The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-10-27
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GRANTS GREATEST BLUM
DER.

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-
votion 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 aud excitement of a political can
va<s, that the Democratic candidate is
, vain, that he is ambitious of the Pres
ideucy, 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 raocor,
General Grant said: "There are men
in that organization (the Democratic
party) men like Bayard, Mcclellan,
Hancock aud others whom I know.
They are a loyal and patriotic as any
men. Bayard, for Instance, would
make a 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 IN.
worthy of him, the public ought tc
overlook and forget. It has no weight
nor any importance except as it raises
a regret in generous minds to see SO
eminent 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 reply which appears to US te
show that he only dimly comprehend:
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 60 wrong every
Northern Legislature would be con
vened and! compel their Representa-
rives 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 North," 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 in the Northerl
States cast a vote so great that II
New York they had majority ii
Illinois they lacked less than twenty
thousand of casting as many votes a:
the Republicans, and change of tel
thousand votes would have given then
the State; in Ohio they wanted Only
three or four thousand Of carrying tn
State, and so on in other Northerl
States, in the most of which there are
nearly as many Democrats as Repub
licans, while in at least four there
were then more. To talk, therefore
of "The North" as assuming an attl
tude of resistance, or of calling Leg
islatures together is, to speak mildly
language which We sincerely regret tt
see 50 eminent a man allowing hlmsel
to use.
If Gen. Hancock should be elected
undoubtedly The North" will "sub
NIT quietly" Why not? South anc
North both submitted quietly Wher
Mr.. Hayes, whom not merely the
South, but almost the whole North
did not believe elected, was placed il
the executive chair by an arbitration
If Gen. Hancock should be elected tbt
Republicans would swatch closely
to use Gen. Grants phrase; they