Middletown transcript., 1876-09-02
ouR rwo TRIALS.

II Inc second great trlet ~ tue pSApiut,
of American institutions is upon as
| We have passed safely through the or
deal of battle We are now in tn
midst Of the war of fraud. II We pas
safely through this, our republic maj
have long. serene life, q grand devel
opment. political and social, and reach
the proudest levels Of commercial and
industrial prosperity, and Of scientific,
literary, and artistic elevation. But
now we are in the midst Of the death
hug Of a battle, all the more deadly be-
cause we do not fully appreciate our
danger.
In the dark days of the war, when
Europe believed that the republic was
rent in twain. and that the several
fragments smoking with fraternal blood
could never be united again. there
were rejoicings among the upholders Of
monarchy. See," they said, :. We
told you SO. "-s republic cannot en-
dure." strong government is needed. 7
And thy all rsjoiced in the downfall
-as they thought-of the great model
republic But they did not understand
its strength. Our republic passed
safely through the terrible struggle.
keeping up immense armies and Davies,
spending lavishly Of the public money.
and drawing heavily on the future, and
yet maintaining the union Of the states!
and the supremacy Of the civil over the
military power. And when weak and
exhausted from the long struggle, the
republic emerged from the smoke Of
battle and resumed its calm and orderly
course. the fri. nds Of monarchy abroad
and its funkey adorers here, were 81.
fenced BY the splendid evidence Of the
strength Of the representative govern
ment. No monarchy Of Europe could
have stood through such civil war.
Far lesser ones have ground thrones
anl Jynasties into dust
But now we are at war, not with an
external force, but with an internal rot,
Our vitality is tested. not BY how much
we can dare. but how much disease We
can endure. And. in fact, the splendof
Of the energies, wealth and resources
Of the country work against Us Our
vigorous vitality makes our fever more
malignant. Oar disease is Grantism
It would be easily cured il the people
only knew how dangerous the disease
is. - ssA
An athlete may meet in any trial
Of strength brswny opponent and
come off victor but a little grain Of
mineral poison gnawing At his inside
will bring him to the dust. Grant il 1
poison (; rusting, corroding, gnawing
and fostering all the vitals of the re-
public He has touched with Ieaden
paralysis all faith in the nobler old
ideas Of the nation be has substituted
a low, groveling, selfish greed and be
raised to rank luxuriance the breed Of
public men who are ION the make. +"
The people have almost come to desl
pair Of any thing better !; and il is one
Of the worst signs Of the times that
there are SO very few public men who
are trusted or believed in. Worse than
that, he has treated thieves, burglars,
swindlers, bosses and blacklegs with
such honor and distinction that We have
almost an aristocracy Of personal dis
honor. It is . dreadful disease whom
rascality thrives better than honesty !; |
when faithful service is kicked out oil
office, and rascals appointed because
they are rascals.
Under Grant legislative corruption
thrived as never before Hundreds Of |
millions Of dollars have been voted |
away to fatten the vile set that be has |
grouped around him. A Vice-Presi-
dent and aSpeaker have been driven
forth in disgrace, and numbers remain |
in legislative halls not yet convicted |
Every department has felt the palsy
touch Of Grants selfish, brutal policy. |
He loves not any cabinet officer who
does not at least suffer swindling under
his eyes. He prefers them when they
steal themselves. Schenck. Baboock. |
Belknsp, Delano, Williams. Shepherd, /
Harrington, Logan these are the men
who are after bis own heart, and IN /
whom he never loses confidence. He
believes in appealing only to brute force
and |" divvies."
All this could be remedied By voting
Them out Of power But now Grant
has laid his leaden touch on the ballot.
box; and thus the disease has struck
The vitals. His Davenport, bis Will
|iams, and his Ames and Casey have
long done this BY stealth /; now Grant.
throging aside ell restraint and dis
yuise, has ordered the troops to control
he elections This is the fatal symp.
;om; and the great republic which
,verthrew half million Of brave men
10 rebellion seems doomed to die BY the
poison of Grantism. Baltimore Gu
,ette Il So ss
PULPIT INGENUITY.
A preacher in the nsighboohood Of