Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-11-12
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GRANT AND STRONG GOVERN
MENT,

Grant and strong government has been
the cry of the Radical organs for the past
year. They do not want a strong governs
ment; what they want is the strong measures
of Grant administration to keep the South
10 bondage, thatthe carpet, baggers may have
power to swindle and plumber the people,
We enjoyed for eight years under Grant the
blessing of strong government, as interpreted
BY Radical statesmen, and we continue to
.luxuriate-in this blessing, but in milder form,
aud will continue to do so until tho Radical
party is driven from place and power: We
can call to mind some of the choice blessings
Grant conferred on us-he gave us the San
Domingo swinde he gayo US Belknap. of
Post leadership fnme; he gave US Robson
TO ruin our Navy; he gave US Attorney Cen
ersl Williams to pervert the Law he gave
US Boutwell,, the Croton Grocer, to tamper
with the finances of the country and alter
our public debt statements; he gave us the
St Louis Whiskey Ring, with his trusted
friends at its head he gave us the Lut Stock
ing warehouse swindle, of New York. and he
gave us that great blessing in shape of Jos.
p Brady, of the U. 8. Supreme Bench and
Electoral Commission infamy, and to crown
all his corruption he gave US that famous in
dorsement on tho Campbell Letter. let no
penuing it he would be compelled to shield
his friend Babcock at all hazards.
This is called strong government, when
corruption and fraud run riot over the land,
uhen the strong arm Of the government was
ever uplifted against the people of the South,
it was also ever ready to shield the pets of
the White House detected in their crimes
But the people have an antidote to all this
poison and corruption-the bdllot-and they
will use it in 1880 to bring us back to a reign
of peace aud prosperity but net the peace
Grant and his friends would give US. The
past election is as the dying agony ofthe Rad
ical monster, and the Democratic voter who
wandered of after strange gods has learned.
to his sorrow, what he has lost by his iphdelity
to the time honored Party of Truth and
Justice.
The Democratic party still controls the lower
House of Congress. and will control both
branches of our National Legislature after
March 4th, 1879, when the Radical cor
ruption aud fraud will be shown the people
without whitewash to hide the black spots
What little has already been done in this
matter of exposure is startling indeed, and
the country is indebted to West Virginia,
through her Senator, Hon. II G Davis. for
bringing to light and exposing the villainy
of Geo s. Boutwell, in tampering with our
finance under Rldica'ruls. The worry pure
saints Of the party of moral ideas are the
gentlemen who want Grant, and not the
people.
Some of the papers throughout the country
have spoken of Hon. Fl G Davis as a candi.
date for the second place on the National DEM
ocratic Ticket. No man would bring more hon.
esty and worth to the ticket than Mr.. Davis.
He s,one of the people, the architect of his
own fortune, aud just tho kind of man to put
at our head to pilot US out of the wilderness
of debt and confusion the Radical party has
led US into.