Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-05-20
Cen. Grant and His Maligners.

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THE quiet way in which President
Grant goes about his work, is 1 perpetual
aggrayation to Democratic editorial gas
co1aders They are baffied at every step.
No soouer have, they invented and
published programme for the Acmlnis.
s9y itratlon than they find it has adopted
something else, and by the time that Is
bsr ~ well abused, they go off on some new
tack, only to find that they neither know,
nor have known anything on the subject,
nor made rational guess at it. This
- perpetual failure is humiliating; some
thing has to be done to redeem their
~ feeble sagacity from ridicule, and as each
.ra,i. failure develops itself they betake them
1ely selves to column or two OF epIthets to
M hide their chagrin. This is the true ex-
-l,,, PLANTATION of all that rant the press spouIs
SO copiously from time to time.
~ Rational men take different view OF
s,i the Administration. They know it COM
sa,r menced its labors under extraordinary
difficulties, and they were not silly
DUR enough to expect miracles. They see a
Z slow but steady advance made toward the
~ settlement of great national problems.
They see nearly restored order, peace and
prosperity throughout the South. They
see that the great victory of freedom over
t,at slavery is fully achieved, and the question
JHa .iof ages settled. They see the national
debt steadily diminishing, and purpose
z y to adopt measures TOR It's nnal extlngulsn-
ment, as well as for proper reduction OF
internal taxes They see apurpose to put
the currency on more mature and solid
al H. basis, and to more fully equalize the bur-
III dens OF the nation. And, in all this, they
.agl' see wise craftsmanship, not attempting
rash or startling projects, to magnify the
personals Importance of some individual
'W' men, but the safe, if slow, measures of a
real retrenchment and a return to the
WAYS of economy, and solid prosperity
$50 for the whole people
, The Democratic party managed SO well
when IN power; that it plunged the nation
Into a sectional war, and as was TO nave
been expected, took the wrong sidein the
contest. The Republican party have man.
N aged to restore peace, goodwill, and an
s"'ai' enduring prosperity and naturally took
,fnL the side of liberty and progress The
6sitqeD Democracy are still looking back to Blu
Tras chanar's time as the embodiment of their
40, patriotism, and as the happy end OF their
highest efforts. The Republican party
looks upon that time as one of national
shame and dsgrace--as the worst period
in the history of the Republic "a scandal
on manhood and libel on the honor OF
the country.
With such diverse views, how can it be
expected that the parties can agree on
the present Administration? The anti
si4spodes are not wider apart than Buchanan
and Grant, and there is scarcely public
measure now that bears resemblance to
- those when Democracy blossomed and
g bore fruit Even measures of the same
nature have grown to that magnitude that
the similarity is scarcely apparent. The
Democratic legacy left the nation was war
and debt. The Republican legacy will
heIfbe peace, but taxation to pay the Demo.
cratic debt Hence it comes with ILL
grace from that party to clamor about a
debt of their own creating, and taxation
of which they sowed the seed.
The people may well congratulate
themselves that they have President
HSv who does nothing for show, but every
thing for the substantial interests of the
country. All his "taalures" (?) have been
successes, and he will leave his great of
flee lamented by the honest and patriotic
masses of men of all parties He has a
fixed and honest purpose, and strong
will to do right, and all the jeers Of the
93Democratic press won't move MIN an inch
t~' from the path ofrectitude he is follow
ing-Chicago Republican. 1