The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-10-19
Concerning Gen. Grant and the Eu Klux
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The chief alleged violations of these prin-
ciples are in the Elective or Enforcement
law and the Ku Klux law. Mr.. Greeley
urged the passage of the act in question
ELECTION law before Gen. Grant did. and
has justified such enactment much oftener
and more zealously than the President or
almost any one else.-Horace Greeley, Oct.
&, 1871.
We hold that the President would have
been unfathful to his trust, and would
have had the blood of innocent martyrs to
equal rights on his head had he not sought
legislation. The Ku Klu1 act and the
Presidents action under them will harm
no one who keeps the peace, obeys the laws,
and respects the rights of others. Our
only fear is that it cannot be SO enforced as
to crush out the villainies at which it is
aimed.-Horace Greeley, May 0, 1871.
hold our Government bound by its duty
of protecting our citizens in their funda-
mental rights, to pass and enforce laws for
the extirpation of the eXecrable ku klux
conspiracy; and if it has not the power to
do it, then l say our Government is no
Government, but a sham. ], therefore, on
every proper occasion advocated and justi-
fled the ku klux act. | hold it especially
desirable for the South, and if it does not
prove strong enough to effect it's purpose,
| hope it will be made stronger and strong
er.-Horace Greeley, June, 1871.
1t is urged by the Democratic organs
that the law is to be enforced in State and
Municipal elections. This is done to make
it more obnoxious, if that be possible, to
their party. But, unfortunately, this is
an error. The law applies only to Presi
dental and Congressional elections. though
we heartily wish it could be made to apply
to all others.-Horace Greeley.
There never wasa President who submit
ted his own will more thoroughly and I'M
reservedly to that of the people; there
never was a President who submitted more
cheerfully to the adverse action of Congress;
there never was President more unpre-
tending, less eXacting, more sincerely
anxious to execute the laws and preserve
public Tranquility, and discharge forcibly and
impartially all the duties of his Office.
Horace Greeley July s: 1870.
While asserting the right Of every Re-
public to his untrammeled choice of a can
didatc for next President until q nominal
ton is made. venture to suggest that Gen.
Grant will be far better qualified for the
mementus trust in 1872 than he was in
1S6S.-Horace Greeley's Speech on 9th Janu-
arg, 1871.
General Grant and his policy deserve the
very highest credit. Greeley.
The people of the United States know
Gen. Grant-have known all about him
since Donelson and Vicksburg; they do not
know his slanderers and do not care to
know them.-Horace Greeley
Yes; Gen. Grant has failed to crafty
some eager aspirations, and has thereby
incurred some intense hatreds. These do
not and will not fail; and his Adu,inistra-
ton will prove at least equally vital. We
shall hear lamentation over his failure,
from those whose wish is father to the
thought; but the American people let them
pass unheeded. Their strong arms bore
him triumphantly through the var and
into the White House, and they still up
hold and sustain him. They never failed,
and never will.-Horace Greeley, Tribune,
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