Show run THE illet S I 1 D I 1 enu ENT IC lat axi ANI i N ID uin uis I 1 IF wo we may believe beneve some of our contemporaries por aries we are on the verge of a political the great pacificator general ulysses 8 grant has been elected president and the republic is now about to entea upon a career of unexampled prosperity and glory so they appear to think the voices of those who attempt to express any other opinion are speedily hushed in the general congratulations and expressions gf of triumph to which the victorious give utterance in fact those who have been most noisy in their opposition to general grant giant previous to his election nave have been very quiet since his election D and some of them appear to reel feel relieved at his success as if the candidates whom they supported were nob not the men aft after c r all in whom they had the fl fi dence there is doubtless not another man mall in the nation towards whom bis opponents would have felt so sd kindly or in whom when they would have buve had bad sueh puch confidence as general grant previous to and since his hib election he be has wisely held his tongue and this BI ienco lebed has been more favorable to him hlin and his cause than the most ting angelic eile elic eloquence could have bave been we have no ino wish to ita dampen the eral joy which is felt at hig his victory but bot wv we would remind politicians that hat however wise nud and influential general grant may be he lid blone alone cannot save the be re publia from the dangers with which it la is environed nor not redeem it from those evils which prey upon its vitals and abid threaten it svery sivery existence it requires more than the genius wisdom alid and influence of oho obo mait mail however exalted his position todo this there must be a il hearty operation cooperation co on the part of the cabinet of the two houses of congress of the office holders and of the people to accomplish this it is one of the faults of our times to expect too many great results from the election of a IL popular man forgetting that to ensure the success of such a mans measures and plans plana he must have the cordial support of the officers of government and the people and that without this he is almost powerless I 1 general grant has before him a labor of immense magnitude and if he fulfill fulfil the expectations of those who appear to put their trust in him he will do 0 more than we think any man in his hia position and with his surroundings can possibly accomplish well may he shrink from taking upon him the re of the hig big high h office to which he tie has been elected he doubtless knows that if he should fall fail in answering the expectations of his friends and no mortal man should calculate on being able to answer them that many of the men who are now loud in their professions of attachment to him will bo be his most noisy detractors the country is in many respects in a deplorable condition the public credit is low the finances are disordered the burdens of taxation are great and widespread wide spread dissatisfaction exists respecting spec ting them the civil service is demoralized zed and too many corrupt men hold places in it in the south violence and crime hold high carnival and the prospects of a change for the better are most discouraging but these are not the worst features in the case throughout the union there is a general demoralization aliza tion of and private morals 1 to support the luxurious and extravagant habits babit of themselves tres tyes and their families public men have become venal and corrupt they prostitute their offices and opportunities for gain y and they en rich themselves at abc the el expense densel of the whole people of course under such circumstances ces the poor bunner buffer they bear the burden burdens of the public extravagance will wiil the election elect ign of general grant to the presidential chair change all this will his election cheek check the reign of luxury and extravagance which prevails throughout the land will virtue and morality gain num hum numerous erous converts and officeholders office holders become pure and exemplary a and n the simplicity of the early days Y of t the e republic Ee public again prevail because he ia is the chief executive we should be pleased if we bad good grounds to think so but we cannot perelene per cleve eleve them the only good ground on which such euch hopes can rest is a radical change in the habits babits of the people there is no prospect of fuch uch a change in fact everything that we see around us goes e il to show ho w that t lit the present course will will be be persisted er bis BIB t ed in the republic Be ae p public ab ile lie has ha great vitality its resources are almost boundless its form of government is the best on earth but it will require ali 11 these adv advantages stages and more too to maintain its position ii if the evils which exist are not cor reeled the election of general manhave may have the effect to postpone the evil day but unless there are thorough reforms it must come corner and when his bis ff lenos lends look for him to reform all thes these e abuses and to restore the Be publio to it its ita s ars pristine tine vigor they expect too much and disappointment must be the result |