Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-09-14
DALLAS SEPTEMBER H. 1872 l57540 WHOLE

point to no other merit OF reconlHsL!H
ton than his capacity to kill his fellow
man can find no favor In my eye as
candidate for President. Blot out tll'
war record of Grant and what man wi!
say he would make safer President thai
Greedy. Judging by the past alone, |
there was no difference in the views en-
tertained by the two men, can not imag
inc how any patriot could prefer Grant tc
Greeley.
THE PLATFORMS.
But there is something more than n
mere personal difference between the two
men. The platforms upon which they
stand differ widely. The twelfth article
of the Grant philadelphia platform says
ave hold that Congress aud the Presi-
dent have only fulfilled an imperative du.
ty in their measures for her suppression
of violent aud reasonable organizations
in certain lately rebellious regions, and
for the protection Of the ballot; box and
therefore they are entitled 10 the thanks
Of the naticn.'
There you will see that the whole war
like policy of the Grant n lministration TO-
ward the Southern States is endors ed by
his Convention at Philadelphia, and for
the manner in which Grant has protected
the purity of the ballo-box he is entitled
to the thanks of the nation. Protected
the ballot-box We'll, after the exposure
of the frauds in the Gidlings contest, |
should call that little cheeky.
Rut now let us see what the Greeley
platform says upon this point.
The fourth resolution Of the Cincinnati
and Baltimore platform says
"Local self government, with impartial
suffrage, will guard the rights of all citi-
zens more securely than centralized
power. The public welfare requires the
supremacy of the Oivl over the military
authority, and freedom of person under
the protection of the habeHs corpus. We
demand for the individual the largest lib
erty consistent with public order, and for
the State self government, and for the ma
tion n return to the meth DDS of peace and
the constitutional limitations of pow
err
And that, gentlemen, call as good dem o.
cratic doctrine as ever Thomas Jefferson
wrote.
That The public wei'ar9 requires the
Supremacy Of the civil over the military
| authority, aud freedom of person under
the habeas corpus" That 10 the true spir-
it OF civil lib,rty and is pledge that The
constitutional guarantees, as they relate
to the personal liberty of the citizen, shall
| be observed. When they are observed
prosperity and happiness will bless this
land. Have they been observed under
Grant? Go TO the newspapers of the day
for the past three years, and read the stor-
les OF martial law all over the South for
nm answer.
Call 10 mind the days when military
| Bastiles frowned from every important
| point in this State, and military commits
sons were sitting in judgment upon the
| lives and fortunes ofthe citizens.
Think of martial law in South Carolina,
and the Federal Courts throughout the
whole South being overrun with political
r'snners. Ennw aiao thnt Hrast And
his Convention n philadelphia endorse
all that II was under bis supervision
that ,hese crimes were perpetrated, and
he PROMISES you that, in the event Of re-
elcgIioa, he will enieaver to continue
them. Read whNt he says in his letter
accepting he Philalelphia nomination;
ny eleyred in November and protected
by 4 kind Providence in healih aud
strength to perform ths iuUe. of the high
trust conferred, PROMISE the same zeal
and devotion to the good Of The whole r..
pie Tor the future Of my official life as ms
characterized il in the past.
He gives you no promise Of relief no
word of hope, no prospect of change. lie
has nothing to offer you as n guarantee
for the future except his record in the
past.
How different the language of Mr.. Gree
ley. In his letter accepting the Cincinna-
ii nomination, be says
"Thnt, subject TO our solemn constitn.
tiorn obligation to maintain the equal
rights of all citizens, our policy should
aim at local sell government, and not ut
Capitalization that the civil authority
should he supreme over the military that
| the writ Of habens corpus should be jeal-
ously upheld as tho safeguard of persona
freedom that tho individual citizen should
enjoy the larges liberty consistent with
public order; and that there shall be no
Federal subversion of the internal policy
of the several States and municipalities,
| but that each shall be left free TO enforce
The rights and promote the well-being OF
| its Inhabitants by suca means as the
| judgment OF lS Ohn peVPAo oh"'i I'N
scribe"
Grant tells you that you have had mar
tial law in the past, and he promises 1t TO
you in the future. Greeley tells you that
| the civil shall he superior to the military
authority, and that The privileges of the
writ of habeas corpus shall be observed.
And what is that
WRIT OF nADCAs CORPUS
which Grant has suspended, and promises
/ tC again suspend in the event Of his being
continued in power? 1t is everything,
and without il haman liberty becomes ex-
I tinct. A great and lhosghtful commen;-
ator has said that II IVES "a writ of right
| to which every man was entitled 1t is
the base of English freedom, and is older
than the government of the United States.
II was extorted by your ancestors and
mine, from their despo;ic king when they
| gathered around his throne at Runymede,
long before the establishment Of white
settlement On this continent; and when
fleeing from British oppression they
sought shelter in the wilds Of this West
ern world they brought with them shat
sacred guarantee, and sfter carving out a
nationality with the sword, when they
came to form Constiiutiod for their gov
ernment they placed it in these words:
"The privileges Of the writ of habeas cor
pus shall not be suspended except in ca
ses of rebellion or invasion when the pub
lio safety might require it, And there
il has stood from that day until this, and
no man has dared to violate 1t until this
would-be American Cesar laid bis sacre-
ligious hands upou it-and he PREMISE to
do 80 srain i'll lie has he opporuniiy-
while Greclsy tells you tat il shall be re-
spsste 4 undpr bis Administration.
il seems 10 ne q no other Issue E5s in-
{ rolved in The contest than this Que cues
lion Of the Superiority of the civil ever
the military authority bst 10 alone should
enlist actively every maB imbued with the
Democratic sentiment.
But uers are other issues. Issues 81
assarbinr interesb bur few Of which
shall be ahie % touch ts-nishL one is~-
ever, Which is 20 intimately oeuuscied
with the prssfslity and f.dare develop
meuf Of or State, that ] -ann0i let The