The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-09-14
Opposition to Grant.

iIc 4SdNth LHIoMu INTO 1t ~ the MlSSOul
! bolt Of 1870. 1t is not local nor superficial
but general and pro 'ound, and all the colo
repI essiVe measures taken by the Admin
l=tratIon cannot quiet il. One by one
prominent adherenis Of the Republican
cause are detaching themselves from TIT
| party, and ayowiDg their hostility to it
Gov. Brown, Senator Schurz Mr. Greeley
Senator TrUmuull, Senator Sumner, Sena
tor Logan, Senator FentOn, Senator Spen
| Ger Of Alabama g v. Warmoth of LOuisi
ana, are al of them openly hostile to The
I'resi lent, and he majority If them openly
hostile to the policy OF the Administration
party; AMI the Cesp discomfort that We
KNOW exists in the party at its servile self
su lection to the Presidents person makes
I IL certain that the number of distinguished
/ nalcOntents will be Increased at the neXt
/ Sc sion Of COngre s. a very significant
/ adhesion to the insurgent clement is that
/ of Ar Charles 2. johnson, of St Louis
whose speech at Fultou We printed yester
/ Csy. Mr. Johnson has teen not only s
Republican, but an avowed Radical, anC
he did not hesitate TO aCctp the revolu
/ tiOnaTy, supra constitutional spirit Of tina
/ name; ne frankly admits that his party
did act outside Of AID above the Constitu
ton in it career fro II the platform DISCO tC
the Fifteen b Amendment of 1S10-that il
was, Iii truth, q revolutionary party, VIII sc
| vindicatiOn must be sought for in the
/ right OF revolution alone. But he thin ks
tGat It is TIM for all this to stop; the
/ patty that hecame revolutionary in it:
etIot to extend rights, Is now plainly
/ growing despOtic and a foe 10 rights. Il
/ still insists on having war pa. ty, and
nCelning a war policy; but the time
/ for these things he thinks Is past "Presi
/ deat Grant was elected on such issues
AID ne Is the st one that will be-" Since
! the parry has surrendered Itself to the
/ President, and has thus rendered itself in.
I capable of further good, and made itself
/ the willing instrument of wrong, Mr.
4 johnson thinks that as it cannot be aban.
! Goned, 1t ought to be defeated ana he
/ boldly declares that he is IN favor OF doing
I this He saws:
/ We might as well sok things straight in the face
/ As sure as | address you 10 day, if T. 5. Grant
lives he Will be the nominee of the National Re
/ publican Convention for President of the United
/ st ties. He is to-day the Republican party; his
acts his policy, Is its platform. There is no other
/ man i'll the country whom the dominant party
Won touch. His combinations are invinCible
! and every thinking man to-day can pass judgment
/ upon the platform OF the Republican party. axe
/ some of the questions have specified as the new
issues ard you can judge of the attitude of the
! Republican party upon them, the dominant wing
I oil TINS party. III the ACTORS OF President Grant.
4 SO it is. Arraign the President OF the United
States, and you arraign the principles of the Re-
/ publican party. oppose General Grant for re-
! nomination. and you oppose the Republican party
Again, repeat, the illberal clements Of the
Republican party dominates it, and all the machine
/ ry Of party discipline Is being used to neutralize
and destroy the strength and influence of the
liberal element. Shall success attend the effort ?
Can the liberal element support the party longer
when it, platform is a. | have stated it? n OF a
true Liberal Republican IL there in Missouri or
elsewhere who Is not bitterly opposed 10 Presi-
/ dent Grant and the whole policy of his Admins
/ tTatiOn, And IL this strange
Could il be otherwise After the noble fight
made IN this stare for the removal of all political
disabilities, could they still favor the existence OF
/ poit.ca disabilities in the South? After bidding
dehanc; TO the unwarranted interference in our
State election upon the part of the President and
gaining victory against the combined influence
OF his OtfiCehOders and the free use of Federal
patronage, can they be expected to turn and lick
the hand that was raised against them, and ndorse
the like interference In the affairs of Arkansas and
+ Louisiana, or be expected to favor the hu-klux
/ Till (! II il Is supposed by any one for moment
that such is the spirit that moves in the ranks of
/ the Liberal Republicans of Missouri and else
where, then let such suppositions die; for it is a
spirit of courage, still defiant in principle and un-
bending in will.
The frequent recurrence of such declara-
tiOns as these, and the undisguised NAL
COntentry existing in high places in the
Republican party indicate pretty clearly
! that there is TO be an instruction against
the President, of no insignificant Charac-
t-r The President will carry the bulk of
| the party with him, and force it to pro-
claim him its candidate in 1872; but there
is reflective and liberal element of pa
triotic men whose number is increas ng
daily, who will not support the narty that
dominates him. The Republican policy,
under Grant, has meant, in the past four
years, the ku Klux bill, violent lnterfer-
on Ts,t l.a.y
personal usurpatlOn, prescription, and mar
ual law; and there Is reason to fear that
It would mean a good deal more in smother
four years. Ii IS this apprehension that is
detacalng so may distinguished and dis
corning Republicans from the Admin ira
lon pa ~, and prompting them to accept
Its anathemas and lis denunciatiOns rather
than participate in that alarming consoll.
datlon which the Republican party is
| forced by the very law of is being to
execute. The defiant attitude of Brown,
Schurz and Johnson, in Missouri; and the
les 81. nlticanJ dissatisfaction of Logan
and Trunbull, in Illinois; of Greeley
and Fenton, in New York; of Sumner
in Massachusetts, and of Warmoth and
SpenJ er, IN the South, are parts of repre-
sentative movement which is more boldly
defined IN our State than anywhere else
a great protest against Federal ABSORPTION.
AMI IN favor of the maintenance of local
hbert es. No one eau read the speeches
Of Morton, the letters of Conkling, and
the manitestoes of the custom house lead
ers in Louisiana, without perceiving that
these men have been subjected to the
Presidents personal authority to the same
degree that their States have become sub
Jected TO the Federal power. They are
The creatures of the executive, and they
even take pains to prove it. The same
servlle duty Is eXacted of all prominent
members Of the party: they are asked to
iorsWear their rights of local indepen-
dence, ana their powers of local useful
ness AID to declare the same uncondition-
Al allegi nee to he head of their psrty at
Washington that their States are expected
TO admit to the Federal authorityat Wash
ingt n. The defiant reply that Brown,
Schurz and Johnson have made 10 this
humiliating proposal Is not less an asser-
ton of their own PERSONAL rights than it
Is an assertion Of the rights of their State !;
and sooner or later, the opposition 10 the
President elsewhere will be forced to the
same attitude.-Niss1urt Republican.
The terrible hsl-storm which swept
over portions Of Burlington County, n
j., some time since, was very severe one
on the crops of Woodworking man who
rented farm Of Quaker lady, at an an
nual rental of s1,2O0 The LADY called
upon the tenant and said Il have heard
of thy misfortune, and came over to CO
operate with thee" "Yes, ma'am. it's
very unfortunate fol lie" Are the build
ings injured much?" mo; very little"
Well, thee need not be concerned about
the rent Seeing thy loss, thee need not
pay me any rent this year" Acts of gen
ero>ity like this are so rare that it is a
pleasure to put them on record when they
do occur.
YOU'VE Mcclellan, who rode the win.
ming horse, Helmbold, st Ssratogs, the
other day, has been presented with So coo
by grateful betters
.--dsnd-msde lace, of al the industries
CT France, has suffered least by the war.