The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-06-30
Why Homes. Mon oannst support Grant.

patty oO AoI Us 1sopuOAlCf'N are COu.
cerned. the preliminar, Presidential
between Horace Greeley and Ulysses 8.
Grant. Our choice is Horace Greeley.
It has not been made in haste. Against
hope we have waited the action Of the
Philadelphia Convention, giving it the
benefit of the doubt that it might re-.
speot the wishes of 30 many earnest and
independent Republicans, and nominate
for the Presidency q man upon whom
the whole party could unite. This would
have been the event had the Convention
been chosen by the people, but the peo-
pie had very little to do with it. It was
the creation of the Administration, the
expression of the Presidents will, and,
IN our deliberate opinion, an insult to
American manhood aud independence
We cannot support Gen. Grant, for we do
not believe him fit to be President of
the United States. He was originally
elected as political necessity, as mill
tary hero, and the nation took on trust
the assurances Of his civil capacity.
Those assurances have not been justified.
the very first act of Grant was an in
dication of his ignorance of what Pre-
sident should be. when he asked the Sc
nate to repeal law that he might ap-
point favorite to the Cabinet. His
whole administration has been con-
Quoted in spirit ofaggression, and not of
obedience. The attempt to annex Santo
Domingo was arbitrary and defiant, and
only abandoned when the indignation of
the people became too great to be disre-
garded. But these aud other actions
we're pardoned in Grant, because the
people still had faith in his official in
tegrity. and attributed these errors to
his inexperienoe and his habits of mill
tary command. His unprecedented
course in accepting costly gifts and then
appointing the givers to Office; his ap-
pointment of his relations to office; his
persecution Of all Republicans who we're
not in favor of hin reelection; his de-
bauchery Of the civil service (so notori-
GUS that even Colonel Forney, his friend,
in resigning the collectorship, said no
journalist could hold office under the
Administration and retain his self.re-
spect); these and similar things gradual.
" shook the faith of the people in Grant.
When it became evident that not for
tho sake Of harmony, not for the preser-
yation OF the unity of the party, would
Grant consent to the nomination of an
other, then the selAshness Of his ambi-
ton was demonstrated, and we were con-
vinced that he holds his own interests
above those of the Republican party,
and that tho man who said in 1868 that
"the liberties of this country could not
be maintained without O one-t term
amendment to the Constitution, is now
determined, at any cost, to retain the
Presidential power. To select Gen.
Grant after these proofs OF his unfit
ness, and of his dictatorial spirit, would
be dangerous experiment for the Re
public. But in the nomination of
Horace Greeley we recognize o true up
rising of the people in behalf of the
restoration Of noble principles to the
Government. The political tone of one
has been lowered 80 far that the charges
against Grant arc no longer denied; they
are admitted by his friends and defend.
ed. The Cincinnati Convention pro-
claimed revolution of the people; it
advanced principles essential to Ameri.
can freedom aud prosperity, and it chose
for the Presidency man whose name is
a synonym of integrity, ability and un.
selfish devotion to his country. Long
before the Republican party existed,
Horace Greeley was the foremost cham
pion OF its principles, and he was bat
tling for freedom when she was weak,
while Grant was voting for slavery,
which was strong. One of the founders
OF the party, he never was slave to the
party, and at the close of the war, when
mems passions we're hurrying them into
excesses, his was the frat voice appraised
to plead for amnesty of the conquered
Southern States. His spirit is now that
os good will, and his object to restore
peace and unity to the whole country.
His principles are known, his character
is pure, his abilities are great, and we re-
joice that in his nomination the oppor-
tunity is given to all Republicans to vote
for President who will neither be q
tool, nor usurper, nor military hero,
nor political compromise for the mere
sake of success. These are the reasons
why we shall vote for Horace Greeley,
and this is the stand we take as Republi-
cans; and now, at the beginning of the
canvass. we predict that Greeley and
Brown will carry Pennsylvania in No
vember, and that Greeley will be elected
the next President of the United States.
Philadelphia Post. Republican
WILMINaToN, CHARLOTTE AND RuruER.
FORD RAILRoAD.-In connection With