Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-11-13
The Future.

Much speculation is being made by the
different journals throughout the country
Radical, Republican and Democratic-as
to the probable course of GRANT. Some
claim him as very Conservative Republic
can some go further and say that his adj
ministration will be ultra Conservative,
coming fully up to the Democratic ideas
Of course the Radicals claim him and his
administration as peculiarly belonging to
them. Why they SO claim him is incom-
prehensible. We remember well when
Forney came out in leader denouncing
all military chieftains, and warning the
people to keep off and not vote for any of
them that might be brought forward as
Presidential candidate. This was at time
when GRANT was considered as q very dan
gerous fellow and Democrat. In that I'M
fortunate letter Quarrel between GRANT
and JoHNsoN), the extremists found it to
their interest to favor the contention and
to proclaim the General of the Army the
most abused of men. Immediately the
Radical organs change. They see they
must stand On more popular platform
than any they had. as yet, devised. The
Democrats had alienated GRANT. Asplendid
chance ! GRANT will carry everything
before him And GRANT would,
well repeat, have carried every
thing before him, no matter on what side
he took his stand. At the nomination
of their candidate the Republican party
was divided into two wings-the extreme,
or Radical-the more moderate, or tie
! Conservative. The Radicals could have
never won the contest. Their cause is as
unpopular with the moderate men as it is
with the Democrats. There is wide diff
ference between Radical and e Republi-
can, though both stand on the Republican
platform. A Radical is the synonym of all
that is oppressive, dishonorable and ne
farious. His object is the perpetuity of
his party, even with the loss of all rcpub-
lican government, which is sure to follow
the overthrow of constitutional liberty,
The Republican, or more moderate, wishes
and works for the continuance Of the party
in power, but upon the more enduring
basis of carrying out the principles of JET
PERSON and MADISON and the elder ADAMS.
They will not strike at the root Of all
ocial order and security for the mere
qualification of holding the scourge
OF tyranny over fallen people. They
would not forever keep up the cry Of aC0e
TO tie c0nquerea-and offer them stripes,
vinegar and gall, and then call them ' re-
bells because they refused to accept such
delicate attention. It was this wing Of the
Republican party that nominated GRANT,
and it was by its influence that he was
elected. We believe that numbers of those
who bore the title of war Democrats dur
ing the internecine struggle assisted, and
they will be their honored leaders stout
est pillars in the administration of the office
OF Executive. To these two divisions We
are inclined to think GRANT will look for
counsel and accept it, and not to the BAD
ical wing. GRANT need not fear the ex-
tremists. He will have Congress that
will not bow to the caprices Of few mad
caps. It will have enough of Democratic
members to destroy o two-third vote. and
we know that there are many honest Re-
puDGcans returned, who will raise their
voices against further extreme measures.
The lusty and ugly imponderable body of
Butler will no longer be needed when he
trises to oVershadoW the hall with sshade
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