National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-09-27
GRANT AND EDMUNDs.
Good Words spoken by Both in
Favor OF Rcpubiicanism-Th Are
Not WsnlhInn.N

10 ho Editor.
In the latter half of this generation
history has repeated itself Eve times in
one matter, and the signs of the zodiac"
give intimation Of the sixth repetition
namely, In the election of the seventh 70
publican president and vice president Of
the United States. A weak invention of
tho enemy" in 1880 was an attempt to
make 1t appear that Gen. Grant and Sena-
tor Edmunds were 'sullting," because
thew had not been nominated for tho
presidency, and that for the Same reason
they wore Indifferent TO the success of tho
republican nominees, Garfield and Ar
thur. History is repeating itself in this
respect, also. An effort by the Same
enemy in the same direction is now being
mado. BY comparison of few events
and dates 1t will DO seon that there is
plenty of time for both Gen. Grant and
Senator Edmunds to make good" their
records of four years ago.
Gen. Grants first public utterance dur
ing the campaign of 1880 was on the night
of Aug. 81 at q repu blican mass meeting
at his home, Galena, III. He made a
enthusiastically brief speech. in which
he said
never voted republican presidential ticket
IN my lie, and but one democratic ticket, and
That was many years ago when was quite n
young man. But will pledge YOU my word
mere tonight that If ] am spared, although
shall De AZ some distance from you on the I'd
day oil November shall return to Galena to
cast one republican vote for president of the
united States, and hope the city OF Galena
WIN cast round republican vote such as 1t
has never cast before.
July %, 1880, Gen. Logan wrote TO Gen.
Grant requesting the latter to preside at
a Garfield and Arthur mass meeting to be
held in New York city in the second or
third week in September and on the I'd
OF September Gen. Grants reply to Gen.
Logan was published as follows:
MY DEAR GEN. LOGAN: l left this place two
weeks ago for an extended tour through San
Luis park and the Gunnison country, and
hence have only just received your letter of
the 18th of July. will be going east the latter
part of September, and will gladly attend any
meeting intended to further the success of the
ticket headed by Garfield and Arthur. agree
with you that 1t will not do TO be beaten now.
we should never be beaten until every man
VINO counts, or represents those who count, in
the enumeration to give representation In the
electoral college can cast his vote Just he
pleases and can have 1t counted Just as he cast
IL Yours truly, U. 5. GRANT.
MANlToU sPniNGs, COL, Aug. u, 1850.
J 1t was not until Oct. 20. 1880, that Gen.
Grant, at Syracuse, told the monster
republican mass meeting why he was
republican; why he believed 1--WE would
not be secure under democratic admin
istratiou;" that "the bulk of the democ-
racy is in the southern states; it will
control If 1t gets into power; it is just as
impossible that the limited number of
democrats in the north shall control as il
is that the dogs tail shall wag tho dog
in all instances the dog will wag the tail,
and IL they should get into power that
tail would be so powerful that it would
sweep down at ono stroke all of your
industries and prosperity, and your banks
and your manufactures and your indus
tries Of all sorts and descriptions; we
want to avoid this, aud to do that we
want to elect Garfield and Arthur in
November And, in conclusion, Gen.
Grant said he wanted to testify" that
II believe the best interests of the country
demand, and the great uprising we have
witnessed all through this country in the
past two weeks and tho joy we witnessed
here to-day, all indicate the people OF
this country are determined to maintain
intact the country for which we fought
and the principles for which we sacrificed
so much"
| 1t would not BIO difficult to prove, il
necessary, that Senator Edmunds has
done this year even more in the way oil
active political work than he had done
down to the corresponding period in The
campaign of 1880. This year he has al
ready in public speech put himself on
record in sentiments about which nc
doubt can be entertained. Among other
things he said: "A very close study and
observation of the professions and prac-
tices Of tho democratic party in congress
and in the country has de-
monstrated to my mind that the safety
and welfare of the people of the United
States continue to demand its exclusion
from power. In the present at
titude of political affairs, the defeat Of
the democratic party Is q need fairly
the recent periods when that party had
control of one or the other houses Of
congress- it demonstrated its unfitness for
government in respect to nearly all the
important measures it proposed or re-
sisted, every succeeding year seeming to
decorate IL with a new folly"
In 1880, at q later date than this, Mr.
Edmunds made an offhand speech in
favor of the election of Garfield and
Arthur, in which he not only did moi
betrhy "sulkiness," but he gave utter
ance to hearty, patriotic, loyal sentences
which, having been delivered at Just the
right time, "struck in" where they would
and did do the most good" and hit
hopeful and encouraging words were
quoted with slacrity by newspaper
whose editors were weakened and ap
prehensive as to the result of the contest
After the election no "glorified" ovel
the result in happy phrases, spoken t.
his fellow-townspeople who were cele
brating the triumph of Garfield and
Arthur. o. G. w.