Year: 1868

| Inc new 1ork Times OF Tuesday says:
But the idea that Gen. Grant, if


elected President, will become a militia


~ dictator Is absurdly ludicrous. There


is nothing in Grants character which
Justifies such an apprehension. His NOM


ination for President by the Republican


party was meant as O condemnation of
those who insisted upon the rights OF
conquest without any constitutional


limitation. Gen. Grant does not care to


become military dictator. He only
desires to see the national purpose ac-
complished in speedy restoration of all
the States to the Union. His election


Will be the Inauguration of peaceful
era in the entire Republic, while the
election of Seymour and Blair must lead
to further disturbance and incalculable
mischief.


So, we breathe more freely! General
Grant does not want to become a mill
tary dictator, and "there is nothing IN
his character which justifies the appre-
hension~ Is the Times sure of that
When the dictatorship of ten States
was conferred upon him, neither his
character, nor tastes, nor constitutional
scruples prevented his acceptance.
When the dictatorship of all the other
States is placed within his grasp, what
assurance have we that he will be more
considerate teward themf


The Times claims that his nomi nation
by the Radical party was a triu mph
over those members of the party "who
insisted upon the rights of conquest
without any constitutional hmi-


nf tn mt hat
these very men, entirely satisfied with
Grants arbitrary sway in the South, are
ardently supporting him, we should.con-
clude that they, at least, see in Grants
nomination no condemnation leveled at
him.


There is certainly nothing in Grants
conjunction with the Radical party that
indicates disposition on his part
averse to arbitrary sway. He was
seduced into that party in spite
of his previous condemnation OF
its policy, by the offer of arbitrary
power over ten States. He accepts its
nomination as tender of similar pow
er over the remaining States, because he
knows that the Radicals conferred sach
power upon President Liucoln, and glo-
ried in his exercise of it, and quarreled
with johnson because he would not &C
cept a similar tender but persisted in
quoting the Constitution, which they
wanted him to violate! Upon the
whole we cannot conceive a more por-
tentous combination than this of the
Radical party and its satrap candidate.
If. it does not foreshadow military
despotism it is because General Grant
is one of those rare mcrtalB endowed
with the God-like attributes of Wash
ington. 1t will not do to moor the ark
of our liberties in these stormy times
with gossamer thread of hope like
that. Men of such heroic mold are men
toned only in the youth of nations
emerging into independence from the
struggles of successful rebellion. Such
characters are never formed by the hab-
it of putting down rebellions in estab-
lished governments, when society is
bloated with opulence and diseased with
prohigacy.


There is significant admission in the
above paragraph from the Times to which
we call the readers attention. The
Times admits that if Grant is elected
there will be submission. 1t knows
that the Democratic party has submit
ted to so much wrong and deprivation
of personal rights, and has even permit
ted so many gross usurpations to sue
ceed unfesisted, that it will certainly
bow to the result of a legal election.
But the Republican party has been SO
spoiled by its successful usurpations,
and has grown so arrogant by the exer-
else of laYless power, and has acquired
such confidence in the logic of brute
force, that the Times boldly assures us
that the election of the opposition can
didate "must lead to further disturb
ance." In other words, the Radicals do
not intend to respect the will of the peo-
pie and will not permit the people to
install Others in the places they now
hold.


This is significant admission. We
ask voters to note it well When it
meets the eye of Hon. II. j. Raymond
on his European tour, he will think
that the youngsters at home are playing
the mischief with his paper, and, like
Greeley will exclaim, "What ID
fool wrote that ~