The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-04-07
Presi dent Grant.
WENDELL rII1II.IPs' OPINION OF THE pREsl.
DENTS INAUGURAL AND THE CABINET.

WENDELL PIIrrIIPs' OPINION OF THE PREs1.
DENTS INAUGURAL AND THE CABINET.
From the An,i-Slavery Standard
We have felt Sand said that the course
of General Grant was open to great criti.
cism. But We have always judged him by
his actions; always allowing that he meant
all he said and would do all he promised.
We propose the same ruieintime to come.
We shall take his words for earnestly
meant; and We shall wait for action before
we criticise him in his new Office. Thus
far we have only thanks to give him. For
three things in his inaugural we desire to
give him credit. With full heart and
most earnestly, we thank him for his frank,
prompt and hearty endorsement Of the con-
stitutional ans ndment. The words in
which he refers to it show that his heart
is in the right place, and that he cordially
accepts the lesson Of the war. If enamel
patton made Lincoln the slaves President
these precious and statesman-like words
make Grant the negro's President. We
bailwith similar feeling his assertion that
his policy looks to the sscitizenship'' Of the
Indinn. Let him cover the Indian with
this shield and give him, for the present
at least, . department in the Cabinet
which shall watch his rights, President
Grant will have met these two great prob
lens of race with brave and wise, as
well as inst statesmanship.
The third pledge of his inaugural we
hail is that which promises vigorous and
rigorous execution of the law. We trust
that here his words mean literally all they
say, and only wish they had been more de-
.cisiye and uneqniyocal Our complaint
of Grant hitherto has been that. he held
power without using il; that he has sat
and seen. Unionmen murdered unavenged.
Some of his friends. excused him on the
ground that President johnson crippled
the General. AT last the Ku-Klux have
left theWhite House. Those midnight cow
ards need only halfa dozen summary exc
cutions in as many States to disappear
would confrn no man for any Office. from
any Southern State. Kentucky included
mot even Holt) till life was as safe there
as in Vermont. Shoot and hang first;
nominate and confirm afterward. f,>ss
We say amen, most heartily, to all the
inaugural contains about the public credit
and payment in gold. But there is debt
just as sacred as the bond, the debt we
owe to the Southern loyalists black and
lite. This debt is their immediate and
perfect protection. If either debt is entitl-
ed to proceedence this comes first in obi
CATION and Importance. This is to be paid
in blood long before the other is paid in
coin. The bondholder only gains by wait
ing. For these other creditors every hour
of danger and agony cnt SHORTS an hides
cribable gain. The Governnlent's faith
with the bondholder has never been broken.
Toward this other creditor the Govern
merit has been periured and faithless for
four bitter years. We bcseech Grant to
send men South whose very names shall
mean Vengeance deep, terrible, and mo st
Elective vengeance. Put aside sham GOV
etnors aud paltering officials, and give us
the apeaeen which is sure to follow the
drawn sworn in the hands of prompt,
honest man.
The bondholder will give us credit to
borrow in case of another rebellion, This
debt promptly paid viii render another re-
bellion impossible. 1t will soon flood the
emies against which she Srebelled, and
which her madness and Johnson's have
been striving to get along without.
Congress Scanncts reconstruct the South
law can. Safety for men and money
will. Such a man as Butler in Nov Or
leans is worth now more than q mule-load
of laws. Hang twenty assassins in every
Southern capital six hours after they are
and you will empty half the bank
vaults Of Christendom into the South; you
will light upiits FORCES and crowd its eX-
changes with business MEN. This is the
way, soldier of the wilderness, to sham!
mer the rebellion to pieces. Make your
vengeance SO swift, sure and terrible that
the mere name of "Union man" NAV be
as ample protection even on the Del Norte
as that of a Roman citizen" was to st.
Pau! nj Jerusalem.
The Cabinet gives no indication of the
Presidents plans. 1t rather shows that he
hasnone, for it means nothing. Massa-
chnsetts furnishes all the frst-rate brains
it contains.
Thomas Campbell made selection from
the english poets, on the plan of exclu-
ding every piece any previous compiler
had taken. Of course, they, the first CON-
ers, had taken the best, and accordingly
all Campbelfs pieces are second rate
UIitnI CdDIHot 1OllOWS tnlS copy. lie cX-
cludes every one that any body had ever
thought of. OF course he takes the leav-
ings. But this only means that the peo-
pie are, as hitherto, to do the work.
Press the constitutional amendment
Push the, Executive for strong arm of
resolnte law throughout the South. 1.-THE
South loves blood let her sup full Of it,
only let it be the blood of assassips-
Sheath no sword until honest Union men,
black and white, native and foreign, alone
and in companies, on lonely prairies and
in city streets, sit each under his own vino
and fig tree-the Stars and Stripes-with
none to modest or make them afraid
WENDELL Phillips.
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