The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-06-22
/" anuthina to Beat Grant,

When a party or a combination of the stray
Cling elements of all parties can find nothing
better for their creed than anything to beat
Grant, it confesses to the world it has no prin-
ciple and no stock in the politics of the country
but personal opposition 10 man. The great
mass of the partnership members of this new
frm-the Democratic party-must furnish the
votes to make this 'anything- to-beat-Grant
party success. This self-same decrepit, worn
out Democratic party has been hunting this
''anythiug to beat Grant, ever since he thrashed
Beauregard at Shiloh. They fondly hoped that
Pemberton would do it at Vicksburg. But
when Pemberton thought he had him bagged he
sent Gen. Grant flag of truce demanding what
terms of surrender he asked. This little Illinois
tanner returned the reply 81 demand an uncon-
ditional surrender. propose to move immedi-
ately upon your works p In less than twenty
four hours Gen. Pembefton delivered his swerd
to Gen. Grant snd in ,lIe poetic language of Che
al Whittier
s. thirty thousand prisoners of war
SSSS> Irched out to the smoke of one cigar"
'Any thing to beat Grant is the thing the
Democratic party has been looking for with in
tense anxiety ever since he began his memorable
march into the wilderness with the banner of
the Republic floating proudly in the face of the
foe, borne by the devoted sons of the nation who
pressed with steady step into the dark regions OF
the rebellion. At every step this self same DEM
ocratic party told Us in the most emphatic terms
that Lee was getting Grant 'just where he want
ed him." We well remember how these words
were tauntingly flung into our teeth and sung
in our ears every time Lee had not done "any-
thing to beat Grant, except "beat him" in get
ting towards Richmond. This same Democratic
party kneO all about it, because when they could
not find anything to beat Grant, they gave
vent to their wrathful Democracy by calling him
"butcher." And they were sOlicitOus for
the HUes Of Lincoln hireIings," Northern scum"
''mudsills," "cursed yankees" and 'nggers !"
They were really afraid Grant would be fool
enough to make Lee "butcher" them all before
they got down to Richmond. Their loving COM
passion for the yankees and their devoted, pa
triotic love of the Union elected from them warm
appeals to the Republican party and the admins
tration-that was just as distasteful to them then
as Grants is now-to have Grant stop his mad
career before he compelled Lee to turn Virginia
into yankee slaughter house.
This patriotic Democratic party could not find
fanything to beat Grant" in this "butchering"
propensity of his and Lee seeing be was bent on
being 'butcher" and not wishing to take him
'just where be wanted him" any longer, and
we suppose-knowing Grants inclination-he
concluded it would be best to settle the business
on amica6le terms. Thus concluding Lee pre-
sented Grant acith his sucord under the Appomat-
tox Apple Tree. Grant took the present and
stopped making Lee butcher yankees. One of
the reasons why they are hunting for anything
TO beat Grant, is, this Democracy says, because
he takes presents. Now it is unkind to make
this charge when their leading general CON-
menced this business of making presents to Gen
Grant.
Anything to beat Grant, was the evil ge-
MUS of Andrew johnson as much as the ghost
of Caesar was the evil genius of Brutus on the
night preceding the battle of Phillippi "Any-
thing to beat Grant, was the problem over which
"My Policy" puzzled his brain, but which he
never solved. 1t agonized the Democratic party
through the tedious campaign of 1868, when it
considered Horatio Seymour the representation
OF anything to beat Grant" We should think
that they have been at the business long enough
TO learn that ''anythiag' can't ''beat Grant"
The beat testimony upon the subject is their
candidate, who, they all avow, is at least honest
Horace Greeley says he "never has been beaten
and never will be-" Then why expend all their
Democratic devotion in praying for "anythin
10 beat Grant2r