National Republican., 1876-08-25
GENERAL GRANT,

The man whose name we have placed
at the head of this article soon retires from
the Presidency to private life but he takes
with him into retiracy the highest esteem
and sincerest regards of a vast majority of
the American people. An effort is bling
made by the Democracy to make it ap-
pear that President Grants administration
has been failure. Such conduct on the
part of the sham Democracy was to have
been expected. 1t is part of the vocation
of that party to traduce even the private
as well as the public life of its political
opponents. This is the stock in trade of
the Democracy as at present constituted.
No one, therefore, need feel any surprise
at the protracted investigations which have
been going on in Congress under Demo
cratic management, nor at the howl which
has gone up from the Democratic press
throughout the country. All this was in.
tended to involve General Grant, and not
withstarding these political enemies of
President Grant and the Republican party
have been able to subsidize a few side
tools, as Bluford Wilson, Yaryan, ETC.,
with perhaps some few others once high ia
the confidence of the party and of the Ad-
ministration, General Grant to-day stands
uncondemned and unscathed, without
faint of corruption upon his fair fame and
character.
President Grant stands with the Repub-
ican party, and goes up or down with it.
He cannot abandon it. neither can it aban-
don him. The President and the party are
identical and inseparable. Grant is at the
head, and must lead even during the cam
paign. As there is no danger of the over
throw of the party, so there is no danger
that Grants vilest enemies, whether pre-
tending to be in the party or really out of
it with the Democracy, can damage him.
When it is reflected what this "silent
man" has done, the record he made during
the conflict of arms between the sections,
the great and good deeds done by him as
President, who can by perversion, lying
and fraud damage such a character or
blacken such record? There stand the
twelve years of Grant. Look at them.
-Four years, from Donelson to Appomattox,
this great captain led our armies to victory
and peace. Seven years and more we have
his record of craftsmanship. Making all
due allowances for human errors, imper-
fections and the weakness of human judg-
ments, who among the statesmen, living or
dead, can show an ADLER, fairer record7
Let the disappointed men who have had
to vacate their places because their selfish
ness and low tricks were discovered malign
and attempt byidistorted facts and false
testimony to traduce the public character
and acts of General Grant; after q little,
when the public mind shall understand
what is the truth in the case he will only
shine the brighter, while his assailants will
be condemned by an enlightened people.
Let such fourth rate county court
lawyers" and Copperheads as Eaton, of
Connecticut in the Senate or out of it, say
that while they respect the Presidential
office they do not respect "the present oc-
cupant." None of these filings will avail
to leave taint upon the President. When
Grant was leading our soldiers in the field
in defense of the Union, where was Eaton2
Kissing his Copperhead Uenom from his
den in the Natmey State, calling the war
a failure, denouncing our generals and men
in the army, and dissuading men at home
from enlisting in defense of the nation. Il
is not difficult to see where the patriotism
comes in as between these men. The Re-
publicans owe it to themselves, to the
country, and to General Grant to stand by
him. He is vindicated; is strong in him
self and in the great heart Of the people,
and is stronger to-day than the party.