Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-03-20

Mr.. &. v. Smalley who has been
sent by the New \ ork Tribune TO
the southern states TO spy out the
land and who has face quite braZ-
Cd enough and moss sufficiently
longitudinal TO perform such service
20 the satisfaction of even his pre-
sent EMPLOYER. writes that There is
but one expression among southern
republicans for the candidate an
1850 }: they are all for Grant" Ii
Mr.. Smalley imaeines that this is
news ne commits an error. The
Tnerest tvro i'm politics knows that
The -asoufhren republicans" are for
Grant IL was not necessary for
MT. SmaHey To make two months
tour in Texas, Arkansas and Loui-
Sizna in order that the people cf the
north might be informed Of this
fact The southern republicans. -
that ~ the few white men in the
south who are republican. are eth
er the adventures OF the palmy
6ays Of their lSArty in the south
when the b&yoDet ard the baStile
kept The white population iu sub
lection or the corrupt and deSper-
ate spirits among those native and
20 the manner born who like Wells
and Anderson engage I'm politics on
Nv for the sake OF speculation and
plunder. Such men are naturally
and as n matter Of course for Grant.
Under his administration of the
presidency they fattened at the pub
lie crib. and rioted in robbery Of the
treasures Of the despiSed and hated
sou.h. Protected by his authority
as the chief magistrate or the repub-
lie ihes gOrged themselves with the
taxes OF IN people who by force Of
arms in times OF peace were made
their political slaves for whole de-
cade. Sustained by his favor Is
commander-in-chie OF the army
they eni0yed an unrestricted license
70 wreak their mean and cowardly
revenges upon the men Of the south
whom they hated only because they
feared tha. they might not he per
r1iifted TO plRnder them forever.
WHY should not .heSe creatures
whose corruptiOns became rotten
ripe under The sunshine of Grants
favor. who were mere parasites that
snfss1ea the Grant administrator 1,
nav, that spEang srom its carcass
and snbsiSted and grew and -four
isbed upon it-why should not they
support Grant tor third or n fourth,
or = fifth term = There is no rea-
son under the su n why they should
desire the election Of any other man
20 the presidency so much as that Of
General Grant. Nor is the republi-
can panty OF the northern states
without men of their ilk. The fa-
wuritPs OF Delano and Robeson, the
rc-oPeralOrs with BabcocG, the CO.
partners with Balknap, the Sharers
in the Black Friday fraud, and all
who belonged to the plunderIng
,ings that surrounded the federal
administration from 1859 till 1877
are ardent, enthusiastic and persist
ent advocates O. the reelection OF
Grant It Is aS reasonable and ma
tural that this should be the case as
that the lackRl should follow the
track of hattie or the buZzzrds gath
er about the carrioss. If Mt. Small
lev viii make n two months tour in
the northern states he viii lind all
the spoilsmen OF his party, all the
hallot-stufers paid for their vlllany
out CT the United States treasury
al the members OF the whisky ring
and all the thieves that have heen
in Office under a republican admin
iscrztion 70 lie as earnestly and en-
phatically In favor Of a third term
Tor Grant as he has found their
comFatriots and co-workers in the
south. -PGfrS@t.