Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-24
Make Grant M I'tary Oictalor-
Tbe Issue Before ih~ People.

saturdays issue grows patriotic in the eX-
treme. He has panacea for all our Ma
tional woes. He would have you believe 1t
is "BRNNErT's Panacea," and that a single
dose will cure, and without it the Nation
dies. But. from an analysis we find it is
FoRNEy's old quack medicine, and that
HORACE GREELEY invented the story of the
demise of the Nation In case it is not ad-
ministered! tsissf Stsst - II
1t is the quack nostrum of appointing
General GRANT dictator and placing the United
States under martial lato. The advocates of
Military Government are becoming bolder
every day.
Like the Abolition party. they deny as
they go, but we ask the thinking reader to
mark the current of events aud then an
swer. If that party is not tending rapidly
that way. Within the last few days we
have furnished extracts from FoRNEY's Is
Press and the Net0 York Tribune. and now
produce leader from the Ne,o York Hsr-
aid, all tending directly to the same end.
These are three of the most conspicuous
organs of that party which are Jealous in
the work. Their allies Of the smaller class
are numerous.
/ We quote from the Herald:f 44WFfU2
Party strife is the grand evil of the hour.
Faction rules aud ruins, Faction in Con-
gress carries a certain law. and faction out
side prevents its enforcement. Congress
sional faction thus finds its hands strength
eued, goes further, and continued Opposi-
tion only serves to furnish 1t with excuses
for newer and greater aygression and en-
Icroachment. Thus government. law. peace
and the national welfare are tossed from
faction to faction; and aoho shall say ,ohere
then aciH IdndP 1T L THE SOUTH THAT sUF-
FERs TO DAY; cut IF WE PERMIT THIS TO
GO ON against the Mouth shall zoe not make the
precedent on aohich futuref factions aoiH condemn
us also? RDbesperres are typical figures
In history, and they die always on the
guilloti es that they have made part of the
| law. How shall we stop this war of faction?
History tells US there Is but one way. To
throw of the tyranny of party the people
must have nucleus tor the gathering of
their strength. They must rally round the
person of some great leader-some man of
power, courage, tidelity-and combining on
him, give him the strength and confidence
| to put down the factions. By making Gin
cinhdtas dictator the Romans sdUed the State.
Later Romans scould hare sdued it again If
they had done The same by Cesar before the
factions had time to XIII him. Nations must
profit By such lessons. The only chance for
the American people to stay the ruinous
war of faction is to gather around Grant
and confide 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, and as this
idea, comes to prevail and the people act on
satisfactorily solved the great problem of
our national troubles.
Here is the proposition fairly presented
hafo = ic~t 1ot Iv-o uin 10
GRANT do for US what CINCINNATUs did for
Rome" .,,.r,frq.t14r g-s-- -r
" Faction rules and ruins" Mark the ad-
mission. Faction in Congress carries
certain law, and faction outside prevents
its enforcement" &c. Mark again the ad-
mission. But the editor of the Herald con-
cludes by asking this significant question,
a" Who shall say where they will land?"
This question is easily answered. Unless
the Radicals are excluded from power we
will "land" just where the editor of the
Herald desires we should. Wewill land in
SO many "Grand Military Districts" with
a commander in each, subordinate only to
the Commsnder-in-chief, instead of Pres
ident. Why does the state of affairs exist
described in the above extract? Simply
because, as therein declared, we are ruled
by faction. A necessary consequence so
soon as the organic law was interfered with
and disregarded. u e t}1El y l5ltA
\ If the Constitution had been preserved
invfolate, the rights of the people protect
ed, there would bave been placeto land.
The Constitution was the great barbor in
which were moored the ship of State and
the nations Navy, and all factions were
promptly rounded to and furnished place
to land. but the harbor has been virtually
aban doned, her piers erected to mid ocean,
and the ship of State is at sea without a
landmark. And it is well for gentlemen to
cry out, frWho shall say where we shall
land ?" --.....
The editor. of the Herald pictures our
condition faithfully. 1t he had also given
the causes, his views would have been well
calculated to awaken the people to sense
of their real condition. --He5
Again he asks, "How shall we stop this
war of factions?" and thea responds by adj
vocating the creation OF "nucleus;" the
selection Sof "some great leader" ''and
combining on him, give him strength and
confidence to put down factions"
If the editor of the Herald had stopped
here, his position might still have admitted
of question. But hear him:
s.By making Cincinnatus dictator, the
Romans saved the State" e. aHa
One would, at first glance, suppose the
confessions at the outset are real, and the
natural productions of truly sorrowful
heart. But after the proposition to create
GRANT dictator is made, the whole scheme
is disclosed. -- ---.....'.
This condition of affairs has been pur-
posely brought about. The President has
been assailed, usurpations have been com
mitted,. the Constitution tampered with, in
order to produce state of affairs that
might be acknowledged. and urged as a
necessity for the selection of a Military Dicta-
tor. Compare FoRNEY's Press, the Tribune
and the Herald. and see If this is not the
legitimate end of the last act upon tn,
Radical programme. Then we are really
to have Military Dictator in the person of
GRANT. y Z ~ = y ~ 2 o. q
The five great Military districts of the
South were the first step towards It's in
ception. To interpose Constitutional lin
its upon them is productive of War, ac-
cording to Radical authority, and in order
to settle the difficulty between the Constt-
tutional faction and the Military faction
GRANT is to be declared Dictator.
.Great solution of the problem of our
national troubles" truly.
Tie hour of the country's crisis is at
hand. The Democratic party must be re-
turned to power or Military Dictator