The daily gazette., 1880-05-17
unless he can carry bis own nomination

unless he can carry his own nomination
upon the first ballot. CAT the presen
moment, 1t would seem like the eheerest
folly for any one to say that neither
Grant nor Blaine will be the Republican
candidate for President this year, and
yet there is nothing more likely than
that, unless the one or the other so In
creases his numerical strength before
the first ballot of the Chicago Conven-
tion to render the taking of second one
unnecessary. 1t is clear now that Gen.
Grants ambition for a third tenn is ai
fierce as ever was his own or another's
| for q first term and that he means to
secure the nomination II he can, even at
the cost Of dignity, self-respect and the
respect of his countrymen. In short,
Grant enters the unseemly scramble for
Office as others do, caring for nothing 50
that he may get it. He has now just
one chance, that of being chosen by a
wild burrah upon the initial ballot; for
if he cannot succeed then, he will be
slaughtered by his antagonists"
"It is thoroughly understood by
those whose business it is to under
stand it, that Grant hates Blaine with
all the fierce energy of his deep, sui
len nature, and that Blaine does not
love Grant. The two men are natural
antagonists, and the fight between
them at Chicago will be one not only
of giants, but to the death. The
only difference between them is, that
if Grant should be nominated Blaine
would work heartily and unsparingly
for his election while, if Blaine
should receive the nomination, Grant |
would not stir hand nor foot to save
him from defeat before the people in
November in fact, he would help
him to it if he could"
The quotations above from our
neighbor seems fairly and |
to foreshadow events as
anything that is to occur can be por-
5rayed from circumstantial proba-
Dilities.
II cannot be expected that the men
who follow Grant can give support to
he Blaine faction. Grant has made
III the capital on which the Republi-
,an party hope to win, and it would
vt once be admitting that Blaine had
/ right to steal Grants thunder and
it to another class of
men for whom Grant has the strong
,st hatred. Grant seeks Southern
support he finds the companionship
)f soldiers congenial and nothing
would please him better than to be
the ideal of the "rebel brigadiers" as
he has been Of the Northern generals.
He feels quite certain that in the sue
cess of the Democrats he would have
more friends at the Capital than he
would after the success of Blaine to
the Presidency. He would, therefore,
very naturally do what he could to
favor his own fortunes. And this
would be precisely what soldiers of his
cast always have done. From Caesar
down no great professional soldiers
have failed to do so. The charge
rests as well upon the modern as the
ancient leaders. Neither Napoleon,
Marlborough nor Wellington have es-
capped the charge nor will Grant
should he fail Or not to get the nomi-
nation.
. Never was the prospect more bright
for blotting out from official position
the salary grabbing crew who stole
the Presidency in 1876, and installing
an honest Democrat who will retrench
'very department of the government,
md give greater stability to our
credit by showing that the Union is
safe and indissolubly connected no
matter which party is in power.