The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14
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last weeks issue of the Portage
County Democrat, the organ of the
Republicans of this county, and one
of the ablest papers. of that party IN
the State. Sixteen months under the
rule of the great Hiram Ulysses, has
served TO convince our neighbor that
it is an empty honorto have been the
first paper TO suggest the name of
{" the greatest Captain of the age" for
the office of President:
"THE NEW ATToRNEY GENERAL
The President has triumphed, if that
act can be called q triumph which
places rebel military officer. in the
Cabinet OF Republican Administra-.
ton, and in the intimate, confidential
council of the Government which he
drew his sword to overthrow.
"The Senate has confirmed the ap-
pointment of Ackerman, and the late
rebel in arms takes his seat in the Cab
met. We have truly fallen upon
strange times. Crime is rewarded,
not punished. The leaders of the re-
bellion, from JEFF. Davis, downward,
go unpublished, and not few are re-
warded with Government appoint
ments. The history of the world may
be looked through in vain for paral-
lei to the action of this Government.
Bloody traitors, armed in rebellion
against the Government, causiug the
sacrifice of millions of lives, failing in
their nefarious purposes, conquered
and overthrown with arms in their
hands, not only go unpunished, but in
place of better, and ADLER, and loyal
men, are rewarded with Office. In
vain may the annals of the world be
searched for an example, or preee-
dent, as o justification. In vain may
the instincts OF humanity, in vain
NAV the innate sense of justice abid-
ing in the human breast, be appealed
to for q sanction or approval Of con-
duct like this.
"Is it possible that the sickly scnti-
mentality of the prOfane9 Bran-bread
Philosopher, who, like wild lunatic
rushed Off to Richmond to go bail for
the release of JEFF, Davis, has i'm
pressed itself upon this nation, or at
least upon our rulers and public men
"The President in this act has the
sanction of the Senate. It has long
been understood, that the Senate and
the President are dubbed together for
mutual altbenefit-they to sanction Pres
idential acts, and the President in re-
turn to grant Senators, personal bene-
fits and favors. The members of the
House are snubbed by the autocratic
resident sat The other end of the Av-
enue." They are treated with neglect
and personas indignity-their just
demands are disregarded-the inter-
ests of their Districts which are by
them pressed on Executive notice are
ignored and disregarded, while the
most obsequious Difference is paid TO
Senatorial requests. This happy state
of Senatorial and Presidential hob
nobing has existed a long time, but
latterly seems to have got into very
harmonious, working order. The
members of the House feel, bitterly
feel, as is unavoidable, tie neglect and
indignity with which they have been
treated, and the occupant of the White
House is correspondingly, personally,
unpopular, and nothing but a regard
to the public interests, and consider
ations relating to the welfare, harmo-
ny and -perpetuity of the Republican
party, prevents Out-spoken CRITICISMS
and denunciation. But considerations
like these, even, as weighty as they
may be, will not much longer secure
fcrbearance, and silence. = y Y 4
"That the President has weakened
the party to which he owes his eleva-
ton is true. That he has already,
consciously or unconsciously, design
edly or undesignedly, laid the founda-
tion for its disruption and overthrow,
may, even, be equally true. t
His disgusting nepotism, his utter
disregard of our best, most worthy
men, of our ablest and most expert
eneed statesmen, and his appointment
to high positions of obscure, unknown
men, of small talents and no expert
ence, has produced, as natural fruit,
immense dissatisfaction, and loss of
respect and confidence in the ranks of
the party. ev5 sl5l.i@rEb iii
And now, as crowning act of
Presidential lunacy, we have a rebel,
obscure in position, feeble in talents,
with hardly capacity to run q fifty
dollar cause decently through a colin-
ty court, o staff officer of the rebel
Gen. Toombs, such o man we have
placed in the Cabineti If we must
have rebel In the Cabinet, why not
appoint man of brains? why not
appoint Toombs himself rather than
his weak and incompetent. and insig-
nificant subaltern ?"
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