Litchfield enquirer., 1868-08-13
"Let us Have Peace

When General Grant entered West Point the congressman appointing him made mistake in his name. He was christened Hiram Ulysses, but was entered in the rolls of the Academy as Ulysses Simpson. After several intellectual attempts to have the error corrected, it was finally allowed to remain as we now find it; and this acci- dent is now constantly referred to by the NY. World and other Democratic papers, apparently as their chief reason why the victor of Donelson, Vicksburgh, Chatta- uooea. and Appomattox Court House, sbould not be made President of the Uni ted States!
 Next to his change of name, our De- mocratic opponents find most fault with .he closing sentence of General Grants letter of acceptance, "Let us Have Peace!" Nor are we surprised, for it is becoming more and more obvious as the canvass pro- gresses, that in this short, telling sentence, our next Chief Magistrate struck the key note of the whole controversy. ueU us briefly consider the only three contingent cies favorable to the Democracy that are nossible. in view of the fact that the Senate must in any case remain Republican for the next four years.
 1. The election of Democratic Presi- dent and of Democratic House of Rep resentatives.
 2. The election of Democratic Presi- dent, only; Congress remaining Republi- can.
 g. The election of Democratic House of Representatives, the President being Republican.
 The first would of course be their best possible luck We should then have dead lock in Congress; but with the direct or indirect assistance of Democratic Execu- tive, the policy indicated by the Blair let ter and the speeches of Hampton and oth CTS, would probably lead to an attempt to revolutionize the South and reconstruct it on a rebel basis. So violent proceeding could hardly be effected without blood shed; and there would almost certainly fol- Low such another uprising at the North as succeeded the attack on Sumter. The feeling aroused by the New Orleans riot shows plain ly how such series of revolutions with the consequent triumph of the extreme rebel element, would be viewed at the North. At best, there will be much disconrent and disturbance in those parts of the Union where the return of order is absolutely ne- cessary to the return of prosperity.
 As we lately showed from the estimates of the Democrats themselves, their cleo ton of a majority of the next House is scarcely within the bounds of probability. Nevertheless, the election of Democratic President without Democratic House, would prove barren victory. With two thirds of the Senate and a majority of the House opposed to him, MT. Seymour would be within the reach of impeachment; and, in case he followed the advice of Blair, Hampton < Co.,, he would be immediately removed. The second contingency would, therefore, perpetuate the discords at Wash ington that have paralyzed the govern ment for three years. It would be an in- calculable injury to the country, and no benefit to the Democracy.
 The third contingency is practically i'm possible. except during the last two years of the next Presidential term. Whatever might be its effect on Finance, Reconstruc- tion would then plainly be beyond Demo- cratic reach.
 In each of theso cases the evils would be the same, more or less aggravated: we should have nothing but discord at Wash ington; nothing but discord at the South doubt and distrust everywhere. For four years there would be no Southern State Government that a capitalist could safely trust-no security for life or property. Is 1t not manifest, then, that the success O. Grant and of the Republican party is th' only road to peace?
 The Shepaug Valley Railroad.