Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-07-25
WILMINGTON, DEL.
Thursday Afternoon, July as.
THE JUSTIFICATION OF GENERAL GRANT
OVERWHELMING STATEN EMF OF FACTS

The address Of Senator Conkling, OF New
Yerk, at the Cooper Institute, on Tuesday eve
nirg, is one of the most valuable, aud interest
ing contributions to the public Information,
made during the campaign. The speech is ver@
long, occupying nearly eighteen columns of the
New York Times but it is mainly narration of
facts, and its statements refer to subjects
which are now Of the greatest interest to the
people. 1t should be printed in pamphlet form,
al we presume it will be, and hundreds of
thousands OF copies should be. spread abroad
over the country, 80 that the whole people may
learn the facts, which Senator COnkling, with
infinite labor, has gathered in this address,
1t is safe and fair to assume-nay, to assume
anything else would be to insult them-that the
American people desire to do justice, and are
especially anxious to be nothing less than Just
in their treatment of the gallant soldiers who
maintained the unity of the nation. They do
not desire to believe i'll of distinguished lead
er Of those brave defenders, and they will be
glad to have the fullest and most complete refu
taton of the ISLANDERS which have been manufac
hIred and uttered against the President. In the
language of Senator Conkling The American
people may msjudge political question, they
" may be deceived, but with the truth before
g them. they will never be UNJUST and never
untrue, upon question Of right and wrong"
The details stated in this Address are full
complete, and sweeping. Its length gives op-
portunity for thorough dissection of all the
charges, open and insinuated, spoken and print
ed, which have been levelod at tho private and
public acts of the President In our opinion,
no candid man, willing to believe well OF him,
can read the statement without feeling that his
respect for the President is increased, and his
regard for the man deepened We would that
every American, of whatever political character,
could read them all, carefully, and with judg-
ment open to confinement tue result we are
sure would justify our faith in the power Of
calm statement Of facts and an unhinching rea-
dness to meet every accusation.
1t is true that, as Mr.. Conkling remarks. many
honest men hear, without indignation, the jibes
and ISLANDERS directed at the President "lh,y
are deceived by the cloud Of caumny which
d1rkens the shy" But We sincerely believe that
that the day ID at hand when upon realization
Of tue deceit which has been done & brave.
good and honorable man, they will arise. in just
indignation, and re-assert their confidence in
him. in tones of thunder, IAN this pollution
will in the end, disgrace only its authors it
will not disgrace Grant Or the nation, because
the nation will spurn and resent 1t. The dis
'gusting personalities emptied upon General
Jackson, secured his reelection. Anonended
people struck back. And they will strike back.
again
We would that, in this article, we could i'm
press upon the reader the sincere conviction we
possess for ourselves, that the Nation has seldom
been served SO faithfully, and with so high an
order of earnest devotion, as it now is, by the
President. Our increased acquaintance with his
character has increased our regard for the brave,
true, and manly qualities which are its main fea-
lures. He is silent man, and remains quiet
under calumny, when most men would answer
tleir calumniatiors But this, itself is a part
o the modest, self-reant man, believing that
fasehood will be detected and that when the
malice of the blow ID seen by the people, they
Will do him full Justice. And in that belief, Time
Will show that lie is right.