The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-29
An Act for the Relief Of Q. S,
Grant.

The House OF Representatives by &
!. strict party vote has passed the new
supplement to the Reconstruction
Acts, which we publish in another col
umn. We presume that it cannot fail
to pass the Senate by the twotllirds
majority which is required to place il
beyond the reach of the Presidents
veto.
The slightest examination of the de-
tails of this bill will reveal it's enormi-
ties in their most lideous form. The
President having been found to be an
"impediment" to the Radicalising OF
the South, is to be stripped of many
of his important executive functions,
in order that they may be conferred
upon subordinate officer, who will
prove more ready tool in the accom-
plishment of the ubiquitous objects of
the Radical party. Mr.. johnson is the
commander-in chief of the army and
General Grant is his subordinate Off
Ger, subject to his orders, just as any
other officer of the army is subject to
the orders of his superior. What
would be thought of an act of Con-
gress, which should place all the Major
| Generals under the command ola Brig
adier7 How long could healthy
military discipline survive under such
a state of thingsa
But this is by no means the worst
feature of the case. No one can now
deny that all the military bills were
framed expressly to secure the vote OF
the Southern States for the next Radi-
cal candidate for the Presidency OF the
United States. All the reconstruction
machinery at the Southis to be manip-
ulated to secure u result, on which the
very existence of the Radical party
exclusively depends. Now, General
Grant is the acknowledged candidate
of the Radicals for that high Office, and
all this political machinery has been
turned over to him to be used to secure
his own elevation. If the bill had been
entitled Gan Act for the relief of Ulys-
S. Grant," its objects would not have
been more clearly manifest than they
now arc through the thin veil which
covers them. fla Governor of aSouth-
ern State is an impeachment " to the
election of Grant, all that Grant has to
do is to remove him and appoint some
one who will be more pliable to his
will. IF a military commander is an
"impediment" to Radicalism, and is
guilty of issuing such patriotic orders
as General Hancock,s, he can be imme-
diately removed by the Radical candi-
date for the Presidency, aud q more
tractable successor inducted into his
Office. All the State Governments, all
the military commanders, all the COM
.missioners of election, every one who
has anything to do, directly or indi-
rectly, with the next Presidential cleo
ton, are subject to the arbitrary will
of the Radical candidate for the Presi-
deney. IF each of the infamous prede-
cessors of this bill contained loops
hole through which its objects might
escape, in this one every crack has |
been stopped and all further supple
ments rendered forever unnecessary
1t would now be myracle if every
Southern State should not cast it's vote
for Grant. Grant himself would be a
myracle of virtue if lie should not use
his extraordinary powers for his own
elevation.
Such a paragon of virtue his recent
acts do not prove him to be. His du-
p1icity and deception in the Stanton
matter have already disguised all hon
orable men with him, and are the sub
jects of condemnation among many
who have heretofore been numbered
amongst his friends and admirers.
This last piece of Radical infamy
may, like its predecessors, result in the
greatest injury to those whom it was
intended to benefit. Together with the
Stanton case and the Supreme Court
bill it will form u fresh bill of indict-
ment against the nsurpations of the
Radical party. 1t may raise such a
storm of Indignation at the North that
the vote of the Southern States in a
body will not be able to save the Rad
ical party from destruction.
TRY ST, JOHN MS COU H |