempest We would
no more have General Grant become par
/ ty politician than, if We had lived in Wash
ington's time, we would have wished him
to give and return party blows. As Wash
ington was elected and reelected on the
strength of his character and services, with
out pledges either asked or given, i0e trust
| that General Grant ,cH be elected, II at al,
In tie same soay, and lCih the same geaer-
oels confidence. Hartag restored the author
ty Of the Gore,umcat, zee hope that he may
add the highest caric to tie highest military
fame by restoring long lost cordially ofJeel-
ing. From the Nel0 York Word