Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-07-18
Who Is Responsible.

The charges which the Democratic
party bring against the administers
ton OF Gen. Grant are various, bu,
the favorlte accusation is that OF mil
itary despotism. THIS was the main
point of Mr.. Belmont's address at the
opening of the convention in Balti-
more. There is a certain claptrap
ring about those words, partially be-
cause Gen. Grant is \ military man
and his associations are naturally
with soldiers, and partly because he
conquered the rebellious South and
re.establishcd the national authority.
II the "wayward sisters" had been
permitted to ego in peace" or If
Gen. Grant had been unsuccessful
and the South had achieved indie
pendence, the military despotism"
of Gen. Grant would not now exist.
In its place would be q disintegratcd
nationality, with perhaps the timid,
mob fearing Horatio Seymour at the
head Of a part Of it. We should be
disgraccd before tho world, and, in
stead Of the atrocious despot,sm Of
Grant, the charming trlumvirate OF
Tweed, Sweeney and Hall would
command the execrations of man.
kind. One cannot help wondering
how much would be left OF the treas.
ury of the United States had tho pre-.
cious crew who drew the lite. blood
SO quickly ont of the great metrop-
ills of tho new world once get their
fangs inte the national veins. Nor
is it to be overlooked that these are
the creatures who surround "Honest
Horace" and, in loving gush of fra
tcrnity for their new ally. grieve
over the nepotlsm and military des-
potism of our blunt, but honest and
able executive. Mr.. Belmont must
have a strange idea OF despotism, if,
IN his thought. the north IS at pres
ent greatly suffering from The tvran-
ny OF . despot. No; it is the South
that has been conquered in war land
partly because 1t has been conquer
cd) that gives such point TO this
charge. Now that tho South has
been conqucred-and justly conquer
ed. most patriots admit--yet there
have been some things in the gencr.
al management of affairs in the South
since the war that have given offense
to good men. 1t could not have been
otherwise. The stupid obstinacy oil
Andrew johnson, and his quarrel
with Congress, was very serious
difficulty in the way of healthful
reconstruction. A great deal of irri
tation existed at Washington that at
fec,ed general legislation. This irri
tation, through laws passed and pro
posed, brought about a state ofthings
III tho south that was lalnentable.-
The southerrers believed that the
President was their friend, and no,
merely that, but that Congress was
trying to degrade and extcrminate
them. The knklnx legislation grew
out OF this state of things, aud who
ever may say it was dangerous te
personal liberty to make the pres,
dent sole Judge as to when and where
the habeas corpus privilege should be
suspended, it will do we'll to remcm
Der that the administration Of An
drew johnson had utterly democratic
ed the south and made anarchy ev
erywhcre possible. Now, for thi'
state Of things who is responsible p
We say, pre:cminently above all 9th
err meni in this country, HORACE GREE
LEY. The New York Tribune no
merely defended the EXTREMIST meas
nrcs in what came to be fight be
tween Congress and the nation OF