Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-01-08
CEN. ULYSSES GRANT.

When, some months since. We signiticd
our choice for Gen. Grant for the mex
presidency, it locked as if there might be
considerable diversity of opinion upon the
subject. We have watched the signs
closely since, and end that the almost
unanimous voice of the Republican press
is for Misunderstanding the Tribune; for
though the Tribune is advocating Mr..
Chase. it is really doing more to secure
Gen Grants nomination than it would BY
directly advocating his nomination. Tn,
following extracts wall give our readers .
little Insight to the tendency Of opinion
upon the subject. and show them some
thug more Of the man
In an article in The Independent, the
Hon. Henry Wilson writes:
The Presidential contest of 1868. with
its vast issues, will stir the nation to its
profcundest depths. The Democracy.
without responsibilities, under the leader
ship Of men of talent, TACT and expert
erce. will put forth gigantic effort to
win back lost power. The Republican
party. upon which rest grave responsible
tiles, has in its ranks able, tried, aud
true men--civil and miiitary-men whose
names are honorably associated with the
country's struggles for unity and liberty.
Who among these honored men, ofproved
capacity and tried fidelity, shall be selec.
ted to marshal the Republican hosts to
victory? Whose nomination will. in ad
vance, make the assurance of victory
doubly sure? Above personal aspirations
and ambitions, above local pride and at
taehments, ubove all associations aud in
tercsts there comes from the body of the
three millions Of Republicans to whom
the SUCCESS OF the old cause is so dear, the
the prompt aud emphatic response.
Ulysses S. Grant, These masses see.
with the clear instinct of patriotism, that
the great soldier would bring into the
impending contest the weight Of his great
name and illustrious achievements, his
solid and practical Judgment, his conceded
integrity, his modesty that never vaults
his own deeds.suud his rare magnanimity
that ever gracefully recognizes the deeds
of other generals. soldiers, and civilians
These uusel6oh masses, with their practi
cal sogscity, see that the ranks of the
Republicans. in the struggle through
which duty has led them. have been
weakened by timidity aud treachery
that their sacred cause now needs to be
reinforced. as it SO often has been. by
by drafts from the most advanced men of
the Democracy; and that the selection of
Gen. Grant will rally tens Of thousands
to the cause their hearts love.
The military achievements of Gen.
Graut are gratefully acknowledged. his
administrative capacity is now conceded.
and bis general views of public policy
commended. Earnest Republicans, how
ever, whose fidelity to vital issues cannot
be questioned, hut whose distrust of pub
lie men has been qaickored by the shame
full treachery of men they had trusted
sid followed. are anxious concerning the
Sentiments of Gen Grant upon those vi
tai issues, the fight settlement of which
alone can bring permanent security and
repose to the nation. The past and pres
ent Of the Republican party and the per
soual integrity Of Gen. Grant afford am
pie assurance that their and his scnti.
ments and opinions will be distinctly
avowcd in the coming canvass. In the
trying days Of the war--in the sumM er
Of ls63--Gen. Grant wrote from his camp
on the banks Of the Mississippi, to his
tried friend Washburue:
IL have never been an anti Slavery
man; but | try to judge justly of what
see. made up my mind when this war
commenced that the North and South
could only live together in peace as one
nation. and they could ouly be one nation
by being free nation. Slavery. the cor
rer stone of the so.called Confederacy, is
knocked out. aud it will take more men to
Keep black men slaves than to put down
the Rebellion. Much as | desire peace.
an opposed to any peace until this ques-
ton Of Slavery is forever settled"
This emphatic avOwal fully committed
Gen. Grant to the policy Of emancipation.
He was. too. for the reelection Of Abraham
Lincoln. declaring to his nearest friends
that his defeat would te dreadful eal.
amity tojhe country. Since the close OF
the war he has been in accord with Con.
gress, in It's efforts to protect The loyal
black aud white, secure the equal rights
Of all. and restore the Rebel States to their
practical relations. When the pending
Constitutional Amendment was before