The daily gazette., 1876-11-21
For the Gazette. '.i
The Price of. Liberty is
Eternal ViXilance.

Such Is the selfishness of man, the cor
ruption of human nature and the accum-
ulation of power, that every true lover
of his country and liberty should go up
into his watchtower at least occasionally
and especially should he beyigilant in
such, times rs we have been passing
through the last ten years and now threat
ems lis. 1t is said that history is philosO-
ply teaching by example; what reader of
history does not know that conquerors
although waging war professediy for lib
erty, yet when they have succeeded IN
conqnering, they havetheinselves turned
oppresSors, and tyrantized over those
whom they conquered. Such Us the infir-
ehce and result of hate and revenge and
vengeance and the malignant passion.-
Nor Is this the end, the party demagogues
make use Of the occasion to advance
their power over their own friends and
party, and make even government sub
SERVANT to their own selfish purposes
who does not see there Is an an
alogy between what has been going on
in this country since the war and NapOl-
comic tactics by which he first elected q
Republic and became President and af-
terward subverted the government and
proclaimed himself Emperor and estab-
lished the dynasty of France. Since our
war has there not been going on the
same concentration of power and an eff
fort to make this centralized govern
ment and tendency among officials to
llsurp power and tendency in party to
invest them with despotic power, and
make liberty to consist in their liberty to
do as they please and make others sub
servient to them. Thus loyalty is not
loyalty to the constitution or constitut-
ed government but loyalty to there minis
trations to them obedience to the tyrant's
sword. The subserviency of the mind
and the resources of the people, what less
the despotic power and party power does
Gen. Gran5 already WELD, and what less
than vampires have his officials been,
binding our people in chains and sucking
up the life blood of the nation-instance
Williams, Babcock, Belknap-and also
making minor offices and even our
soldiers tributary to them by fraud, in-
Justice and oppression, and now the last
act in the drama is to use the soldiers for
interference in the liberties ofthe people
of the states, perpetuate party power by
force and by fraud, and by such means
wisest statesmen fear is leading onto i'm
perialism, the destruction of the Repub-
lie and the Inauguration of q monarchial
government.
We are not given to fears, but the prin-
ciples of the Republicans, their interfer
ence with the liberties of the people and
administration of government have in
uuCtu SICdt Itdl5 lllfit IL bllC BoN
was continued in their hands another
four years there is great danger there
would be an end to the liberties of the
people and despotic government set up
over us, not to refer to the long line of
usurpations and exertions OF power
| through the past; look only to the recent
use of the army for the intimidation of
the people at elections; look at the ne
| farious government and returning boards
instituted by what has been called re-
construction and look at the positions as
sumed by minor officers as well as higher
ones, that they have the right to return
whom they may wish, and whom they
may think as elected, and not according
| to the election. Hear the testimony of
one of Kelloggs returning board before u
committee of Congress:
| Senator Carpenter-Hou estimated it
then upon the basis of what you thought
the vote ought to have been.
| Mr.. Lynch-Yes, Sir, that was just the
fact and 1 think on the whole we were
l.pretty correct-who does not believe the
delay in finding out the returns, is to play
the same game and doctor them up if it
can be done or any chance to be done, or
if they dare to do it so as to return
j Hayes as President, who is not humilia-
ted at the secresy of their canvassine
board, General Grant sending the army
there and designating set of party me
| u 20 Unere 10 DOSGer tueln up w i1O uOts
not see it does not make the President, to
depend on the Election, but on the return
ing board of two white men and two ne
| groes or revolutionize the Government
or brings the claims of the Presidency in
to conflict between the claimant and in
troduces opportunity for General Grant tt
proclaim himself dictator or some othel
savan to try sword blades with him ant
thrust upon our country the times OF thu
bloody, French revolutions, or the NOR,
frequent revolutions of Mexico. Wha
then becomes of our boasted Republi
can Government. Is not such finale
too great cost to pay for the administra
ton of the Republican party. Then le
! all well wishers to their country and thei
country's Governmsntgather around he
| standard and utter their notes of warn
ing that this deception and fraud ant
usurpation and tyranny shall not be, ant
: that our government shall be perpetuatet
in purity.
PATRIOT.