National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-26
TIL E THIRD TER NJ


Who does not recall those dark days Of peril,
md alarm, and suspicion, and fatal suspense
Who does not remember the thrill OF frantic 10y
with which the whole nation shouted out It's ''To
when Gen. Grants first victory
proved to the country that a soldier had at last
come TO the front, combining In his leadership
the genius OF Napoleon, the caution Of q Fablus
and the will and force of cn,ar7
Henceforth the Union armies had both bean
and viii. Tea party councils" dissolved like
the lump OF sugar which disappears In the depths
Of that mild beverage which inspires table talk,
giving place 10 that indomitabie perslstency Of
purpose Zone Of the rarest marks Of gcnlus
which sees the end from the beginning, and
never fails OF II.
All honor TO the second savior OF his country
what reward too great for him who held so
grandly the sword OF the nations power when
the sceptre OF her councils hal dropped and
fallen before the stern exlgency OF her perli7
The service rendered by Gen. Grant to the ns-
ton In time OF war Is not the only service deserv-
Ing reward OF his countrymen. His adminlstra-
lion oil the civil affairs Of the country has proved
him as able In statescraft az resolutc In war.
IL was most fortunate thing for tho nation
that 10 the arm will, the sagasious mind, the
retlcent purpose OF General Grant was entrusted
the destinies OF the country at the close OF the
war. The laundering, headiong, stumbling IN
terresnum OF Johnson had again proved that
civil rule was not ever equal 10 the exigencies OF
the State, and that despotlsm and ''Ce,arism-
were as likely to follow In the wake OF civil rule
as In that OF military power. In the disorganl-
Elton which followed Johnson's attempt to
restore civil authority to the states In rebellion
arising from the conflict OF executive and iegis.
latiye Jurisdiction political art and science were
not so much needed to readJust the disturbed
machinery Of government as was sagacity, nrm-
ness and that peculiar repose and self control In
purpose and action which distinguishes General
Grant.
Eloquence may stir the heart Of a people aud
arouse them to an appreciation OF their rights
and wrongs; political art and science may be OF
great utility In the Held Of diplomacy and In the
adjustment Of the relative parts and powers Of
ordinary civil administration; bat true. wise
craftsmanship Is the offspring OF q sagaciou.
mind. which, by q kind OF higher instinct, &C.
qulres tho art Of adaptation OF resources to thu
emergency Of the occasion.
IL combines GOODNESS Of thought and action
with quiet porsistency Of purpose, arising from
convictions which, having determined an Issue,
ever presses on to IT, regardless Of oil difficulties
and dangers, until the purpose be fulfilled.
A Characteristic OF the President, who In one
Of his campaigns declared his purpose with
reference to particular course to be, ITO ngh,
Il out on this line, II It took all summer"
Amidst such disorder and confusion OF sepa
rate rights and Jurisdiction as followed the las
civil commissions Of the war, 1t Is not surprisnl
that there should have been some dim Guilty In
determining the respective rights OF Jurisdiction
OF Federal and State authority, and that tn,
legislation necessary to remedy existing evil
should have marke Q departure from the &c
cepted, but never well defined, Interpretation o
constitutional powers and limitations.
In such difficulties, how fatal to constitutional
liberty In this country and the hope OF Its sue
cess throughout the world, would have been
vAscillating, timid policy, growing out OF to
great q Difference TO "Denocratic- ideas an
princlpes7 A mere statesman or POLITICAL
would never have met the emergency. Politica
theories OF government, founded upon prevaien
notions and presidents Of peaceful and prosper
| Gus times, couli mover have furnished q SAT
gfound OF acton 10 determining necessary dut
In so great an emergency. Promptness aud d,
| cision were needed; decision founded not upo
| the obligation OF prescription, but contingency
the contingency OF public well-being.
| Gen. Grants training as q soldier fitted hin
| elninently for tho crisis. Sagacity to see bot
the emergency and the remedy, aud will TO &C
resolutely. His sagicity, his reticenco, his self
repose, were equal to the crisis, aud his entlr
| administration to this period has been constan
| accumulation Of evidence To his con .ummate ski
ani ability In guIdIng aud ruling the state.
Where Il the evidence In all his adminlstratio
| OF any tendency Of any measure recommends
| by him to Caiirisn, or despotisn, or abs,
lutism?
| The rights Of individuals were never, 10 IN
| whole history OF the Government, 80 well a
sured, and so freely exercised. 1t has bee
thought by many that the President Ia too III
eral; too democratic In his id.as aud practices.
No President Of the republic has ever been
unpretendlng, so accessible, so absolutely dem
cratic In his habits and manners as Gen. Gran
aud his ab ISOLATE Difference to the co-ordnat
branches Of the Government mas, 10 the opinio
Of many OF his friends, detracted from the forI
and utility OF the Executive Administration.
Every measure recommended by hun In h
state papers has been In the interest OF his )uI
try-enlareing the sphere OF the people, restric
| ing the sphere OF the Federal principle.
That measure which. OF all others, mas Gallo
forth the severest criticlsm-the annexation
81. Domingo-is OF all things the most unllk
Imperialism or Ce arlsin; for every addition
tsrritory To the national domain only eniargl
the sphere OF the dem Dcrtry. All Increases Oh
impsriai porsr AZ The psope. In fact, there Is n
one single measure OF public policy recou
IN ended by Gen. Grant, which, In its application
would not have the tendency - produce e.
| very opposite OF the csntra!iZlng an l moaop
lizing policy which Is charged to his ambltiou
aud dangerous ASPIRATIONS by the enemies OF h
/ administration.
What explanation, therefore, shall We seek |
determining the cause OF this sudden sensatiO
about the dangers OF CG 'arism or Capitalization
In the nrst place, the New York Herald AMI 4
followers Of that ilk are nothing II not sens
tionai.
The sensation has done lts duty for that me,
dacious sheet 10 bringing 1t up to public motor
ETY., and Its milk-and-waterlsh articles on u
sensation have 0flate Indicated that the "cream
Of the affair has pretty well wishei out. An
vet thsrc Is something evid ,utly beyond thi
mere catering to the public craving for noveltie
and excitement, which Ia at the bottom OF tn
Wild vasary OF "Ce,srism."
| The popular verdict IN favor OF General Ora
aud his administration OF Affairs hrs been q
L overwhelming as to dem oralize ~ party schem
| and defeat all attempts hitherto to organize au
effective opposition TO him; and yet there Is q
| opposition as irti -colors as wa, Joseph's COZ
seeking, uud " one gliss or anothes, SIN, OIL,
| nent OF solidarity which shah holl together &,
| lijeetr a.n,bFg OF alti-rep lbllc N polite
with sufi,ient strength to m IKE sh ~ OF par
nfe.
There being NJ real vital prin ;lple unreco
lized and unutllizs 81 by the A ADMINISTRATION part
these dlsan sctant, W sre s)rely pat out ID ha1
| common basis OF aStion an bon OF unlOl
their frantic attempts to overthrow Gsnsr
Grant. IL wls nscsssiry, tn srefofs, either to q
| up soms new thing OF YAK SOM old thing q
uame as rllylng pint foe new departure
the coming clmpaign ayiinst tn, Republics
| party; and it wls d)asl D,mpcracy, that o
Proteus, waioh ha, misksl and unmiskei itse
so often In the history OF the couatry, was Il
ready instrument for the new deal.
There Is o most wonderful aptitude 10 4
Democratic party for emergencies.
It's withered carcass was lifted upon Its fe
| after the late war, by Its dry nurse, Blair, al
clothed with the bloody garments OF secessit
| ald under the old plea OF States rights, tri
| another fruitless contest with Republicanism,
the representative OF q national union.
Again, 1t masked itsel under the speclousn
Of liberalism, and, Turing on to It's Cincinn
/ platform with the bait OF the Presidency one
| the yenerAted leaders Of Nationalism, played
brief part there, under successful gulse, UNI
n l unmasking Itself again, In fancied security
lea iership, on the u fillmore PLATFORM 1t Carl
down In Its disclosure the new party, sluelchl
out Its very vitals In the superintendent weig
Of two such incongruous platforms. And n,