The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-01
President, not General.

AiOolNVll, uCt NlClSlu uAs
A Liberal Republican paper that once
supported Grant thus puts its case against
him now.
"Itis with President Grant We have to
deal. And it is because be has ignomin-
ously failed to GIL his high Office as Chief
Executive Of the nation, aud has degraded
that Office in the estimation Of the people
aud the eyes Of the world, that we oppose
bis reelection. His civil career hos dis.
appointed Interpretation fhis best iriehde
His Cabinet has not single 6rst.class
statesman in it, unless it be Mr.. Boutwell,.
His chosen associates are men whom few
Of our best citizens would invite to their
tables, He has billited bis personal rela.
tives and lavori,es upon the country by ap-
pointing them to Offices for which they are
nc,oriously unfit lie has used the vast
patronage oflbe Government as 'honsh it
wertioue of the perqujd'es Of bis position,
without regard to the public service or
welfare Hcdsiug every appoin'ee to labor
for bis reelection. Vile has accepted psss-.
en,s from all sorts of persons, and reward.
ed the givers by official hcuos. He has
Hlled the Southern. Sh,eswth bis crea.
tuns, and enforced. their extoyion with
the military power, until one.third Of tho
Uiion sts'lds to-day op the verge of ruin
and 4uatchy. He has bulicd Congress
into the support Of his petmeasures; wink
cd at corruptidn and fraud; retained iufam-
Gus officers, long after their un6tness was
demonstrated; surrounded himself BY
staff of military officers, in violation Of the
Constitution; lowered lie standard Of our
public service abroad; coAprom1sed the ma;
tioual houor in his dealing with. England;
insulsed honorable and patriotic. public
servants who liave opposed bis wild or will
fu1'schemes, aud finally divided ths Re-.
publican party by insisting upon his own
reuomiuatiou, and using all the power and
patronage Of the Government to secure it
Nothing that he has ever said or done
gives the impression that he knows or
cares anything either about the letter or
spirit Of the Constitution, the genius of
our institutions, the great principles on
which the Republic rests, or the policy ola
sound. consistent administration Of public
affairs. His government is a. complete
failure in every respect, and its failure
would have been disastrous but that the
country has been at'peace. 1t is such
President, whose unitntss for the chief
magstracy Of the nation is striking and
notorious, whose reelection We oppose on
every ground Of national policy and bon
oris e
'..'lFs no answer to- these -sofid c6ixc:
tions to tell US of General Grants noble
exertions aud heroic exploits sin the war.
Admit all that may be claimed for him on
that score. II is not General but a
President We must elect. General Grant
was elected to the Presidency in 1868
solely on his military record. His elec-
ton was 40 experiment, aud the expert
meuthas disgracefuIly failed lie comes
before the people now and demands re-
election, not as General but as President.
and on civil record which should cover
his name with obloquey, and make every
patriot hang down his head for him in
every shame. And it is this incompetent
President, who has not single quali6ca-
ton for the trust be holds, and whose un.
fitness has been demonstrated BY over
three years Of corrupt mis-rule, whose re.
election we shall do our utmost to pre-.
vent.