Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-08-20

General Grant has at last delivered him.
self of his views upon the situation in Mis-
sissippi in particular, and upon political
affairs in general. He not only permitted,
but expressly desired, that his utterances
should be furnished to the Associated
Press, and we accordingly laid them befole
we are sure, by candid men with feelings
of intense disgust. General Grant occu-
pies position which once was, and which
| by foreign nations still is regarded as be-
ing one of the most elevated and powerful
to which any of earth's rulers can attain,
and it is his duty, if he cannot do honor
| to his station, to take heed that he does
not bring it into utter disrepute. He is
| living in crisis when the question at is
sue is not whether we can preserve the Re-
public transmitted by our fathers to our
keeping, but whether we can, for many
| long years to come, re-establish over this
country free and constitutional govern
ment, and it behooves him to bring what
ever of intellect he has to the consideration
only of high and vital questions like these.
The occasion is one for wise, large-heartec
craftsmanship. How has the President
demeaned himself He has broken 81
lence only to show that the destinies of
this nation are largely in the keeping Of q
man who, in heart and brain, in dignity
and in honesty of purpose, Is not one whit
above the level OF the most contemplate
of the political wire pullers who work only
for place and party. The needs OF the
hour arc great-the perils of the time i'm
minent. Some assurance Or some act on
the part of the President to show that he is
sincerely laboring to restore to this land its
olden harmony, freedom and prosperity, is
sorely wanted. But he is just now engaged
in the lofty, just and useful work of cleo
pioneering for certain Kadical4 candidates
in Mississippi. The manifesto in which,
instead of in q stump speech, he has put
forth his opinions, show how congenial Is
the task he has undertaken, and how well
it is adapted to the measure OF his poor
capacities. So far as the white people of
Mississippi arc concerned, the faction to
whose aid the President has come, ia, i'll
every sense of the word, the meancst of
minorities. Yet it is to the platform of
this minority that General Grant insists
the whole South shall conform. We are
told that with regard to recent profes-
sions made by those who We're lately rebels,
the President was emphatic and frank.
His only design was peace and amity, and
he would do any thing that was right to
bring that about. But these people cast
suspicion upon their own motives by the
fact that oil their efforts seem to aim at
dividing, not aiding, the Republican party
in their midst" g. Not aiding tho Repub-
lican party" forsooth ! Is there. then, to
be no "pcace and amity - for tho South
until hor citizens accept tho programme Of
the +" Republican party in their midst ?"
Are they to be suspected of designs
against the Government until they recant
the political principles held by the Demo
cratic party Snch we knew to be the
views of the people whom Brownlow and
Butler lead, but we had not until now sup
posed that President Of the country could
entertain them or so far lehn ;n himself RS
to utter them. ....t.-
Concerning the Inte Virginia election,
he said He thought, from Governor
Walkers speeches since his election, THAT
that gentleman Was fully committed t. the
administration. and was hon cstly intend
ing to act up to them. Referring to the pro
posal made by Colonel Jenkins 10 unite
the two wings of the Republican EHtrty
there, the President expressed .rrGr,t ut
the apparent failure to accomplish do
sirable M object, romarlling that the let
ter of DIR. Gilmer, in reply, showed TINT
tho followers Of Walker were not in good
faith" What'a noble idea OF good faith
and political integrity on tho part of the
successor OF Washington this observation
develops! ''Tho followers of Walker not
in good faith" because they decline now
to join the extreme Radical pnrty, which
they have Just defeated! Walker was elect
cd upon the grounds ana pledges which
placed him in direct autngonism to all the
harsher features of the extremer Radical
faction. Now that he has gained his OBJ
ject, he ought, according to our -vlrtuous
Prcsidont to laiicaiizh tho State again.
lie ought to play towards the Virginians
tho false part whirh he himself performed
towards President Johnson for the benefit
of the Radical allies of Stanton,
We have quoted from no loose news.
paper reports, We have given the Presi
dents language rs he himself has sent it
before the country. 1t now knows I'M
mistakably upon what meat doth this our
Caesar feed" IIo is nourishcd upon po-
litical otra!. The interests of the whole
people Hro trembling in the balanoe-a ma
ton is shaken to its overthrow. But the
President is devoting his energies to secure
tho success of some Radical adventurers in
Mississippi. On what can real patriots
base their hopes for our country's future
On the Presidents wisdom, justice and up
rightness they can place no reliance
Nothing is left thom but the chance that
General Grant may, with characteristic du-
plicity. be only deceiving the party which
he is at present acting with, and that whom
the opportune moment arrives he may
forsake all ignoble ends and devote him
self earnestly to- the promotion OF the
public weal.-Daltimoro Gazette.
Andy johnson before tic Mob
The Knoxville Wing draws the following
picture of Andrew Johnson rs he stood