The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-07-14

The President and the G.natS


,rson Davis, are very busy in attempt ,
rg to cast odirm AMI ridiculc upon /
President Grant. Their conduct t.
inspired by the same spirit which led
them to den ounce him in the field as Il
butcher. But his real crimes in the :
eyes of biz sryrrcst critic. are his
steady fidelity to the Union, and H..
unconditional victory over the rebel f.
lion. Tho rebellion sptaug from The |
principals Of the Democratic party. -
wa, he'd by the ncmoc,utic chiefs
1t was sustained by Democratic sym
pathy Every great measure OF the
war was denounced by the Democrat,
aud in the midst of the
struggle the Democratic party virtu.
ally declared for submi. sion To- the rt-
bcllion The IPorii now frankly aj-
mj,s that th, "War Democracy" was
4 small body And TO the organs
OF party which counted upon tn
success OF the rebellion a man who si-
lently aud powerfully opposed it, and
finally, by his skilliul military comb.
nations compelled its military chiefs
to surrender, can Only hc target Of
constant cllumny. Consequently no
public man was ever more rancJrOuS-
~ slandcred by them than President
Grant. No opportunity of ialschooi
and misrepresentation Is los, anl it
the representations of the Democratic
press were to be taken ~ true, the
most accomplished Of statesmen, and
the most ablc of Christian heroes, aud
the noblcst of lost causes were all con.
founded and bdll'cd 10y shallow
chnratan
There is no invention 50 puorilc, no
lnsinuation so contemplate, that il
does not serve the purpose of polite.
Al o: personal hatred of one of the
simplest aud most honest Of Ameri-
cans. The worst motives are attribu-
ted to the plninest actions, aud every
word and de'd are laboriouSly and
claborately misinterrrctcd. The peo.
pie Of this country knew that General
Grant was u1t politician when they
elected him President. They diino
expect from him tho smooth eya,ous
/ Of a politician, They asked Of him
AN honest adherence to tho principles
upon which he was elected aud to the
party that sustained him In couu.
/ try necessarily controlled by parties
! it is undoubtedly \ misfortune Tor q
! President 10 be unfamiliar with po.
ijtical persons aud methods. Bat, or
the other hand, every man feels thn
public affairs are safer with II man o
honest purpose AMI general ability
even without political experience
than with q mere politician.
q. The pcrils Of trusting cXclusivel,
to politician were shown in the cas-,
ot Mr. Chase. Down to the autuml
elections OF 1867, it was thought b,
many that Mr.. Chase ough, TO be u,
Republican candidate. Undou5iedl,
he thought 80 himself. lie had beer
q conspicuous Republican leader, III
course had been consistent. lie h,
been in the van of the party. Every
body knew that he wanted to b,
President and every body concede,
his ability and experience. "Ile uu
ders,anis politics" was tho genera
remark There were those, however
who felt that circumstances designate,
General Grant rs the proper candi
date, and he was selected by accluma
tion. lie was nominated in May. Ii
July, Mr.. ilorstic Seymour receive,
from Democratic contention, q
which Mr. Wade Hampton was III
mas,er-,pirit, nomination which h
had meant to offer to Mr.. Chase ant
while Mr.. Seymour was accepting il
he had in his pocket the speec
which Inc had intended to make up
on the nomination of Mr., Chas,
! That Mr. Chase WAS willing to rc
ccivc such nomination is the rcsul
Of what is called politics" Thos
, who think that it is essential to goo
, government are inpatient of Presiden
Grant. Those who were ready to ha
Mr.. Chase as II great statesman con
temptously deny to General Grant an
statesmanlise quality
but because man is not, in ih
:, technical sense, ga statesman it do,
not follow that he is destitute of con
mon sense, az seems To DO assumed b
n the clumsy opponents ofthe Presiden
, General jackson was very far iroI
being statesman. Mr.. Lincoln
claims to craftsmanship were derideC
Probably Mr., Madison and Mr., Va
Barren would satisfy the technical re
= quirements. But the good sense
/, General Jackson aud of Mr.. Lincol
: could be trusted to save them iroi
any obvious and absurd improprietie
aud So may General Grants.
in these days of INSCRIPTIONS asset
ton in the press, a charge involvin
: the honor and discretion of tho Presi
, dent should be judged By the charat
. acter OF the paper that advances il
II it has shown that its desire fo
truth il evidently greater than its par
, iisan or private hcstility-ifit is