The Montana post., 1869-04-02
HOW WE DO 1T.

The prevailing and pernicious mania
with Americans is to toady, and fiatter
some one person or other, until finally
if there is any fool in him it becomes
inordinately developed and ruins him.
Ii is only necessary to cite an instance,
where a man of more than ordinary
abilities, fine education, and good prom
ise was added and spoiled like a half
Matched egg-Geo. b. Mcclellan. He
was worked up into a Josh god one day.
and the next kicked around like old
boots. The instances might be multi
piled indefinitely. The trouble is, we
fly our kites too high AMI break the
strings. General Grant endured an im>
mense amount of this ST uff-and endured
il we'll President Grant has the dose
concentrated. Before it was a tine
ture of blarney, now it is the essential
Gil of adulation. If he snubs, or some
body reports that he snubbed Penn
sylvania delegation for telling him some
wholesome truths, the popinjay devo-
tees cry out "Great is Grant" If he in
Inmates a desire that the Tenure of Of
flee Bill be modified or repealed, half
the journals that stood manfully by the
Senate in the Impeachment trial, cry
out, "down with the Senator who votes
against repeal" Grant knew that the
Pennsylvania victory made him Presi-
dent, tina: to establish the principles
grown out of the new Freedom of the
land it is necessary to keep our Repub-
lican majority in Congress fully up to
what il is, that not alone the support of
his administration but the success of
Republican ideas depends in great mea>
surs upon the political attitude of that
Sfofn and vuhIla 95.sJH Of
or measures to him was indefensible, q
submission of the facts in respectful
terms, and solicitation of appointments
that would strengthen the party,
challenged the most favorable con-
sideration at his hands. While he is
the President of the people, not OF a
party, it must be recollected that there
is but one party which he recognizes as
faithful TO the Constitution and governs
ment he has sworn to support and de-
fend. We do not believe that Grant did
"snub" that delegation, in the terms att
tributed to him by fawniug sycophants
or enemies intent on making a fight be-
tween Grant and Congress, who. to
strengthen themselves or their friends
for some fat Office, or accomplish nefari-
Gus designs, magnify every casual ut
terance into a state axiom, and can in
terpret ominous oracular words from the
rumble of the government wheels.
Grant has nothing to fear from his enc
mics, but he may well invoke Deity TO
save him from him pretended friends.
The toadys, who in '61 would have ap-
plauded a decree of McClellans in as
Stunning the Dictatorship, had no words
harsh enough to damn him with in '62
Mr.. Lincoln conquered abuse: Even he
might not have survived lip>worship.
Grant has already disproved by his deeds
| language attributed to him by these
fair weather fawners and if he is imper-
vious to their subtle scented poison a
few weeks longer he will have conquer
ed worse foe than the legions of Lee.
We are led to these expressions BY the
bosh some of our Republican exchanges
are indulging in at present. If they are
not either duped or demented the indi-
cations belle the facts. The best way TO
throw this country into the hands of the
democracy, is to spring fight between
Congress and the President, by hurrah-
ing for Grant and condemning them on
every occasion when there is a possibil.
| ity of issue between them. We are pre-
pared to like Grants policy and admin
istration and have never had a doubt il
would be in harmony and sympathy
with Congress and the Republican par
| ty. We fail to see how consistent and
earnest Republican papers can contem-
plate hostility even on such measures as
the Tenure law, and desert a policy al :
ready developed and approved in favor
of one as yet scarce foreshadowed Are
they quite sure the enemy is not max.
ing tools of themg
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