The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-08-16

His usurpation Of the war power in threat
sning Hsyti, having the means ut hand Of
making good his threat, if they continued
their hostilities against Dominica, and
doing this not only while the treaty was
under consideration by tho Senate, but after
they had rejected it.
4. His open and shameless use Of his
power Of patronage to support his personal
administration, and to secure a reelection.
8. His compelling Secretary Cox, a gentle
man Of ability, who faithfully served his
country during the war a. 9 general officer,
and who was administering the Interior
Department to the satisfaction of tue coun-
try, 10 resign, because he had refused 10
tolerate the assessment upon the salari les of
his clerks for party purposes, thereby coun-
tenancing the legality and propriety of such
ass essments. No greater violation IF duty
could be perpetrated.
8. His not only permitting, but virtually
ordering, the mem befs of the Cabinet and
the Bureau officers 10 canvass the Staten
where elections have beer or may be de-
pending, in his behalf-thus seriously inter-
fering with the public business which they
alone were appointed to attend TO, and for
which slone they are paid.
| z. In not only not disspproving OF the
acts Of Congress known 40 the Enforcement
acts of 1870 and 1871, but in recklessly
carrying them out by means of the military.
.. By his utter disregard of the rights of
the States and of the people. By holding
the latter still as enemies, and under this
| pretense continuing the military occupation
Of some Of the States, and not interfering in
any degree with the unconstitutional reck-
less, and corrupt governments which from
the first to the present time have plundered
those States, involving them in almost
hopeless bankruptcy.
9. His management of our foreign rela-
tons. His management Of the Alabama
Claims under the Washington Treaty. 1t is
unfortunately but too true that his conduct
in this respect from the moment that the
difficulty presented itself to the period when
it was removed in tho way just stated, has
but served to impair our character abroad
and mortify US at home in making the world,
at one time, believe that we were a nation
Of sharpers, and at another, nation OF block
| heads
| 10. His conduct, and the conduct Of the
party in Congress and out Of it, by whom he
is supported, in extending the powers of thr
General Government beyond those delegated,
in direct antagonsm to rights and powers
not only inherent in the States and the
people Of the States, but expressly reserved
to them by the Constitution itself
In this enumeration of the objections To
the election of President Grant, l do not
design to impugn his motives. am willing
10 conceue tndt tney arc ROous anu tndt Nc
| believes them patriotic but my conviction
s, and, if am capable of judging, the facts
which have stated demonstrate its sound
ness, that, conceding his motives to be good,
| he does not know what the Constitution 10,
and is en- tirely ignorant of the principles
which should govern republic like ours.
Mr.. GREELEY's QUALIFICATIONS.
proceed now to submit TO you some OBJ
servations in relation to Mr.. Greeley. In
49, Cat La IF .tvvv nnt ho
doubted. His ability displayed in the ardu-
GUS position of an editor Of leading journal
| for very many years, the thousands and
hundreds of thousands who have been his
constant readers will readily admit. That
he has, at times, inculcated doctrines which
many good and able men have thought un-
sound, is, no doubt, true. But what states
man has not.
His opinion on the doctrine of protection
10 now contested by many men Of ability
and patriotism. Whether his policy 10 sound
or not is a point upon which even able men
differ But this is certain, that when Mr..
Greeley adopted it he had the support Of
some Of the ablest of our statesmen, having
at their head Henry Clay, name never
mentioned in the hearing of Americans
without admiration and gratitude. If Mr..
Greeley has erred, it should be held to be
some extenuati that he erred in such COM
pany. That his opinion is honestly enter
tanned and has been maintained with great
ability must oe conceded. But does Gen.
Grant hold the opposite opinion? Or has
he any opinion on this nice problem ofpolit-
ical economy? If he base one) I've no idea
be has, his studies never having run on that
line), he certainly never has expressed it,
and from his enforced reticence, ifhe was to
do 80, would not be able to give his reasons.
But why should Mr.. G celey's opinion on
this point be any objection to his election
| He has accepted the nomination he received
at Cincinnati, and with an engagement TO
act upon the principles there announced.
One OF them is, quote it, that recognizing
that there are in our midst honest but ire
conciiaole differences Of opinion with regard
to tho the respective syotems of Protection
and Free Trade, we remit the discussion of the
ubject to the people in their Congress Dis
triets, and to the decision of Congress there
on, wholly free of Executive interference or
dictation."
This gives to the friends Of Free Trade an
OF rorsunity Of satisfying the people that
| their doctrine 10 the correct one, and that If
Congress shall SO decide their decision will
not be disapproved of by Mr.. Greeley.
ceive tho sanction of Congress will not de-
pend upon the opinion Of the President,
even il he has one, and 10 disposed to act up
il. He can effect nothing except 40 he may
be able TO influence Congress by his patron
age, and this M man TT for the Office would
attempt, because to do 30 would be palpa-
BILE effort to corrupt that Department. That
Mr.. Greeley would not take such . step 10
certain, because he is honest, and because
the platform upon which he agrees to stand
prohibits it.
PATRIOTIC TREATMENT OF TIE SOUTH.
Before the war, and occasionally during
it's continuance, his treatment of the south
was believed by many to have been un-
necessarily harsh. But in this no one seri-
ously questioned his motives. They were
in no respect personal or other than patri-
otto. The war over, what has been his