Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-05-02
The Do,cnfaU of Grant.

TupG lOltO" els 10 SedISu. HC II
dications from every part of the
Union show that the ablest men
of the Republican party are de-
sorting the present-taker, and
looking ont tor a new man upon
whom they may concentrate their
strength. Nor is this "depar
ture" confined to such men as
Greeley, Sumner, Schurz, Trum-
bull, Logan, Gov. Palmer, of ILL.,,
! and Brown. The detection is
widespread, aud includes men Of
the greatest inference and the
most commanding ahilities-men
who made Grant what he is, ana
who can as readily unmake him.
| The office-holJer6 at Washing
ton and elsewhere are trembling
in their boots, as they begin to
realize that their tenure of Office
is most precarious. The DIN
cinnati Convention, which has
opened their eyes and shown
them the perilous position in
which they stand. Instead OF
the delegates to the Convention
being what they stigmatized
them, "a band Of d~isaffected and
disappointed men, and core
heads" they will, on the col
trary, embrace the brains and
energy and patriotism of the Re-
publican party. Men OF the most
exalted public virtue will be
there; men who, like Sumner,and
Governor Blair, of Michigan,
will bring wisdom to its coun
sells and strength and consisten-
cy to its action, and make 1t what
it really will be, a great Nation
al Mass Meeting. The people of
the northwest, Disguised with
theimbecility nepotism and reck-
less extravaganza of the Grant
administration, have thrown him
overheard and have appointed
their best men to represent them
at Cincinnati. The Middle, the
Eastern and the Western States
will be fully. represented by men
prominent alike for ability, and
for their life long adherence to
Republican doctrines, 1t will in
deed be a mighty outporing of
the Republican masses, whose
action and verdict will be the
death of the corruptionists; but
whether that action will save the
Republican party remains to be
be seen.
In the meanwhile we, as Dem
ocrats, will bide our time. We
will watch narrowly the progress
of events, and while preserving
our unity and organization al a
party, will4give''aid andcomtort'
to those who have for their OBJ
jeet the prosperity of the country
and the perpetuity of our free in
situations. Our liberties must be
preserved, let whatever else per-
ish. To secure this, our course is
a plain one, In the coming Presi-
Dental contest, the mission OF
the Democratic party is a very
simple, though vitality import
ant one. It is to press the issue
of reforming the c%orruptions of
every department of the Govern
Ssent; to purge out the rascali-
that have prevailed and still pre-
vail; to expose misdoings, and to
place the affairs Of the nation on
the same broad basis, financially
and other wise, that it occupied
before the Republican party se-
cured the control of the govern
ment. To accomplish this, we
must wage uneeasing war with
the Grant administration, expose
its corruptions, its usurpations
abuses, aud never cease until the
military usurpers and corruption
lists have been driven from place
and p wer, and the government
placed in the hands of honest and
pure men. @
Minister Schenck, who dis
graces the American Government