The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1869-03-17
WHAT WE MAY EXPECT OF GRANT
BY CHARLES q. GAME.

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First, General Grant viii he Prcsi-
dent in fact as well as In name. As
we have seen, he never was . man to
hesitate about exercising any amount
of power that might be- confded To
him. In Jackson's place, he might
not have said, ~ take the responsible
ityj" but he would have taken Il, new
erthcless, and said nothing aboht Il.
Even one Of his associates in the Ga
lena leather store understood Ills pc
culiarity we'll enough to give Govern
or Yates Of Illinois, who had confessed
his inability to get at the special Gu
.pacities of "thislCaptain Grant," the
following good advice; "The wayS5
deal with him is to ask him no ques-
tions, hut simply order him duty.
He will obey promptly" The peo-
pie have now summoned this same
prompt officer to be President of the
United States, and that, he will be-
If any individuals high in positition
orpronc to intrigue indulge theihope
of managing or improperly inauene-
ing Mr.. Johnson's successor, II only
remains for them; seeing how blind
they have been to the plainest pages Of
recent history, TO take lesson or two
in the school of experience and nay
their tuition. va "
Secondly, it is but reasonable cal-
culation that Gen. Grant, in the dis
charge of the duties of the Presidency
will win a substantial success not M
suited to his martial rcnown. Indeed,
ninc-tcnths of those, who have risen
above the folly Of confounding the gift
popular oratory with executive talent
concede already that he has all tho
main requisites for administering the
affairs Of the country at this time, ex-
cept, possibly, tho Information derived
from long civil experience. His gen.
eralship reveals governing ability Of
the highest order, circumspection only
matched by energy, and an unerring
faculty for selecting the right men for
subordinates. As to the possible de-
hcicncy alluded to-and we must,al.
ways bear in mipd that there is no
special training SCHOOL for the PTesi-
doncy General Grant Is the son Of
his time, and, though he may not be
learned in the craftsmanship Of books,
he Gomprchends his own age. Starting
with that political tdbala rasa, she
mind of an army ofiicer-having real
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The crisis found him without predju-
dices, and he took in all its elements
dspassionately as comprising the true
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has oi'ch oeel' Us sw'iI anu extremes W
'he aPos'acy oi a,o'r''''oru' 'ne con'ra-
y 'ehaehcy' Us iiius.ra.ed ~ 'ne liVes
OF men ike l'eei ana uiadstone' gives
the ilhesI fruits Oh genuine progress
Hence 1t happehed' tha'' wn''e AMI
slavery men OF many years stana'ng
were worrying over the iuture rc'a!'9Ss W
OF the institution they haa so long
fought and ieared' Grant calmly tore.
saw and announced Its extinction; ana
more than that every stage OF tue e1,
tlngulshlng process can now be traced
in his military orders IN advance Oh
the action oil Congress ana of thc Exec
utlve. The same remark may oe MADE
respecting the reconstruction policy OIL
the Government; lis germs are al 70
be found in the record OF his ns'd
measures wh'.e toward the maturing
oftllat policy nc gave his valued coun-