National Republican., 1880-03-17
DANGER TO THE PARTY AND COUNTRY

The Republican opponents of the nonlina-
tiOn of General GRANT for the Presidency do
not yield to the most subservient of the third
term hatterers in their appreciation of the
services that he has rendered to the country;
and they are careful to divest their antagonism
to his nomination of all personal questions.
But just as they award to GRANT all the honors
that he has Won in military and civil service,
so arc they entitled to say to him that he is
allowing his name to be used in n connection
that is dangerous to the party and to the coun-
try. If General GRANT desires to be once more
President of the United States and would say
so plainly, he would then be much stronger rs
a candidate than lie could possibly be as the
handy tool of the maChine.-BdAin0re AHieri-
can.
What is tho logic of this remarkable par
agraph So far as we can discover, it is
simply that class of Republicans who
"award to General GRANT all the honors
that lie has won in military and civil SER
"vice" but who do not want him to be
President again, insist that he is allowing
his name to be used in n connection which
is dangerous to the party and to the coun-
try, aud hence he should forbid the use of
his name rs candidate for the Presidency
Perhaps he should, but 10 the average
American mind such proposition will be
accepted as mere twaddlc. These carpers
at General GRANT aud his friends who pre-
fer him for the Presidency fail to show
wherein the use of his name tends in any
| degree to endanger the party and the coun-
try. Such a declaration is easily made, but
the proof of the impending danger eralluded to
would be preferable. Give us that. Then the
assumption that General GRANT would be
much stronger rs q candidate if he was q
seeker of the Office instead Of leaving tho
office to him, is Mt war with the accepted
opinion sooften and opertinaciously urged
that ofice-seekers are not always the mos
profitable public servants, or most to be re-
spected. General GRANT never has been
and never will be an oflice-seeker, if the re.
mainder of his days shall be spent in the
shades of private life. Should this fact
deter the people, if they desire him as Pres
ident, from putting forth their best efforts
to secure his election We think not, and
under that conviction they are moving il
that direction with zeal and confidence.
1t is about time the nonsense that Gen
eral GRANTS candidacy imperils either tn,
Republican party or the country should
cease, for it will deter no friend of Genera
/ GRANT, or of the future peace, prosperity
and happiness of the country, from pressing
forward with their most stalwart efforts I,
place him in the Presidential chair. The,
are inspired with far different views ant
I oh
ponents. They have an abiding conf
dence that the welfare and success of tn
Republican party hinge largely upon hi
candidacy, and that his election will adj
strength to the Government and length I
its days. For these reasons and others c
less moment, perhaps, the great mass Of tn
thinking, voting and country-loying peopl
seek General GRANTS nomination at thi
time.
If to add the electoral vote of States {
the Republican side through his nomina
tion, which cannot otherwise be secured
brings danger to the party, then it may b
endangered, but not otherwise. We conf
IDENTIFY believe that General GRANT ca
, carry the States of New York, New Jerse
and Connecticut while we doubt if an
other name mentioned for the candidacy o
the Republican side can secure these State
We feel assured that General GRANT wi
carry Virginia and two other, at least,
the lato insurgeut States, while we fe
equally certain that no other name on IL
Republican side can secure even one
them. 1t is for these reasons thi
General GRANTS name is urged an
will be urged for nomination up
= the day when the National Con
g vention shall meet and determiiie Il
@ question. Neither the cry of German d
G feclon nor the revival Of the "thrd-terl
= spectre" win daunt or deter them fro
4 laboring steadfostly and perseyeringly
Q what they deem to be for the best good