The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-06-24
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From Tie Georgia. CDnstitutiona!ist.]
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| From The Georgia CDnstitutionalistl
IfthetIsrelaites are united, almost too
man, against Gen. Grant, in, consequence
tofa brutal order, the journalists d, the
countrythave cause to feela equal animos
| ity7 in the same direction Here IS d Gen.
eral Order relative to the freedom, Of the
! Press IL % tiua Il(n #ffI 0j 81 70 47ia
HDeRs ARMIES OF THE UsIrEn, sTATSEFas, Il
5af Washington, February 4, 1868, +,
You will please sendto these 9headquar
tiers as soon as practicable, and from)time
thereafter such copies Of newspapers pub
lished IN your department as contain sen.
timeats of disloyoky and hostilityito The
Government IN any Of iks6rahches, ana
state aoaether such paper is laditual IN its
atterances Of such sentiments. The per.
sistent publication ofa,aiclss calculated TO
keep mp hostility of feeling 6etaceen The
people of different sections Of the country
cannot be .toleroted This information is
called for with q view to their suppression
which will be done from these headquar-
tiers only. aGiE .fifH 1da
By command Of Lieut.. Gen. Grant. u
81 a-'s..i II S. Bownps,
'1 q 800 A. A. q
Having suppressed the Richmond Ex.
aminer, q revocation Of the order was re.
quested: Here is Grants endorsement:
"The course ofEtte E4amiaer, 10 every
number, which Iihaye seen, has been suci,
as TO foster and increase the ill-feehng 10,
ward the Government Of the United States
by the discontcnted portion of the South.
ern States. ! believe it to be necessary
forfhe interests Of the whole people, Norti
and South, to suppress such utterancei
wherever the power exists to do so. The
power certainly does exist when martha
law prevails, and win be executed. Re
luctant as / wasqto pursue this course,
have felt it my duty to pursue ii ii this
instance; and much IasI dislike to inter
ests of individuals ] would deem it i'm
proper and ,mischieyous, in tendency to re.
woke the order for the suppression Of the
Richmond Examiner at this time. 2 { f'
ssign59fl .sg;f,',d -. 5, GRANT, y !, !,
Lieutenant General. 4
It seemed that Grant revoked his order
at the bidding Of. the President, who, at
that time, had q Few shreds and patches Of
authority. Grant emphatically refused to
reeant and only did SO at the command Of
MIR. johnson. i'Ilhe, editor Of the Examiner
speaking Of a personal interview, says:
ut was eyiedent that | had nothing 10
hope from him, for be said to me expressly
that, if.he had the authority he would that
day suppress the New York News, the
Cincinnati Enquirer and the Chicago Times
adding that the "Copperhead papers of the
North, l'as he designated them, were doing
quite as much harm as the papers in the
South" ata SJ.E }l,E ,sI
I If his Cossack propensities were devel-
oped as a General, what will become ofthe
opposition press, in case Of his elevation
to the Presidency? His iaea Of Peace
will then be: Unlimited license fer Forney
and Greeley, bnt slasisli adultationl from
the sCopperhead papers, The Journalist
who endorses this embryonic sntocrat is d
reproach 10 the profession and . cocoon
spiratcr in tumbling down the bulwarks Of
liberty. Forney, alta ratification meeting
in Philadelphia, cited these instances OIL
Grants majestic view Of Republicanism
He evidently saw future Of nnbridied
venom for his "two papers, both daily,
when Grant should put . paddock upon the
free press Of the North and South and
give carte blanche to the Press and Chron.
icle. /, Armed with this theory, he incites
|insurrection and consecrates crime under
the very nose Of the man who bankers after
peace XII - 3f1i. @ 81 ,,' IS /.