Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-01-23
Besaocraaic gacoanpetency.

From present appearances The FRACTIONAL
democracy will be compelled to call IN
some outside assistance to enable them to
carry on successfully, the affairs of gov
eminent. So far they have made a failure
all around.
In the first place they are out Of money,
and what is 8 man or a government with
out cash.
Their independent Treasury has sus-
pended specie payments jasl as the banks
they have 50 recently beratad hare resum-
ed.
They have made a most palpabIe IS lure
with their popular sovereignty. After al
most four years of triAl, the sacrifice of a
governor each year, the antilnely demoli
ton Of scores of politicians, great and
small aal an expenditure Of over four mil-
hons to Sustain an army in Kansas as a
posse contains for Border rafian officials,
be net result attained has been civil war,
and the arrant despotism of compelling q
free paopae 20 live under institutions they
did not frame.
The Administration also pretend that
they have earnestly e~ndeavored TO slppress
fIibusterism. Grant that they have and
their utter failure is notorious. Walker
aud his p%iratical squad have been too much
for them. He outwiltea their officials at
New Orleans, ran under their guns harm
iess in the Gulf Of Mexico and at Punta
Arenas.
Preaching free trade they have attempt
ed to practice it, and in doing SO have
prostratod northern manufactures and not
been allie to raise funds enough to pay
their COMMON expenses.
For almost five wears they have been
to adjust our difficulties with Eng
land, in relation TO Central American at
faira and as yet all negotiations have been
failure.
Ont Of some dozen demands upon the
government of Spain for reparation and a
pologv, they have not had the ability or the
nerve to secure one.
Coming down to the more recent Nor
mon difficulties, the want OF foresight,
firmness and ability are painfully manifest.
They waited until almost winter 10 send,
had almost three times as many wagons
and horses a. men, aad not enough OF the
latter to keep the Indians at bay. The
wagons have been robbed of their pro-
the horses and cattle have died Of
three detaclnments of men have
been slaughtered and the remainder of the
force is IN jeopardy and not enc good re-
suit to show for it all. The details of tie
inetfciencv and murierous laundering in
This expedition against the Mornons,
hen fully known, will aStonish the ma
lion.
Under their management we have had
almost perpetual Indian disturbance on our
frontiers; under their management the
Post Office Depsrtnentbas 1un behind seE-
er;,l billions, md eYan the Patont Office
has CO. into debt AMI is no longer selfs9is-
tanning.
Bu; why probing the, list Of examples!
Their incapacity is everywhere manifest
AMI vet, if we look at our National Con
urese, it would seem AS though they had
.Iesohcd TO die incompetent and hlunder-
ING. The statesmen in that body, the men
of ability information and experience, are
excluded from all important part in the
Operations Of government, and the pubic
Interest are committed to new men, smaiI
men, sectional men, en"rvated slave pat
riots who are only selected to be used BY
The slave power without a regard to their
ability, for any thing else.-Dat. I'rib.