The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-10-27
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GRANTS GREATEST BLUM
DER.
a scorching Comment from the New York
Herald.

Abiding to the recently published
interview with Grant, in which the
ex-President attacks Gen. Hancock,
the New York Herald of Thursday,
in leading editorial, says:
It will not raise Gen. Grant in the
the esteem even of Republicans to see
him descending to abuse of a fellow
soldier, one whose gallantry and de-
7otion to the Union he had on pre-.
vious occasions freely and of his own
motion acknowledged, and in whom,
indeed, he had expressed the most en-
tire confidence. To say now, in the
heat and excitement of a political can
vaSs, that the Democratic candidate is
vain, that he is ambitious of the Pres
idency, that he is petty character,
only brings to everybody's recollection
that in his cooler moments and be-
fore he was moved by what will be
generally esteemed partisan raneor,
General Grant said: "There are men
in that organization (tbe Democratic
party,) men like Bayard, Mcclellan,
Hancock aud others whom I know.
They are loyal and patriotic as any
men. Bayard, for Instance, would
make splendid President. I would
not be afraid of the others in that Of
fce."
Recalling this language We may
pass over what the General now says
of his fellow soldier as an ebullition of
partisan spleen, which, as it is un-
worthy of him, the public ought to
overlook and forget. It has no weight
nor any importance except as it raises
a regret in generous minds to see so
eminent a man so forget himself.
But there is other matter in the
conversation which, now that it is au-
thenticated by its author, becomes Of
importance, and, as it will be generally
discussed, forces itself upon the atten-
ton of the people. "What if Han
cock should be elected ?" Grants in.
terlocutor asked, and the Genera
made a reply which appears to us tc
show that he only dimly comprehends
the guard which our Constitution
happily places over the general safety
and particularly over the rights of mi
norities. He said /:
"Then the North would submit
quietly and watch closely. AS soor
as things began to go wrong every
Northern Legislature would be con
vened and compel their Representa-
tives to resign or resist the Solic
South"
Surely he here totally forgot him
self. If Gen. Hancock is elected i
will be necessarily by Northern as
we'll as Southern electoral votes i
will be by the defeat at the polls, no
of THE Nortl," but of the Republi
can party; and how far that is from
being "The North," the Genera
would see if he would recall that II
1876 the Democrats 10 the Northern
States cast a vote so great that IL
New York they had majority ; ii
Illinois they lacked less than twenty
thousand of casting as many votes az
the Republicans, and a change of tel
thousand votes would have given then
the State; in Ohio they wanted only
three or four thousand of carrying th'
State, and so on in other Northern
States, in the most of which there are
nearly as many Democrats as Repub
licans, while in at least four there
we're then more. To talk, therefore
of "Tbe North" as assuming an atti
tude of resistance, or of calling Leg
islatures together is, to speak mildly
language which we sincerely regret tt
see so eminent q man allowing himsel
to use.
If Gen. Hancock should be elected
undoubtedly THE North will "sub
nit quietly" Why South ant
North both submitted quietly Whel
Mr.. Hayes, whom not merely tn
South, but almost the whole Nortl
did not believe elected, was placed il
the executive chair by an arbitration
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If { N. Hancock should be elected th
Republicans would "watch Closely
to use Gen. Grants phrase; the
would be on the alert to take advan
tag of every bluuder, small or great
made by Hancock and his party, ant
; in this they would act properly ant
within their rights. 1t is in this Wa
the minority in a free country be
comes or tries to become the majorit,
by "watching closely" the acts
, the majority, and exposing thei
wrong-doing to the people. 1t is thi