The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-31
WHAT TO no WITH GRANT. .
The London Times Discusses the FHtnr
Of the American Ex.PresIdent.

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pose. But In The Hover oil his lie he has
had too little Of II TO be a fair Judge. The
exnerience Of his tour Itself must have
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'eu"efeu "''u CONSCIOUS y. al uNsN''a"'',
Gu feserNe .. energy EVERY gay, vi
every stage Of his journey, he will haSe
had his career mirrored in FOREIGN name.
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learn ny. a temperament ike MS VIII
have been taught by the praises OF bis ex'
nloj.s how thew might have been bettered
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IN Ihe past anu now nc H'glt USE n@ W
portunlties in the future. lie Is not OH
enough 10 sit down in Western village
and divert himself with memories. The
United States, with all their multitudin
ous openings for enterprise, have no open
ing for retired President Of fiity.seven
To be the Chairman OF q railway or
canal company is the best resource avail
able. but the real decision what shall be
the destination Of the victorious com
mander, of.the man who has been twice
President OF the United States, does no
rest with himself. II the Republican de
cree has gone forth that Gen. Grant Is L
be the candidate OF theparty, Gen: Grant,
opinion in tho matter Is Of secondary i'm
portanCe, We do not suppose that any
such definite conclusion has been arfiYet
at as vet.
There are other Republican candidates
in the field, and Il does not betit Genera
Grants personal dignity that he shonlt
be a rival for party favor. II either Mr.
Blaine or President Hayes Secretary o
State should concentrate on himself al
undivided Republican vote, he need no
fear competition from President Hayes
predecessor. That immunity, however
appears an improbable contingency, ant
the moment the party managers havt
persuaded themselves OF the fact the nom
ination OF General Grant is sure TO b
acclaimed. General Grant has in his ia
yor circumstance which the American
politicians seem commonly TO Conside
rather against candidate than for him
| 1uelT luGsll GdlluAAhbC 10 ShO NAASy S0h ASSl
in their pockets to the last moment,
species OF Grand Lama whom the priest
OF political mysteries train by themselve
and for themselves. A Daniel Webster i
not their choice; nor perhaps, would or
dinarily General Grant be.
In a crisis. however, like the present
when the Democrats have only been jus
repuIsed, il repulsed OF all, from the eta
del in which they had effected lodgment
Republican politicians are driven to hav,
recourse to a candidates fame and popu
iarity, trivial as they may hold such thing
to be. Gen. Grant is an honest Republt
can by creed. But il he is destined 10
President HAYES successor as well as pre-
decessor, it will be that he is more thar
tho nominee Of Republican cauCus-tha
he is the nominee Of the American ma
ton. He committed ilAgrant errors a
President; he was not sufficiently watch
full that others did not drag The Presiden
tial honor into contact with equivocal as
sociations; he remained too much Of {
soldier, But at the White House he hat