Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-07-01
legacy Of the Radical,p,arty for trusting them

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legacy of the Radical'party for trusting them y
with power for seven years.
..Bnt that. is not all. IF paid in, gold, as,ia
proposed, it would add thirty.five per cent to
the vast sum, making.in all one Hundred thou
sand million dollars. GreatheaVens.! -Four
4imes as much as The debts Of all Tie Nations
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This , cannot be. Z disputed. You 4knowsthe
old saying afggers don't, t,lie,"-and the inau-
ential men Of this country know that the
election Of Grant is just precisely what
hive stated above. They know that tits the
extra-tax which the people would vote upon
themselves if they we're to elect Gen. Grant
And therefore the whole infuenee-wealth,
reputation, and 10 fact everything they. have
aud .are,-will be thrown into the. scale in fa-
7our of the Democratic party Eyerysefers
is being made by the Radical party toT.retain
the reins of government. To this end they
resort to every subteffuge in order to defeat
the objects of'the Democrats. But ifthe
South is allowed voice in The coming elec;
ton, there is no doubt in my mind but what
Pendleton will be elected. .. .sz * q
You have doubtless noticed the passage OF
an act by Congress recently "to provide for
the Inauguration Of Statc Officers in Arkan-
sas, North Carolina; South Carolina, Louisi-
ana; Georgia and Alabama tie object of
which s,to .vestin the present Congress the
power to. determine 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 ont ,atthe coming
election for President. The majority in Con-
igress'are determined to keepthe South;in its
::ownshands, and. use or not useSit in the cleo
ton; as it shalr deem expedient. The purpose
of the majorityis to make sure Of SO much
capital, to establish in its favor this ipequali-
~. This act l regard as the post. .8agrants Of
all, the .recOnstruction usnrpations,. becausesit
is. inethei very face ofSthe pledge, that the
States should ,bc reinstated as matter of
course and their RepresentatiFes.be received.
It's, however, only in keeping with their past
conduct. Now to Gust" party having SO
much strength, and 50 Internally unscruppp:-
lous in its exercise, viii. require such an effort
as only party deeply indignant at palpable
injustice can exert: ss.x 50. "a .s.D =. -
Therefore, i, is as I stated in the outset;
the coming election every one feels. is to be.a
struggle fbr-the very.life of government; !;
aud | am, confident that, as such, it will be
conceived, by an overwhelming majority OF
the Democrats Of the North; p. My opinion IS,
that although Grant viii make, "a good run,
he e,oila,be detsate a oerta:nf,. mas . no. tho
man for the Radical party to.select. for the
idea of military man for President is ab-
horrrnt not cnly:to the Democratic. party, but
to great many Radicals. - -
The Federal government will, on the 4th
Of March 1869, when Andrew Johnson's
term Ct oisce expires, have been in operation
eight years.- 1t has been administered by
Civilians, who had nothing tosdo with. military
affairs; tifty-eight years out OF this period; Of
the remaining twenty-five years, eight were
under the administration of Washington; );
eight under the auspices Of Geul. Andrew
Jackson, one month under Harrison, one year
under Taylor, and four years under Pii rec.
In all these military exceptions, save In the
instance, of Genl. Taylor, the men elected
Presidents were 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-
GINA planter, land surveyor and legislator be-
fore he was General Of the Continental Army /;
be was member Of the Continental Con-
gress from Virginia in l775-was he not p
being chosen on account Of his high reputa-
ton as civilian as well as a military man.
After the war of the Revolution, he was
elected member from Virginia of the Con-
yention which framed the old Constitution Of
the United States. He was the President OF
the Convention. Who,. therefore, was SO
proper q man.to administer the Government
under. the. Constitution, as its first Executive
oficer,--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 10
place military men in high trpst-wiih the
exception Of Washington who was as much
(if not more) civilian as he was soldier. An
drew Jackson was elected United States 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 capacity,-wAen elected. But
mark you. like Washington, when be was
chosen he was in private lfe--had retired
from the army. Harrison was machine
civilian than he was soldier. He had been o
Governor of Territory, United States Seaa-
.or and Foreign Minister and in fact had
filled almost every high civil position under
the Government, when he was nominated fol
President. Taylor is the only strictly militia.
~ ,nau ever elected, whose position is ut al
analogous With that Of Gen. Grant. and hill
election was owing simply to the accident
,,<,t .ta nomi,nation of General Lewis Cass