The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-07-09
WooDSFIELD MONROE COUNTY 0HIO JULY 8 1867
lFrom the Statesman, June 24.l
Proposition by the Radicals to
Make Grant Military DIcfatOr--
The Issue Before the People.

Proposition by the Radicals tC
Make Grant Military Dictator.
The Issue Before the People.
The editor Of the New York Herald ir
Saturdays issue grows patriotic in the
extreme. He has panaeea for all oul
national woes. He would have you be.
lieve it is "Bennett's Panacea," and tina
single dose will cure, and without it tn,
Nation dies. But from an analysis ",
find it is Forney's old quack medicine
and. that Horace Greeley invented th'
story of the demise oe the Nation in cas'
it is not administered.
It is the quack nostrum Of appointing
Gen. Grant dictator and placing the Uni
ted States under martial law. The advo
Gates Of Military Government are becom
| ing boldsr every day..
Like the Abolition party, they deny al
they go, but we ask the thinking reade
to mark the current of events and theI
answer, if that party is not tending rap
| idly that way. Within the last few day.
we have furnished extracts from Forney'.
Press and the New York Tribune, and
now produce leader from the New York
Herald, all tending directly to the same
end. These are three of the most cou.
spicuous organs of that party which are
jealous in the work. Their allies of the
smaller are numerous.
1 We quote from she Herald:
'Party strife is the grand evil of the
hour. Faction rules and ruins. Faction
in Congress carries a certain law,and fac
tion outside prevents its enforcement. =
Congressional faction thus finds its hands
strengthened, goes further, and continued
opposition only serves to furnish it with
excuses for newer and greater aggression
and encroachment. Thus government,
law, peace and the national welfare are
tossed from faction to faction; and who
shall say where they will land1 It's the
South that suffers to-day; but if we per-
NIT this to go on against the South shall
we not make the precedent on which fu-
ture factions will condemn US alsoa
Robespierres are typical figures in histo-
ry ,and they die always on the guillotines
that they have made part Of the law
How shall we stop this war of faction2
History tells us that thereis but one way.
To throw off the tyranny of party the
people must have nucleus for tbs gath
ering of their strength. They must rally
round the person of some great leader
some man Of power, courage, fidelity
and combining On him, give him the
strength and confidence to put down the
factions.
By making Cincinnatus dictator the
Romans saved the State. Later Romans
would have saved 1t again if they had
done the same by Caesar before the fac
tions had time to kill him. Nations must
profit by such lessons. The only chance
for the American people to stay the ru-
nous war of faction is to gather around
Grant and confde to him the strength
and the power to pacify and restore the
nation. In Virginia the people see this
as the obvious fact. Elsewhere it is seen
also, o,and as this idea comes to prevail and
the people act on it through the ballot
box we shall have satisfactorily solved
the great problem Of our national troubles.
The hour Of the country's crisis is at
hand. The Democratic party must be
returned to power or Military Dictator
must be selected. The Radicals have
lost sight of the Constitution, involved
the country in difficulties they acknow-
ledge they can solve in but ole way.
Let every freeman sound the alarm
Keep this proposition before the people
until Radicalism shall be thwarted in this
the browning effort to subvert the Gov.
ernment and enslave the people.
+ Military Dictator are high sounding
words. The people have been credulous,
and may be again. IF so and we are lured
on by these Radical politicians until their
last beli proposition is forced upon The
people, We will have no one to blame but
ourselves.
The Democratic party, whilst the Rad.
icals are "rallying around some great
leader" with renewed energy, must rally
around the Constitution.
With an abiding confidence in the in.
telligence of the people, a self.reliancs
equal to that of our fathers and faith in
the God Of the Universe, we can aver
this sad end to the once glorious Republic
If we are unequal to the task the Edi
tor Of the Herald can soon proclaim that
"By making Grant Dictator, the Rad
icals saved the State"