National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-01-09
LIES YERSHS FACTs

One would suppose to Judge from the
articles in the newspapers and the speeches
in Congress and the numerous protests and
resolutions coming up here by telegraph
from all parts of the country that the
Executive of the nation was poor imbe-
Gle TO be moved, like puppet, by popular
clamor-aRd Democratic clamor at that.
The people know General Grant better
than this. They know that as Executive
of this great Government he has superior
means ofinformatlont through official sources
of all kinds, civil and military, to those en-
joyed by any other parties. They know
that he is the last man in the world to
yield to popular clamor which is based en-
tirely upon information less reliable than
his own. He not only proved this during
the war and afterward while in command
of the army, but he has repeatedly and
steadily given evidence of the fact since he
became President by pursuing the even tenor
of his way regardless of the misrepresen-
tation and abuse of the so-called Independ-
ent and Associated Press, which has had
for its motto Anything TO beat Gran"
during the last four years.
1t should be remembered that this As
sociated Press of New York receives its
inspiration from Wall street. Its bread
and butter is dependent upon its catering
to the non-producing stock gamblers, grain
spectators and operators in mines, rail-
ways, breadstuffs and provisions, who are
getting rich by gobbling up the proceeds of
the labor of the country. 1t has made
combination to break down the administra-
ton of General Grant because he will not
submit to its dictation, which now includes
the whole of its members, with single ex-
ception. The New York Commercial Ad-
rertissr still adheres to the truth. All the
Others have Joined in pooh-poohing the
Southern outrages ofthe White Leagues,
the Taxpayers Associations and the
"Ku-Klux Klans." Many Of them have
sent special correspondents to the South
with instructions to write up the Demo
cratic side Of the outrage question.
The agents of the Associated Press in the
South are almost without exception Demo-
Gratis and members of the white League"
organization. Is it natural to suppose that
the Administration would accept reports
from such inimical and prejudiced sources,
in preference to those from its own official
agents? Would it be safe, or just or pa
triotic in it to do so? Certainly not. But
on the other hand, it has not relied solely
upon its civil sources of official information
for guidance, but it has taken the precau-
ton to verify such reports by the careful
observation of military officers entirely dis
connected with politics, and as far as pcssi-
bic removed from political or local preju-
dice. In every instance where q call has
been made for troops, the circumstances
have been carefully investigated by mill
tary officers before the orders were issued,
and the instructions given to troops have
been based upon the reports made by such
officers.
These facts will no doubt be made ap-
parent by the necessary documents accom-
panying the special message in which the
President will communicate 10 Congress
the proceedings of the military in Louisi-
ana and other Southern States. 1t will
also be found that where such reports of
military or other special agents did not
confirm the rumors and unofficial state
ments no troops have been ordered to the
scenes of alleged disturbances, and that the
results have generally proved that there
was no exigency existing that demanded
their presence.
In this view of facts we submit that all
the clamor which is being raised against
the President and the military for its oper-
atoms, directed by him, is ill-timed, mis-