The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-29
Jacksonville Press
LEADERS OF THE REPU HLICAN PARTY
From Fremont to Grant-A Record Of
Infamy, Insanity and Murder.

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In all history there is nothing in the
same period of time like the crimes and
misfortuaes Of the leaders of the Repub-
lican party since its organization, now
little more than twenty years ago. You
have pointed out some Of them. Per-
nit me to continue and add to the list
The first Republican nominated for
President was John Charles Fremont
He is Il financial speculator whose oper-
ations bordered so near on sWindling as
to cause proceedings to be instituted
against him for that offense in the
courts OF France. The second Repub-
lican candidate, Abraham Lincoln,
was cruelty and basely murdered. His
wife became insane. The first Republi-
can Secretary Of War, Simon Cameron,
was turned out of his office for fraud and
corruption by vote OF censure OF Re-
second Republican Secretary Of War,
Edwin M. Stanton, there is little reason
to doubt committed suicide while in a
temporary paroxism Of insanity. The
greatest editor of it's party, Horace
Greeley, was driven by it into insanity,
and died in consequence thereof. Its
greatest preacher, Henry Ward Beecher,
stands arraigned and popularity con-
victed before the country Of being an
adulterer, liar and perjurer. Its second
Vice. President disgraced the country
by speech delivered when he
was grossly drunk before the
the Foreign ambassadors. Its next
Vice President, Schuyler Colfax. was a
lobbyist who received brides. He was
in the Credit Mobilier steal. Its fourth
Secretary Of War, Gen. Belknap, has
been guilty of offenses which will lead
to his Impeachment, il not to his incar-
ceration in the Penitentiary The Presi-
dents Private Secretary, Gen. Babcock,
has been tried before the United States
Court for States Prison crime. His
escape from conviction was owing to
the suppression Of testimony on the
part of the Government. Gen. James
FL. Lane did more than anybody else to
organize the Republican party by STIR
subsequently committed suicide, after
he had killed a neighbor, whose offense
was that he came to his we'll to
obtain a drink of water. Another
leading Republican, Preston King, Of
New York, one Of it's original founders,
it's United States Senator and Collector
Of New York city, committed suicide by
jumping off a New York ferryboat into
the Hudson river. One of it's Presidents
ANDREW Johnson it impeached for high
crimes and misdemeanors, and it was
only by single vote that he escaped
conviction. It's Minister to England
Robert G. Schenckl would have been
tried for Botany Bay offense while in
office before an English court had it not
been that Grant refused to receive his
resignation until he was beyond British
jurisdiction. He was protected alone by
his privilege as an ambassador from the
United States Most of the prominent
members Of Congress have been proven
to be public thieves. Its Secreta-
ries, such as Williams and Delano,
have been forced out of the Cab
met under threat of impeachment,
and President Grant is by no means
safe from impeachment and prison SER
vitude. One of the Republican Cover
nors of Ohio, now dead, while filling
that office, was elected from the Neil
House, at Columbus, for his open con-
sort with lewd women in his rooms at
that hotel. Unless all reports are false,
a leading Republican United States
Senator, and candidate for President, is
now afflicted with physical disability
that has an injurious credit morally.
Ben Butler has no character, even with
his own friends, for integrity, or for any
other moral characteristic. These are
the chieftains of the party which claims
all the intelligence, all the morality
and all the decency. In the olden times
it would have been believed to be under
the chastisement Of God. When the
wicked rule, the people mourn.
HIsToRIcUs.