Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-06-08
GRANTS LUCK IN CONVERTING
FRIENDS INTO ENEMIES.

AhA-N y ALOSh LIZ WA
FRIENDS INTO ENEMIES.
President Grant is ~avowedly q
candidate for reelection next We ar
and is shaping things so as to
compel the Republican party eth
er to nominate him or burst up
The probability is that he will
succeed III getting the nomination
but as for his chances of re-elec-
ton, that is an entirely different
matter Assuming that there
will be a fair election-although
this looks rather doubtful now
he cannot hope to win by the aid
Of the Democrats who helped to
elect him two years a.
90. He then received the votes
Of a great many War Democrats
and OF others who were tired of
politics and were deluded by the
Let US have peace" and the
t.No Policy platform of Grant.
Our worthy President has con-
trived to disgust this class of his
former supporters, and they were
certainly sufficiently numerous to
turn several States in his favor.
Besides driving away the War
Democrats the President has also
contrived to ALLEVIATE a great many
Republicans in all or nearly all
the Northern States. Or Morton
Logan, Fenton and Horace Gree
ley are decidedly opposed to his
reelection, and they represent
the brains of the party outside
the mere office holders. Speaker
Blaine represents a powerful op-
position in Maine to the Presi--
dent. In Massachusetts he has
bitter and powerful opponents in
Senator Sumner, Charles Francis
Adams and their numerous
friends. Governor Geary, OF Pen
nsylvania, is working might and
main against Grant, and for him.
self In no case can Grant get
the undivided support of his par
ty in the keystone State. In Ohio
ex-senator Cox looms up at the
head of a new Departure from
the Grant Republicans. This
snew Departure movement is
rapidly extending throughout the
Western States, and already in
cludes the James of a great many
leading Republicans iu that sec-
ton. Illinois Republicans are by
no means enthusiastic or unani~
nous in support of Grant. The
Chicago Tribune, Senator Logan,
and numerous other powerful in
fuences, are arrayed against
them.
But perhaps the most really for
midable opposition to Grant is in
Missouri, where Senator Carl
Schurz and Gov. Gratz Brown
head the entire German element
in the United States against him.
That the State is almost certain
to go Democratic in any case,
but the German Republicans ele-
ment will be a unit against him
in the Nominating Convention,
and will exercise decided irfu-
ence upon the German delegat es
from other States.
1t may be urged that all the
Republican elements of opposi-
ton will unite on Grantifhe gets
the nomination. But this is by
no mean certain Even the all
powerful attraction Of the spoils
cannot tempt much, if any, of the
opposition to Grant which we
have named. The President has
stirred up n great many personal
enmities Of an unforgivable kind
in his own party, and many of
them would gladly hurt him Sc
cretly or openly if they get the
chance. The thinking, intelli-
gent portion Of the party are de,
cidedly oppo sed to him, and if he
pereists i'll thrusting himself upon
them, it will be to the advau>
tage of the Democratic party.
In this respect Grants luck is
in marked contrast with that of
Lincoln. The latter generally o
trived to have his own way, and
yet he managed never to ALLEVIATE
a friend. and often won over a
vowed enemies. Lincoln was a
sharp politician, and
was always careful to keep time
to the music Of his party. Even
he opposed others he was
carefuInot to offend them, Grants
is exactly the e Of
this, and he has probably provo
ked more bitterpersonal enmities
among men of his own party than
among Democrats