The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-21
views Of an Original Republican.

Hon. GEORGE W. JULIAN, Of indiana, was
one of the fathers Of the Republican party.
lie hclped to form it, and wasaone of Its
most devoted as well as most able advocates
from It's birth to its triumph. lie Joyed IN
the triumph but he has found, as IS TOO
often the case, that this party, having secured
its objects, is too fond of power, ana mas 10
turn become the opprcssor. Hear what ne
said in his speech delivered at Rockville,
Ind, on the 18th instant
"The Constitution expressly declares that
sthe powers not delegated to the Unltea
States BY the Constitution nor prohibited ny
il TO the States are reserved by 1t 10 tue
States respectively, or to tho people Dut
the theory on which General Grant conducts
his administration is that all powers not con-
fcrred on the States by the Constitution are
reserved to the United States, thus COM
nletely oyerturning the doctrines OF the
iatber. and setting at defiance the express
words of the Constitution itself. This is
now the political creed of the men who sit
at the right hand of the President. And
he not only tranples down the principles Of
local self.government, but sets up his own
W,
Congress. In the San Domingo affair we
have seen him deliberately usurp the war
making power, which is vested in Congress
by the Constitution. On the pretence OF
helDng the farmers in moving the crops
we have seen him assume powers which no
despot would dare exercise in issuing mil
lions of currency without any warrant OF
law. and on his own individual caprice.
We have seen him appointing to civil places
about him men ia the military service in
violation of an express statute which he Ia
sworn to execute. We have seen him grant
leave of absence to General Sickles from
his mission at Madrid to aid him in all effort
| to gain control of the Erie railway for his
own private advantage, and issuing a rIdicu-
lous order authorizing the inspection OF the
books of the company, which his own Sec
retarv of the Treasury Was obliged TO re-
woke. In disregard Of law, and in violation
of the Constitution and his oath OF of1ce, we
have seen him Qtlartering Federal soldiers
ON tbc Cherokee neutral lands in Kansas to
nrotcct q railroad corporation in driving
from their homes hundreds OF settlers who
claimed the lands occupied by them in good
faith under the prccnpLion laws. We have
seen him standing by Il reckless and corrupt
Federal Judge III Louisiana and using him
in crushing out the lawful government OF
that State in order that q gang OF graceless
dcmagoguos and conspiratorS may set up Il
pretended State government, which even
his own leading friends and most jealous par.
tisanl confess to bca cheat and sham. These
are few examples only, selected from many,
showing how the President carries the inn
pcrisl and military spirit into his high office,
and sets aside the laws which are as binding
upon him rs upon any other citizen, while The
example of his disobediencc is prominently
mi>chicvous. The same disregard Of law
of its spirit, if not its lcttcr-iS shown in
his gross misuse OF the power Of pardon.
Since his late election believe the first SUBJ
icct of his tender mercy was the Philadel-
pbia repeatcr and balotb0x-stufler, who
was rightly sentenced for term of years IN
the State prison, but promptly pirdoncd out
of it. A delaulting paymaster and gambler
who stole from the Treasury some four
hundred and sixty thousand dollars, and was
sentenced to a service of ten years in the
pcnitentiary, is the next favorite Of the En-
ecutre If | ain not mistaken, some par
doned forgers come next, while his rescue
from the oallows Of the murderer OBrien Is
an utter mockery of criminal justice and I'm
atrocious tampcrin@ with murder itself. In
granting pardon without cause or on IN
sufficient grounds the President violates the
oath which Solennly binds him to take care
that the laws are faithfully executed, and
becomes himself an offender against society
by interfering with the operations OF the
law in the interest Of its violatOrs instead OF
enforcing lis mandates. If our Government
is one OF law, and not Of force, and if the
well-being Of society can only be maintained
by StcadI;.stly unfolding the Anglo-Saxon
principle of the SacrcdneSs of law. then the
time has come for the people-the fountain of
law-to make their voices heard By the EX-
ccutive."