Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-05-04

tined peshap13 TO 4roAece pre inpor-
amt l>sults the rif4 alarge,
fhan am ON Fneli y evf decurred
II it,-wi;A Sc ine exceptl6b, the
|CohvenflSn (WHICH nomisated Mr..
Lincoln, for the Presidency. Whilst
the name of the present tenant of the
White House. at Washington, has
been kept at the head of the columns
of this paper, as the choice Of the pro-
prietor, for President for another term,
we consider IL no treason to him, OF
iniustices to General or President
Grant, to reproduce some of the ideas
of some OF his ferlser warnest friends
and supporters, both as regards him,
the course he should take Ia the pres
emit crisis, and of the inevitable result
which will follow in their opinion,
should he per- ist in a course, which
his characteristic obstiuacy of purpose
leaves them little hope he will aban.
don. 81. Eaaa - ea
- Let us be frank" says one of the
most influential and widely circulated
Republican papers of the North. 1.-THE
good of the country requires not only
that Grant sllali not be renOminated,
but that be -shssld voluntarily aud in
advance, aud without farther delay,
notify his partisans, that he will not
he a candidate at Philadelphia. Five
lines from the White House 70 this
effect woultl-keep the Republican par
ty uabrOken; !. otherwise, it will open
like an oyster into two SHELLS, leaving
the enemy to feast an what lies be
tweenn
This is pretty plain talking from a
friend, and the President may well ex
claim, saTe me from my friends, but
that is not the worst, for the same
writer, after a good deal more argu-
ment, in the same strain, gets still
more excited, and says:
mo matter how, the Republican
dissatisfaction tOwards him (Grstnt),
has arisen-it erists. This fact is evil
dent paramount aud staggering. Is il
not a pity then, is it not q calamity, is
| it not a shame, that one mans person
al ambition, and he too of medgrc abili
ty, and without any of the natural 0I
acquired qualification of statesman
ship, should be allowed to disrupt the
greatest political party ever known in
American history"
No man ever had better Opp0rtuni
| ty offered him, to enjoy all that the
most craving ambition could ask, con
tinues this remorseless critic, and no
man ever more stupidity and insanely
threw it away; thousands and thous
andso of Republicans would not vote
for him, even if he was nominated, both
at Cincinnati and philadelphia. Some
base their opposition, ON the one tern
principle, others on the mediocre t.
say the least character of his admins
tratiOn, others on the support he Ina,
given to the disgraceful and dishones
carpet bag State governments at the
South others on the indignity Il
Sumer; Others to his greed Of gifts
others to his nepotism and other'
and others again, to other causes o
complaint, which we have not space tt
enumerate, all operating in determin
alton entertained, uncl,angeably b,
halt the party, not to accept him as ;
candidate again. Here is the concln
sioi., and it seems to us logical ant
convincing enough to produce the de
sired effect, even if it does not, for 20,
000 Office holders who ,ciU not be con
WINGED, are long odds IN The contest.
The situation is critical. 1t admit,
of but two solutions. One is Grant
Withdrawal from the field, and the con
sequent solid and victorious union o
both wing of the Republican party
The other in Grants denomination, ant
the consequent division OF the part!
into two opposing fronts, one Of which
iii necessary is determined TO joiI
with its reconciled foes in justitiabl'
warfare against its unfriendIy friends
As between these two courses, com
mon sense dictates the prOpriety q
Grants abandonment Of the renOmina
ton, inasmuch AZ this simple act Vi
his part would preserve the unity Of :;
party which otherwise will 60 asunder
But will Grant yield his personal am
bition to the public good Perhaps
not. If not, then nothing Remains
save what Mr.. Greeley styles "th'
Cincinnati convention and its c0nse
quences." -o.s