Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-03-05

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\ which occurred, on, that spot, and the hope
iIof the departed husband that, he should
| meet his Wife and child in heaven - On
IT, y5T9QoI4 4G2- ----sss. lsssa..- -lA-12la9 NO
|G19a odGeaefaI GRANTS Speech.aot'i :"
tqGtio ,.niW0.G illd ----gisg6 gai10V ni 9l
hifsGenerhlj e rants speech, ,Iupon being no.
| tifed}ofl his eleetion,t was just whatceHery
intelligent man probablYie8peeted. 9bHe is
| emphatically not talker, and fewpubhe
men hayeeYer. made few professions. But
what he has TO- say he says directly, with
| out the least. defamation or appeal to
lBunconb. Upon this occasion he said
that the duty Of his administration would
+ be to secure. economy, retrenc chment, faith
fuldcollectienl Of tile revenue and pay
iment of the public debt. 2 The great gen.
teral dutyIl0f every administrator to en-
/ forcelthes lawso he did mot allude to-, be,
cause it9WasE Unnecessary and the. laws
already enacted IcoKerb theosubjecty of re-
construction. Il If anybody has distrusted
General Grant his distrust will not be re;
moved by the, speech; if het dIas 9not' dis
trusted him, he will not begin now. tg
Indeed, the election Of General Grant is
of itself test of the national faith in
kchaFaeter INDEPENDENTLY Of purely party
relatioasI Wefah have T1becoine so acchs-
toned to the lower view of party that
we have Somewhat forgotten the higher !;
and. the practical ,disdain, J Of dietation
Which the conduct of General; Grant
reveals may be easily mfsinterpreted
into, ,aorepqdationi OFFS parity assistance.
But every ygoYernrlaen rnrla ent in a. free country
is conducted by means Of; .ra. party,
and to suppose that any President Would
undertake. to stanib ploneS sort would rely
upon the chance of support from the
party that opposed his election, isIto sup
pose him much more fool than knave. q
bll General Grant wilp depend upon his
partyaas much. as amy President 9bit) he
will choose his manner of doing oso.sa He
says that he shall not ann0 ounce his =selec-
tions for the Cabinet, Because he does not
Jcafeto expose,the4ai ahdo himself ana the
rObjeetors to- need Gess1 trouble. jWhoican
quarrel with so wise q decision, and upon
what ground z General, Grant knows
! what men he thinks most fitted for the
/ duty tecwhiohhe proposes to- call them.
They are of course RepubaicaRs.i aNOw,
| who can give the General any. real, infor! inf
nation concerning them? Naturally there
are plenty yaof gentlemen who can tell him
that he had better appoint somebody else /;
but he shows his. great wisdom in nothing
LuOIG Judu Ill W llobCI
ls Per4aapsthe General Ras sheard Of the
experience of Mr.. Lincoln in appointing G
his Cabinetui9Tbere were two permanent
caucuses Of Z leaders upon the subject in
Washington. They had their spies, their
! RUNNERS, Their agents. TIE Conservative
caucus, of which Mr. Z TarurloM Weed was
the presiding genius, urged Mr., Gilmer
and Mr.. Etheridge, and other Border State
+ men that kind uponsthe President. The
Radical caucus insisted upon another kind.
Mr. Seward Thoughts it was perilous to-in.
cllde Mr.. Chase in the Cabinet and Mr..
I Weed made q desperate effort against him
Embassies FROM both dsidesI waited upon
Mr.. Lincoln at Willard's, and then at the
I White House after, the Inauguration, and
the lastanSde its appearance before break
fast upon the morning OF. the day thatthe
/ President sentin the names of his advisers
to the Senate, Perhaps ., Mr.. y Lincoln's
mind was made up long before. Perhaps
he finally nominated thosa whom he had
originally selected; but what infinite vex-
alton, he would eh&ve spared himself and
the politicians ifhe had said at the be-
! ginning that he Should decide for himself.
/ And who has the right claim 10 be q
! leader of the party, and in that, capacity
: to advise the President? Plainly, every
body who has been elected byfitto office
], will claimr the right, and lwitheQualy Justice
which is simply saying that there is no
other practical way than to leave to the
/ sPresidentito decide whom he will consult,
if any body. If there is any clique insthe
party which has hoped that by the, necesr
asity of the case the president Would fall
/ into their hands, cfheyOwill inow7be unde-
ceiyed., Amy tttrlngs"o in Congress OF, out
| viii find that, the President viii follow his
own copyictiohs, relying upon what will
not fail him, the better opinion of his
party and the eountrya, General Grant is
I to day stronger than ever with the men
Pwfo ARE The strength of the Republican
party; and, to-day, also, he lis lindoubtedr
ly more feared and respected than, ever, by
the noble host Of hummers and camp fol-
lowers who always attach themselves to
kthe victorious arny.l 5aj oya9i yi6edorq /
The new President will enter upon his
office with as general public confidence as
I that which saluted Mr. Eincoln at the be-
ginning of his second term His hold
upon the. heart and faith Of the, American
people is very great, and that faith is
Founded in the profoundest eonvictief of
| his honesty, capacity common sense.
! Those were the atalismans of Lincoln as
they Will De OF GranJ.-HdTpe7'S WeeRYy.
tn63 The New York Election Frauds.
+ THE report Of the Committee Of Con
gress which investigated the Tanafnany
election frauds seems, to judge from the
full abstract giVen'elsewhere, topresent as
| the authenticated digest of sworn evidence
facts familiar for months tofthe readers OF
the Tribune, and to base thereon a series
of Recommendations .foTs legislative action
tention at this Congress, but too just and
| too obviously, demahded to be long neg
Elected by the next. Look once more at
the facts. It is proved before this COM
mittees. on the testimony. of many and un-
impeachable witnesses, that q 70 bi7
f5f [, Thousands of aliens fraudulently pro-
cured certificates of naturalization during
few weeks Immediately preceding our
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