The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-07-31
A FORLORN HOPE.

A FORL0RN HOPE.
Tie press need not excuse itself
for ''harping on Gen. Grant" II he,
doesnot ihtrude himself, there is no.
doubt that somebody intrudes him s
upon public attention. The whole
Republlic party Turns Toward him
andsyearnsfor lfiMl III Is cohspicu'' Ill
Gus {, BY reason Of +, his b, very very, alb .,
sence, because We all believe, and
have been taught to- believe, itliatihet
has gong away aopI T. &c invited
back. He is the, man on horseback
the coming man, the man of destiny
ThereBis evileatlyli in hisrown' mind !. :
and in the Mid of1bis party; 4 con 81
.yiction that Aisipnblic role. has not II
yet been played 70 the end. aWe,are !
also ofl,that onipiisap. 1t seems n, rs "
that this gigantic accident must some
day be weigHedtin the balance and
found wanting There is, no doubt !
peril ahead OF oas;~tAe sections are.
unreconcilad, 1.-THE races are mutually
idistrustful, the poor are oppressed,
the source of wealth are undeter-
mined, religion, family, all the safe
guards of society care threatened--og
but!we are told from day to-day that
there is ones remedy for all, ohlyan
lone, tand, that is Grant. He is left q
to revive our faith inuhuman nature u.
and Republieanisin; he will restore d
to us the ideal eof the fathers of etlle III
constitution. All 5this, Of coursc,di
must'sounds very strange to us Who
take plain matteraof view off
the hero Here is a man wllom thesil
nation. educatedy or irather attemptasli
ed to'educate, at; its own expenses, Is
who graduated at the:lower eud5 of
!. his class; who served without dis.s 4
tincLion in Mexico, who retired
without honorsto private life; who
tanned hides drank whiskey and rosa
ted the Democratic ticket up to tile
outbreak of the war Of secession;
who drifted from one position to an 3
other until he became the head of
the army which but for timely and
unforeseen succorwould have met an
Inhalation at the hands Of an army :
inferior in Numbers; who captured
Vicksburg after the sacrifice oftens
1of thousands Of lives when lie night
have captured it just as soon witll4
out the loss Of one;. who finally con-
quered Lee, by allowing that great
comm andertto wear himself out by
the very attrition Of victory; vito
was twice elected President on the
prestige Of luck, and compassed the
incompatible task Of surrounding,
himself with Cabinet officers not
more competent than himself; who
abandoned in eight. days the policy !,
which had distinguished and dis.
graced his administration, for eight.
foregoing years; who refused . third i
tern because it was not offered to
Ehim, and It went abroad, to, receive the +
Ihonors of royalty denied him at b
4 homee,. And this this man, the country
lis told, u sits only salvation! Moth
ing succeeds alike,success,'' and sue;
cess Is never so successful as when 3
lit succeeds eyer both opposition
without and inability within. 9 No!
gypsy could have.~read the lines
J written in this man horny palm, or
have deciphered the fatefula future
traced in tie burrows Of his bloated
i face,,s " q eisA Ta st39d Fl #
ID Twenty years ago the chances were
that he would die Of mia,,iia a potss ID
a poor House or hospital; today lie
!. lodges II tile palaces Of kings, and
! awaits a Summons back to the White
: House. It is not enough to say that
2 labor conquers all things, that conr--'
4 age counts no odds, that genius sur
g mounts all obstacles; It remains To-
g be said that luck has no limit. The
t friends Of General Grant remember
: nothing but Appomattox, where d
;, hundred and fifty thousand Federals
e captured twelve Or fifteen thousand
3 Confederates; they forget nepotism,
!. gift-takiDg, ignorance Of men and
d law, obstinacy and drunkcnn1ess.-
"A Because lie won where defeat was
J, impossible, The whole canting crew
IS offperipatetic politicians, the Indian
hf starvers, the whisky thieves, the ma
ID Evy Wreckers, tell US that we have nc
If choice i, between Grantism and anar,
ID chy. To this complexion. have VIZ
e. come at last; this is Republicanism's
c final resort!-[New Orleans Plea
T. VINO