Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-08-28

1usiOn TO Summer.
Special Dispatch to the New York Times.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-Dr. Francis
Lieber has written letter to a gentle
man in this city who has obtained hi,
permission to make it public. DIR
Lieber, being a German by birth. ma,
wellreply to another German who has
already had his say in the question 0.
the Presidential contest He is Mr.
Schurz's inferior III nothing unless the
power of elocution. In learning and
ability he is Schurz's equal, in char.
acter he is as stable and
answering as Schurz is tickle
and treacherous. His career
has been as remarkable. He fought at
Waterloo in the Prussian army. He
took part in the struggle with Greece
for iaer Independence. He was mem
ber of the family of Medium, the his
torian. He was imprisoned afterward
in Germany for his liberal sentiments.
In this country since 1927, he has won
his way to a lofty position. During
the war he was constantly consulted by
the American Administration on ques-
tions of international law and rendered
important service to the national cause
DE-. Lieber is entitled to speak, and
will be gladly heard by both German
born and native Americans
New YORK, Aug. 8, 1872
DEAR SIR: have always taugIltit as a max
i'm of fundamental Importance that he who has
right to vote is in duty bound to vote. Snub-
bing the poll is undutifu. Voting for an i'm
possible candidate is equivalent to not doing
our duty, especially in a country the policy Of
which Is primarily founded upon general suf-
frage. We come down then to this We must
vote, and can vote only either for Grant or
for Mr.. Greeley. We cannot vote for a man
IN the moon, nor ought we to abstain from the
ballOt-bOX. SolOn made q law that in civil
connections every Athenian should take one
side OF the other. Certain it is that in peace
full times-lf mere absence of war be called
peaceful tlmes-the principle of Solon's law
ought to be universally accepted and acted
upon. Even the nomination of Mr. Greeley,
and especially the peculiar method
OF the nomination at Cincinnati, seems to me
q deplOrable fact in the annals of our country
aud the Baltimore ratification is like concubin-
age between Repubhcanism and Democracy
taking these words, of course, in their party
meanings. Mark this. The Democrats do
not surrender to the Republicans, on the con-
trary. Mr.. Greeley and his followers surren-
der to the Democracy. Elections, like battles
can rarely be spoken of with certainty before
they are fought. But this I know. should Mr.
Greeley be elected President OF the United
States, we shall have in him q far worse Presi-
dent tlan we had IN Mr.. Buchanan. It is
openly avowed by secessionists, vino declare
themselves Greeley men, that g the
lost cause will then stand once more fair
chance? That pitiful State rights doctrine
none can know 1t better to its inmost fibre
than nyself-will visit us again. 1t destroyed
the noble COmmOnWea Of the Netherlands :
1t brought our Republic to the brink of ruin
and 1t would unavuldably bring upon us under
that President, disloyal disorder, and probably
SanguInary confusion. As to financial ruin
that could not be avoided Nothing will be so
extravagant to apprehend from a combination
such as must take place under so weak and
yet so reckless man. Reputation, pension
ing the rebel soldiers, assuming the Southern
debs Why not? The glorifcation of the
Kentucky resolutions, though, if [ recollect
right, Mr.. Greeley calls them in one OF
his works a rank treason. and
and renewed civil bloodshed stare
us in the face. Nowhere are
amiable fctions more out of place than in
craftsmanship, and a friend of mine, whose
name is widely known in both hemispheres
would be obliged, should this country really
be visited with that. election, not indeed to
shake those hands which foully brought him
to the verge of death, for they are bones in
the grave, but to shake hands with those who
warmly applauded, and doubtless still applaud,
the cowardly and savage act They charge
Grant with CentrallSm. Do they again con-
found Nationalism with Centralism? Have
they not yet learned from history and our own
times, that the Democracy is always inclined
toward absolCtism and despotism? All state
rights men, even to Mr.. Calhoun, he was per-
sonally my friend, were severe Centraiists
within their states. Their idea of proper gov
ernment III the United States was only the ut
most possible state opposition to the National
Goyernment, Just as 1t had occurred in
the Netherlands. Still you may possibly OBJ
ject to this question, whether the Demo-
Gratis have not led this country to a glorious
Development [ totally deny it. The coun-
try has grown great despite Of tpat which is
characterlstlcally Democratic elective Judic =
ary, dlsregarding the Supreme Court, distri-
button OF National funds, repndiation, State
Rights doctrine, idolatry Of slavery and a
civil war which fairly began to resemble the
German thirty years war. With reference to
the Democrats and the success of this coun-
try we have the same old and ever-repeatcd er-
ror in logic-because things exist together
therefore they stand as cause and effect to
each other Storks love the frogs of the
Netherlands, and on every farmers house is a
stork nest. The Netherlands was q Republic;
therefore, it used to be said, g storks like re-
publics."
We are told things ought to be forgotten.
What have the Republicans done? Has one
traitor been tried Has ever a people shown
such absence of vengeance as the Union peo-
pie OF the United States have done If, as |
pray God to avert, the Democrats come in
again under Greeley, it requires no prophet to
fOretell that we shall see very different spirit
on the part OF the victorious Democrats |
shall vote for Grant.
Your Obedient servant.
FRANCIS L1EBER.
The friend above alluded to. as
known in both hemispheres, is doubt
less Mr. Sumner. Mr.. Sumner on
Saturday last had not read Mr.. Blaine's
letter III reply to his advices to colored
men. He treated the letter with the
utmost contempt. He was not going
to demean himself by taking notice of
the assaults Of q small man. But he
has been compelled to do what he
thinks is entirely uncalled for-make
an answer. He has been convinced,
not that Mr.. Blaine is not small man.
but that the people are a stupid crowd.
and will read Mr. Blaines letter.
and think him as capable Of
giving good advice as Mr.. Sumner
kilograms have come to him from
Maine and elsewhere, from "Liberal
Democratic sources telling him,
You must answer Blaine's letter; it
is hurting us badly" and so he has
written a reply. "a Democrat once
almost took your life, and we applaud
ed" say his new followers C Now
Blaine calls the attention of the coun
try to it, and we cannot answer. Cue
you do anything for us ?' He
tries. He gave tito a Democratic paper
here, which did not print the letter of
Blaine to which it replies, and it sends
out advance slips to the telegraph-of-
fees and the Liberal sympathy men !;
and that too, a paper which hates Chas.
Sumner to-day as much as it did a
few months ago when abusing him.
They have taken him as Gov. Whyte
says, ''for temporary use" That he
has written a reply at all, is due to the
effect of Mr.. Blaine's splendid letter so
palpably injuring the Democratic cause
that an attempt to meet it must be
made.
THE Republicans of Alabama have nominated
tbp f01lOWiDo Ticket. David oCyio nor,or,