New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-12-07
THURSDAY, DECEMBER I, 1871.
u. s. Grant, 1872.

1t is now timely and proper to make known
10 our respected readers and friends, our fixed
and unconditional purpose to support U. >.
GRANT, for renomina alton and reelection by the
Republican party, 10 the presidency in 1872.
We do this because upon the whole We consider
his nomination the most conducive to the unity
and ascendency of the great Republican party,
aud to the progress and completion OF the great
work devolved upon the nation by the late war.
We do 90 because L. s. GRANT is an honest
man and fully in sympathy with that great work.
We do so because he is an even minded man,
answering in purpose, wise and temperate In
measures. We do so because he is a tried man,
aud has proved himself worthy of all confidence
in guiding the ship of State in whatever storms
may arise, as well as those which have
already arisen We do 80 because he is friend
10 civil service reform and that he will use his
wisest and best influence to purge the Govern
meut of corruption, and that he will render all its
departments a. pure and efficient as any man can
in his position possibly render them We do 30
because he is friend to the Indian. and is the
first President Of the United States who has
recommended policy which in our judgment
can save that much-sbused race from cruel
wars and ultimate extinction. We do so be-
cause he is firm and uuhinching in his
measures to enforce the Constitution and the
laws for the protection Of all the rights OF our
newly enfranchised people, and thus to secure to
that people, with all others an equal chance in
the race Of life. We do so because, whatever
mistakes he may have made during his term of
Office are as the spots upon the sun, compared
with the eminent success which has distin-
guished his Administration. We do so be-
cause, among all the able and patriotic states
men thus far named as possible candidates for
the Presidency in 1872, there is not one the
certainty of whose election is so we'll assured
as that of Q. S. GRANT.
We have been in no haste to make this an
nouncement, and we shall be in no haste to
retract it. We have made it, too, with full
knowledge Of the fact that some men for whom
we feel a profound respect will regret and
condemn our course but we are in a place
where deliberate conviction Of what is wisest
and best makes it our duty to take Sides as we
now have done and We fully believe that the
colored citizens of every part of our country
will approve our choice.
Long ago we adopted the maxim, never
TO occupy ground which our enemies desired
us to occupy" if we could help it. While
General GRASr's nomination is opposed by
some of the truest and best friends our race
has ever had, inside and outside OF the councils
Of the nation this does not conceal from US the
fact that he Of all men in the land is most
dreaded by all the dark, designing, and reac-
tionary elements which have arisen in the wake
of defeated rebellion and slavery. With him as
our candidate, the last hope of these rsactionary
forces will disappear, and the country will enter
upon its new career of justice and liberty, and
will be peaceful, prosperous, and happy. With
out, therefore, multiplying words, we earnestly
recommend to all Republicans the renomina-
ton and re-slection of L. s. GRANT President
ofthe United States IN 1872.