The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-01

unieeling structures upon the pro
priety of her conduct when she Wa
mourning the death of her father
that Fred. Grant sought to inflic
corporeal punishment. His (Piatt
attempt to turn that circumstanc
to account to extract himself from
his ugly position, by intimating tina
young Grant intended to assassinat
him, provokes a smile Of derisiol
with those conversant with all tn,
facts: The Grand Jury of this Dis
trlct has found an indictment agains
him, and the feeling is so intens,
against him that there is little room
for sympathy. The article in ques
ton was long one, of the sam,
general tenor as is indicated by the
extracts in his card, which appeare,
in the Erening Star of the 2Otl
inst, and is as follows:
"EDIToR OF STAR:-As my paper !,
not issued until next Sunday, permit
me to say n word in response To the tor.
rent of abuse that has fallen on my
head.
"TO those who know me 1t Is not nee.
cssary for me to say that nothing was
further from my thought in pennine
the editorial of last Sunday than the
horrible crime of assassination. Open
resistance tOa revolutionary wrong, for
Ia i..ll Ilnt L.. 4.
is one thing; assassination il another
In the sentence SO strongly commented
upon and denounced, it will appear,
when taken in connection with what
prcccdes and follows, that my appeal is
made to the people and not to the as
sassih. The American people are not
assassins, nor will they submit tamely
to wrong. Here is what l said, and
again repeat:
"As we said a week since, this il not
law; 1t Is revolutions; and ii the people
tamely submit We may bid u long fare
well to constitutional government.
Fraud no longer vitiates. A corrupt
administration has only, by its bayo-
nets, to hold II State lIsurpatiOn long
enough in power for corrupt return
ing board to do its vile task, and the
work Is done. II a man thus returned
tO power can ride in safety from the
Executive Mansion to the CapitO. to bc
we arc fitted for the sla-
very that will follow the inauguration.
We do not believe the people of the
United States are of this servile sort
We do not believe that they are pre-
pared, without a blow, to part with their
blOOd-staincd possessions.
"When the time comes that any 9TH
er sentiment than the above can be felt
and uttered, n, for one, shall feel
ashamed of my country. Rob the pco-
pie of the ballot, rs these conspirators
in power intend, and what have we
left? In the above, however, | have
only put in words what the President
has embodied In acts. In gathering
troops at the national capitol for the
first time in the history of the Repub-
tic, to enforce an inauguration, he in
licatcd the danger. Then, to make the
net the more significant, when il was
apparent that Tilden was to he installed
he ordered his troops away. Mr.. Til
len, it seems, would need no armed
support. Then, after Justice Davis de-
,lincd and Bradley's appointment re-
Iivcd the hopes of Hayes, the order
vas countcrmandcd and additional
.rOops summoned to Washington.
IF there Is assassination in my sug-
sestiOn, there is assassination in tile
Presidents acts. He appeals to his
'rmy; appeal to the people.
"l.et me In this suggestion, recall To
he hOrrOr-stricken minds of these gen
icmen an event they seem to have for
'ottcn. When the Presidents son and
Casey, came to my
'Ouse IN the night time to assault me,
u the presence of my family, under
circumstances that made the attcmpt,
lad been at home, simply atrocioiis,
assassination was regarded in very
hecrful light. 1t afforded ground for
csting to the very journals that are
low so indignant.
However, l only seek to protest the
aiscoAstsuction put upon my words.
>onc other than an insane man, or one
cspcratcly wicked, would ever think |
I assassination, let alone publicly all
coating the commission of so horrible |
crime. Beyond this have nothing
, say. ask no odds of these people. |
hey arc playing with dangerous clc- |
lent when they openly innOvate upon
2ht sanctioned 10y time and sanctificd |
y the blood of the people. They will |
ave enough To do in caring for them |
Elves, without troubling me.
DoNN PIATr."
| have devoted considerable of
~ limited space to this matter, on
ccount of the great local disturb
ncc it has occasioncd and because
its general interest.
After two caucuscs, i'm which the
evolutionary, ceppcrhcad Sons of
liberty in Congress were defeated
Southern Democrats, who pre-
'ntcd u virtually united front
5ainst them, a decisive vote was
cached in the House, yesterday,
pom q fillibustcring cxpedicnt,
hich appears to have rent Dcnoc.
ICY in twain, and all the siges APP
'ar to point to large accession
the great national party, of pro-
essive Southern men, heretofore
ting with the foreign copperhead
cmocracy, which dragooned them
to rebellion and then deserted
en- to their fate. The unnatural
lance appears shattered forever.
Among Cabinet rumors which are
Fe is one to the effect that the
nth will have in it one or more of !
representative men, and that the G
cat West, beyond the Missouri, F,
to also, have n representative. ,
r. Morrill,, by his exceptionally s
ccesslul management of the Treas
y Department, has made hosts of -
ends among the business men and I
pitalists at home, and among those C
road who have a direct interest =
tho stability and honest admins .
n of that Department, and his 20
cntion will probably DO strongly