Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-09-20
Who are Grants Supporters.


sitiOn that President Grant Is chiefly sus.
tanned by office holders, members Of rings
and combinations of interested individ-
uals. And IL Is doubtless true that those
who have been appointed to office by
General Grant desire to retain their
places, precisely as those who are out
hope to secure appointments, If the Ad.
ministration be changed. In that re-
spect, both parties are on an equal foot
ing, except that the unfed swarm are de-
cidedly the hupgrier of the two. There
are Democratic rings, and rings OF So
called Liberals, and rings formed of coal
itions of those eminently unseltish and
patriotic classes who never seek anything
but the country's good And yet it is not
true that the great mass of either party is
composed of selfish scramblers for place
and power
Let any man take observations amongst
his neighbors and friends, and he will
soon satisfy himself as to who are Grants
supporters.
In the first place, he will find that the
soldiers who followed his victorious ban
ner are still inclined to fight it out with
him on this line if it takes till November.
| Nothingcan shake their confidence in the
| patriotism, fidelity and worthiness of their
old commander. They still regard him
as the leader of the Union forces, and
they reckon his foes the foes of the Re
public They belong to no rings, but they
are moved by common spirit, and they
will make their power felt in the final
contest.
In the next place, the mass of common
laboring people in the country are the
friends of General Grant. They know
that he is of the people, they believe in
his devotion to the countrys cause, and
they like him all the more for being Pres
ident himself, and not allowing Sumner
and Trumbull TO run the Government
Next to Lincoln, Grant, of all the public
men of our time, comes closest to the
popular heart, and is most thoroughly re.
garded by ''the plain people, as Mr.. Lin
coin called them, as one of their own
kind of men. He may not awaken so
much noisy enthusiasm as some others,
but millions regard General Grants repu.
tation as their own, and when he is un-
justly and bitterly assailed their resent
ments are stirred, and they desire to
avenge him with their ballots.
The colOred men are also earnestly for
Grant 1t was expected that Greeley and
Sumner could turn them, but they have
scarcely caused ripple. "Lincoln spoke
the word exclaimed a colOred orator,
(Which made us free, and Grant made
that word good with his sword, and as
President he has defended us against the
Ku-KluX; beyond that we have got moth.
ing to say" Men with such experiences,
convictions and realzaaions are not to be
drifted hither and thither by the winds
and waves of political expediency. The
seven hundred thousand colored votes in
the United States will bo givon almost
solid for Grant and Wilson
The financial interests of the country
also gather around General Grant. He i;
: sober, prudent, stable, persistent anC
naturally, therefore, pursues a monetary
policy calculated to prevent perilous
changes, and to create substantial pros
perity. The common sense judgment O
= the nation is to let well enough alone
r The people see that the reduction of tax
alton, the steady payment of the publit
t debt and the general prosperity of tn,
!. country, are results of too much signifi
) cance to be disreCarded or imperiled by
political revolution. Some of the yer,
men who are talking about Grant rings
a have had measure of business prospect
: tv during his administration which shoul
close their mouths.
But the masses of the people cannot b
: corrupted. They know that they hav
= steady employment, good wages, comfol
! table homes, and business success an
these facts produce their influence, dt
spite the clamor of demagogues and sorc
a heads. The people see that the grea
Z ideas of the Republican party are bein
y carried out, and that the Union is pre-
y served, the rebellious States reconstruc
u ed, the laws enforced, KuKluX violenC
}, suppressed, the rights of the colored pee
y pie guarded, the revenues faithfully co
lected, the honor of the Republic in il
d intercourse with foreign powers advanced
e and the people therefore respect, an
> trust, and love our patient President, anC
Il with million handed strength, will ligl
/ him again to his place Of honor an
-s power.-.St. Louis Globe.