The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-10-22
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Not a IFRn TO 'sTyIerlze."
III this gloomy hour OF defeat and humi1ia-
son the advocates oil reputation and revoiu-
lion try to extract sunbeams from all sorts oil
watery vegetables. 1t is said that it is within
the resources OF natural science TO extract
heat from ice, and in their present dlfncuitles
the Democracy have moral problem OF tne
same sort to solve.
But let us see how they comfort themselves.
Certain of the more sagaclous couthern pa
pers foreseeing that the 18th OF October is
conclusive as TO the result on the Sd of No
yember, check the proiuse secretions Of the
lachiymal glands that roll down tie cheeks of
the down-hearted iire-eater. by declaring that
Grant, after all, is not to be feared by his adj
versaries that he is by no means to be ex-
pected to carry out the views cherished by
his supporters; that as Tyler deceived the
Wings and johnson threw himself into the
arms of his political adyersaries, so Grant will
Immediately upon his accession to power drlVe
from him the counselors in whom he has
seemed hitherto to put confidence and VIII
summon to his Cabinet men OF conservative
principles.
This sentiment has been echoed by certain
Northern Democratic journals and speakers
and even the London Times catches a glimpse
OF 1t through the fog that environs ii in dense
masses whenever it touches ever so cursorily
American affairs. All these parties cite the
same facts in support of their hypothesis;
first, Grants lenient treatment of the Conted-
crates who surrendered to him; second, his
recommendation to President johnson i'm
mediately upon the latter's moving into the
White House to adopt something trifie less
sanguinary than the policy toward the South
which he at that time proclaimed; third, his
report to The President In 1856 of the condi-
ton of the Southern States and the state OF
public sentiment there; fourth and last, his
reticence during the present compaign and
the assumed conservative bent OF his mind.
But these suggestions, when examined, are
found not to have the weight of feather
What did these anxious souls expect-that
Grant would build pyramid of Rebel skulls
at Appomattox, LAYING foundation with the
bones of privates and GROWING the apex with
the venerable head of Gen. Lee? Did thev
look to see him encourage johnson to erect
scaffolds at every crossroads in the South for
the strangulation of such Rebels as he could
could catch? Did they expect him to tell the
country upon his return from the South in
1865 that he found the dispirited Secession
lists as active and warlike as ever? Did they
expect the General of our armies to dim the
constellation that glitters on his shoulders by
mounting at mass meetings as if he were only
a Blair, or Seymour whipped to the stump
by the lash of fippant metropolitan Jour
nal?
Gen. Grant is brave, shrewd, thoughtful,
magnanimous soldier, with all his wits about
him and his judgment always clear and &C.
euate. He never acts hastily and rashly.
Best of all, he neoer lies. His entire sympa-
thy with the cardinal principles laid down at
Chicago by the party that supports him
needs to be shown by nothing more conclu-
sive than his own agsrds. His letter of ac-
ceptance puts this question forever beyond
the pale of legitimate discussion, for it is
Grant, who has said that he accepts as bind
ilg upon him the declarations of the Repub-
lean platform. 1t is Grant, too, who says
that he shall have "no policy of his own" to
enforce in opposition to the aw-making pow
Q, and who utters the axiom, The will of
the people is the law of the land.'
What need to recapitulate the events OF the
last year, still fresh i'll the recollection of ev-
cry American citizen? 1t is Grant who has
proved the most efficient ally of Congress in
enforcing the laws against the opposition OF a
faithless Executiye-Grant who stood by Sher-
idan in his efforts to make reconstruction a
success-Grant, who stood shoulder to shout
der with Stanton in resisting the Presiden-
tial attempt to nullify the laws of the United
States. That there has been no recent
change in his views we have the needless tes-
timony of one whose authority to speak no
one will deny. Schuyler Coliax, in recent
speech, said that he was authorized by Grant
himself to declare that in the event OF his ell
ovation to the Presidency he would interpose
the authority of the United. States between
every citizen of the country, black or white,
and wrong, and that he you'd execute the
laws We want no more radical President
chan that