The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-19

The Hon. GEO. Ii. PEHDLEroN,
having been invited to be present at
the celebration of the battle Of New,
Orleans, i'm Wooster county, Ohio, by
the Democrats, wrote a letter 10 the
committee from which we make the.
following extracts. His -uhrusts at
the corruption of the present admin
istration are terse and scathing, and
his declaration against Capitalization
and military supremacy will be re.
ceivcd with the respectful attention
it merits. lie said: ,tfrrtss,rri ii r. i.
Two great dangers impefil free
institutions under the policy of the
party now in power. The spirit of
centralized military government at
tacks everywhere the Constitution,
and corruption in Office destroys the
civil aduinistrat tom LIDO not speak
merely OF chiefly Of special defalcs.
tions however startling, but of the
general degradation of the, standard
of oalcial integrity until the Offices
i'm both the civil and military service
seem to be considered the property
of the party, to be disposed and adj
ministerial primarily for. party ag-
graudizement or personal profit. =,
. Thesc dangers grow ont of and are
inseparable from the present organi-
cation of the Republican party. Its
foundation, its philosophy, its his.
tory, and its leaders recognize MILL
tary power and the cOrrupting use of
money by official patronage Is legiti.
mate forces in ordinary civil admin.
istratiOn, and now more than ever
arc they brought into activccxcrcise.
The Democratic party confronts this
theory and denounces these practi-
ces. f-!rft sH1t'..iin' j..
Founded upon the idea of local
government, jealous ofpowers grant,
ed TO authority, taught that simplici-
ty and economy are, essential to the
honesty necessary in republican in
situations, it maintains with more
determined purpose that the military
must be subordinate to the civil au-
thority, and that Offices are a trust
for the people, not spoils for the vic
tors. ID u.i-, ..I
Its powerful organization enters
every village in the land, and num-
beers among its adherents nearly one
half the peOple-as intellectual, az
pure, as patriotic, As ,insel1ish as any
of their ifcllow-citizens. They are
too numerous to be cowardly. They |
are too patriotic to be lukewarm.
They are too sincere in their purposes
and convictions to be Nriven to dee-
pondency by ten years of reverses.
They have shown .eenstancy in de- 4
feat as well US wisdom in victory. IfI
understand their feelings they will
never disband their Organization nor |
flee the field before the contest COM I
mences.s Either course, they believe,
would give undisputed sway to the
present administration, which could
give undivided attention to the de-
serters from its ranks.
An advancing army, with the enc.
my either dispersed or in flight,
never loses divisions or regiments,
or even companies, and is generally !
able to pick off or TO pick. up treach+
crous or thoughtlcss stragglers. -
lf,uere be, rs Is claimed. many
Of the Republican. party
who disapprove the ideas wNca do:
minate the administration of Presi- |
dent GRANT, and are prepared to op-
pose his e-elecIiOp, they should de-
Clare .th0ir purposes, org anize their
party, 'devOlep and nanifcst their
strength, and i'll may predict the
future, they will have no just cause,
even the most sensitive and. imid
them, for refusingte cooper
ate with the Democratic party. Wheni
Its authorized convention shall speak
Il twill remind its adherents that the
ultimate and highest purposes of its
existence is to secure the greatest
in its best sense, of every y
human being In thefland, that Fain-
ciples of government are true or un.t
true, as they contribute To- this result, Is
that parties and politics aid 1ofltSst'
are butmeans To this end THAT ptin-1 :
spies are OF different application, I
ind questions lose their Importance
In Tie eyer shilling changes of hu-
nan afsirs, and discafdingl all mars
row ideas, abandoning econsidera-j
lion ofal Questions which have been I.
ice .aetl orr buried. by the events
which have passed.; recognizing the
facts .of the present.
md srIreriatin atAo dangers Of the +
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