Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
How TO beat Grant.
Ye-w York Evening Post (Rep).

A considerable number of persons
are now busy discussing the ques-
tion, How shall we beat General
Grant Various suggestions have
been made.
One plan is to get from Grant
himself a pledge that in no circum-
stances will he accept nomination
for President; but this pledge hith-
erto he has steadfastly omitted to
give. The most that he will say is
that he is not seeking the Office and
does not want it.
Another plan is to arouse public
opinion to such pitch of expression
that the politicians shall be re
strained from nominating Grant by
fear that he cannot be elected.
Still another plan is to organize
the politicians themselves against
the third term movement so that
they may oppose the curious inn
pulse which seems to be pushing
Grant forward. The difficulty in
the way of the execution of the last
plan is that, while any one of sew
eral ambitious leaders who might
be named would oppose the nomi-
nation of Grant provided he could
get the nomination himself, every
one of them would support Grant
rather than accept any other of the
leaders but himself as a candidate.
Mr.. Bowman, Republican mem
Der of Congress from Massachusetts, |
has contriyed what seems to be al
together the best plan yet proposed |
to beat Grant. In speech in Bas- |
ton last Saturday, at dinner of the |
Middlesex Club, Mr.. Bowman said:
"The people of the North were
more stalwart than the Republican
members of Congress and their |
leaders, and would 'haIl the day
when the great captain shall lead
them again TO Victory-by peace let
US hope, by war if necessary
1t is only necessary to repeat such
words as these often and emphati-
cally and publicly to ensure the
defeat of Grant beyond peradven-
ture.
The people of the North have had
quite enough of war. They are
anxious not only for the continu-
ance of peace, but for an opportunity
to give their undivided attention to
to the things which belong to peace
Ito a prosperous renewal of all the
activities which promote the hap +
oiness and welfare of the country.
The strongest argument against
he course of the South is that it
.urns away from these peaceful in
erests and recalls the spirit of the
var and revives the questions
which were closely associated with |
he war. Let the people be induced
o believe that there is a disposition
n the North to encourage this spirit
instead of rebuking it, to help along
his revival instead of stopping it, /
md they will speedily conclude
hat one kind OF seetionalism is not :
much better than another. Talk
Ibout General Grants leading the
people to victory "by war if neces-
ary" has a direct tendency to pre-
yent his return to power.
Mr.. BOwman's plan to beat Grant
would be effectual in several ways.
t would alarm the voters and
make Grants election impossible.
t would alarm the politicians by
this impOssibility, and I
hey would not nominate him. FL
lally, we suspect, it would alarm
5ranl himself and induce him to
peremptorily from the
for he does not cOvet the i
Empty honor of a mere candidacy,
md has the GOODNESS and sagacity to J
ee whether or not it will be worth !
While for him to run for President.