National Republican., 1878-12-30
GRANT roR PRESIDENT.

GRANT FOR PRESIDENT.
The southern Republicans, says contemporary, |
information depends good deal upon the answer |
10 the question, Who are the southern Rcrubl. |
CANS ,-.Ns'r lort >iur |
Even that slogan will he invoked IN vain In |
the South General GRANT may he the Rob |
ERICK Duu Of the Republicans North, but he
will rs assurcdly knit the people of the South |
together against the Republicans. No amount
Of differences between onr people can divide |
them should GRANT he the standard.bearer of
that party.
No calamity in politics would fall with such |
crushing force upon the people of the South as |
GRANTS election to the Presidency. Our pco.
pie realize this as q fact, aud though they may |
have local differences based upon and brought |
about by local causes in a national campaign,
they would. to unit regard him as common
enemy.
We do not believe he could be elected, al.
though the whole bondholders' union Of the
country should cUacscc with the Republican
party. lie Is undoubtedly the strongest man
Of the Republicans, and will accept tho nom
inaiiOn II II Is rendered him. but we cannot
believe that lie is ever to curse this country
with his dcspotic rule again.-Ddiy Mississ,2.
pidn.
Here is gentle oozng of the true in
"warlncss of the South in its present re-
constructed state, and reminder of what
the Democrats of that section will do If
they have the power. 1t is but the out
cropping Of rcbcllious spirit that only
pretended to surrender at AppOmattox, and
which is now as rife with hate for the Gov
crnmcnt and tho9r who rescued its life US it
WAS when it lcigncd submission and sought
peace under Etlse prctcnses The cx-
pressed unbclicf of the Wississjppioh that
General GRANT ais ever to curse this
country with his despotic rule again " no
doubt originates in the hope that it may
not bc so for ii, and those it represents,
| know that should he ever assume the rcins
of government again, under popular call,
that the Government, and not those who
attempted TO destroy it, will rule so
long rs he is at the head of public
affairs. The fear of this no doubt
leads to the threat that his introduction
into the field as the Republican candidate
in l--0 will asSurcdly knit the people of
the South together against the Republic
cans Such illumination has no terrors
for the Republican party, for the South is
now rs solid against the party Of Govern
ment. law, and right rs it well can be. The
next battle is to lie fought on the line OF
1850, and with like results. The truth is
that the Wi~jsSippidn and the rebel element
that sustans it, and the debris of the Lost
Cause, at this time know ms little and under
stand as little of the sentiment Of the free
States and their proves as that section did
of the feeling and purposes of the North
when LINCOLN was elected in 1s60. The
North will, under General GRANT or any
other Republican standard-bearcr in 1SSO
make u solid fight against the South, which
is really the citadel Of Democracy.
The North is rapidly sOlidiiying under
the following influences, for which the
Southern States are alone responsible 1t
has become apparent that the surrender al
AppOmattox was only 4 surrender in form -
piece Of deceit prRcticcd upon the country
to escape the impending consequences oi
the situation. The power of rebellion was
then broken and exhausted. 1t had fought
to the last ditch, and it was deemed eXpc'
dicnt to abandon for the present upon tho
best attainable terms and pretend 10 accept
the situation, though that pretense involved
q stupendous fraud. Under the thirteen
years of history that has been made
since that pretended surrender the
South has not for an hour ac
knowlcdgcd IN absolute fealty TO tho
Government, laws, and flag of the country
The Constitution has been reviled; the law'
have been dclird the Government has beel
dcspised, and the tlag has been treated will
an irrcprcssible contempt which has ignOrCt
It upon most occasions, until it seldom ap
pears except that il is attended by the en-
sign of rebellion. The flag OF the nation il
not the flag OF Southern love and respect
while State sovereignty is held to be supc
rior to the authority OF the Federal power
The l.OOO,OOO people, who were not onll
made rrcemcn but citizens by the Constitu
tional law, are not recognized as free mel
clothed with the inalicnablc rights Of ciN
zeuship in any State in the South, unlcs
their su(lragcs can be made to sustain th,
elements of rebellion. The colorcd citizen
of the south are now living unde
Il species Of scrldom which is Op
prcssiyc, proscriptiye, and humilHring
and which centres in spirit q
IuwIcSs defiance which bears no respect 10
the government of the country. Thcs" ar
some of the influences which Vct upon intel
Iigrnt and patriotic public sentiment an
tcnds to Il rapid conrrction Of Horhcrn pur
pose. The dividing line of parties will b
found in l-7O just about where it WAS II