The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-09-20
Some of the Reasons why Grant
Should not be He-eiected,


Il The Radical press and Radical stump
slorators throughout the country are sup
slporting Grant upon various grounds.
l.some of them putting it upon the high
ground of "gratitnde TO the saviror ol
the country" While this is the course
he Is pursuing. the New York "SuN''
gives fifteen standard reasons why he
,ishould not. for the second time. have
1.-THE opportunity OF still farih abusing
1.-THE confidence of the American people.
which are characterize of his admins
.ltration:
! !. Appointments to office in return
for presents.
\ III. Appointments TO Office OF relations
of the President or some member OF his
family. without regard TO their qua!ii-
cations or merits.
! Ill. lhe sale of appointments to Of
flee, as the case of William ID. Farrand.
appointed Consul at CalIao by President
Grant for $500 paid 20 Judge Lewis
Dent. the Presidents brother-in-law
! IN. The surrender nf the School
Ranch military reservation TO the Bank
of California. Tor $3.352. the value OF
lthe property being Sl00O0O00. and its
possession by the Government; being es-
i,eniial 30 the safety OF Mare Island
Navy Yard.
v. The payment Of forged bounty
claims ont Of the Treasury OF the Uni
TED STATES. such payment having been
made knowingly and deliberately bv
psymaStcr-tiencral Brlce. and General
Grant having supported Brce iu the
payment Of such forged fraudulent
claims. and restored him TO Office after
President johnson had dismissed him
:or bis connection with these forgere..
vi. The payment to fraudulent army
contractors OF large sums OF money. half
\ million or thereabout-. withheld from
thcm by Secretary Edward ". Stanton.
5y reason OF their frauds. detected ana
proved. at Alexandria, Virginia.
VII. \ deficiency of Sl.5O)O00 in
thc stamp account OF the Internal Rev
enue Bureau. the MONEY having been re-
ccived Tor stamps, furnished. and rcverl
paid over or accounted Tor 10 the Irea-
sury.
Vii. The Chorpennng fraud. BY
which Posiintster-tienerai Cre~sweil.
with the direct support and co-opcra-
iion Of General Grant. arranged for paw
.iOu.ntp out of the Treasury. when the 1
Govcrnmen; owed Chospenning moth |
ln-. tre->we!l> iaw partner being the !
ltIcrney of thorpenning III the case.
NJ The various frauds Of George u.
Robcson. Secretary OF the Navy. OF
which S5ls.1l9 - have been proved
Ipon him: these frauds being merely in
lica;or> o! others not yet detected.
vhn @,tt Ian,,srur, 49, ,..-.t, z. y
Of the war power OF Con-
gre~-. it, uncxcG>lbie attack upon the
Republic OF iiayti. AND IT. lawle-s ap-
propriaiion of the public money in pay
ncht FOR the unauthorized lease of The \
Bay OF ~imana.
NJ. The frauds Of the New York \
Custom House aud general order cx,or-
lions piac,iscd BY Leet. Grants adju-
laEi. icyyin~ vast sums of money upon
the commerce Of New York.
MI. The ouiragcs of Bru;hcr-in-lav
Casey Of New Orleans. in breaking upl
4 Republican conventian bv armed force.
and in attempting 10 break up the Lrg-
islator OF Louisiana by the clandestine 7
use of the power of the Federal Gov
rrnmen,. all for the purpose OF promoi-
in. the election ol Grant.
NH The oppression and robbery ofll
the Southern STATES oy the carpet-bag
governments. adding S25O,0UO.OoO toll
heir debt. and by the laws for the sup
preston Of the writ Of habcas corpus
lud Tor military interference al eiec-
ions.
MY. Prostitufing The influence and
,ower of the United States 10 sustain
spanish dcspotism in Cuba and 10 pre-
,ervc slavery and the slave trade there.
XIV. IIumiliating The United states .
before the powers OF Europe. as in >acri-
icing American citizens in Cuba 10 ,
spanish nialignity aud violence. in set
ling the Alabama question in The inter- 4.
80 of England. aud in attempting to
'ompcl Russia to pay the swindling Per- I
sins debt.
such are some of tho more CON piru-
,uS and general features of the system ,
with which President Grant has idcai- \,
led himself. 10 vote for him is To vote
a favor OF these things and TO express
desire for their continuance and per-
,etuation. II
The Pike County Agricultural;