The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-10-25

says these Governments have increased the
debts OF the Southern States, and chief 5
during the present Administration, to the
extent of S16S,09o,00 But lest be accused
speech in this city the following passage:
:" Will it be received by you then as evil
dence OF such honest purposes to tighten the
burdens OF the people, to learn that upon
these impoverished communities there has
been inflicted, Without any visible public
return, and principally eince this Admins
debt" -. --s.l
And in his speech at Springfield be charges
part theft and robbery by the scoundrels
placed in charge of the State Governme ents,
as he alleges, by the direct influence and
connivsnce of Tho Republican party The
whole statement of Gov. Brown fills me
with amusement, and an wholly at loss
to understand how any gentleman in his
position dares to make such declarations.
- 80 THE rARiFF QUESTION.
Inhis speech in this city, Gov. Brown con-
gratviated the country upon the final solu-
tionN and disposition of the tariff question by
remitting it 70 the people in the various Com
gressional Districts, thus taking it out Of
! ationaf politics and relieving the country
from al embarrassment. Ono would sup
pose from his speech that the tariff for the
first time had been placed within the reach
and control Of the people, by ths especial fa-
vor md agrace Of the coalition. The prctcnsc
Of taking the question out Of national politics
and remittng it a . new thing TO the Con-
gressionsl Districts a~mcst transparent
dodge and humbug, and worthy only of the
| Nontamnt n ipfalIinapf nil
ceive nobody. Gov. Brown had for years
| been an ultra frce-trader, and tho Missouri
Cincinnati movement was started upon that
| basis, but afterward, when the coalition was
formed of men of all principles and none for
the rake of power and plunder, and Horace
Greeley, protective tariff man, placed,a its
head, it became necessary to strangle the
| tariff question and huddle it out Of sight
| They, astute managers, thought they had
| done this by declaring that the President
| should have nothing to do with it, that it
| should be remitted to the Congressional Dis
| tricts to be entirely out of the way. Nothing
| moro clearly establishes the utter dishonesty
ofthc coalition, and its supremely mcrconary
| character, than the attempted disposition OF
the tariff question.
| USFAIRNEss TOWARD TIE REPUBLICAN rARrr.
We look in vain through the speeches Of
Gov. Brown for just and fair statement of
the Administration of the Republican party.
They contain a covert appeal TO the prcju-
dices and passions Of the white against the
colored race. In them he presents every act of
| Congress, every measure of the Administra-
tion for the protection of life, liberty and
property in the South, as an oppression Of
the white people Of those States, as an inya-
sion of their rights for the exhaltstion and
glory of the negro. He pre'ents the instincts
of self-rrcscrvatioa in the white and colorei
Republicans Of the South as an aggression
upon the rights and dignity of tho white
Democracy, the late rebels. lie ignores the
existence OF the murderous Ku-K organ
iEation, their killings, scourgings, burniDgs,
crimes without name-their cxiles, threats
and terrorism that destroy the peace, happi-
| ness and security of half the population Of
| those States. He seeks TO magnify into
dangerous importance the harmless societies
| of the colored people for the obvious purpose
Of furnishing pretext and an excuse for the
| existence of the Ku-Klux and for the bloody
| disorders which all the world knows have
| occurred in those States. He alternately at
| tempts to persuade and threaten the colored
| people into the conviction that their future
| safety depends upon cutting loose from the
| Republican party of tie North, and throw
| ing themselves into the arms and under the
domination of their enemies and oppressors.
of regard for the rights of the colored people,
the speeches might have been made by
Wade HAMPTON or Gen. Forrest. He repre-
sents the people of the North who have
| gone TO live in the South as carpet baggers,
adventurers and robbers; he employs every
| exaggers tion that can make the State Gov
| ernments of the South odious, contemplate
and powerless. In short, these speeches,
while prating of reconciliation, and "shak-
sN~ nAs oh in,
every part are calculated to beget violcace,
passion and hst-ed to the Republicans of the
| South, and, as all candid men must admit,
are brim-full OF aspersions upon tho Admin
istratioa of Gen. Grant.
GREELEY AND THE ADMINISTRATION.
Gov. Brown, Carl schurz, Senator Trum-
bull, Mcssrs. Hendricks, Voorhees,, ct id
4 omnc genus, bring muititudinous charges
against Gen. Grant and the Republican par
| ty on account OF the reconstruction policy,
| the Ku-Klux Bill, the suspension of the writ
| of habeas corpus in the disturbed districts
| of South Carolina, the prosecution of the
| Ku-Klux, and the general dealings of the
! Government with the disturbing elements in
the South, the election law, which they dos
ignate the Bsyonet Bill" and all that
| class of legislation intended to protect tho
purity Of the bailot-box and to give security
TO life, liberty and property in tho Southern
States; but their criticisms arc all answer
| ed, and they arc overwhelmed and stultify
themselves when they support Horace Gree
ley, who has been the advocate and defender
| Of all these things which they condemn.
He has justified from time TO time every act
| of Congress that has been passed in regard
10 the South. He justified the election law,
the suspension Of the writ Of habcas corpus,
the prosecution Of the Ku-Klux. He de
| Tended the amendments and denounced their
enemies in short, he has furnished an ar
| gument and an answer against everything
| they say. How these things were right in
| Horace Greeley and wrong in Gen. Grant, IT
is for an honest man TO understand. The
| truth is, this coalition is the most demoral-
izing event in American politics; 1t Is, In
| fact, declaration to the world that there Is
no principle or integrity in politics, and is
| in substance an attempt 10 abolish all dis
tinctions between right and wrong! IL is an
assertion that the end justifies the means
| that story is valuable for what it will &C,
compl;sh without regard TO its truth--that
power and plunder are the ultimate objects
| Of political controversy, and that beyond
these there is no purpose or duty to which
| any statesman or or'politician is bound "a
look. To arraign Gcn. Grant for doing what
| Horace Greeley has urged and advocated II
like his arraignment by Mr.. Hendricks for
the Northern Pacific railroad grant.
WHAT TEE REPUBLICAN PARTY OFFERS.
Turning aside from this painful spcstacy
and from the melancholy spectacle of 9
coalition held together by nothing but the
| prospect of plunder, present the grand ma
tional platform Of the Republican party
crowned with the glories of th, past and fra
Grant with sweet buds of promise in the
8 future. On it are inscribed in letters o.
gold "Peace and security TO all; equal
political rights 10 all; the Pronc-
ton of the laws to every class and condition
| gratitude TO the soldiers and sailors OF the
Republic; honor and dignity Of labor; pro