The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-06-23
Unconditional Surrender of No
Policy Grant.
For the Spirit.]


IFor the Spirit
Unconditional Surrender of No
Policy Grant.
There are such things yet remaining in
this evil world as conscious rectitude,
manly frmness and unbending integrity.
There are some men, even in this corrupt
age, who possess these virtues, and there
are many men who respect and admire
them.
There are, in this world, such things
as abjeet meanness, bringing servility and
plant profigacy. There are a few men
who possess these vices, and there are
other men who make tools Of them.
In which Of these classes the Radical
nominee for the Presidency Of the United
States ranks himself leta paragraph from
his little speech accepting the nomina-
ton answer. 1t must be borne in mind
that this is not mere casual, thoughtless
remark: it is the carefully prepared, and
deliberately proclaimed intent and pur-
pose of the man selected by the Radicals
to become the head Of this Government.
The party which nominated him knew
him. His betrayal Of the President un-I
masked him. The Committee appointed
BY the Chicago Convention to present to
him their platform and inform him Of his
nomination, knew him veil. That Com
mittee addressed to him, among other
things, the following: 19itn rs
aWe know that you will not seek to
enforce upon the unwilling representa-
tives of the people any policy Of your
own deyising."' !
Representatives of the people.l" That
means simply the Rump Congress. eve
know that you will not seek to enforce
any policy of your ownl" 0s course
| they knew it. The man who would, in
order to win their favor, allow the word
"falsehood' to be branded upon his fore
head-who would, in order to please the
Radical leaders, treacherously intrigue to
betray his benefactor, would Of course,
have no policy but such as might be
measured out to him by his new mas
tiers. .liu r., ti5 edi e
His answer is worthy Of the man and
of the party. He meekly replies:
aYou have truly said L will have no
policy of my own to interfere with the
will of the people. sdf
The Committee only claimed for the
Rump that itwas the Representatives Of
the people," but he sees this and goes
jsomething better: He calls the Rump
"the people" themselves, which is very
natural and reasonable for him.
The Rump gave him the nomination,
and the Rump is DISTINGUISHING white
men by the hundred thousand, and en-.
franchising Negroes by the ten hundred
thousand to secure his election. If he
can be elected, he knows it must be BY
some such means as he employed to gel
Stanton into the War Office, and that be
must rely upon the Bump to employ
those means. The Rump, therefore, il
the only 'people" to whom he need
look for favors, and the only people he
will trouble himself to please. zsaigi
"You have truly said Twill have nc
policy of my ownl" 9 fis =
| Which is equivalent to saying to the
Rump: 5s5 sis45a ioss..i. aol
s!Gentlemen, you have been endeavor-
ling to destroy the Executive branch Of
the Government for two years past, bit
have been resisted by the President
You have truly said that if I am elected
I will unconditionally surrender to you
the remains of that department, as I did
the War Office to Stanton.
"You have been building up bond
holding aristocracy in this country, to
live in luxury on the toll Of the tax-pay.
er. You have truly said / will have no
policy Of my own to interfere with this
delightful arrangement.
aYou have been grinding down White
people under the soo.y heels of wretched
Negroes. You have truly said Twill
have no policy Of my own to impede this
proceeding. &c :.
"You have been taking the bread from
the White mans children, from the wild
ows and orphans that I made in paving
with skulls the road to Richmond, in or
der to give this bread to lazy Negro vag-
iabonds. You have truly said will have
no policy of my own to interrupt this
loyal labor. .ss s. ST.
| "In short, gentlemen of the Rump, /
will have no policy at all. Go on. with
! your violations Of the Constitution, your
privileged aristocracies, your Freedmen's
bureaus, your court-martials, your dis
Embellishments, your negro sovereignty,
your whisky rings, your treasury plum
, dering, your increase of the taxes, your
increase Of the debt, your ruin Of the
Government, and your high old pande-
monium and carnival of corruption gen.
orally. sYou have truly said will have
no policy of my own to restrain you in