Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-02-01

) didates and State unity on which
vii. be unsafe to predicate Pres
: Dental success.
Slavery is dead; the war is ovsr
, and there IS no strict party concor
! on once great questions. The la:
National Democratic Convention wa
quite as pronounced in favor Of
tariff as the State of Iowa At its lat
convention, while Tennessee and Vii
} gina are no more Free Trade thai
Indians and Illinois. Every party i
tor honesty, economy and nationa
honor in the platform, and wheu tn
Executive takes mp once fighting
rebel General for high office, and tn,
Senats confirms him as repentant, j,
lis vain to expect that any party
catch. word will bring victory, ol
that we are forever to withhold ouI
conscience and forgiveness from oul
neighbors onoe in the wrong, but
now our equals in sobriety, intelli
gence and patriotism. To me it is
PLAIN that with more candor and
leas intolerance in our party, the
question Of the masses will he, "who
wall give us the ablest and best ad.
IL ,E;nistration," when assured that II
there 10 yirtue in our party it will
have . working majority IN the
Senate and House for the next four
years.
And what may be this choice? It
is an idle boast that the verdict OF
the people IL assured in the great
pivotal States. / know there are bit
ter disseusions which it is asserted
that only . new candidate can heal.
A hard name will not quell, them,
and the fear of "Robel Rule" will
not coerce, since honored statesmen
from many States are found who have
only to be called to evoke that unity
which is necessary to success. 1t il
not hoU . nomination can be secured,
but what policy or political alembic
will bring into harmony the Ger
mans. who regard their representa-
tive Senator n,isused. What, If not
too late, will reconcile the ardent
friends Of Senator Sumner and his
associates. healing the New York
breach ana leaving Pennsylvania and
T-diana not the contested 6eld,p prom
ising only defeat IN the event Of in.
dependent nominations, or the sdop-
ton Of the "passise policy"
The country ~as astounded that
Missouri Depocrats would leave
their marty asd make Gratz Brown.
the early syd hated abolit,onlst, Gov
ernor by majority Of tens OF thou.
sands oser q worthy competitor; and
| Il ourparty will forestall or avert =
rre,ler surprise whish requires less
than the disintegration of one per
cent. Of our national vote, 1t will ac-
cept no Civil Service panacea or one
candidate in the field to bar oil 9TH
ers, but rather make choice OF .
statesman, not in the supposed inter-
est Of individuals, but OF the nation.
The eleven States west of the Mis-
sissippi river have never yet furnish.
ed 3 President or Vice President, and
might not james w. Grimes become
q leader True. he voted against
impeachment, and Democrats said he
was the first of heroic Americans
He resigned his Senatorial position,
and our Republican press forgot or
forgave his vote. and with acclaim
placed his name high on the roll OF
statesmen.
James F. Wilson. too, the country
knows to regard for long and able
service, who refused Cabinet positions
being too poor to accept the honor.
Prominent persons in many States,
know, are anxious for his nomination
and express themselves after tho
manner General A. G. Harding, one
of the truest and most potentential
of men in Illinois: Wilson would
carry our State and many others
which Grant cannot-he has no ele-
ment of weakness. I served with
him 10 Congress" And why should
there be studied ruling out in view
oi the divisions OF merits and availa-
bility OF Senator Trumbull at the
head Of the Judiciary Committee; of
Greeley, the head OF our American
press; of Boutwell,, our minister OF
Finance and Senator Wilson and Col.
tax, with others whose leadership
might assure unity aud rally to vic
tory. ..5s
Never re yarded as . very apt fol.
lower Of public opinion. reaching
conclusions I am frank to express
them, though my motives may be
aspersed, which can be done with les
effort than thinking people can bt
convinced that we are sailing as I
party on that smooth political sea. o
which the sooth-sayers of TIE tim
write and pleasantly dream. Yours
J. B. GRrENELL.