American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-04-10
THE EMPIRE.

Tho political aspect of our country
is at present marked by signs of dies.
potism that must be alarming in the
highest degree to every lover of lib
erty. As another evidence of the
tendency of our government to cen
tralization, of which we spoke in a
late issue, we note the establishment
of two newspapers openly advocat
ing the transformation of the repub-
lie into monarchy. One of these
sheets is to be published at Phila-
deiphia and called The ImperidliSt,
the other at New York, and is to
bear the title of The Empire. Now.
as all know, it takes a good deal of
outside support to establish and
maintain first class newspaper III
either of these eitRs-and the Union
League together with many officers
both civil and military are pledged
to their support, so long as they will
advocate the claims OF Grant to he
Emperor.
On this subject the Memphis Ap-
peal, speaking of the warnings of
Frank Blair and other Democratic
orators, last year, says:
But what the people were thus so
early warned of, it was not dreamed
was near result Of movements so
suggestive; indeed many regarded
these warnings of statesmen. lawyers
and journalists if not mere moon
shine, ut least its instigated by that
spirit of party opposition that would
distort the simplest fact info a fear
full political crime in the ordinary
course of manufacture of political
capital. 1t was not dreamed of that
a society was even then (November,
1868, in operation, having for its
aim the spread of doctrines and ideas
favorable to the establishment of an
Empire. with Grant for Emperor.
The rImors that prevailed in Phla
delphia about the beginning of this
month, that the Loyal League, OF
which the Secretary Of the Navy
(Borie) is President, was actively Ell
gagged in feeling the pulse Of certain
great ones in that city, in contemIla-
ton of what is to come, were received
with laughter and shIlIgs denoting
either Indifference or want of saga
d city TO penetrate events Transporting,
or TO appreciate the status Of the
parties enlisted in the reasonable
scheme against the Republic. But
what was thus received with derisiOn
proves to have been fact. 1t has just
TRANSFERRED in Philadelphia that in a
few days we are TO have the first
number of the HaperialiSt, a journal
which IL TO pave the way tor the
" Empire (which) is peacep The pro
spectus Of this advertised organ of
the Imperial party sets forth that
:" its creed is revolutionary its mis-
sion IL 10 prepare the minds of the
American peopie for TIE rero'ation
that has already b~g1tn throughout the
country
1t announces tnat il "belieccs Hot
The national tMth, II icH IL the Keep
ing Of die popuidce, ,cW be sUllied ~
sure reputation Of the national debf,
and that an Imperial G0re,Hmeat Gun
alone protect the rights Of national
c7'edft0Is.' That = The RGpuJtic means
la1clCssness, corruption, insecurity 10
person and property, robbery IF tie
public creditors and cirH car that
the Empire means ia'c, order. security,
public Jait4 anil Pedce.' This Impe
rialist will also he an advocate OF
Grant for Emperor, and u has trans
pirel. according to the View York
Citizen, that il will be supported by
anew secret OrganizatioIl--the -
LO.r-which has recently sprung ~
10 existence simultaneously through
out I - North and the West. That
paper states that information OF the
tact Of its existence was obtained
from q gentleman who was, urged to