Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-10-12
ApAR1YINAR BAD WAY.

cannot "LEuS 10y Any nv ~PS
some device to keep the 'trooly
loir' hounds off Of Grant2 II is bad
enough for tho Democrats to pro-
claim his small weaknesses and his
great blunders. 1t is their voca'
ton but what does it mean that the
Grant papers are as heavy on Gran
az the bitterest "rebel" or blindt
est "copperhead'' could desire. The
Now York Nation, one of the abiest
Radical journals in the country,
said few days ago:
eaGranr's administration h. not on,y
made bad appointments, but proDso'y
acme of the worst ever made by civil
iza5 Cbris,ian government. On this point
none of his friends aud admirers, and We
caunt ourselves among the number, can
deny deep feeling and bitter .disaPpolnt
ment. Oae- or two OF has selections ior
ihigh uublic positions have really worn the
Isp1earancs of 'negation OF .God, az WAS
ibsonily said of King B)mbas govern
men,-that il, that there was moral or
der in the world, and that virtue and vice,
Good and evil, were anything better than
Creations Of the poet's fancy, good enough |
N sino of and write essays on, bat which
no man Of affairs was to be expected TO
treat as realltles
Just listen to q Texas Radical
paper commenting on this statement
of the Nation
81, no. the same repeated IN Texas ? Do
MA NOT ace men holding office whose pres
ence would Disgrace any parlor, and whore
names would destroy the credit OF any
bnsiness firm that would receive them
ga clerks and bookkeepers, not to say
nortnera? Do not men rule and govern
us by federal appointment either direct OF
indirect, with whom gentlemen VIII not
associate, and with whom honest men lear
10 deal? This is notorious: This fact
hiss covered the administration In Texas
with more odium than loyal men can re-
move. and has made loyal men and Re-
nublicans shame to own their connec:ltn
with the party"
Here is a picture of the Republi-
can party in New York, drawn by
the New York Commercial Adyer~
tiser, paper that supports the
| Grant administration:
"The Republican party, which should
be the party of moral ideas and honest
legislation, ought to have set an example
10 nominations for the Legislature that
would command the respect of all good
citizens, and encourage them to sustain the
party. But instead of that, they have
acted in certain sections Of the State In
bringing forward the very worst characters
for no other purpose, that We can see, than
to keep every honest man from supporting
the Republican ticket. If the Republican
party loses both branches Of the Leglsla-
ture, and the State, as from present lndica-
tions il will, it will be because the engl-
neers who make the nominations Tor the
party are foul, effete, dishonest and IN
worthy TO hold power"
The Chicago Journal says the
party is nearly as bad in Illinois as
| it is in New York. ain our own
State" it remarks, "the same cor
ruption exists at the commercial
cen ter, only not quite so bad, and
thore is imminent danger of its
spreading. The colruptionists o.
Chicago are harpies, whose polIut
ing fingers reach out to every par
| of the State. The great bulk Of
the biennial corruption at Spring
field may be traced to the very ring
against which the Peoples move
ment is directed. The public inter
est demands the breaking up of this
cabal. It's power has become dan
gcrous."
1t is the Republican party against
which this vigorous language IS dl
rected, and they are Republican
Journals that use the words We have
quoted. When Il party thus pro
Yokes the parlcldal assaults OF III
own children, can it be doubted
that it has Outlived its usefulness
The cause Of the popular disfatis
| tion with the dominant party is it:
very immoral habits-its cOrrup
tons, extravagances, its rings, com
binations, its bought legislation, anc
its disregard of the ability and
merit in its ranks, and its elevation
of mediocrities to positions tol
which they are unfit.