The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-16

EMPEROR CLESSES THE FIRST.-The
Washington Patriot, in referring TO
the investigations of the Committee
appointed byCongress to manufacture
political capital for the Radical party,
by hunting up and parading before
the public eye the hu KluX outrages,
makes the following statement i'll
reference to one of the witnesses
brought before the committee to tes-
tify to the outrages complained of in
Nerth Carolina, and which are testi-
fed 10 by Governor Holden's crew,
headed by the infamous Kirk:
We refer to Rev. j. Brinton- Smith,
formerly of New Jersey, who was ap-i
pointed by Gen. o. o. Howard, chief
Superintendent of Education in North
Carolina, This office brought him
into immediate contact with the
boards and teachers of colored schools
throughout the State, and he declares
that there was not single complaint
made toihim of opposition or bad treat
ment. On the contrary, all these ed-
ucational efforts were received with
favor, .+s
This gentleman was at Raleigh pre-
ceding the Governors election, and
conferred with Holden on that and
other political subjects. He heard
Holden avow himself decidedly for
General Grant as Emperor, and for
his son as successor to the throne,
while expressing the belief that our
Government would soon take that
imperial form. ~,
Impartial men will now understand
General Grants anxiety for the cleo
ton of Holden, and his intent in dis
patching Federal troops to North
Carolina TO intimidate voters, as well
as his immediate message to the Sen
ate, following Holden's defeat, for the
appointment of this Investigating
Committee.
No UsE.-A bill has been intro
duced in Congress by Mr.. Shellenbar-
ger, of this State to authorize the
President to send the military forces
of the United States into any State
without the request of the Legisla-
ture or governor of the State. What's
the use of wasting time upon such
triffiiDg matters? Has not Grant ex-
ercised that authority already, in the
absence of any legal authority ??
Didn't he send troops to Philadelphia
and New York last fall to overawe
the people even against the protest of
the local authorities The Constitu-1
ton makes it his duty to do so upon
the request of the Legislature and in
the absence of the Legislature, of, the
Governor of a State, and by fair i'm
plication forbids it being done other
wise. But what cares Grant or Con-
gress for the restraints of the Con-
stitution. asrr -aafza5- ai5. r
The Radicals are constantly boast
ing of how much of the public debt
they have paid off since Grants inaug-
uration as President, but they have
little or nothing to say about where
they obtained the wherewithaI to ac-
complish the thing. One would nat
urally suppose from the Radical brag-
ging, that Grant had faculty of turn
ing all he touched into gold, and then
generously using the result to tighten
the public burthens. But the people
have realizing sense that such is not
the fact, and that every dollar that has
been paid on the debt, as well as that
which has been given to the favored
few, and that stolen by the Radical
plunderers has been wrung from the
people by an odious, unequal and op-
press system of taxation. It is an
easy matter to pay debt when the
people furnish the money. But there
is but little credit due to the plum
derers of the people for the benefit of
privileged order. aar 5r9mag