, 1868-06-19
me RadIc.I Candidate for President.


demaeogues who controlled the Chicago Con-
yention, that the bare mention Of Grants
name would throw the country into q spasm
of enthusiasm The result, however, has
been the reverse of their anticipations. The
first State to vote after his nomination was
Oregon, and if the result there is to be taken
as an index to the popular sentiment, the
great hero of the war is an element Of weak,
ness rather than strength. Chicago the
very town in which the nominations was
ma e, notwithstanding the most frantic ap-
peals on the part of the radicals to rally for
Grant, has gone back heavy on the military
chieftain. The fact is, the people have bad
a surfeit of candidates for high position, who
are utterly unfit for the places to which they
aspire. Grant as a military man may be
we'll enough, but even in that regard Sher-
man, Hancock, and score Of others We
might name, are immeasurably his superiorsl'
Of his capacity for civil affairs he'ceuutry
knows nothing, and very naturally hssitates
to take him on the principle Of the aPig in
the poke" What his political opinions may
be no man knows, and if Wendell Phillips
and Anna Dickinson, two shining lights in
the republican galaxy, are to be credited, he
has. no political opinions. In 6ne, he is
nothing more than a nose of wax, to be
moulded and warped as may suit the interests
Of his radical keepers An exchange aptly
asks What are his views on the great over
sbadowing question Of our national inancesY
what thinks he of the relative relations of
the States aud the general government ?-is
he in favor Of free tTadeor protection3-where
stands he on the question of manhood suffl
rage? does he believe in the omuipotence of
Congress, or has he respect for the co ordi>
nate branches of the government In vain
are all such questions propounded ), for no
man can answer. And it is this man who
is made the exponent of party pretending
to hold principles vital to the well being Of
the republic; this man who can only be de~
scribed if at all by negatives. Grant it is
said is reticent man, he never says any.
thing unless he has something to say. That
is all very well but no one but block head
ever regarded that as a very striking evil
dence of craftsmanship. Shakespeare tells
US Of men who "tberefore are accounted wise
for saying nothing" and in this category the
General of our armies is to be classed we
are called upon TO conclude that because he
is silent, be is therefore wise To be sure
the logic Of the thing is not exactly what is
called reasoning from cause To effect, or by
analogy, yet we regard it as about an aver>
age specimen of the article used by repub-
licans. A party which inaugurated war
professcdly to keep States 10 the Union, and
after success was achieved, declared the same
States out, and kept them out for years, is
never troubled with any foolish notions of
consistency. If in Tyler and Fillmore the
old whig party was deceived-if in the re-
doubtable Andy the republicans "caught
Tartar" are they absolutely certain that
they may not catch a genuine Calmuck in
the silent Ulysses. We are assured by those
who know that "goiug it blind" is hazard
GUS, as well 10 politics as in poker, that these
are no times for experiments in politics. If
ever in the history of our government there
was a time when all the resources of wise
craftsmanship should be called into requisi,
ton, that period has now arrived Questions,
the magnitude of which cannot be overesti-
mated, are waiting for solution; interests Vi
tally important 10 our future national welfare
are at stake, and it is nothiugless than down.
right folly to commit such questions and
interests to the hands of a man of whose
qualities or ability as a statesman we know
nothing Conceding everything claimed
for Gen. Grant as q military Chieftain, yet
you have nothing from which you can argue
civic skill or ability 1t is to comparatively
few that God has given to excel both in the
arts Of war and the councils of government.
But we are content. Let the "man on
horseback" ride on. Let republican orators
and presses spread themselves difusely in
praise of their ehieftsiu, and 'the pride and
Pomp and circumstances of glorious wsr:"
the men at the plough, the loom and the
anvil, the men whose hands are hard with
unremunerative toll, those who SOW in bit>
terness while bOudhOlders reap in idleness,
will ask 10 thunder tones, what is all this
worth {? How will military skill tighten our
burdens? How will the "hero of the war, +"
who is ignorant and inexperienced, rescue
Us from the frightful gulf into which repub-
lican misrule has plunged the government 7
These questions will demand an answer such
as the champions of the wary Ulysses will
d