National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-05
The Anti-sherman View.

Tohe Editor Of The National Republican:
The compaign for tho Presidency has been
opened here with grand boom for Sherman
on the part of the Collector of Customs of this
port. He is marshallng his forces with an eye
single to the success of his superior officer.
There is many Republicans in this section
who have way of thinking for themselves,
and who SEQ in Grant or Blaine elements of
strength as Republican candidate, not pos
sessed by Mr.. Sherman, and who, while con-
ceding to the latter great ability, and recog-
nizing him as an ablo and Stalwart Republic
can, have strong doubts as to his ability to
carry the country.
Grant or Blaine are equally as sound as Sher.
man OH the money issue, and either of thom
are much stronger than he among the Republi-
cans of New York, which Is acknowledged by
all to be the pivotal State upon which dc.
pends tho result of the contest.
In the choice between Grant and Sherman,
the objection sometimes raised against Grant
that third term is dangerous, AS having q
tendency towards the overthrow of free institu-
tons aud the establishment of monarchy.
There seems little force IN this objection TO me.
A third term, without an interregnum, might
perhaps be Objectionable to largo portion of
the American people, but even then / can
conceive of Il case when it might be necessary,
or at least the dictate of sound policy, to
elect q President for the third continuous
term. But in the case of General Grant, he
has served two terms aCceptably, made as good
q record as any President from Washington
down, and then retired to his position among
the people, as q plain, unassuming, private
citizen. As such he has been the honorcd
guest of every land, and now with his record
as the successful General, the Just aud upright
Drnutl lnUan hnnnra1 'nriu fa
citizen what reason can be assigned why he
should not again become the honored Pres-
dent of these United States, and bring with
him all the knowledge Of the various govern
ments Of the earth, gained in his tour round
the world, to help put his own country fore
most among the nations of the world? The
fear (?) that Grant would turn Emperor" is
farcical. The time for that, had any such
thought entered his brain, was when he had
a million men at his back, and he could not
have done it then. The American people are
too strong in themselves 10 be scared by any
such bugbear
As between Blaine and Grant Or Sherman,
Blaine possesses all the Stalwartism of either
Grant or Sherman, Is equally as sound upon
the financial issues, and is possessed of that
wonderful personal magnetism which irresista-
bly, draws the minds of men towards him.
The man who shall be the successful candi-
date for the Republican party must be one
who can solidify the North In the next con-
test for the Presidency the Republican party
must not count upon single electoral vote from
the South Not that they are not honestly enti-
tied to that of Mississippi South Carolina, Lou
isiana, Florida, and perhaps other States but be-
cause the Democracy of the South control the
ballot-boxes and election machinery, aud will
by the means of tissue ballots or intimidation,
overcome honest Republican majorites.
The North must be the Republican battle
Aal hn vi mn hp lnlt nr
l do not mean by this that the South must be
abandoned. By no means, let the party make
q fight IN the South, where the Republicans
will poll full vote for the nominee, but then
the count but let the dependence be put in
the North, and 1t is for this reason that the
strongest man before the Northern people must
be brought forward.
The man who has never pandered to the
Democracy, who has never bargained for, nor
agreed to the delivery of whole states (Which
are just as much Republican States on an
honest vote as Massachusetts, or Maine) to the
Democracy; the man who, realizing himself
the danger which threatens our Republic,
from that Democracy which has transferred
the battle from the field to the forum, and
which now seeks to do by tissue ballots that
which they failed to do with leaden bullets
make this grand nation confederacy of
States, can impart that feeling Of danger to
Others, and rouse the patriotism Of the people,
until they rush TO the defense OF the country
at the ballot-box; the man who has stood firm
through all the trying scenes of the war and of
the past fifteen years, (sinco the war was vir-
tually closod) years more fraught with danger,
if possible, than the four years of war; never
swerving to the right nor to the left, defying
and defiant, brave, courageous, and true,
hurling truth, which, like barbed steel, has
pierced through tho weak places in the armor
of the enemy, aud exposed his treachery and
evil designs the man who, always true to his
party, has never forgotten the allegiance due
his country, and has held country above party;
the man who can fill the souls of men with the
feeling that victory can and must be won
that man is the one upon whom the Republi.
can nomination should fall, and who, if nomi.
mated, will be elected.
The fight will be stubborn and hotly con.
tested. The victory will not be yielded until
tho official count is closed and the verdict
rendered, it may be in the Congress of the
United States, and there must be nerve and de-
termination to win, and having honestly won,
the purpose TO enjoy the victory. With such
a candidate the battle is already won and then
our beloved country will enter upon an era of
prosperity heretofore unknown.
STALWART.