Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-02
President Grants Position.

There is a constant, persistent, per-
version of truth on the part of the oppo-
sition press of the position of General
Grant in reference to his denomination
as a candidate for the Presidency. tie
has never yet stated that he desired the
denomination at the convention at Phil
adelphia, nor has he asked the efforts or
influence of any one to that end. Hispo-
sition, as we understand it, is precisely
the same as when, eight years ago, IN
front of Richmond, he received letters
urging him to accept the nomination
against President Lincoln. He regards
the unity and success of the Republican
party as greater and more essential than
that of any man in it, and is ready to
obey the dictates of its leaders and its
necessities without regard to himself.
He is accused of using his patronage to
enforce his denomination, and the oppO-
sition resort to all manner of misrepre-
sentation in their efforts to injure him
in the public estimation.
We do not believe they will be any
more successful now than they have
been in the past. Certainly every charge
has thus far broken down. Not a single
change brought against him has been
sustained. What the people want and
what the Republican party wants is a
man who is willing to lay aside his per
sonal aspirations for the unity and sue
cess of the party, and through the party
the unity and prosperity of the Repub-
lie. Such men can command the pop
ular confidence Such man is General
Grant, and having done signal service for
his country, enjoys that confidence and
will be renOminated and reelected to the
Presidency.
Let us examine General Grants posi-
ton from the period he was first named
in connection with the Presidency. He
did not solicit his nomination, much less
dictate it in 1863 He yielded to the
popular wish and sacrificed a life salary
Of $4,000 year for the position of
President for four years. at a salary fixed
in the days of the first president of the
United States, when it was ample for
the position, but which now is not suffi-
Client to defray the ordinary expenses of
the head of the nation. How stands
President Grant now? Way, just as he
did in 1868. He is willing to sacrifice
his personal comforts and preferences,
just as he did then, for the benefit of the
great party which put down democratic
treason and saved the Union The pco-
Pile now, as then, name him as their can
didate. The fruits of the war for the
Union are not all garnered in, and he is
wanted to complete the good work. 1t
is not General Grant who aspires to or
dictates his denomination, but the great
voice of free people, who have escaped
from democratic thraldom and do not
intend to be left again to its tender mer-
cies. The man who has served them SO
well in the past, they have faith will
prove true in the future; while,thc dem
ocratic party and its sympathizers have
been so treachcrOus, they do not mean
to trust them again. THIS is precisely
the present condition of affairs. He is
the man who regards the unity and sue
cess Of the eatparty which has carried
the nation through the war, paid the pub
lie debt, and which is leading the country
on in path Of progress and prosperity,
and President Grant is the man the great
voice of the people will call agaisto the
executive chair of the nation.