Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-04-10
DsssI's s,ssisslas

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muuuiain in sneh unnaiufsl la'rr
uro llu.hihr in shame. Hr uiIIrInr
n,si uHthr.siian Halhs ai thUruEI
FOLLY, while the democrats are fH
che moment stunned with amazr.
meat which wears iho lU1s 0f iuuhi
as ~ alsihor d b most fitting IN
laugh 90 weep 90 the pass O. which
things have come Mr Grants iu-
auggml, .h0w can We teach Our p.H
a. perform tha humiiiaiing task Of
writing fCuii.sf GFaEffl iumb-
Pounds alike friends and foes, Az
though We suppose THAI no ono ever
really imagined that anything like
a respectable State document could
come from under his own hand yet
il was expected that hs would call
to his aid, in tho preparation IT his
Inaugural, solne one who could give
tho thing at least a respectable
grammatical shape, hut We will
not "insist on grammar, About
tho sense Of an Inaugural Address,
however, We have a right 10 DO a
little moro particular, And The
world will agree that where Mr.
Grants performance is not absolute
~ senseless, tho sense is very bad
in q moral point OF view, 10 say
nothing Of It's painful erndity, lie
starts or by declaring that "fhc
Office eEmo TO me unsought," Is this
trueg Did no not VIGOROUSLY change
the temper and spirit Of such poll
ties as no was ablo TO comprehend
in order TO got tho nomination from
the party which gave II TO him
Did he no, do great deal Of dirty
work for that party 20 got tho nom
ination, amer il became evident that
tho Democratic party would not
take him upg lfhis momory fails,
that of tho public does not, There
was q time whom certain Democratic
editors who wcrc in collision with
his bosom friends urged his nemi.
nation for tho Prcsidcnce, and then
II was that no madea decidedly
"anti-radioal" report to Congress on
tho condition Of things Touth.
And thon il was that tho Morgacl
papers all threw cold water on him.
But rs il was clear that tho Demo
cratic partp would nevor listen to
tho proposition to mako him, Prcsi.
dent, he ut onco took q now tack,
aud inaugurated his aspirations
with tho other party by deliberate.
ly dcceiving and cheating President
Johnson. This tcachory was tho
price he paid fos tho nomination.
So much for tho assersion that tho
Office camo to him unsouth.
Tho next conspicuous bad thing
in this Inaugural is his declaration
that he accepts tho post without
fear" for it is really position, at
this time, which any patriotic states
man would enter upon with fear and
trembling. Grants too confident
declaration is proof that he is utter
ly oblivious Of the grave response
bilitics that rest upon him. We
fear it is an illustration of the max
i'm that she who knows nothing fears
nothing" 1t sounds like tho stolid
confidence Of an ignoramus, rather
than like tho solicitudc of q wise
statesman. Wiso statesman ! The
world puts its fingor upon its nose
when such sentence is connected
with Grants namo.
Wading through brief mass of
rubbish, we come to this sentence ::
III know no method to secure the
repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so
effective as their stringent cxecu-
ton" This would sound like Buns
by, if it were not too foolish. An
act of II usurping Congress to over
throw civil liberty must be strin-
gently executed in order to got rid
Of its illegal demands F! If that is a
specimen of Grants wisdom when
sober, what, in Gods nnme, will be
his stupidity when drunk? The
Constitution calls upon him to nd
minister no claws" except such as
are ain pursuance Of the Constitu-
ton" 1t is an eternal maxim Of
free government that "No people
can lawfully surrender their civil
liberty" because liberty is n bless,
ing which no one generation of men
can give up for another. But these
are things as far beyond Mr.. Grants
depth as the Atlantic ocean is be-
yond the measure of a span.
We are next told that "to protect
the nations honor, every dollar of
the government debt should be paid
in gold, unless otherwise expressly
in tho contract" Now,
if old Thad. were alive, it would DO
terrible to hear him swear at this
specimen of lunkheadiSm'.
He would tell him that the debt is
to be paid in "lawful money of the
United States" (grcenbacks,) unless
otherwise expressly stipulated upon
tho face of the bond.
Grant enters Office by threatening
in advance all the nations of the
earth with war, if they do not be-
have themselves. 1t will put q broad
grin of contempt on the face Of
Christendom. Grants own ignor-
ance of what is due to international
in company with the fiery
malice of his Hotspur Secretary of
State, will be likely to keep US in
hot water with all creation for the
next four years. And he winds up
by endorsing the nogro-voting
amendment. lie goes SO far as to
request that it may. be
ratified. lie tells us that it is his
desire" 1t is the language of a