Year: 1878

We should dislike very nnch TO say any
thing to discourage the nomination of Grant
for the Presidency In 1880 by the Republican
marty. We should dislike to discourage It,
not because of any affection for Grant, but for
4hn reason that we know Of no one single In
pident that is likely to occur that would more
certainly assure the success Of the Demo
cratic party II could not possibly make any
corresponding mistake that would negative
this. Grant Is, however, the natural leader
of the Republican party. He is the itbper-
aonation, the naturalization Of It's greatness
as well as Of Its Hbasemeut; Of It's crusading
spirit III war, and of It's evangel Of Carpet-bag-
gerry In peace. He Is the great and over
shadowinE presence Of all the history that
party has made-the illumination Of its day
of power, and he represents it's civil methods
not less than its military record. For this
gerry reason We want him before the American
people Of to-day. Grant is the Republican
party, and we do not know how oil Of the In
iauitieH and Bhames and dshonors that at
tneh to that organization can be brought so
impressively before the common intelligence
ns Ia his person, in theshape Of this war eagle
with the instincts Of the vulture.


His candidacy is almost too good thing to
be hoped for yet the persistence with which
Id III being urged In certain quarters makes
it q subject for speculation at least. In the
main the proposition comes from his old army
81 parasites that fed upon his immediate pat
ruriage. but 1t Is by no means confined to
them. These people have great deal to say,
but there are others also that are talking of
the necessity for return to power OF his
strong hand and stolid resolution. The
sources Of this movement have q singular sig
nifcance


The loudeat and most insistent Of his sup
Dorters are the men who belonged to the old
whisky ring, whom he protected against the
penalties of tho law and liberated from the
nenitentiary. There Is Mckee, OF the Globe
Democrat Of st. Louis, IN ex-oonviot who
sounds the hew-gag and beats the tom-tom
ineessaptIy In his behalf; and in Illinois the
man who carried through the resolution
nassed by the Republican convention lauding
Grant was the attorney who proHted most
by defending the whisky thieves Of Chicago,
THESE are reinforced by the dsbanded Indian
ring and post traders the theving naval con-
tractors. and all the other rings that flour.
ished and waxed great under his base and
corrupt administrations. But the most omin-
ots mutterings do not come from these people
but from the moneyed power Of the Eastern
cities, which, through its press, Is continually
giving forth vague hints OF the need Of Grants
recall to power. Communism Is the night
mare OF these people and military suppression
is the cure they propose for it.. They know
perhaps, as we'll as any one that the poverty
and distress which has brought about the
savage and determined outcry against them
which they call communism, are the natural
fruits OF Grantism and the civil policies II
inaugurated and carried out They doubtless
know that these troubles will disappear witt
d change OF these policies and the inaugura
tlon Of q government which will act In The
interests Of the people and not of the close
corporations and moneyed interests OF the
East But the cure would be more fatal tx
them than the disease itself, and they fondlJ
fancy that both may be avoided with GRAM
nt the head OF affairs. His military methods
would not cure the evil, but they would pro
tect those who were generated out of 1t ant
thrive on IL. But 1t so happens that 1t Is th'
people themselves against whom this pro
lection is asked, and which can be given only
at the expense of their just rights and deares
interests, and 1t is the people who are to say
who shall be President


It was perhaps natural for them to b.
blinded by the barbaric splendor OF mtlitar!
success in the days Immediately following
the war, but It would be marvellous indeed
the memories OF the war should obscure
this day the stupendous failure OF Grant,
civil administration. No such illusion as thi
Is consistent with the steady republicanlsn
of O law-loving people, accustomed to retiec
for themselves In all matters Of public policy
They are not likely to be blind to thei
interests, and they will certainly not foregt
these to crafty the vanity and ambition
Of an INSCRIPTIONS soldier. They car
very readily understand that all the troubles
of the country have come from bad govern,
ment and unwise legislation, and that the
cure lies. not in the finding of one who has
the ruthless strength TO enforce this iegisla.
tion. but III a total change Of 1t and the inan
guration of other policies The government