Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-11-18
What will Grant do ?

The journal Q; Ccmmsycs expresses the
conviction iha; the Jacobin party IS made
up OF material 50 incongrH ons now, that It
will be Impossible for It 10 holl together
for another four years. As to the Presi-
dent elect, the editor says;
"Gcn Grant is not a radical, and we
have the verv highest authority for saying
that il i, his purpose 70 separate himself
fom the extremists, and TO rally round
him strong body Of the better class of
cilizeEs. who shall draw unto them congo
MIL allies from all qrarters, and become,
H. they would deserve 10 be, the party of
the country He is also extremely anx-
ions 10 verify his parts wstchword, and to
lead the country AT once to peace and re-
newed prosperity. This is his purpose,
aud no one can deny that it is = noble
ambition. Not himself politician, and
with bat little experience or skill in civil
! !ft, he does not, as we think, realize the
difficulties in the way of such Success IA he
covct,. We DO not say that he will fail,
for he has undoubted pluck, and. besides,
four years of patronage at command, he
will also have the advice and practical aid
Of some strong friends, who do not usual
/ ly intermcddie with public affair H.
will, of course, be first tlattered aud then
rOundIy abused by those whose alliance
he d sdain>. II Sumner is left oat in the
cold, according to the present programme,
there will be heard at Washington howl
| oi rage every time the wind is 10 The
East. If the South is treated kindly and
! justly, as General Grant has privately
! promised. and the sneasurcs of recon>truc-
/ tinn he mas indicated as his choice are
/ adopted, he viii eoon be classed by the
radicals OF his party as a rebel sympAth-
zer, bent on throwing away all the fruits
/ Of the great national victory. There is a
/ large class Of politicians whose sole test OF
! a righteous peace is some form of security
/ for the permanent aScendency of Their
| party at the South. There can be no rest
to the land until tie idea is abandoned
aud ii this concession is not made by their
chosen leader, he will be stigmatized mos;
uUSparingiy rs u traitor TO their cause"
an Expedition to Annex Cuba Fitting out
! in New York.
Tie highly important events thai have
tran,pirei in Spain during the last five
I weeks, which have resulted IN the over
throw OF one OF i..a olies. thrones on the
European continent, hgs drawn the atten-
tIOn OF adventurous and filibuster>ng
Americans TO N" unprotected or weak
state of The drf.nsps e the ever faithful
,sle of Cuba.
An expedition, or rather series uf eype-
iitions, are now in process O: fitting out,
the objective point cf such being some
central pnirt for general concentration in
the heart If 'uba, These expeditions art
severa'ly briDg organized in New York,
Mobile, Boston, and New Orleans, The
object Of there several expeditions. wher
uuItel, is the snnexation of Cuba to the
United States.
Communication has been established be-
tween the leading insurgents now in arms
j against the authority Of the Captain Gen
eral, Ler4nndi, and the different chiefs OF
the movement in the United States.
In New York city the ledsed
leader of the iiillbu.tering movement is
Colonel George ". Gibbons, who hs,
held "onmiss on and served ia the vol
untrer force employed during the late war
Colonel Gibbons is about twenty-eight
years Of age, is a man of powerful frame
and when mere lad served under tie i'll
fated General William Walker, in hi,
Nicaragua t;iiibustering movement;