The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-26
Greeley's Democracy.
AN INTERESTING CHAPTER OF HISTORY.

AN INTERESTING CHAPTER OF HISTORY
There is no Mongrel measure so obi.
Gus in Democratic estimation as the
bayonet election law. 1t is centraliza.
ton in it's most destestable and inter.
meddlipg form. Mr.. Greeley not only
defended this odious law, but was ite
chief instigator. He confessed its New
York paternity in the Tribune, and &C
knowledged that it's main purpose was
to control the elections in New York
city. He was in active correspondence
with the Mongrel members of Congress
from New York at the time of its pas
sage, and he advocated and defended
it in the Tribune with all the passion
ate fondness of paternity. The mon
strous, tyrannical bayonet election.law
was passed in the spring of 1870; and
the Tribune had elaborate defences of
it in it's editorial columns on May 10Th,
May 29th, May 23d, May 25th, May
2Sst, August Both, September 26th, Oc.
tober 9TH, October 18th, October 26th,
November 4th, November 5th, and No
vember 9Th, of the same year. We
have not space to copy all those arti-
cles, nor even extracts from them but
if we were to do so, and could get
Democrats to read any considerable
portion of them, we are confident that
no Democrat would ever vote for Ho-
race Greeley unless he publicly recants
and ahjures all that he so vehemently
maintained in the numerous articles
whose dates we have given. That in
famous law, which all Democrats, both
in Congress and out of Congress, de-
nounced as the most daring and insult
ing of all the outrages perpetrated by
the insolent Mongrel party, is still in
force; and Mr.. Greeley has given no
sign that lie desires its repeal. He
could not express such desire with
out humiliating himself and stultifying
the most prominent part of his record
for the last two years. We may, at
some time, think it expedient to re-
print all that he said on the subject,
but his course in that controversy is
too recent and well remembered, to
make it necessary now, unless his sup
porters should have the lardihood to
deny the record, Even that infamous
law did not 60 far enough to suit him.
He would have had it apply to all
State and local elections as well as to
the election of members of Congress
and Presidential Electors. The follow
ing extract from the article in the Tri-
bune of May 3lst, 1870, shows to what
lengths Mr.. Greeley would have wish
ed to go:
"It is urged by the Democratic or
gans that the law is to be enforced in
State aud municipal elections. This is
done to make it more obnoxious, if
that be possible, to their party. But,
UNFORTUNATELY, this is an error.
The la,c applies only to Presidential and
Congressional elections, THOUGH WE
WISH 1T COULD BE
MADE TO APPLY TO ALL 9TH
ERS."
We think it needless to multiply
quotations in the same vein when this
one is SO unequivocal and explicit
The only fault Mr.. Greeley found with
the infamous and detestable bayonet
election law was, that it did not go far
enough. He "heartily wished" that it
could have been made to apply to State
and municipal elections! He thereby
struck at the very roots of local free
dom, and proved that he is a more in
tense and bigoted centralizationist than
even the overbearing Mongrel Con-
gress that passed the bayonet election
law which SO deeply moved and in
censed all honest Democrats. Has Mr..
repentedi Has he renowned
his opinion that the only fault in that
execrable law putting elections in the
States under military control, is, that
it fell short of his wishes in not inclu-
ding all elections within it's tyrannical
provisions He has not repented or
recanted and until he does we do not
see how any Democrat can bring him
self to vote for this foremost apostle of
despotic, domineering Capitalization;
who was not only the most strenuous
champion of the worst law ever passed
by Mongrel Congress, but asserted
that even that odious measure fell short
of his wishes.-[ Exchange.
U Longfellow was not far wrong
when he took the position that our
admiration of woman rested more on
her character for affection than for
sparkling intellect. The proposition
cannot be received without exception,
but, then, when we look calmly into
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