Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-03-23

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 Again, when Grants predecessor, "A. J." in Swinging around the circle, made at St. Louis a similar threat, in the passion of speech it WIS made the basis of an article of impeachment against him. It was regarded as holding Congress in great contempt for John.on to say that he would veto all the unconstitutional mea- sures sought to be passed by that reckless body although he, as veil as the whole country, were cognzant of the introduc- ton of such measures. But Grant, be- fore he is fairly inaug,rated, having no experience or knowled4 of the measures that might be submittekp him, steps up and says tho same thiiaRnd great are the hallelujahs of the 'trooly loil' and his Southern apologists.
 On the question of laying the public debt. his utterauces arebu, what We could expect from his sssociatons' Ills friends and advisers have been the bondholders !; interest nominated and Imported him, and of course we are not disappointed when he uttered the bondholhrs shriek The millionaire Stewart his always been his best patron and advisr; and 1t can be proved that Stewart, il private conver- sation, before the inaugural, uttered tho identical words that appeared fn the address. The bonds must be paid iu fold--ihe interest at thi rate oil 5 50, ,000,, )O0 year--thus repuliating the groen- backs, which are supposed to be good fz q. tl, t.l, h.> la, bonds, At the same time it must be understood that no rapudiator of a farth- ing of our public debt will be trusted in put : lie place By "repudhtor" suppose he means those who arc not in favor of paying the bonds in gold Vow, as the bond holders demand gold, and refuse to take grcenbaeks, which are legal tender, I ask, in allhumility, wlo arethe 'repudia- tors 7" I submit this question to the trooly loil' and Grants Southern apolo- gists, who manifest either great deal oi ignorance on the subject of the public debt, or an amount of truculence to Radi. realism that is pitiiully weak.
 l, with thousands of other men, am not in favor ofpaying the interest on the pub lie debt in gold; believing, with perfect honesty that if greenbacks are good enough for that pompcus bondholder over the way who, paying no tax on his bonds, can very complacedly sit upon his, launches and growl about the complaints and uneasiness of the labor;ng classes, And now, if these thousands of men arc repudiators, what is little Mister Grant going to do about its lie says that they shall never 'be trused in public place. In this view, l appro. hend that the little tanner will require a few more Major Generals-(salary, s5772 each, ger year more military districts, and few more pills in the test-o oath. Thou h, really, may not make everybody sclemply swear before he casts his ballot, that he is in favor of paying the bond holders in gold ;that to do this he is will ing to sell his farm mortgage his house, and starve his family-so help him Al mighty God |!
 Take the Inaugural, all in all, "we shall ne'er look upon its like again, n,,-we hope It combines ignorance, stupidity, dogmatism, egotism and fanaticism--and proves the assertions made long before Grants nominations. that his ignorance would make him blunderer, and his West Point training would make him a presumptious despot. He indicates no comprehension of his high duties, no modesty of assertion, such as character ized tic Presidents in the better days of the Republic. And the fact that he indi- eates no defined course of patriotic action for the future seems to be regarded by the namby -pamby journals of the South as an evidence that he means right 1 ask these rose-water sheets if reckless, ignorant man means right when he flourishes a weapon in his hand although as many say nothing
 Grants weapons are Sherman and Sheridan. Of them, more hereafter
 NORTHERN DEMOCRAT.