Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-06-07

written aud said. but OF ths ariuous
greatness ~ things done. and dangers
and emergencies will search In vain In the
future. as they have searched In vain In
the past. Cor any other on whom the ma
ton leans with such confidence and trust.
Standing on the highest eminence Of hu.
man distinction. and having hlled all
lands with his renown-mosiest, firm,
simple and self poised-he has seen not
only the titled but the poor and the iowiy
In the utmost ends % the world rise and
uncover before him. lie has studied thu
needs and defects of many systems Of
government. and he comes back better
American than ever. with wealth Of
knowlelge and experience added 10 the
har,l common sense which 30 conspicu.
ou.ly distinguished him In Nil tho fierce
light that beat upon him throughout the
most eyentful. trying and pcrilous siI.
teen years ~ the nations history.
Never having had "a policy 10 enforce
agains, the will % the people" he never
betrayed n cause or q friend. and the
people will never betray or desert him.
vilihei Ani reviled. truthlessly Aspersed
by numbcrloss presses. not In other
lands. but in his own. the assaults upon
him have strengthened and seasoned his
hold upon the public heart The ammu.
milton 10 calumny has all been exploded;
the powder has all been burned once.
its force Is spent, and General Grants
name will glitter as n bright and i'm
rerishable star In the disdem Of the re-
public when those who have tried 20
tarnish 10 will have moldercd In forgot
ten graves and their memories and cpl.
taphs have vanished utterly.
Never .lated by success, never do
prrssed by adyerity. he has ever In
p-ace, a. In war. shown the very genius
of common sense. Tho terms be pre-
.critcd Cor Lees surrender foreshaiowed
the wisest principles and prophecies Of
true reconstruction.
Victor In the greatest of modern wars,
he quickly signalir~i his aversion TO war
and his love % peace by an ARBITRATION
% international dispute- which stands
NJ the wisest and most majestic example
% its kind In the world. diplomacy.
When imitation. NJ the height % its popu.
lari,y AMI frenzy. had swept both houses
% congress. II was the veto u Grant
which. single and alone. overthrow ex.
pansion and cleared tho way for specie
resumption. To him, immeasurably
moro than 10 any other man, l. due the
fact tina, every paper dollar is a. good
a. gold.
With him as our leader we shall have
no defensive campaign. no apologies or
explanations 10 make. Tho shafts and
arrows have all been aimed at him and
lie broken AMI harmless at his feet. Life,
liberty and property will find safeguard
In him. When be aid Of the black man
In FLORIDA, Wherever I am they may
como also he meant that, had be the
power ,o help u. the poor dwellers In the
cabins oi tho south should not 10 driven
In terror from the homes Of their child.
hood anil the graves II their mur,ier~'i
dead. When he refused 20 receive Denis
Kearney he meant that lawlessncss and
communism. although u should dictate
laws ,o q whole city. would everywhere
mee, q fo. In him. and, popular or un.
popular. he will hew 20 the line of right,
let the chips hy where they may.
Ills integrity, his common sense, his
courage AMI his unequalei experience
are the qualities offered To his country.
The only argument against accepting
them would amaze solomon. lie thought
thsrs could 10 nothing new under the
sun. Having tried Grant twice and
found him faithful. we are told we must
not, even after an interval of years,
trust him again.
wha, qualification does no, such
fallacy involve. The American IcOpls
exclude jefferson Davis from public
trust. Why Because he was the arch
traitor and would IL destroyer. And
now the same people are asked 10 ostra-
cire Grant aud no, trust him. Why
Becausc be was the arch prcssryer OF his
country; because. not only In war. but
afterward, twice as q civic magistrate,
he gave his highest. noblest efforts 10
the republic l. such ab~uriity an
electioneering .ugglsry or hypocrisys
masquerade
There Is no field % human activity. re-
sponsibility OF reason In which rational
beings object Ia Grant because he Las
becn weighed In the balance and not
found wanting. and because he has had
unequalei experience, making him eH'
ceptiOnally competsnt and ht From
the man who shoes your horse 10 the
lawyer who pleads your case, the officers
who manage your railway. the doctor
into whose hands you give your life, or
the minister who seeks 10 save your
souls. what now do you reject because
you have tried him and by his works
have known him, What makes the pres
idential Office an exception 10 all things
else In the common sense 10 IL applied
20 selecting IT, Incumbent Who dares
10 put fetters ON the free choice and
Judgment which IL tho birthright of the
American people'
Can Il H. said that Grant has used Of.
fcial power TO perpetuaie his plani He
has no place. No official power has
been used for him. without patronage
or power, without telegraph wires run
ming from his house 20 the convention,
without elec,ioneering contrivances,
without effort ON his part, his name is
ON his country's lips, and he Is struck at
BY the whole Democratic party because
his nomination will be the deathblow 10
Democratic success. He Is struck at by
Others who find ofiense and disqualified
ton In the very service he has rendered
and In the very experience he has
gained. Show me better man. Name
one and I am answered. But do not
POINT NJ a disqualification TO the very
facts which make this man fit beyond
all others Let not experience disqualify
or excellence impeach him.
There Il no third term In the case. and
the pretense will die with the political
dog days which engendered H. Nobody
Il really worried about third term ex.
cept those horelessly longing for first
term and the dupes they have made.
Without bureaus. committees, officials
or einissaries 10 manufacture sentiment
In his favor. without intrigue or effort
ON his part. Grant IL the candidate
whose supporters have never threatened
10 bolt As they say. he Is Republican
who never wayerx He and his friends
stood by the creed and the candidates
Of the Republican party. holding tho
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