Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1872-08-29

nOuncing the leading Measures or
His Administration as not only
gzscnnsfstutsonaI, hut Anti
, ConstitutionaI, Sukversivo
or the Rights Of the States
and the Liberties OF
the People.
!. OFFICE OF THE BALTIMORE GAZETTE. !
BALTIMORE, July 20, 1872.
MY DEAR SIR Ever since the adjourn
ment of the Baltimore Convention certai,
Radical journals have perSistently n.isrep
resented the course of prominent Democrats
and have sought. i'll every way. to place
them IN false position before the country
Among the number.vou have been frequently
mentioned as being hostile to the action Of
that body. and in this way your name has
been used by political tricksters to promote
The success of the hadicaies cause. Without
waiting, for consultation with you, bu. SIM
ply relying on my faith in your exalted
patriotism and unfincbing Democracy, l
have unhesitatfngly con'tradicted all such ru-
mors. In times past you ''have done the
States some service, and they know it, and
on tile strsngth of your past record have
assumed that in the present political crisis
you Will be quite as jealous as you ever
were before in defense of constitutional free
dom aud civil reform need not ask YOU
If am right in that assumption, because of
that feel assured; but take the liberty OF
suggesting that at this time your views and
opinions upon the impending Presidential
contest would afford mucl, qualification to
the Democratic and Conservative masses OF
the country. Believe me to be with great
respect, ever your friend,
WM. H. WELSH.
Hon. J. B. BLACK
To VIM. II. Welsh, Editor of the Baltimore Ga
My DEAR SIR. promised the gentleman
who delivered your letter that would an-
sWer it fully and as soon as | could consist
entity with other engagements. I'M fulfill
ing that promise Ii take more time and
space than might be expected, you will
please to remember that and great many
otnef Democrats are in a position which re-
lulres something more than mere defini- I
ion. We can not avoid misconstructien
without furnishing rather full explaua-
ion.
admit that the next President must he
irant or Greeley. The circumstances of the
'"''''eai SITUATION limit our choice to these
"o men. as strictly as if nobody else were
esaiiy eligible. We must weigh them
saiiist one another, and. like practical men.
eclde The case before us in favor of the hest
wen If we find no good in either OF them.
re must take that one which shall appear To
e least bad.
IL Is undenlaale that the leading measures
tnls administration are not only uncon- !.
but anti-constitutional showing
OF merely a contemptuous indifference to :
institutional obligations. but settled hos
iity to those rights of the States and those
oertles OF the people which the organic law :
as made to secure. The Presidents an
''htneht OF officers and his general exer- !"
sc Oh pubic authority. under the influence :.
men who paid him large sums of money. "
g scandaIous outragcs, and the effort to !"
'fend them has combined with other lik. a
uses to extinguish among his subordinates p
respect for those rules OF morality which -
ed TO be held sacred. When we consider y
nat these men have done in the North. and -
q to it the large handed rotberies pel -
trated in. the South by the retainers OF CT
e President, with his direct aid and as- III
lance, we are compelled to- acknowledge :"
~ no Other government now in the
'rla IS administered SO entirely for per- -
nal or partlzan purposes, or in such COM =
re disregard for the rights and interests OF ~
general public. his generalization is oc
connned to the executive branch the =. ~
OF corruption rolls i'll upon tllts Legisla- ~
e. anu In some places it has risen HIGH nc
'usn 70 touch the feet of the judiciary. i,
en- the rank and file of the Presidents
~ have become debauched,, let us hone -
altogether, but certainly ii, q fearful de-
e. Acts which in former times hard -
q criminal would hesitate to: Whisper IN e''
ear OF bis aceomplice can now be openly - :,
ocated by political leader, not only ~
safety, but with a tolerabIe chance of a"'
~ sustained BY 4 sort Of public opinion. 70
It love OF liberty and justice which used nv
pervade the whole community now -.
neges all temper and yields without re- uul
ance to the unprincipled demag ogues who ."o
lid enthrone fraud. the
Make the hoar leprosy adored; place thieves.
And give them title, knee and appreciation, r.
With Senator'S on the bench on
General Grant had been equal in mind LID
heart to the exigencies Of the times, he 'hi'
q easily have made himself great pub CYL !
enefactor. He might have purified Of ava
and political morals by simply setting pr'l
example IN his own person of clean uoH
led devotioa 10 duty. His own obedi- W.
to the laws would have restored them 10 nun
ersal supremacy. All the objects Of the ooy
ututlon as recited IN the preamble would -
been accomplished but for the obstruc- ~
with which he himself impeded them. 'ne'
'rt1nafely the interests OF certain rings a'.u
IN contest with the interest of the 1ai'e
try, and they, by large paesents, se- !, s'e.'
him into their service. The public .,.o
acted to give him the salary which his a. =
'cessors had been content with: the ."1h
offered him more; he accepted their .n0
ty, fell over to them and took the gov .ney
ent into bis hands as "a black Republic saOl'
,b.n 80 they