To General Grant, the hero of the war of the rebellion, who wrested victory from doubtful battle fields, who stood unflinchingly at his post in the darkest days of the nation’s history, the people turn instinctively as the standard bearer in the coming political contest.
By his utter self abnegation and his preference for the welfare of the masses rather than the political aggrandisement of a few leaders, he has acquired the most malevolent partizan opposition ever encountered by any Chief Magistrate of the Nation.
By the strong voices of the people reverberating over the country, and by the more recent utterances from the granite hills of New Hampshire, the thrifty valleys of Connecticut, the loyal voters of Rhode Island, his policy is endorsed and his future political status insured.
Footnotes:
[1] The Night Hawk is an attache of the Ku Klux Camp, whose business it is to scour about, and locate the victims upon whom visitations are ordered to be made.
[2] Alluding to the shooting of a Mr. Cason a few days before.
Transcriber’s Notes:
Punctuation has been corrected without note.