Year: 1879

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reconstruction, he comes to the front with
them. In this the Post proves itself to be
an imperfect observer and reasoner 1t says
his sudden popularity is not because the
people fear another war; and here the Post
Is at fault again. General GRANT bears
with him less of the passions, strites,
aud feelings that were ongcndered
by the war than is common
with those who bore conspicuous part in
its conduct At its close, when the sword
of rebellion was surrendered into his hands
at Appomnttox, he divested himself of all
the passions that the strife had engendered,
and exercised maguanimity uncommon to
such occasions. subsequently, during two
Presidential terms, the same mngnanimous
spirit toward the conquered States and
people Of the South was equally manifest
throughout. Since the close af his Presi-
dental term General GRANT has spent
much of his time in the Old World, where,


if he had asperitics they .would naturally
die out and disappear


General GRANT has taken no part in the
political affairs of his own country since he
retired to private life except rs an observer,
reader and student; hence he cannot repre-
sent any of the passions and preiudices
that come of heated contests and dis
field calmly at a distance. None of
these considerations have tended to give him
prominence. On the other hand, as clouds
arise over the country from the political
condition of affairs created by the people of
the late Confederate States in their disregard
for the laws and the rights of citizenship,
the loyal people very naturally cast about
for standard bearer and deliverer from
impending ills and in doing so seek one
who is imbued with strong sense of right,
unilinching patriotism, undaunted courage,
unbending integrity, and of tried conserva-
tism, so far us justice, right, and loyalty to
the Union and the Constitution are con-
servativc. The events connected with this
Congress have intensified public anxiety and
increased popular confidence in General
the ranks of American craftsmanship at
! this era who can best be trusted to
guide the country through the perils that
impend over it. When statesmen repre-
senting the South under the delirium OF
! ill-gotten power proclaim to the world that
all the war measures of this Government
are to be eliminated from our statute book
until the last vestigc of them shall have
! disappeared, such a threatened outrage
naturally leads the loyal and patriotic
mind toward General GRANT, and fixes the
popular heart upon him rs the coming man
| The events of this Congress, as they aIe
developed day by day, unfolding and bring
ing to the present er;l the animus OF the re-
bcllion, produces yearning for the man
who bore n conspicuous part in bringing
it to n surrender, and then
kept it in check throughout eight
years of just and patriotic admins
tratiOn of the Government. Perils did not
accumulate on peril's head in the South so


boldly and wildly while he held the helm


of the ship of State, until after it had been


decreed that his hand should be raised


therefrom under the verdict of the people


Then came cry of defiance from the South


which has increased in volume and violence


until the present hour, when it resounds


through the halls.of the National Capital


with startling power. These are some OF


the prominent causes which have led thu


people to demand General GRANT to heat


the Republican column in 1880, and it nov


looks as if they will be content with nonC
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