The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-10-26
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.

crnment aud the friends Of Cmsarism
want, aud will have, If they can get it.
We did not however, expect to see so
much zeal for 1876 before the election
Of 1872. But if for 1876, why not for
1880, and for lifey This one man
power is nothing new. We have seen
it 10 life rule, in despotisms, and IL
constitutional monarchies Standing
armies tiud friends now where they
were not tolerated few years since.
Federal enforcement laws take the place
Of State laws. U. s. Marshals aud
Commissioners rule in the place of State
Judges; aud the Custom House, with
It's sinks Of iniquity, provide the per.
sonnet Of tho directors Of elections. The
machinery which is beiog used now is
just the machinery Of power every.
where. Gen Grant sends his Lieuton
ants of the Cabinet to the States to
dictate aud direct State and Federal
elections. SO Of their subordinutes in
Office. But after all, gentlemen, please
remember that when the people are
fully aroused, you cannot long be their
masters. Corruption, in the long run,
wins not more than honesty A reyo
luton Ike that in this State in 1871,
may soon overtake those who now feel
so secare and are so defiant Nor have
you yet reelected Grant 10 1872. Nor
can you, except by the repetition of
fraudulent elections like those in Penn.
sylvania aud parts of Indiana. 1t is
certain that, by the free choice Of the
people, neither 10 1872 nor in 1876.
can Gen Grant be reelected, uuoss the
people are far more Indifferent or de
bauchcd than We are prepared 10 be
licvo.-N L. Express.
The Philadelphia Ledger, Of the 18th
instant a journal whose proprietor is
friend of President Grant, sales.--future
have been some singular performances
with the returns Of the recent election
After the polls closed, the reporters Of
the newspaper press, who have always
heretofore been cheerfully furnished
with the rcturas, were refused them By
the officers in six OF the wards On
the following d,y the law, which 70
qulrcs the division returns TO be filed
in the Prolh1notary's Office, was IA
GRAVITY disobcyed On the day whcu
the Return Judges met, their business
vas transacted in manner that made
accuracy Of count, or detection Of GIRO
neous returns, utterly impossible, aud
the Board adjourned without footing
up the figures the President read OF IN
extreme haste. Since then there has
been difficulty ia getting view of the
returns in the Prothontary's Office -
although Que main reason for having
copies of tho returns field there is, that
they may be open to public inspection;
and this last difficulty was not removed
until an order of Court compelled it
Our election officers aud the Prothoao
iary have thus adopted the Mormon"
system--tlat none but the "lcaders'
have right to know what is done the
common people being ouly so many lay
irurcs whose WEIGHT nr nop,b,r. il -
rive force TO whit IN, ..l,,1,rs" 4, IN
secret.
Hyfo,,;,t.t .,..... ,---.,
that rather than yield power, the Ad
minlslr1tion party will cxpcnd S30.
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to have been ncrnetr,trl NJ tlc Oc,o,.,
elretions ,hev will NAT bc,t,,, +, ca,,
nit other crime, in order ia cop,inno
in pos,es,iou ,f thc G,vcr,mo,, TL~.
want 10 hold an IN powsr IN o,i,r =.
control the sneepl,li,u of Tho conn,rr
through III. tactics or ,bo rr.a.n,yy
Dep,rtm,nt bcv lop't w,n, -
n,Tmc,ts hc,,ns: ,ho ol,.ao.s e.
spcculatinn woul1 be lcs.cnrI WIZ
the money market Is feyeri.b H..
Treasury notifies Eow Friends NJ ~,
sale Of a certain amount of yola md
those in the secret otc snro 70 rnnri,,
millions of dollars uf rroi,s The
left out in the cold arc swindl,l ta,bc
same amount Tho Grant Mn, ,ra all
made rich and his i o,e NJ ,ho .,r'
processes to wealth We AL rrc.n'a,,
what chance there is for the nore.c,iu,,
of our liberties If The neonlo Iii s,ns
ton an Admini.tration as ~n;Ily n. ,ha
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