The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-11-11

| q Senate now made infamous.
Then, with no forfeiture of bonds that
bind him now to silence, he may hurl
back the whitening contempt all true
men feel upon the pejurers that dare to
call themselves his peers.
GRANT A.DEMocRAT.-The Round Ia
Bile, an influential, independent paper, with
Republican proclivities, made the follow
ing strange announcement on the eve of
the Presidential election:
That General Grant has always been a
Democrat, by which we mean that nc has
ALWAYS voted and acted with the Demo
cratic party, until very recent date, is
widely known. That his tastes, habits
and sympathes are, in broad sense,
Democratic, is equally notorious. And it
cannot now affect the issue OF this can
vass to say that many of the Generals.
most influential supporters, including
some of the "War Democrats" who sign
ed the call for the late Grant meeting in
the City of New York, did SO on the ex-
press and oven avowed ground of his
being a Democrat, and on the understand
ing, which they do not hesitate to say
exists, that his policy,,.if elected, will be-
strongly conservative. 1t is now too late
to change the result. The current now.
rushing ON is too broad and deep and
swift 70 be diverted or stayed. No doubt
if the Radical party distinctly saw what
was coming-saw it with the clear, pro-
phetic eve of Mr. Wendell Phillips, for
example-they would move heaven and
earth to defeat Grants election. But it
is too late. They might now "as well
trv to dam up the waters of the Nile
with bulyushcs,' or to whistle against
thunder, as to prevent the impending con-
summation, The true policy Of the Radi
calls. old and paradoXical as itmay sound,
was to have struck up Democratic alli-
ance and to have bent every energy for
the nomination and election Of Mr. Chase.
til is their cue to make extremes meet
here as they have in England. The most
pro ogressive Radicalism ard the most i'm
movable Conservatism can find common
ground on pinch here as we'll as abroad.
If John Bright could pull in the traces
side by side with the friends of Lord
Derby, Horace Greeley could do the like
with the friends of Jeff Davis. There
was the true opening for the Radicals,
but they have failed to sec it. They let
the golden opportunity slip by; they took
up with Grant, whom the Democrats, In
turn, nominated for them, and in 80 doing
have wrought their own destruction. The
success Of their candidate is certain,
but, like the gigantic and relistless crea-.
ton of Frankenstein, he is as certain
hereafter to turn upon them and rend
them.
General Grant was Democrat. His
army contained Democrats by tens Of
thousands, and by tons Of thousands
Democratic votes will be cast in his be-
half. A man of little imagination but,
great common sense, the fantastic schemes
which the extremists are sure to seek to
force upon him be will unquestionably
reject He will thus gain their bitter ha-
tired, and, as natural consequence, will
become more Democratic than ever. The
restoration of this country, the revival Of
it's pristine harmony and prosperity, is not
to be attained through Radical measures
General Grant has solid sonse enough to
see this even in theory, but in practice
his perception will soon beget deeds of
substantial reality. But a little while
and there will be no sin SO vile, no pur-
pose SC heinous, but the Radical press
will impute it to him. To the Radical
journals that are now 30 clamorous for
his election, General Grant is in heart
principle, habit and mental composition
absolutely and irreconcileably opposed !;
and as they gradually find this out their
rage and indignation will know no bounds
They do not believe it today, nor will
they believe it in any considerable num-
bers before the 9th of November. But
after the fatal deed is accomplished, when
their discontinue is more thoroughly as
surcd than by any other means it could
possibly have been, not even by the cleo
tion of Mr. Seymour, then will the Radi-
Gals call upon the rocks to fall upon and
the mountains to cover thom. The Dem
ocratic leaders have undoubtedly dealt y
vital wound to their party canvass, but
the Radical leaders have been stultified
meanwhile as faction hardly ever was
before. 1t is we'll that the country may
be congratulated that such fruits promise
to come out of the blunders of both that
they may be estimated in the retrospect
as blessings in disguise.