Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-11

The South has q better feeling fol
General Grant than is generally supposed
Had he received the nomination at Chi.
caoo we have no doubt that he would
have carried several Southern States.
We find the st. Louis Post Dispatch, one
Of the most incorporating advocates Of
Southern institutions past and present,
predicting the defeat Of the General at
Chicago, and demanding that he be taken
nm by the Democrats rs their standard
bearer. The source considered, the
article is 8 curiosity, and as such
we give it place in u columns.
The idea will cause a smile among
the Democrats Of the Pacific Coass. Fol-
lowing is the remarkable editorial Of the
St. Louis organ:
After his defeat at Chicago there is but
one thing to be done, the Democratic party
must take him up and nominate him for
President. There are many reasons why
this should be done.
In the first place, Grant was never IN
sympathy with the Republican party until
1853. II he hadn't received their nomina-
t;on then the Democrats would certainly
have taken him up. He was : Democrat
mn 10 the breaking out Of the war. His last
vote for President was cast for Buchanan.
His surroundings were all Democratic. He
was the son-in-law OF al old pro-slavery
Democrat. At the commencement OF the
war he made an effort to get command OF
A Confederate company at Camp jackson in
this city. He publicly declared he would
tear of his epaulettes, after taking service
on the Union side, il the wal was to be
turned into . crusade against slavery. No
man was kinder to. the defeated South at
the close OF the war. His magnanimity to-
ward Lee and his soldiers is remembered
gratefully in the Southern country. 1t is
true that he behaved with considerable abb
ruptness toward the conquered section
during his last term as President, but his
mistakes were due to military training and
malign political influences. he was the
first man to elevate Rebel Brigadiers to
Office. OF late years his tone toward the
South has been highly conciliatory. His re-
cent trip through that section was q mission
Of peace, fair promises and appeals for for
giveness. II elected to q term Of the Pres
idency by the Democrats, Grant would,
Of course, feel under obligations to cut
loose from Logan, Babcock, Conkling,
Robson and Ortiz and ignore all the evil
and corrupt associates who brought dis
grace upon his previous administrations,
As o Democratic President he would be
able to reform. He would appoint none
but Democrats to Office, and this would in
sure honest surroundings. OF course
there would be some objections to a third
but an additional term as a Democrat
would be altogether 8 different thing from
three terms as . Republican.
We might go on thus indefinitely piline
up reasons to show that the Democrats
might do q worse thing than nominal,
Grant. They need an opportunity to pay
their debt Of gratitude to the hero to whom
they are indebted to whatever there is lef
Of the country. They can't do it so lonl
as he is surrounded by a crowd of Republic
can schemers. Defeated at Chicago ant
turned loose once more upon the opel
pastures which lie between the great part
les, he becomes common political property
with natural Democratic affiliations. Hi
recent abandonment of one OF the wors
habits Of his life-that Of undue use o
intoxicants shows what he can do in tn,
way of reformation when pushed to ii
Under benign Democratic influences HI
would correct the errors into which he fel
as a Republican Executive, would give tn
country an honest, incorruptible admins
t~ration, and would 60 out in q blaze 0
glory.