American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1868-08-01

three departments. The Republican
ICOngress has destroyed all the divis.
ions which were thus created, and
seeks to collect, in it's own hands,
all the powers which belong to the
system; and, by an inexorable law
of existence, it now stands ready,
in case of party necessity, to transfer
them to the grasp of q military die
tator. 1t is reproducing in our
country the lessons of all history.
Legislative Despotisn md tho SequeI---
Historical Experience.
The despotsm of a legislative as
Sembly is the worst despotism in the
world; it is the most selfish, the most
cruel, the most andacious, and the
most short-lived; lit ends in anarchy,
and is speedily fallawGd bythecalm
reposc of tyranny Under the order OF
the sword. Recall the history of the
Roman Senate and the EmperOrS !;
recall the history of the Long Parlia-
ment and the tyranny of the Com
monwealth; recall the history of the
Legislative Assembly Of France, and
of the Consulate and the Empire
and read in them the ccrtdn prophecy
Of the .tate Of this government, if
congressional uSWpatioM ShaN rua
/ It's course.
Our Own Experience.
Have we not already had part
fufllment of these examples ? Con
gress has despoiled the Executive OF
the just powers of his office, and has
invested them in the General of our
armies. 1t has dcspoiled the States,
and vested them, too, in the same
officer. 1t has given him power over
all the military commanders, and to
his decision it has referred every
question of Interpretation or execu-
ton of the reconstruction laws and
this same officer welding this enor-
nous power, backed by the army,
sustained by ali the military organi,
cations, by whatever names they may
be known, appealing to the fervor
which yet remains after the struggles
of a terrible war-demands that he
shall be elected President of these
United States; and the party Which
supports him declares that if it can't
elect him by your votes, men OF, the
North, it will do SO by the votes of
negroes and carpet,baggers i'll the
reconstructed States of the South
The Danger Illustrated aud the Remedy
Suggested.
Gentlemen, do you see no danger
here! When, years ago, we predict
ed this result and warned against the
first step in revolutionary progress,
the Republicans laughed at our fears
called us Coppcrheads and traitors.
Applause When Napoleon was
called on-yOung, unknown to his
countrymen, never having had com.
mand even Of a regiment-tO quell
the revolt of the sections, he did it
effectualy. In four years he was
first Consul and Master Of the French
people. Here a grand party, through
the General of our army, attempts
similar usurpatiOI, which the Demo
cratic party opposes, as inimical to
the whole system of Republican gov
ernment, and it proposes safe and
simple means by which it may be
averted. | read from their declara-
ton OF principles:
81. Immediate restoration of all
the States to their rights in the I'm
ion, under the Constitution, and of
civil government to the American
people.
So. Amnesty for all past political
otfenses, and the regulation of the
elective franchise in the States by
their citizens"
Corruption and Extravaganza of the Re-
publican party.
The Republican party is the party
Of usurpation. 1t is also the party of
corruption. Read the report of the
Commissioner Of Revenue. Count
he number of clerks who are seeking
in vain to discover the amount of
peculation IN the Treasury Depart,
nent. Go to the War Department
and see the mutilated archives, and
lsk why they were destroyed Wis
t the peIitentiary and count the
Duplic plundererS who are confined
here. Applause, 1t is the party
Of eXtravagance-the war party end
I'd in May, 1865. - ',I
During the three years, from July
|, 1865, to July l, 1868, the eXpendi-
.ure OF the Federal Government, in
dependent of interest on the public
lebt, was eight hundred and twenty
of dollars. These were years
Of peace. The army and navy of the
var had been reduced; their back
,ay had already been made up to
hem; immense sales of government ;
consequent upon the close
# the war; had been made, and yet
n these three years the Republican
administration expended eight huu-
lred and twenty millions of dollars {
two haudred and seventy millions
# dollars q. year.
contrast With Democratic Admini-Irn-
. 1iens.
The whole expense Of the Govern {
nent of the United States for four {
ears preceding the war was two /
and fifty-six millions of I
Iollars. These eight hundred and 1
wenty millions do not include the I
interest upon the public debt. If G
his no added the pvuanditura of each ,