American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-12-02

The OUuotrS uds Oteu ptICcu Wy tu
warrant-d interference, Oh thu
JiArt "f President Grant. IN the
DO. ,tic.ai al ira vf sovereign States,
Nv th,. exercise Of military force,
Six,a,mntla, a. W. have no doubt, II
will receive flrp calm, serions aud
Deliberate consideration of the
American people. Never before
n,nce the @ institution vents, into
effect, aud with it the Federal Gov
ernm~pt, ON the 4th day of NJ ,rch.
1859, has il been found necessary.
or even expe,lient to send soldiers
with arms in their hands 60 super
wise the cnunting of votes at thr
capitol Of amy single State Of THE
Uai0n. AID where is the warrant
Of power tor snch intervention |:
THE Pruss,le.it must find his autbG :
ity far the coarse pursnea by hin
il the Con stiiution of the Cutie.
8 afes. aud it it cannot he fosis
there. his conduct in interfering, as
he has done, IN the political Affairs
III Sr,:h Caro.ina, Louisiana aud
Florida amounts to usurpaticn cf
the rankv ( sort, for which he should
be ilnpeache 1 and forever d,sq1ali-
fed frsm no ding cG:e agsin-5oth
State ard Federal. Section 4, Ar :.
4 II t.,1 Constitution of the United
State. is the only section or article
that bears u,on the subject. and l.
in the f,.Iowiny words: The Uni
tel States shall guaranty to every
E.ate In this Union q republican
ia, IN Of government ard shall pro
tect eacii vi the,n against invasion
AMI ON ih-is .,I,i'cstion of the Lsgis
Iafure or of the Execluve, (~dei.
the Legislature cannot he conyenad)
agxiust domestic violence
Now there Is no presencs that tue
form Of government in South Carr
liua, Louisiana or Florida, is'Eot r.
publican, for their present CcDsti
tutions we're framed aud fashioned
Ivy Republicans Of the s,raitest sort.
Nor 10 there any prerense for insin
Mating that either State il threaten.
ed With invasion except nv Grant
himself wiih bis iros handed So.
diera. Nor will il he said that
troops have been sent into eithes
Louisiana or Florida 90 application
NJ tho legislature or of the Execu
tive thereof to protect them agains.
domestic violence. Then the sec.
fion Of the Constitution above re
ferred to affords no justifying cause
for the action which bias been take
by Grant and his whole course liz
I his business shows most conclusive
y that in order to promote partisas
aad selfish endss he was willing to
Htab that Cons tuition which he hat
toIemnly .oa more than one occasion,
sworn u protect and defend.
Bnt y no cAIa tell that was pass
ing through his mind at the time
|.e issued those brutal .ordea to
General Sherman He Is bsld, /:
determined and obstinate man-fM
IT vanity and ambition, and wiibs
> mere s'sldier. BE had foniis !
hoped IN be run for a third term /
With the most sanguin- hope Of sue.
rrsa bat his party were afraid 10 |
dominate him and nou perhaps he 4
hopes, By throwing his forces her.
md there, and Producing confusion !
worse confoun.iedr that something
n the chapter Of accidents ma, |,
urn M, hy which ne viii hold on
. power aud place, aid per baps bt
declared Dictator. A. strange
binss have happened before il
governments which were In form
md fact R-.pnb'i..sn.
lI"e leaders of the FIRST. French
evolution. Dmnton, 10 bespi-. re and
'.hers were sssu:ich Rspubi,cans,
z u you please. extreme D-mocra.-,
nd never ws,si.d have eoasp;rei 10
1ur.ler s0uIs OF The no, Al .famii,
md insprison .ctisIS, except up.r
he firm belief that "a Republican on
)s'm0craiic government would have
'een established in place OF a mon-
rchy. AID so it was in fact fol :
REF period. But in The twinkIins
{ an eye aud as if By .Inagic. the !
little Corporal. the great Napoleon .
nth his s~urd eat the Gordial.
ant Of uncertainty. turned his
ans upon the National Assemb.. ,,
nd its supporters, drove them from {
lace and power, and at the heal a.: /
is tried and trusty soldiers was {
reclaimed Emperor aud SO r. |.
'aihed until Waterloo settled b,. :
tie.
sOne nigh- during the mouth Of
Hch, 1913. ii our memory be not
fault. all the French people went ;,
J bed good, honest, Republicans. {,
I'd woke up the rext morning to J
I'd that a coup d etdt, as they say a