The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-03-12
ENTER GRANT!

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of this issue.
( Itcontains nothing new or startling.
1t gives the people no light upon the
( great questions Of the day 1t merely
expresses promises, hope and wishes.
1t assures us that the new President
viii have policy on all subjects. 1t
indicates, moreover, what such policy
will be on some subjects.
Il informs US that "every dollar of
the public debt must be paid in gold,
unless otherwise expressly stipulated
in the contract" But it does not tell
US when the debt is to be paid, nor
where and how the gold is to be obtain
cd to pay it.
It furnishes the people a new plan
TO get rid of bad laws, to wit: "The
stringent execution of such laws
Hence Grant will execute the Recon-
struction Acts with the greatest posi-
T bic vigor, 50 that they may be repeal
ed at an early day. He will also
rigidly enforce the Tenure-of- Office law
for a similar reason.
/ 1t assures Us that Providence "has
/ bestowed upon Us a strong box"
which is to get US out Of a bad box,
provided We can only forge the key
TO it.
1t gives Us to know that the young
men shave a peculiar interest in main
tanning the national honor" an impor-
tant fact which only L. S. Grant is
+ presumed to have known prior to the
delivery of his inaugural.
1t endorses Negro Suffrage, repudi-
ates the Chicago platform upon which
! its author was elected, and insults the
people who voted for Grant and Col
fax upon the express understanding
that the question of suffrage in 1.-The
loyal States" was always to be left to
the control OF the people of those
States. IN this particular it proves
Grant to be- demagogne, a adouble-deal-
ing trickster and a base and cringing
coward. He does not approve Negro
/ Suffrage. He is well aware that the
. people know that he does not approve
it. He does not say, in so many words,
that he fayOrs the ratification of the
I XVIII amendment because it is in
/ trinsically right. He only ventures to
/ suggest that the amendment should be
ratified in order to settle the suffrage
/ question That is, adopt q Ueratio1ls
I proposition, no matter if ii be neUer so
| 1Cr0ng, in order to get rid Of IL! Here
| is Grant-ism for you! The greatest
scoundrel and the verieSt ass in the
/ land could treat any troublesome ques-
/ ton just as honestly and intelligently.
/ If this is all that was wrapt up in
/ the solemn and portentous silence Of
/ L. S. Grant, he might have opened
/ his mouth long ago, without any dan
/ ger Of doing much harm or much good
+ to anybody. As for ourselves, we are
/ not disappointed. We never did have
a very exalted opinion of Ulysses. AS
! a general he was a miserable failure,
/ except when preponderance of num-
bers gave him overwhelming advan-
tage. As candidate for Office, he sue
ceeded only through a gigantic fraud,
which excluded half million of white
/ voters from the polls, enfranchised the
ignorant and degraded ex-slaves Of the
South. and shut out three sovereign
/ States from all participation in the
election. The very fact that he accepts
an Office obtained in this manner,
proves him creature who lacks the
high and noble qualities of true,
chivalrous aud honest man. he
! trifing majority which elected him
was made up of hero-worshipers and
other fools. These still admire him,
for the tinseI and brass are not quite
rubbed off his coat. 4 little while
longer, and the gloss and glitter will
| be stripped from his name, and the
very men who are ready to-day to fall
down and worship him, will discard
him and deny that they ever knew
him. Farewell, poor Grant! You
are President now!
GOOD!