The national Republican., 1869-03-05
QUE HEw PRESIDENT.

It Is proper that in announcing the lnau
gural ceremonies by which General Grant
was inducted into the Presidential Office,
that we should recur to the early advocacy
ofthe NATIONAL REPUBLICAN in his behalf
as n military genius, placing him, as this
journal did at IN early day, high In the as.
cendent above all the generals in the army
and as the coming man who was destined I,
pluck victory from defeat and to subdue tn,
rebellion.
We propose simply 10 quote In this connec
tlon some extracts from our files OF 1862
which show what tho conductors of thi:
paper then thought and said OF Gen. Grant,
when he was unknown to fame, and when
there was not newspaper in the land that
advocated his claims to be regarded as 4
great general. He was one Of the frst gen.
erals In our army who achieved anything
like success. We saw this and We hesitated
not to affirm 1t, and to call public attention
to his military career from the time of his
hrst achievement to the crowning victory OF
the war at Appomattox Courthouse.
In the REPUBLICAN, OF September 20, 1869,
we said the Union victory at IukA appears
to have been much more important and de-
elsive than represented in the FIRST modest
dispatches Of Gen. Grant. II all accounts
are to be credited 1t has probably saved Buel's
army from annihilation. Again we said, II
Is one Of those master strokes by which the
genius Of Grant has so frequently discon-
eerted the plans and scattered the armies Of
the rebels In the Southwest; and still further
In this article We say that General Grant has
captured nearly as many batteries as VIC
have Lost In the recent battles in front Of
Washington.
In the REPUBLICAN Of October sth, Of the
same year, wo find these wordsi Glorious
news from General Grants army lie flashing
along the telegraphio wires Us we 20 to press,
encouraging the hope that he has succeeded
In converting tho repulss at corinth into au
astounding disaster to the rebel cause. 1t Il
almost too good to be true, but the countr!
has been taught 10 expect great things o
Gen. Grant whenever the opportunity o
achieving them is presented.
When full account Of tho battle al Co.
rinth was spread before the country thi:
journal said In its Issue Of October II, 1859
tho battle OF Corlnth Is only second In I'm
portancs as q national victory to thai
achieved by tho same ofiieer at Fort Donel
son some nine months ago. II has dealt {
staggering, II not a fatal blow to the rebel
lion In tho MisIiaaippl valley, and has, q
any nate, relieved the loyal Northwest from
thu possibility Of disgracefui invasion
And Important aS II Is In a strictly military
view, It Is perhaps even more important In
hs moral effects, by demonstrating the
power Of Northern troops whom properly
handled, and by showing that there Is al
least one general In the Union army who 10
more than o match for the yaunted military
skill and generalship Of the South. a a.
In the concluding portion Of this editorial
we nnd these words, "whethsr generals are
born such, like poets, or made such, like or.
a'ors, they are only shown and known 10 be
such oy the unerrlng trial Of campaigning.
And most Snwiss Is thst Goyernmen. Or
that people who will not accept the results
Of that test,