The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-08-03
Why 0oshy b Ser Grant.

| SOSSeSpOuO0uS OF t00 VIOCl00oO C00
"sresl, who 10 travelling through V,rkini
called upon John Nosby the other day, On
rev'v'ng On old acquaintance, told Obi,
what hts Nwubfolk said about him. 81
don't care, said Hosby, "what they %
about NC. know that an right, - whe,
I voted for Douglas. The same people sai
then that I was crazy. There were si
hundred votes cast st the precinct. and
Wa one Of the two men only out Of tha
six hundred tl.at voted for Douglaa ~
slways been In the minority. from princi
pie, and now my principles have probsbl,
placed me where am likely to be-witl
the majority, for believe that Grant vii
be reelected. The people round here IN
der1ase Grants strength. There are hun
drsds of people that know personally. vh'
will vote for him In preference TO Greeley
and - many more who will. not vote At oil
I believe In Grant, and II we've got 70 sur
render again, I'd rather surrender to . col
dier than TO On old woman. When the ws
ended, was excepted In Stanton's orde,
about paOliug Confederate soldiers.
understood from that exception I was mo-
allowed to surrender. was outlewed aut
couldn't give parols-in other words, th.
alternative was presented to me Of exilina
myself or continuing the war. OF courst
In justice to the people, myself and to tn.
cause for which I had fought, the fail
name which would not tarnieh, disban.
dsd my command. thought seriously
about running away: but finally concluded
to remain and meet whatever fate was ia
store for me like man. Military trials
and prospective executions were then fire.
quent. The possibility of my arrest by
s'anton's order was, TO say the least,
thres,ening. went home and quietly a.
waited the result, which SION came in the
form of IN order from Gen. Grant, allowing
me to take the parole on the same terms a.
those extended to other Confederate col.
diers mention this fact to be IN indica.
tion Of Grants natural generosity. He Is q
soldier, and as such respect him. Some
of our deluded people here believe he is =
fool. tell them that man withou tbrains
could not have carried the immense army
under bic command to Richmond, even if
there had been no opposition. I tell them,
when they cay he 10 . radical, that he has
ridden with the hurricane, and has ahated
ito strength. He would have been foolish
to bave opposed it; ~ much 10 - the OK.
trcmc men Of the South, who Lave, to q
greater Or less extent provoked II. And
then he is as much Of friend to the South
~ Greeley. He saved Lee, Johnston, Breck.
irridge and other Southern soldiers, while
Greeley only put himself forward where
others were ready to 60 on the ball bond of
Jed. Dsvia Of course. Greeley's act WAS
u'"gnanimous. but it wss done In public, n
though he was seeking notorie,y. Grant,
on the contrary, in the pursudsce Of his
Official duties, ani in quiet. unostentatious
way, firmly put himself between the con.
quered kaders Of the Southern army, who
had been paroled, and danger which threat
on ell most dire results. suppose Grant
NO uld sign civil rights bill, like Summers,
II Congress should pass one. Well, Gree
ley would do the same, and his past record,
unlike Grants, has been such q tn urge the
passage Of that kind of laws. don't see
any difference between the men from po-
litical stand point, except in favor If Grant
who has t'ecn Democrat, Is soldier, aid
whose administration has given us = good
govcrnmcn, In this State, If not anywhere
else. Why, I ask these people, these old
with whom I have lived oil my
life, what have they to complain Off Task
them 70 point 0ut specific cause Of com.
plaint. They cannot do h. They have
he'd their own way In this State for years
without interference from outsiders unless
you call csrpet>bsggen outsiden; and We
have got most Of them-an of the oboox-
ious ones-weeded out The. present gov
ernment suits me very we'll, and don't
want 10 rick change. After Ill. the elec.
lion Of Greeley would not b the assertion
Of any direct principle, and Congress would
govern % - 1t does now. Each Cong,ess.
Ional district would have . votce and the
majority would rule - It does now. We
wouldn't b sny bssser oif, for there would |
b no change except In The signature Of the
Executive to laws that Congress might |
pasas and Grants signature suits me better
Ehsn GreelsyA To tell fthe truth, hase
he Greeley movement. and many Of -
nen who are In Il, - earnestly = / hated |
'be North when the fiercest pessions Of war |
prevailed, and when the light was the har.
test The present situation reminds me Of |
he time when Virginia wss dragged out Of I
he Union. The people ars Ill protesting |
hat they don't like Greeley, - they psoses.
I'd against South Carolina and secession |
hen; but they are following the schemessas |
blndly - evsr, and the politicians have got |
- reins In their hands . usual. There ars
not dozen men IN the State who belong 70
he Conservative party, who will vote for
Greeley because they like him, or believe 10
him, or because they know him, but they
viii DO Il becanse the politicians tell them
o Do %. ] have knocked asOuod Through
'bis section considssable Of late. and have
ves 70 1nd . Conservative Who takes %
3ssssey kindly. They swallow him q they
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