The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-01-10
crN GRANT AND THE PRESIDENCY.

GEN. GRANT AND THE PRESIDENCY.
A meeting of the bondhOlding ma
hobs of New York city, held few
days ago, nominated Gen. u. S. Grant
for President. A. IT. Stewart, the
"merchant-prince," Vanderbilt and
Astor, the "money-kings," John
Cochrane, political will o'-the wisp,
ct id Onale genus, were the leading spir-
its of the concern. The meeting was
composed entirely of "bow-backed"
Republicans, the resolutions which it
adopted, containing not one syllable in
endorsement of Congressional "Recon-
struction." The object of the meeting,
it was announced by those who did the
talking, was to run Grant for Presi-
dent, without regard to the action of
either of the two great political par
ties of the country. 1t is said that the
General accepts this nomination and
will stand upon the platform put for
ward by Stewart & co. This state
ment, however, is not we'll authentica-
ted, and may, or may not, be true.
If Grant is to be the nominee of the
Radio al party, we are glad that he has
first been nominated by these bond
holders. If he accepts this nomination,
he is politically dead and-condemned.
No man, no matter 1UhO he Is, aUhence he
comes, or a0bat his preterSiOns, If he be
IN the interest 0fthe 6OndhOlders, can be
elected to the Presidency. In sheer self
defence, the people are compelled to
demand that taxation shall be equal,
and, therefore, cannot vote for any can
didate who is not openly and avowedly
in favor of taxing Government bonds,
much less for one who is the favorite
ofthe ebond-holders themselves. Hence,
if Grant becomes the candidate of
Stewart q co., he is a "dead cock i'm the
pit"
AS for the Radicals, they appear to
be so intensely alarmed at the tendency
of popular feeling, that they will,
doubtless, take Grant, fearing to risk
the race with any other candidate.
But Grants supposed strength, on ac-
count of his military prestige, is an idle
fancy, and his want of craftsmanship,
inexperience in civil Office, and pro-
verbally defective knowledge of the
English language, will more than coun-
terbalance his once great, but now de-
caying, popularity as General. Be
sides, if he becomes the candidate of
the Radicals, he must shoulder the
load of crazy theories and monstrous
doctrines which they have prOmulga-
ted; he must carry the ponderous bur-
den of military Reconstruction"
Mumbo-Jumbo constitutions" Ne
gro Suffrage and African Supremacy
in ten States of the Union. Whether
the Radical National Convention en-
dorse Congress, or not, is of little con-
sequence. Their candidate will inevi-
tably inherit the odium that attaches
to their party organization, on account
of their tyrannical, eXtra-constitution-
al and fool-hardy legislation. If Gen.
Grant be fool enough to attempt to
walk up the White House steps with
such load upon his back, the num-
ber eight boots that kicked Stanton out
of the War Office, will probably stum-
BILE. Our own humble opinion is that
U. S. Grant would like very much to
be President, and will accept the Radi-
cal, or any other, nomination that may
be given him. In fact, he is the very
man whom we desire the Radicals to
nominate. We think he can be more
easily beaten, or, if by some strange
chance he eshould be elected, more easily
captured, than any other prominent
person in the Radical party.