Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-01-10
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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Jan. /, IT.
Nix, EDITOR does President
Grant deserve to be impeached ? How
is this Has he done as Il President
should have done who had the good Of
the whole country at heart ? Has he
any right to send troops into amy state
in time OF peace, and surround their
Legislative Halls, unless it is IN case
of riot or an Instruction ? say
nay he has gone beyond the law OF
our land, and beyond his duty as
President of these United States lie
has been President for the Republi-
can party only, and Is unworthy OF
the American People. But | ray
leave him alone, with his conscience,
for guilty conscience who can bear {!
Grant says that he done all OF his dev-
iluy, for the good OF his country, and
through Ignorance. l say, Mr.. Edi.
tor, if he is so cussed ignorant let him
retire scott free. Yet ] do not believe
that he is quite as ignorant as be pre-
tends. 1t looks to me as though he
and few of the leaders Of the Repub.
lican party were determined to count
IN Hayes at any cost. If Mr.. Hayes
is fairly elected, let him have it by all
means. If Mr. Tilden is fairly elected
let us put him into the Presidential
chair at all hazards, though Grant
and his minions should surround the
White House with troops. can say
like Pompey OF old. that my voice is
still for peace !; yes, peace II possible,
without giving up Gun mos, sacred
rights. Our Republican friends &C
case us OF trying to plunge the nation
into another civil war. This is a
great mistake. take it that we, the
Tilden party, are as patriotic aud as
true to our country as our Republican
brothers. therefore, we hurl this base
SANDER back into their teeth. and say
to them, YOU who are without sin,
cast the first stone. If our Republi-
can brothers would read the Decara-
ton of our Independence they will find
that one of the causes that led to the
revolutionary war was the keeping OF
troops among us in time OF peace,
without the consent Of our Legislat-
ures. Has not Grant done the same
thing Has the Governor Of Viz
ginia, or Florida, called tor troops ? l
say nay. All they ask, is to be let
alone, for they say, they are capable,
ii let alone, of governing themselves
as the people OF the North. If send
ing troops into those States for the
sole purpose of intimidating the voters
of those States should lead to war
who would be to blame Grant and
the Republican party or the Tilden
party? Echo, answers who. The
good meaning Republicans are getting
disguised at the proceedings of Grant
and some of the leaders of his party IN
regard to those Southern States, and
they cry out in their anguish, "Oh
Lord who can deliver us from this
death, death to our liberties, and to
our country. Grant says thai in
choosing his cabinet he made mis-
take. Why did he not copy from
those immortal heroes, washington ,
Jefferson, Jackson, and Lincoln), who
have gone before? They were sur
rounded by a band Of Patriots, who
were true to their country. and who
knew no North or no South. Shade,
of the immortal Washington; If thou
art permitted to leave thy bIest
abode, and visit these earthly scenes,
come thou, and with thy earthly pres
ence, lead us through this dark and
gloomy labyrinth Of crime and cor
ruption, on to the ever green shores OF
honesty and truth. That Grant de-
serves to be impeached, we do not
deny. Yet we say let him retile'
quietly. IF he had retired to private
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