The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1869-03-20

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sch 70 Tho Cincinnati Lagsirffi
Tried BY any reasonable standard,
vha. i Ibis hni inaugural of Gen.
Gnut's9 II Iss mass of crude ss-
sefiIons unsupported by any logic er
fessoning-a dogmaiie and dIslaiofi-
Al jumble of words without Ideas. and
n sentences without thoughts IL
The first paragraph he assures The
people that The oIliee has come him
unscughs, aud then he adds that he
commenced hIs dulles unirammeled.r
IIe neglects to explain precisely what
he would have us undcrslandby such
beatihc auspices. ! doubt u he will
be thanked by his party champions
for any avowaI placing himself above
and beyond the men who nominated
and elected him as a party candidate.
lie Il just as much 'trammelcd' rs
any Of his predecessors have ever
been. And before hc concludes he
shows how loosely bis ideas Of indc-
pcndence hang upon him, by going
to tho cxtrcmest verge Of Radical
doctrines, aud by preaching acrusade
Of prescription against all who differ
from him and his associates on the
question Of the public debt.
Next wc have a threat to interpose
veto against measures to which he
Is opposed. No President ever used
such language in an inaugural before,
but, for that matter, / take II, no
President ever before delivered such
an inaugural. Does he remember
that when his predecessor made a
similar threat, in the passion Of a po-
liticalspeech, and under circumstances
which abundantly provoked il, twas
made the basis Of an article Of i'm
peachment against him. 1t was held
TO be in great contempt Of Congress
for Mr.. johnson 70 say, In his st.
Louis speech, that heintended to veto
all the unconstitutional measures ol
Congress. The Radicals yelped about
II and denounced Il from one end oi
the country to the other. But here
comes Mr.. Grant and says the same
thing--not after years experience
and knowledge Of the kind Of meas
urcs Congress had shaped out--but
before be knows anything about the
kind Of bills that will be presented
for his approval. lie hangs this ex-
ecutivc sword Of Damooles over the
legislative branch of the Government,
before be has entered upon his Office.
Call you that wisdom In Grant which
was treason in johnson? II not,
why applaud in Grant what you I'M
peached In Johnson -
The succeeding paragraph would
be more acceptable II its meaning
were palmer. II confines itself 10 4
few glittering gcueralities about secu-
rity Of person and property and the
like, about which you pay your mon-
ey aud take your choice. lie fayos
laws for the protection Of theserights
without regard to "local prejudice
What Is local prejudjce-and bow
does Il manifest iiself' l. there no
''local prejudice in the attempt ol
New England carpet-baggen to ar
ray the blacks against the whites In
the South, and p inaugurate policy
which must end, sooner OF later, In
war Of races' Is security 10 per-
som the security Of the negro In his
domination over the white people Of
ten States In the Union 7
y -
In conclusion, Mr.. Grant "enter-
tains the hope and expresses the de-
sire that the Fifteenth Amendment
will be ratified. His reasoning in
favor Of Il Is charming, novel and
original. The question Of sudnge
has long been sgisased, he says, and
will be sgi,s,ed until Il Is settled.
Very we'll, bat is that any good cause
why Il should be ssssIesl The wrong
wayi Because . man "agisstss ih>
question q the tile 70 yosr property,
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