Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-21
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Of III Charleston Courier, writing
;.t,o;st5 the Inauguration. says;
The iirst impression made upon
nil by the unprecedented magniticence
OF this inaugural celebration and the
ltiIliatiOn bestowed upon tho hero OF
the day is that General Grant Is con-
sidered IS President for life. The
whole proceeding with ali It's pageantry.
and its tunultous cheers for the one
man. reminds one of coronation. 1t
IS. IN fact, sort OF mass convention
Tor the denomination OF Grant for
t.Iird term. He, himself, it is believed
and asserted by his intimates, has no
more doubt of his third election
than he has of the fact that he has
been twice elected. Nothing Is more
desired by him than unanimous re
election, and to accomplish this he will
endeavor to appease, If not to con-
ciliate, the Southern people now OPP
posed to him. That he aUiU C,adcdror
to b5.inq the South to his support there
can be no doubt.
If President GRANT is trying "to
bring the South to his support" he
has queer way of going about 1t. His
efforts i'll Louisiana and Alabama, to
sustain with Federal bayonets the
r,surpers who have seized upon their
State governments, is not calculated to
win to his support the substantial
people of those States.
Even where he has not such a
favorable opportunity to tyranlze over
the Southern people, he takes every
opportunity that presents itself to
Insult them. Even i'll North Carolina
where there was no excuse to seize the
government, he picks out the most
abandoned knaves and vagabonds and
criminals to appoint to Federal posi-
tons. First, we learn that the swindler
Hester-and we call Solicitor Cantwells
delicate legal sensibihties to the appe
lation-the swindler Hester-is ap-
pointed to Consulship-a more
shameless knaye and thief was never
so honored by President, and it
would seem that General GRANT had
made 4 successful effort to pick out
from among his North Carolina sup
Dnrtcrs the most worthless man among
them, and at best they do not present
q very choice lot.
rext we zee that Ex-Governor Hol-
den is appointed Postmaster at Raj
cigh. A man convicted, by the aid
Of lbs own political friends, in % time
Of high party excitement, OF crimes
that should have sent him to the scat
fold, but which did depose him, in
disgrace, from the highest official
position in the State, is recognized
BIZ the President, and appointed
to a Lucrative. a respectable and
an honorable position under the Gov
cz,n1nent. Can one imagine either OF
M. AA1lases, Jackson, Fillmore, Polk
or Ici.3ce, i,estoslng official patronage
MOO! a lna, :. 40 had been eonFlcted,
nv the representatives. of his own
DeoUi,. without regard to party, OF
cr;eyor,s otfenses against the liberties
and )fOptitJ ~ tl4o SA''
such thing have been possible, Yet,
President GRANT, while the echo OF his
31.o:aetations for civil service reform
had hardly been lost amidst the con-
fusion and noise of the Capitol and
Pennsylvania Avenue, insults the whole
people Of the State by rendering to
lir. Holden, without personal sollclta-
tons. without Recommendations, the
-,os;liou of Postmaster TO the very
y .rsons Who Id been the witnesses,
and some of whom hat. been the vtc'
TINS, of his crimes.
General GRANT may have organized,
at his Inauguration, a grand Mass
Convention for his denomination Tor
the third term, and indeed, he may be
the perpetual President of the United
States during his natural life, but we
are proud to think that he will never
obtain the consent and endorsement of
the substantial people of the south.
At each succeeding election they will
enter their firm and defiant, if unavall-
ing, protest. They can never be
seauced into coaSaGdly abandonment
of the vital principles of the govern
ment by the Establishments of power,
much less will they be frightened into
it by harsh and unnatural display of
its force.