The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-06-16
THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION.


may, by the reckless expenditure of
public money, and by the many 9th
er corrupt means at his command, be
able to control enough votes in the
nominating convention to make him
self the candidate of his party, but
we cannot believe for moment that
any influence or power under the sun
can secure his election. He will be
the most difficult man in his party to
defeat before such a convention, but
the most difficult man to elect when
he comes before the people. The
masses of this country naturally love
the institutions established by the
patriots of hundred years ago: they
naturally regard their liberties under
the Constitution as priceless birth
right, and no power nor no price that
could be brought to bear could in
duce them to barter away or surren-
der this glorious Inheritance. They
have seen with their own eyes blow
after blow delivered against the Con
stitution Of their country, within the
past two years, by the present chef
magistrate. They have seen him
usurping one by one, in the face of
the most solemn prohibitions Of law,
powers that were never conferred nor
intended to be conferred upon any
President Of the United States, and it
is impossible for intelligent people,
as the masses of this country certain
iy are, to witness these bold en-
croachments upon their liberties and
not rise up in their might and crush
the man who dares assail Them
Hence we cannot believe there is the
faintest shadow of possibility that
General Grant can be the next Pres
ident Of the United States.
If a Republican is elected he will,
fortunately for himself, have the num-
berless plumbers and crimes contain
ed in General Grants contemplate
record to serve as a warning restraint.
These, if he gives heed, will read him
valuable hints on the science of poll
tics and government, and the igno-
minious fate which will have then be-
fallen General Grant in consequence
of these blunders, will warn him lest
a similar fate should be his.
Therefore we do not apprehend
that the next chief magistrate will
be, like the present, arrogant in the
exercise of his peculiar powers, con-
temptible in maintaining the dignity
of so high a position among his fel-
low-men, stupid in the discharge of
those duties which should rebound
to the happiness and harmony of the
whole country, and revolutionary and
reasonable in his dastardly aims to
overthrow the constitutional forms of
the government and trample out the
liberties of the people. Of all these
crimes and misdemeanors the present
chief magistrate of this country has
been conspicuously guilty. He has
been for eight years the honored idol
of party of fanatics who we'll knew
that his vanity and boldness quail
fed him as willing instrument in
their hands, while his stupidity of
mind rendered him ready and plant
to every purpose.
But the people Of the whole coun-
try, from Maine to California, have
at last been startled by the magni-
tude and boldness of his crimes
They find that they have been slum-
bering when they should have been
wakeful and yigilant. Now that they
have come to see the true design and
tendency of the party he represents,
they have sounded the clarion and
planted sentinels on the outer walls.
In fact, it has rarely been seen in the
history Of any government, that SO
sudden and disastrous warfare has
been waged against any political par
ty as that now waging against the
Republican party of this country
That party is now being rebuked
and repudiated from one end of the
land to the other. The people, ever
jealous of their liberties, have real,
lied sense of the terrible dangers
that threaten them, and are deter
mined to strike an effectual blow fol
their preservation.
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The Police Jury were in session
five days Of last week and adjourned
in course. We understand they did
considerable work, arranging and
nnmintr the road svndics and natrol.