Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-11-14

No President since Washington ever bad q |
more magnificent opportunity to make q !
truly great administration than General |
Grant will have after the 9Th Of next March. |
In 1868 he was elected by the Republican
party. During the four years that have
passed he has teen what Ia called "a good
party President" He has always ubCyCd the
bchcsts Of the party when they did not
plainly and palpably conflict with his duty as
the first officer Of the republic. by this We
do not mean that he has In any respect de-
Waited from the line Of rcctitudc merely to
serve the party. But he has thrown oil his
Influence and patronage on Its side, and In
doing so he did what was perfectly right
lie was indebted to It In many ways. 1t
was the Republican party that held up
his hands during the war and enabled
him to subdue the rebellion. II was the Re
publican party that, after the war, revived
the grade Of General Of the Armies to sig
nally honor and reward him. II was the Re-
publican party that gave him the nomna-
ton for the Presidency, aud, with the help OF
his own great name aud distinguished ser
vices, elected him. In 1868 the opposition
was so strong that the Republican leaders wer
almost unanimously OF the opinion that II
they could elect their candidate for the Pres
idency thcn-General Grant-he was the last
President whom they could elect. In the
House Of Representatives the Democrats had
crept up from an insignificant minority to
within thirty or forty OF a majority. They
had blottcd out the two-thirds that carried
through the Impeachment articles against
Andrew johnson. The Republican party was
everywhere yielding to the blows Of Its
sturdy antagonist.
Grant was elected and thrce years Of his
Administration made the Republican party,
as the late result shows, inviucible. Ills re-
| election was Inevitable. The logic OF events
dictated his denomination Mt Philadelphia.
He was the strongest man In the party and
In the country. During his Administration
the country had been unprccedentedly pros
porous. The peace had been kept; the clouds
that lowered upon our foreign horizon dis
PEELED; the revenues faithfully collected the
debt reduced by hundreds Of millions: taxa.
ton lessened; every branch of trade and IT,
dustry revived. The wOrkingman has never
been so well paid as during the last tire,
years; the merchant and the broker hay,
never felt so secure; the farmer has nCvel
sold his crops TO better advantages the manu-
facturer has never made more money; thu
credit of the Government among the nation
Of the world was never higher. As the cen
tennlal Of the republic draws nigh American
republlcanism proves that II is established Of
surer and lirmer foundations than any mon
archy In Europe. The Government OF tn
people, for the people and by the people
stands steady and erect, while the thron
rocks to and fro in London, and the end o
the empire Is proclaimed In Paris.
The victories that the Republican party hav
achieved, particularly during the last twely
years, are, we are certain, only the carnes
of those that It will achieve during the mex
four years. As we said Gen. Grant has to-da
greater opportunity to write his name 4
imperishable letters on the pages OF our civ
history, as he has already written II In GU
military annals, than any President sine
Washington. The late elections show tina
he Is not only the President of a party, bu
the President Of the whole pcople, or as nearl
| 50 US huy Etsluent Nhui III tlt very nature
things, ever again become. lie has been n
elected by an Immense popular majority, an
by an overwhelming majority of the State,
And while we believe In the doctrine that t.
the vlctors belong the spells, there are con
siderations still higher than those of mer
party, and we have the faith that GcnerJ
Grant will prove that he can more than NEE
all the eXigcncles Of the situation. The les
sons OF the campaign teach us that the cOuI
try imperaiivcly demands that hones,y an
efficiency shall be the principal tests Of ofIlC
in the country. The people care little VIII
Is collector here or postmaster there, pre-
vlded he Is a faithful officer. They desire
T sec virtue rewarded, tue deserving promote
and the dishonest punished. Gen. Grant
/ reform President. The country cxpec
that he will give II reform Administration
1t expects that he will rise above mere part
considerations and show that he Is worthy,
he Is, Of the almost unparalleled honor TIT
g.. has been conferred upon him. Let the iutul
take care OF itself. lie has saved It In wa
j The people now expect that he will save It
L pcacs.