The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-09
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The Connecticut election. isnot with
,rt IFS bearings upon GRANTS value as a
occidental candidate. He was as much
candidate before the people OF the
v,,o,.o State, as ENGLISH or JEWELL.
wbsn the Radicals became confident of
.rccess their organs declared that the
struggle was but test Of his strength,
md that the result would, 10 great
.xtent. indicate his fate iu November.
nEp,xT aud Victory was the rallying
,ry and with it the Radical hosts were
rarshalled for the fray. .----
When the bulletin of the battle was
made up, it was found that GRANT was
nowhere, and that Victory was every
where. except upon the banner where
Gp,vr's prestige was expected to in
Jnr. her to perch. New Hampshire had
..r,.,lized a loss" of 500 votes To the
p,Jic,ls, on GRANT stock, and IL. Con
rsr,icut th.. decline was even heavier,
more sudden, and more sic ken!ng~it
,,.,s f,nud that :he magic name was
amazingly useless for conjuriug pur-
noses: the great uprising, 20 be evoked
thereby, expanded distres>ingly in the
wrong direction. and the Radical wiz
ords now find To their Infinite disgust
chat for further political meersmancy,
the rod Of Ulysses is Ms impoteno asa
,vorn-out mop-hahdle. - -r,
The explanation of the GRANT uzzle
:. not very difficult. His fame, or-no-
,,ri.ty rather, Is the iTuit of war, and.
,b... arr. ,,-ac, times. If he has any
,,s,i. n nh, a question which is Ly no
means settled, ii is that of a soldier.
The exi.encies ri the hour demand
statesmen. However calmly and sue
c,,sh!lv he may have aved a path way
to Richmond with the bones of Federal
soldiers. he Las shown himself
4 rhorou.h, negative nincOmpoop in
the prr,ruc. of .ravc political ones
rions. He has expressed no ideas upon
such subjects. because political ideas
form no part of his intellectual aSSort-
u.rni. Having nothing TO say, he has
said nothing; ignorant of the proper,
thing to do, he has tried to DO nothing;
and when, at last, he blunderei or wao
driven into direct opposition to the
President, h!S best efforts only served
to prove hiu, certainly dishonest
tricastri aud, very probably, u stupen-
dou, liar.
This is the snnI-total OF his poiItlcai
record. clearly demonstrated anu uni
veEsal!y understood. 10 expect his
reputation os a soldier to negative his
later celebrity as charlatan was
Ike trying to perfume Il cuzIard $ roost
ioma apfoOao!E empty peHhcet-DoA' Ihe
sttheh "i the i"'nler was deciueu' anu
I'd" iF"SI"i'ce oi tue !a''or was queS'
uohaOlt' A hadical JoufhaI mas
described Tue SITUATION III oet'er
wo!ds than ours. Ii says that TO
IalI! under GkANr was I" ioiIoW an
unknown leader luto an uncertain bat
Tie Tor doubtful prlucipIcs No gehu-
Inc enthnsla.m could be aroused among
'he Radical masses, and the Democrats
Lad too hrm an opinion OF the small
suckers merits to omit 50 favorable an
opportunity to express it, We presume
fc" will question the emphasis of the
expression.
The preliminary test having been had,
what are GRANTS chances for the fu-
turr' Certainly he has no recupera-
tive power. The possible glory of the
soldier will not brighten as the blaze
of his battles grows dim. Every day
carries us farther from the war, lulls its
passions, soothes its excitemeuts and in-
di>posrs the people to overlook civil in
capacity in view of vapory exploits and
the bubble reputation" eve have
lad enough Of var" is common senti-
mrnt. and Il is fast becoming the repre-
sentative sentiment of the masses. The
country wants peace and, to st ecure it, it
must be ruled 10y men who are able and
TO deal with the problems
lf civil life The great uueSiiOnS of
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