The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-20
EFFRONTERY AT A PREMIUM.

of odlum ana Slanoer Pouieu o ~
epemies of Grant, combined with the ene-
mics of the Republican party, would thinh
that the President was one OF the greatest
+vrants and most perfdious monsters that
over lived. Nero the infamous Roman
Emneror was a spotless infant beside the
rresent incumbent of the White House.
But try to get at the particulars OF thes
wholesale charges and they will be foun s;n
consist in the offense of having execuFa
letter and spirit certain laws passed b. ~.
gress. In having paid off milliou .ss nuh
public debt; of having sustaine a having
lie credit at home and broad, of h,r
maintained peace with all n'aot 3D. of ste.,
ing punished every knave ~ dararr;nn his
inc from the government Of ae,sfl'ng n.S
own Judgment. on impefsss. I'D tho nsonle.
ures to the will of Ceaea ,ot;ona1 ta~as mil,
of having reduced as - MT = White art
Mons o. u - most condemned by the
Or law winch party that was not cham
late De'no eoaeley through the Tribune.
ne NJ" under the dictation of the 1'r'
as IL W" 'ad which was denounced in unmeas-
QUE, rms by the whole Democrat party,
urer sxecuted in the mildest possible man
'" '" by the President. When the State
.athorities failed to protect their citizens
rom outrages by the Ku-klux, either from
lack of power or inclination, the President
under the demands of the Ku-klux law of
Congress, had the guilty parties arrested
and fairly tried before civil court where
they had the best counsel in the country to
defend them. And to prove the justice OF
their arrest they confessed guilty before
the court and were sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary. The crimes proven against them
were so enormous as to appall even the
prisoners counsel, and draw from Reverdy
johnson the severest condemnation of his
clients
The President for doing his duty in exc
cutting law of Congress which had for its
object the protection of the innocent
against lawless bands, which were too
strong to be put down by State authority,
is condemned in unmeasurcd terms.
What manner of President would he be
who refused to execute the laws which
Congress passes? Is Greeley expected to
do less? If so, who would be willing to
vote for him9 Was not the Tribune, Gree
ley's paper, clamorous for the passage of
this law and ali of that class of laws (which
we contend facts have justified were neces
sary for the protection of American cltl-
zens, and after their passage for their
strenuous execution? And now we see
that same paper controlled by the same
man advocating his own election, by con-
demning the very laws and acts which not
year ago he SO strenuously defended
Was anything ever so absurd and shame
less?
If peace and better government has not
been sooner established in the late rebel
States, the Democrat leaders have them
selves to blame for it. They encouraged
disorder and compelled the President to
execute the laws of Congress against them
which were binding alike on the citizens
of all the States. If there had been no dis
order there would have been no executions.
We contend, and none will deny it, that no
President could have done less and per
formed his duty. The miserable SANDERS
which the Tribune weekly publishes against
Grant, and in the face of its past record. are
enough to bring a blush of shame to the
brow of every honest man, and how honest
Democrats who think for themselves can
abide Greeley without loathing, It'll impos-
sible tc conceive; and that they do loath
the candidate which has been forced upon
them, we have abundant declarations every
hour. What good can be expected to
result to the public from such coalition
with each party despising the other, and
both expecting by some turn OF affairs to
get the advantage of the other? The DEM
ocrats assert that Greeley is their candidate
and they will compel him to follow their
dictation. Greeley claims that the whole
party are Ass followers and they shall abide
his dictation in case of his election. With
such opposing hates and the sole issue they
join on is anything to beat Grant" what
can any sensible man expect from a success
which is all antagonistic to itself? No man
who reasons without passion OF prejudice
will have anything to do with this oldest of
all oddities-a Greeley Democrat party.