The Van Buren press., 1870-06-28
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The New War Doctrine.
Bitter Attach BY wilkes upon Grant.

Bitter Attach BY wilkes upon Grant.
From the Cincinnati Rnqeisss, June Ioth.1
In another column OF Our 10 days IT,
sue we republish bitter attack on Presi.
dent Grant from a man who probably did
more 10 elect Ulysses than any other In
the country. That U. s. should sour on
his former friend and supporter ID only
another evidence Of the growing unpop-
ularity of this once epaulettsd Sphinx and
uncovered humbug and it 10 somewhat
curious TO note the number Of influential
journalists who once advocated the Cd
ministration and are now found on the
opposite side. Besides George Wilkes,
we have Horace White, of the Chicago
Tribune; Woodruff, Of the New Yock
Evening Post; Dana. Of the Sun. and
Sam Bowles, OF the Springfield Republi.
can. These are men TO make themselves
felt, aud will greatly aid il swelling the
food of popular Indignation at the imbe.
cility and corruption OF the present I'd.
ministration and its adherents In Con.
gress.
FROM WILKES SPIRIT.
Had the administration been quick to
divine the first and noblest duty which
the war imposed upon them, they would
have notified Spain, that being the lead.
ing power of the Continent, and, conse.
quently, having the decorum Of the neigh.
borhood in charge, it would not permit
prisoners, and especially American citi-
zens, 10 be slain in cold blood. Less
than this the President should not have
thought Of doing or exacting. But he
had not discovered that great principle
had been involved from our war nor that
the very dignity Of our position a. the
great power Of this Continent imposed
upon him the duty OF seeing that this
principle was respected in favor Of our
citizens. The Spaniards we're permitted
to build the ships in our ports which
hunted oui unwarned boys And the
merciless garrote next strangled them
in long files, long after they had become
non. .combatant No protest was entered
by our Government against these barbar.
ic horrors, and yet every one Of the vic-
tins. the patriot Goircouria among the
rest, could have been saved had the
President understood his mission.
To an equal extent do we discover the
incapacity Of the Administration to deal
with foreign questions. by its conduct 10
regard to the late Fenian invasion. In
the latter case the President follows
American historic precedent by issuing
a proclamation. We do not learn, how.
ever, that before he issued 1t he bargain.
ed With the British Minister that, for
this great service, we should expect him
to send dispatch to the acting authori-
ties in Canada. to the effect that no
Apericss yprissasrs~ should be executed
the tenor of the Presidents proclamation
that be could not have made any such hu.
name endeayor; but that, on the contra.
ry, he was utterly indifferent on the sub
jsct. His language is: And do warn
all persons that, by committing such ills.
gal acts. they will forfeit all right TO the
protection OF this Government, or to its
in their behalf to rescue them
from the consequences OF their own acts"
The American people and tue Republican
party will not justify General Grant In
GIi6 ucaTtItSS aItituuS. Au tbe usot PlaSCs
the American Constitution knows no dis.
tinction between its citizens, whether Of
native or Of foreign birth. In the next,
many native farmers boys were pulled
into the Fenian tide that lately swept to-
ward the British border; but finally, and
most important to our protest-it 10 de.
testable heresy against American patron
ism to say that citizen, because Of an
overt act against neighbor, forfets that
natural yearping which q parental Gov
ernment always feels for her children.
II will be well for General Grant, II the
Canadians, governed by wiser spirit
than his own, do not take him at his word,
and hang any Of the Fenian prisoners.
Such an event would cifectually dispose
OF him from among the list Of President.
al candidates, liz such possibility be not
out ofthoueht already. and would, with
equal certainty, wipe the Canadian Do.
minion from the Northern face Of our
continent,