The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-08-03
A Radical journal :. Goe. for. Grant:

Radical journal 8. Goes for'' Grant.
The ST. Paul Despatch is an ably
conducted Radical journal, published
and edited by Harlan P. Hall, former
ly of this village. With the editor of
that paper confidence in his imperial
highnessis plantolyery slow growth.
In answer to correspondent, he gives
the following reasons for going for"
General Grant:
1t is true that we find little to COM
mend in General Grant and. it is be-
cause he is an open candidate for a
second term that we feel it duty to
comment freely and do whatever Is
possible TO prevent the calamity of his
denomination Detailing the Republican
party. His mind is too narrow and
contracted for the great Office of ruler
of a great nation and he has neither
the intelligence or craftsmanship for
the position. Hi. policy" we cannot
properly be accused of opposing, for
he avowedly has no policy, and points
to that fact with pride. In his acts
we recall none of national Importance
worthy. of commendation, save the
settlement of the Alabama claims
For his part in the creation of the
Joint High Commission we award
him due praise, as the result has prov
ed great national blessing and prob
ably averted bloodshed. s.5.f -, q
t5 Gen. Grant commenced his admin
eistration with repeated nnonncements
that he was going to be President, in
dependent of the politicians, and he
essayed to transform the White house
into a military camp. His original
Cabinet went to pieces before it was
confirmed, owing to his refusal to take
advice and the selecting of ineligible
men. He brought discredit upon the
country by using the high office. of
Secretary of State as a temporary foot
ball for a Washburne who industri-
,ously employed the few days of his
term in making out the entire list of
consular and other foreign appoint
ments. From that day on, General
Grants political course has been, in
the main, series of bIunders. Early
IN his Presidential career he placed
himself in an equivocal position by
the acceptance of presents indiscrim-
inately. As our corresp pondent says
Mr.. Grant was human" and having
accepted the gifts, it was but human
that he should reciprocate by bestow-
ing offices upon the donors. This he
did until it became a by-word and
reproach. Nepotism was the natural
sequence. No preceding President
ever assumed that the government
was a family affair, and conducted
chiefly to enrich that family, but the
present incumbent differs from his
predecessors, and twenty one of his
immediate relatives are fattening at
the public crib. The San Domingo
affair, urged so violently by the Pres
ident, was a real estate speculation in
which his friends were engaged, and
in which they were encouraged to
embark by his persisfency. Upon the
tariff question he has shown himself
to be in accord with the wealthy cap
italists rather than the masses of the
people. From the assumption of q
lofty superiority to politicians, he has
become their willing subject, and
serves the ones in whom the people
have the least confidence : He has
joined hands with the Senate in CEN
trailing our system of government
and in Overlooking and snubbfng the
Representatives of the peopfe-the
only branch of the government where
in the people have an opportunity to
express and protect themselves. a98 ls
d Though there has been gratifying
decrease, both of taxation and nation
al debt, the President adheres to the
erroneous Boutwellian policy of COM
finuing high taxes and paying the
war expenses within a few years. It
almost makes the present generation
wish they were posterity.i $50. F2 si.,'5-
The question of our correspondent
cannot be answered with any especial
detail in a single newspaper article.
but by the above enumeration, einbrac-
ing many of the prominent acts, of the
President, he (the corfespondent) can
see why we 6 s'oppose generally the
acts of Mr.. Grant, To state these
facts and condemn them is MOTTO" ma
lign.n To "malign,n you must falsely
accuse. 10 eftoiifJtaHi aiia gtitasti't93ii[ u
Il IF these things damage the oRepubl
dican party, the fault is not with the
critics, but with the person making
the criticism necessary. All the criti-
cism upon the President, both from
friend and foe, has not done SO much
to weaken the Republican party, as his
interference with local affairs in New
Y ork and Missouri odW zs}oa}a sai
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