Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1868-12-22

Two diverse opinions Of General Grant
are published-one in the Mobile Tribune
and the other in the Richmond Enquirer
both good rebel authority The Tribune
says;
The majority Of the Northern people have
voted themselves slaves. We're it not for
the ever to be honored . Copperhead' mi
nority of the North, We would regard the
course pursued with unmingled satisfaction.
May they speedily find a King Stork to pull
their bowels out with his long bill to swal-
low them without greasing their heads.
Well, the child is born, and his name Is
Ulysses May his entire head become a
bleeding wart If he fails to grind his heel into
the very hearts of the ruifians that elected
him.
The Southern people really have had little
more interest in the late contest than they
had in that between Disraeli and John Bright
.. 1t is none OF our funeral Here in Ala
bama we have proved ourselves the power in
the State, and we ought to be fully satisfied
with that. And the power that we possess
will not surrender to less than iilty thousand
bayonets But the troops must be white.
There are not enough negroes in America to
hold Alabama should she take notion 10
shake herself
Now we are certain of the State, and to
tell the truth, with the State secure, we need
not trouble ourselves about the condition OF
politics in the North, in England, or in France.
To us they are all equally foreign countries.
The Enquirer of Nov. 18th takes more
hopeful view of matters and holds the fol
lowing language;
Grants name has been the tower of strength
tot he Radical party, for his military achieve
ments have given him an abiding hold upon
the confidence of the Yankees, irrespective
of parties or principles. He was elected be-
cause he was the conqueror OF Lee. The
ssprincple'' settled by his election was the
same as was determined by the war. The
Nerth is stronger than the South and Grants
election has but reatfirmed the census re-
turns.
For this conqueror of Lee we have no word
of abuse. His fame cannot be furnished
without rejecting upon the character OF
Il whom he oyerpowered His triumph
l.. war was grand beyond any recorded IN
history and we have never sought to beiittie
it The honors which his sectiOn-the con
quering section-have conferred upon him,
have been well deserved by him, If we limit
our view to the sectional aspect of the sub
lect, and il is very far from the disposition
of the conquered section to make those hon
ors mean by attributing them To the popu-
larity of Radiealsm srdther than that oil
Grants great name. The result has been
absolutely and essentially Grant triumph.
But Gen Grant is not politician. We
hope he viii prove to be patriot. His dis
position toward AGen. Lee and the soldiers
under him, when they surrendered, was GER
tainIv generous and solder-like. Since the
close of the war his conduct has been such
as to preserve the good opinions OF his coun-
trvrnen, and he has never suffered in repu-
tation except in his unfortunate differences
with President johnson, and even in that
case great allowance was made for the in
famed partisanry which gave il publicity.
The Radical accounts of his inebrieiy have
never been believed because nothing would
be believed from such source.
As an administrative officer, IL cannot DE
denied that his limited experience has been
characterized by great efficiency Having
control over vast sums of public money,
no word of suspicion has ever been 5reathed
agans. his honesty. During bis administra-
ton of the War office his ability was mani
fest. and even President johnson afirms IN
his message to the Senate that : saiutary re
forms have been introduced by the Secretary
ud interim, and great reductions OF expenses
have been effected uader his administration
oil the war DcpdftiHcnt, W thc SAVING va
millions to the Treasury
If from so short an experience a judgment
is to be passed. it is but sheer justice to say
that General Grant has given indications of
possessing the sterling qualities Of wise
and liberal craftsmanship. And in this esti-
mate. we need not inciude the favorable re-
port he made Of the condition OF the South
after his visit in 1865, nor the remarkable
reticence which he has maintained since his
domination.