Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1872-11-02

the re some time, When he returned
he reported to the President that the
Southerners had in proper spirit
conformed themselves to the laws of the
land; that they were in no rebellious
spirit, but suffering from dircst poverty,
and in fact, where completely crushed in
hearts and hopes, and possessed nothing
but their desolated fields and pleasant
climate. This was made upon his word
as soldier. Months rolled on. He
delivered his inaugural, and its most
memorable phrase was "I4et Us have
peace" I have no doubt his intentions
were good, and that he truly desired to
rule that broken section with a gener>
Gus hand. But at the earliest possible
oportunity his promises were violated,
aud listening to the foul lies of un-
principled men who, dispised and
abandoned in their own homes, had
gone South to pray like so many harpies
on its vitais, and also succumbing to
the influence Of frantic Congress, he
let loose upon the very places he had
favorably reported upon, his cavalry.
and artillery, and infantry, and by a
rule of force attempted to coerce into
the favor Of Radical measures the
entire people, He appointed to Office
numbers OF his own relatives in direct
opposition to the rules laid down by hIs
best and wisest predecessors. Review
the careers of General Washington,
Jefferson Madison, Monroe, Adams
indeed, of all our Presidents down to
the present day, aud you will discover
each and all almost invariably declined
to appoint their own relatives to Office.
And we have on record several letters
from Washington, Madison and Ad-
ans, wherein they with great delicacy
declined to accede to the relatives In
this respect But we might pardon
our President if his kin were men Of
ability. Not one now holding Office can
be so considered. lie accepted gifts,
which action in men OF lesser rank
would have been considered as taking
bribes, and almost all who have show
cred these presents on him have been
h ouored with public office BY
his arbitrary will and order that
sacred writ of personal liberty, the
Habeas Corpus has been suspended
We are told we must vote for the
authors of this outrage that We muse
continue in power aud pat on the head
) that despotic party which has placed
, at the mercy of the President, by un.
constitutionally suspending this writ,
the liberty of every human being in
!, our Republic! Federal interference
has been used in State elections, and
almost at the point of the bayonci
; they have carried, aud no remon-
from the military genius who said
"Let US have peace. An armed YES
sci of war has been use to carry away
from Louisiana members os the Legis-
lature in order to deprive it Of quo
rum. No remonstrance irem Grant
, and his brother.in~law who gave the
villainous command still holds hi:
Office there. What glorious govern
: ment to vote tor Elections have beer
carried by threatening the officers ei
, the Administration with fines and
Imprisonment if the wishes Of the
/. man, who, from his acts, might bc
t considered as Gods vice -gerent or
Y earth, were not obeyed. Oh ! let u
S embrace this magnificent Administra
e ton 1t has bent all its vast energy t.
+ deprive the States Of the South o
s local self. government, and to concen
/ trate all powor in the hands OF Congress
) and the President. 1t has stopped s,
a low as 10 discharge fro- Office laborcr'
a in arsenals and navy yards because the.
t cast their ~ballots in accordance witt
Il the dictates Of their own judgment
e What a beautiful government thus t
!, crack its party whip over tle shoulder
of poor Industrious men, because CO.
!, gave them consciences Such treat
;. ment is worse to these hard~workinI
:. men who have families to support thai
the rack of the thnmb.screw Thi
: immaculate and humane administrator
:, has marched like sheep TO the shamble
:, other poor laborers to the polls in ser
\ ried ranks and made them vote marke
l. tickets under the very eyes of govern
y ment agents Oh this deliciou
4 peace making administration !. Th
\ accounts of oar Treasury have been $
- jumblcd up in inxcusablc confusion tina
= ;, no man can tell the amount Of tn
- : public debt, or our yearly expenses
y, ~ Are you satisfied, men of San Francisc
~ with the conduct of foreign affair
% % wherein the policy of the governmer
% e has been reversed even from it's foun
r. dation, policy that fvaored th
- entension and not the restriction of tn
N rights of neutral nations Have tn
Il insults Spain has heaped upon us bee
70 properly repelled ? Have we followe
ii the instincts Of our Republican institl
40 tions and favored the Independence {
ir Cuba that sta Borrowing queen upo