Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-10-17
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From the New YORK. hxtfess.l
We eudeAyored TO show. yesterday,
vhst a nerilous expedient II would be. on
the mari OF the people, to inirnst the adj
INTIMIDATION of the Government to a man
like Grant, wholly inexperienced IN the
details Of civil government, aud prone, so
far al one may judge OF his political
leaniues. 10 be precisely whatever the
cunning odemagogues, into whose hanas
he must. inevitably fall, may see ~ 70
make him In ordinary times suen 40
experiment would be thing TO be depre-
cated-but under the circumstances IN
which our distracted county IS no"
niaced. N would be the hight OF folly
nav madness itself. Hence, we repeat
AGAIN and again, this is no time for such
esneriments, with new and untried men
and especially not with men whose
orlv record il that which has come OF
civil war. and Of an era 10 American
history which no lover OF bic country can
ever contemplate save with feelings OF
anguish and regret.
But. apart from the perilous expert
ment Of thus placing the administration
of the Government in the hands OF man
who must. from the absolute necessity
imposed upon him by his personal aud
political surroundings, become mere
military dictator, certain grave prece-
dents are 10 be established by his election
which il is we'll not to lose sight OF. Some
of these may be summarily set forth as
follows:1Alf "a
The election Of Grant with the reten,
ton in power Of the Radical party, VIII
be a ratification by the people Of all the
violations of the Constitution which have
marked the conduct Of that party from
the start.
II will be a precedent for establishing
governments Of force, in spite. OF the viii
of the people, in parts OF the country
where Radicalism aud Radicals are IN
popular: ,h;.
Government thus not government oil
and for the peopls, but only for a portion
it may be mere beggarly minority
even.
II will be, substantially, q popular in
dorsemeut OF all the audacious and
Shameless violations Of law of which this
Radical party has been guilty during the
last seven or eight years, including:
Arbitrary and illegal arrests. if- POD
The seizure of persons and papers
without color of Lawful authority. u
The substitn,ion of military for civil
law in times Of peace and in sections OF
country where there is no resistance TO
the Government. ~ rt.af.
The destruction of the liberty of the
press. nnI.I|,F MAJ vi In j
The denial of freedom Of elections.
The closing up of the courts, the sus-
pension OF the habeas corpus, and the
denial OF Justice to the people, where
Justice was due. .lsgnC uffn Il
The withholding Of all parliamentary
rights and privileges from minority Rep
resentatives to the Federal Legislature.
: The establishment of financial policy |
which increases the wealth of the rich |
and tends to make the poor man q men,
which lays the labor and industry of
the nation under fearful contribution,
for tho benefit Of wealthy manufacturing |
and banking corporations. Il
Moreover II will be an Endorsement of |
the high tariff swindls The shameful ex-
travagance in the public expenditure,
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An opening of the door for still heavier
burdens of taxations, with
A Multiplication of the army OF in-
ternal revenue collectors, who are eating
mn the substance Of the country, like the
locusts'of Egypt
The maintenance of great standing
army in the Southern States, at an aver
age cost, each man, of $1,000 per annum
to come, in due proportion, out OF the
pockets Of the workingman, the me
chgnic, the salsried clerk, and the poor
sewing girl
These are some Of the precedents,
financial and economic, which the cleo
ton of Grant will be used to confirm and
establish. There are others of even q
graver character, affecting our social and
political status, which must not be over
looked. Among these are
The enforcement of negro suffrage.
The inauguration of war Of races,
with ~
The conversion of ten States of the
Union into SO many Yankee San De-
mingos, Hsytis and Mexicos.
Now, be It borne in mind, we do not
speak Of these grievances in the future
tense. They are things past and pres
snt-things which, and the effect of
which, the Democratic party are SOL
EMMY pledged to redress, and to prevent
the recurrence of; but which, should
Grant be elected, will be received as
Radical presidents, warranting the repe-
tition of them in future, wherever the
interests Of the demagogues in power
with Kim as their leader shall point that
way.
1t remains for the people, then, to say
whether they are ready to open the door
to such presidents, whether they are pre-
pared to turn their backs on the bitter
experience of the past, aud to give a new
lease of power TO the bad men and the
wicked party that have come so near
making total wreck of popular liberty,
constitutional government, and OF every
thing, in short, for which our revolu-
tionary ancestors thought il worth while,
atthe cost Of a seven years conflict, TO |
throw off the British yoke.
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