The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1868-01-25
THE ENTRIES.

Father, under very insuspicious circum-
stances. When Buchanan retired to
Wheatland and Davis joined himself to
overt rebellion, it was left a pitiful
orphan, neither shod with vitality or
clothed with loyalty, and has since
remained in that condition, except the
half adoption it has received from its
Accidental step-father, the present Chief
Magistrate. In view of the approaching
Presidential contest, il is necessary some
one should be found who will hazard his |
reputation by assuming the thankless
duty of fathering the outcast; but the
difficulty is, that those whom Democracy |
could trust will not accept the position, |
and those who would accept cannot be
trusted, or are unavailable. Mcclellan |
was prominent at the outset, but the |
President makers discovered, ere long, |
that the American people had we'll nigh |
forgotten him, and the result of the
/ elections induced the belief that the
party would demand more extreme
candidate. General Stedman was for
mally announced by a Washington eau
Gus, but few weeks showed his reputa-
tion was of too local character to make
him national hero, or that he could not
be moulded to their purpose. General
sherman, on whom Democratic eyes were
turned hopefully, hesrtlessly snubbed
them in his St. Louis speech, full of the
patriotic fire that imbues the hero of the
March to the Sea. Seymour has been
strongly urged, but there are fears that
} he would throw all the fat ratronago To
I his dear friends " OF the Five Points
and his antiwsr record would tell too
heavily against him. General Hancock
looms up promisingly, and Mr.. Johnson
has even gone to the trouble to draft a
, policy for him and submit it to the con-
sideration of Congress for their veto /;
but the idea of the military satrap of
, District No. becoming the Presidential
: candidate of the Democracy is simply
! preposterous. AS dernier resort, Pen
: dleton, who it Is thought can be made
D popular by his greenback repudiation
b scheme. OF which he was the unfortu-
f nate originator, is brought out, and
I having received letter cf recommends
Y ton from the Ohio Convention. will pre-
s sent il to the country for its endorsal
4 These, with the claims Ohio has for the
, Presidency, brings Pendleton promi-
v offerings of the Democratic party. While
d doubts and apprehensiOns disturb the
!. equanimity of the opposition, the Repub
s licans have, with wonderful unanimity
e declared for Grant, the only and a very
h slight opposition coming from the more
d extremely radical members of the party
II while nine out of every ten journals arc
II ayowedly in favor of his nomination
r. The principal objection urged against
n him is his reticence on political topics
:. The friends of Mr.. Chase say his non
2, utilization with any ring of politicians
s betrays a want of esrnestness in tn,
n cause The opposition cry out agains
K him because the dread silence, remind
il ing them of the armies he marched in
t the silence and darkness of night to fal
: with irresistible force upon a vulnerabl,
y point at the first gray dawn, fills then
d with fears and terrors. We would no
2 advocate one whom we believed lacking
=, in ability, loyalty, and most cordial sym
1, pathy with the peoples plan of recon
y struction. In every position in which
II General Grant has been placed he ha
- displayed these qualities. As Genera
It OF the armies and acting Secretary o
y War, his duties have been arduous
~ requiring sound judgment, decision o
- - character and . thorough knowledge O
Is governmental affairs and he has yet L
10 make the first mistake. We believe il
a the rhetoric of deeds. and they who com
- pare the verbose rantings and vascills
10 ting actions of President johnson to tn
nt laconic utterances and iniiexible, deter
De inmate deeds of Grant. would prefer tn
garrulous frivolties of a town gossip t
of the sober utterances of a sage. As so
le dier, his holding aloof from alliance
y with political rings is an example worth
n of imitation. Had Mcclellan done SC
y he would not have been humiliatec
IL friendless exile today. Grant is jus
b what this country needs for Chief Mas
ne istrate-a national man. His nomina
le ton comes from the hearts of the peopl
i'll who were loyal through all the dsr
c. days of the war, and who with tn
m utmost confidence have singled him on
M as their standard bearer, firm, steadfas
IN and true. With president intent upo
es seeing the nation restored 20 harmony
le peace end prosperity moulding his po
ia lev TO the teachings of the nation, as di
al President Lincoln. and executing ia