The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-13
Political Notes.

. IAAuNN htIh
the Washington Republican, the acknowl.
edged mouthpicce of Grants Administra.
ton, threw off all disguise as to the purpose
of the Force Biz then pORding in the
House, and openly ayoWed tia. 1t was
| designed to secure the election of a Re
publican President in 1876, in despite Of
the popular vote, and through the machin.
cry Of this same Force Rlll' 10 large
capitals Ii said
1--WE repeat here what We have said
before very often The passage Of the
bill is required to preserve to the Repub.
lican party the electoral votes of the South.
ern States. Remember that il the Dem.
ncrats carry oil the sogthoyl States, as
they will if the White League usurpation
in some Of them is not suppressed, Il will
require only fifty Democratic electoral
votes from the Northern States to elect a
Democratic President This is a liberal
estimate
There is vast amount of truth in this
pithy summary which The 81. Lous Re
pHbtiean makes If Gen. Grants six years
Of Presidential service He has estah-
lished procedeuts which will vcx us as long
as the nation lives, and he has set an ex-
ample which embraces all those blunders
aud crimes which tho ruler of free coun.
try should avoid. He has wrought more
damage to the Republican system in these
six years than his successors can repair in
the next Fifty, and by his principles aud
actions has done more to demoralize public
sentiment and weaken public confidence
in the stability Of free institutions than all
the trials aud tyrannies Of civil war. And
With these credentials he has the magnii.
cent impudenee TO aspire to third term,
and there are fools aud knaves who are
willing to encourage and assist him 10 it !
The New York Tribune in speaking Of
the business before the Committees on
Invalid Pensions and War Claims, during
the late session Of Congress, says An
sorts Of ridiculous petitions seem to have
been considered by these Committees, but
the hight of absurdity was reached ia the
claim of physician for $4,000 as COM
pensation for removing 1900 corls from
the feet Of the soldiers during the Rebel
lion.
Let the Southern people leave the Ad-
niinistration and the Republican party to
the angry North, with nothing to divert
or distract Il In the reckoning; let them
remain silent and passive while the reek-
oniDg goes on-and the next Presidential
election will be to the Republican party
simply day of judgment.-!S. Loms Re
Putqicon, Ind.
The Republicans Of Pennsylvania will
hold their State Convention at Lancaster,
May %, aud the Democrats will call theirs
at Erie on Sept s, The Istishsrg Gazette
says l-"We assume that there will be no
difficulty over the Gubernatorial nomina-
ton. Gov IIartranA will have no oppo-
sition
Nothing is more certain than that Grant
and his friends are steadily working for
third term nomination, and that they will
endeavor to secure il by convincing the
party Of the imminent danger OF a new re.
bellion.--&. Louis Republican, lad.
The National Grecnback party held a
convention at Cleveland on Thursday and
decided to go into the Presidential cam
paign on a platform Of unlimited paper
money and abolition Of banks,