New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-04-27

anu utterly meaningless charge, the address
proceeds to specify some of the crimes of this
terrible Radical party. The first count in the
list of our crimes is that the Radical leaders
have spent almost the entire time of the session
in devising such legislation as will, in their
view best preserve their ascendsncy, and that
no regard for the wise restraints imposed By
the Constitution has checked their reckless and
desperate course" OF course, such a charge
preferred by men who labored for four years
to overthrow the Government, and who now
are encouraging armed resistance to the laws
of the country against party who tfwarted
their reasonable purposes, needs no reply. 1t
carries with it its best refutaton. Following
this impudent assertion is the wilfully false
charge that Gen. GRANT has been formally
announced as a candidate for reelection
The sgners of the address know perfectly we'll
that there is no truth in this statement. But
that is a falsehood of so little importance that
we let ii pass for what it is worth
What the address means by its statement
that 1.-THE declarations of GRANTS selfish sup
porters have been echoed by subsidized
press" and that 'the discipline Of party has
already made adhesion to his personal fortunes
the supreme tests ofpolitical fidelity" must be
referred to FERNANDO WooD for explanation
As his name heads The list of members signed
to the address, and as he IS one of the saints Of
Tammany, he understands all about what is
meant by subsidized press and party dis
cipline." Tammany Hall, under his direction
and that OF the high.toned TWEED, expends mil
lions of dollars yearly to substitute the press
and secure party discipline in his own city and
State. The drivel about Republican immortality
of this kind would come with better grace
from other than men Of whom some had been
indicted for forgery, aud who had used the
public money by the millions to corrupt the
press and the people.
The dolefu nonsense Of the address about
partiz an legislation by the subservient ma or
ity' of Congress, Designed to place in the
hands of the President power to enforce his re.
nomination, and its whining hypocrisy in re-
gard to the wrongs inflicted upon the labor Of
the country "by oppressive taxation rendered
absolutely necessary by their own treason, }
and 8" the multiplication of Offices - rendered
necessary to collect the taxes their treason has
imposed is even more shameless and dishonest
than its holy horror at the Substitution of the
press That avowed, deliberate, voluntary
traitors, who brought upon this nation four
years war to perpetuate slavery, should assail
Congress for prodgality and dishonesty because
they have provided the means for paying the
debt their great crime brought upon the coun.
try, is exhibition of impudence apd eff
frontery SO amazing as almost to deprive one
of breath
Their talk about prodigal in view of their
frauds upon the Treasury everywhere, is of the
same character and equally amazing. So is
their complaint about Mr.. BoUTwELL's man
sgement of the finances of the nation in view
of the fact that he has paid of in two years
| over 1900, 600 of the debt their treason
created, besides interest and preserving the
credit of the nation. Their assault upon Con
gress for approprating Government lands to
secure the construction of the railroads TO the
Pacific exhibits their hatred for all public i'm
provement and progress. 1t strengthens their
claim to the title Of - Bourbon Democracy"
The chief and most alarming grievance Of
the COpperhead and rebel enemies of the Gov
eminent who signed the address, is the passage
of the measure known as the ku klux bill,
designed to put down the armed bands of
Democratic assassns who now overrun the
South and TO protect the lives aid property of
loyal men. That is an unpariQaable sin. aud
for it there is no forgiveness In giving Gen.
GRANT power TO put an end to,the murders
and outragcs Of these infamous &C thrOuts and
robbers, Congress has brought d,wn upon its
head the direst wrath of their friends and
patrons in this address. lis sgners clearly
take grounds in favor of these outlaws, and
Justify their crimes upon the lying pretext that
the Ku klux assassins nave been wifully pro-
vOked by Republican annoyances and insults.
This shows where the Democracy stands and
fairly commits them to the Ku-Klux bands aud
all their bloody acts. Their canting appeal,
at the close Of their defense of the Ku klux, to
"our tellow-citizens everywhere to spare no
effort to maintain peace and order, will deceive
no one. Their votes for the Ku-klux bill
would have ended the whole trouble in a week
" In conclusion the signers of the address
pdthC'Naiiy DVS eho PCoPtc hot W atd TIC PRES
ent attempts of wicked /" Radical partisans to
stir up strife in the land, to renew the issues
of the war; or obstruct the return of peace and
prosperity to the Southern States" as they are
doing by passing laws designed to put an end
to the pleasant amusemeuts i'll which the ku.
klux Democracy have SO long INDUCED Per-
tapS the people will heed the warning" Of
these secession, disunion, revolutionary ku-
klux patriots
After the conclusion Of their address, its
authors seem to have been seized with new
idea, and add melancholy finally, which is
devoted to review of the financial sins of
President GRANTS Radical administration. Its
extravaganza and dishonesty fills the pure souls
of these rebels and rebel sympathisers with the
most painful solcitude. " In Eve years" they
exclaim, with eyes in fine frenzy rolling at
the terrible fact, =" the Radicals have expended
81 200, 600, 900 for ordinary purposes alone,
being within $500 900 600 Of the aggregate
amount spent for the same purposes, in war and
peace, during seventy-one years preceding June
30, 1861, not including in either case the sum
paid upon principal or interest of public debt"
If this statement be true, the Radical admin
isration have expended on an average annually
for these FIVE years $3.50 600 900 for the ordinary
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