Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-07-01


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legacy Of the Radical party for trusting then
with power for seven years;
But that.is not all. IF paid in gold, asi
proposed, it would add thiry.fve per cent tt
the vast sum, making'in all one hundred thou
sand million dollars. GreatheaVens.! Fou
times as much as the debts Of al sAe Nation
Of Europe, ,sees - - y
This cannot be. disputed. You eknowsth.
old saying a.fggers dort,lie, land the infu
entail men of this country know that th'
election of Grant is just precisely what
have stated'above. They know that tits tht
extra-tax which the people would vote upor
themselves if they were to elect Gen. Grant
And therefore the whole infuenee-wealth
reputation, and in fact everything they have
aud are,-Will be thrown into thu. scale, in fa,
your of the Democratic party. Every efter
is being made by the Radical party to-re!air
the reins of government. To this seDd they
resort TO every subterfuge in order to defeat
the objects of'the Democrats: But ifthe
South is allowed a voice in the coming elec:
ton, there is no doubt in my mind but what
I. Pendleton will be elected. 49,. .,z 49, ::
You have doubtless noticed the passage OF
an act by Congress recently "to provide for
the Inauguration Of State Officers in Arkan-
sas, North Carolina; South Carolina, Louisi-
ana, Georgia and Alabama the object of
.whichis'to vestin the present Congress the
power to.detcrmine when those States shall
be recognized as political entities, and enjoy
rights which belong to members, of the Fede-
raj Union in. other words, to determine
whether they shall BIZ in or out,atthe coming
election for, President. The majority in Con-.
,gressjare determined to keeptHe South,in its
own hands, and use or not use>it in the cleo
tio51; as it shalr deem expedient. The purpose
of the majorityi is to make sure Of SO much
capital, to establish in its favor this inequali-
~. This act l regard as the nos. .6agrant. Of
all the reconstruction usurpations, because,it
is. inethe very face ofpthe pledge, that the
States should he reinstated as. matter Of
coursetand their Representatives, received
It-is, however, only in keeping with their past
conduct Now to "oust" party having SO
much strength, and 50 Internally unscrupp-
lous in its exercise, vii. require such an effort
as only asparty deeply indignant at palpable.
IN us.ice Ea! can can eAers: = ie: -. ~ - -:
Therefore, i, is as I stated in the outset:
the, coming election every one feels.is to be.
struggle fbrthe very4life of thegovernment;
aud ], am, confident that as such, it will be
by an overwhelming majority Of
the Democrats Of the North: My opinion is:
that although Grant will make a good run,
he PHI = -
man for the Radical party to=srleUr7; for the
idea Of military man for President is ab-'
horrrnt not only,to the Dcmocratic.party, but
to great many Radicals. -
The Federal government will, on the 4th
of March 1869, when Andrew Johnson's
term CT office expires, have been in operation
eight year, 1t has been administered by
cioilians who had nothing toEdo with military
affairs; tfty-eight years out Of this period; oil
the remaining twenty-five years, eight were
.uder the administration of Washington
eight under the auspices Of Geul. Andrew
jackson, one month under Harrison, one year
under Taylor, and four years under Pisrce.
In all these military exceptions save in the
instance of Genl. Taylor, the men elected
Presidents we're civilians as well as soldiers.
Washington you know was forty four years
old before he did any military service, except
the brief campaign against the French and
Indians in 1854 and '55. He was Vir-
ginia planter, land surveyor and legislator be.
fore he was General ofthc Continental Army;
he was member Of the Continental Con-.
gress from Virginia in l775-was he not p
being chosen on account of his high repuia-
ton as a civilian as well as a military man.
After the war of the Revolution he was
elected member from Virginia of the Con-
vention which framed the old Constitution of
the United States. He was the President of
the Convention. Who, therefore, was SO
proper a man 10 administer the Government
under. the. Constitution, as its first Executive
oHicer-as the President Of the Convention
which made it. No other distinguished Gen
eral of the Revolution was eyer run for this
high Office, which shows oonclusively that our
Revolutionary fathers had no disposition to
place military men in high .trpsb-with the
exception of Washington who was as much
(if not ,more) civilian as he was soldier. An
drew Jackson was elected United Sta .es Sem
ator from Tennessee before he had seen any
military service. He was afterward Judge
in that State, being a lawyer by profession =
and in fact be filled other high civil trusts,
and therefore bad civilian experience, united
to military capaciiy,-wAen elected. But
mark you, like Washington, when he was
chosen he was in private life-hsd retired
from the army. Harrison was much more
civilian than he was soldier. He had been o
Governor of Territory, United States Sena.
tor and Foreign Minister /; and in fact had
filled almost every high civil position under
the Government, when lie was nominated for
President. Taylor is the only strictly militia
~ nau ever elected, whose position is ut all
analogous with that Of Gen. Grant. and his
election was owing simply to the accident
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