Daily Republican., 1879-11-29
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Grants southern Boom.

The much talked ot Grant boom said
70 have struck the South, don't seem to
have .tfscted the ex-c0nfedrrate Ten
erals, coming up to Congress which
opens next Monday. Indeed they do
not seem to have heard OF 1t at all ex-
csp', to use their own expressions out
side Of Georgia, Tins admit irg that
there might bs a little of boom IL
that State, and that Congressman Fel-
ton, and A. II. Stephens were helping
II along a little. The real hot spur con-
fsdsrates however look upon such a
thing as prepostsrous, and sublimely
ridiculous, and Mr.. A. Il. Stephens, find
ing himself accused VI helping on the
Grant boom, has fastened TO deny it,
and dscla' ss that there is nothing what
ever in the Southern boom for the Gsn-
sral and that the South does not want
him. The most noticeable thing about
this Grant boom is that intangible as it
is, it has effected most marked cool
ing off amongst Northern stalwarts.
Many ol the stalwart editors vino were
rolling along the rorthern boom, have
become strangely silent since 1t struck
tho South and brought back even
faint echo. 1t looks after all as if they
we're afraid that General Grant was not
the man they supposed him to be and
that "as a strong man." he did not
possess that iron heel" which they
deemed necessary to keep the South in
subjection. THIS cooling off process in
the North seems 10 have set In since
General Grant made his distipguisht
Chicago conservative speeches in which
with great emphasis, he deprecated
both sectionalism and pa, tisauism.
The Northern stalwarts may rightly
reason that if General Grant is going
to be neither sectionalist or a parti.
sau, be can be CT no use to them, or
that it the South can find in him a man
after its own heart, he cannot be the
mau they are after but after all,
th.ul b We DO not wish to be accused of
running up the Grant flag just yet,
may it not be possible that General
Grant may be just the man the nation
needs at the present time ? He is
military man, it is true, but it is sell
dom that great military chisftains are
strongly partisan. In proof Of the truth
of this We need Tut refer to General
Grant himself, and to General Joseph
4. Johns on, Low member Of Congress
from Virginia, al ho sine General
Lees death is the first in rank Of the
ex Confederate Generals. Though, as
We have already s'id, We are not pre-
pared to raise the Grant flag yet, we
frankly say that ever since Gen. Grant
has made the Conservative speeches at.
tributed to him in Chicago, we could
safely trust him, for we feel confident
that he would enforce the constitution
and the laws as he finds them in the
North and the South alike. We be-
lisve that hs would see that citizens
We're protected in the North, East,
South and West alike, and this is ex-
actIy what is wanted. In this North.
ern and Southern politicians should
agree, and if they cannot agree
to this, then General Grant is
not the man in our estimation |
trat thy want. We arc not at all
or s-i tnat there should be break
i a~ southern solid Democratic line.
W n-ti,ve that the south has been
III -rIii for th, D III cracy at the
in .tion OF tle Dem cra's of the
No - nui-r prom's- thYt New York
aud ,iuaLa at least sh' uld be held in
tn Democratic traces. Bu. recent
demonstrating the inability of
N, 'h-rn De oocrats to fulfill thsir
nf a ,.nn tr .,Hf h.s Ia
mo r.ay after having made the South
30 NV LOthink 10 pay them for
the r"u' l. AMI TO atone for thu crimes
they commit d in making 80 Nune
See NOR plainly than tLey do that as
long As tue soii South remains as a
remain sofia the other way, in spite of
all the subterfuges that may be resort
cd too by their Northern allies who are
poweress to help them. 1t is not
strang- then that Southern politicians
are looking for way of escape from the
trou bIrs into which they hav- been led
by Northern Democratic promises, and
it is not strange either in locking for
this way they should look towards Gen
sral Grant as their leader. Whatever
the South may expect from the
in the way Of favors
il is evident that they must sx-
pect it through the Republican party
and Republican President, and as it
will be impossible for them to elect .
Democratic President though they have
the power of casting their one hundred
and thirty eight solid votes for him, 1t