Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-26
GRANT FOR LIFE,

The Latest Outcry from, tho Soulful Prop
osttton to Eject Grant for Life and Haye
Fred Succeed Him.
The Washington Capital don Piatt's
paper of last Sunday, has an article which
has attracted good deal Of attention. It
was dignifed with double loaded editorial
space, and introduced as follows:
"The following letter, or fragments of
one, written us by friend at the South,
tells its own story. We are really not at
liberty to indicate the writer, certainly not
the name. Could we do the last the country
would be startled, for he is an eminent man
who is given to saying what he thinks, and
thinking to purpose that influences thou
sands of Others" It is dated o., Miss,
Nov. 16."
1t is very general impression here that
0 stands for Oxford, Senator, Lamars
homo, and that Lamar is the writer. It is
addressed my Dear D., and proceeds as
follows
"You may we'll ask what We are going to
do about it? have been asking that peril
nent question of quite q number of our
prominent men, who are in condition to
feel and understand the temper of our peo-
pie since the elections at the North. The re-
sponse is, that to be equal to the emergency
We must, as you are fond of saying, look the
inevitable fairly and calmly in the face. In
this l have condensed number of letters
and number of talks. The emergency pre-
sented Us is to be found in the fact that ey-
cry Northern State, without exception. has
declared against as, on an issue made up of
tho right accorded US by the constitution
previous to the late war, of home govern
rnent, or, as 1t is popularity understood, of
each State to regulate and control its own
affairs. This right was not only clearly
understood, sbut as clearly recognized;
and that such is not the fact to-
day demonstrates that at the North we are
regarded as conquered people, subject to
such penalties in the form of punishment as
the conquorers may dictate. In other words.
We are not part of the Union, possessed
of equal rights, but people, if not hated.
at least suspected, and to be treated as alien
enemies, dangerous to the peace and welfare
of the entire country. The Democratic
party has made heroic fight in our and its
own behalf at the North, but made it in
vain. New York and Indiana are both
claimed for US, but both are doubtful. It ia
practically to-day solid North against a
solid South. This is the emergency in which
we arc called upon to act.
CHOW, to continue the struggle is simply
to lead forlorn hope We can not conuner.
and in continuance of the struggle we only
add to our trouble in the event of certain
defeat We are thus tempted not only to
give up the contest, bat to go over in body
to the enemy. What is there in this Union?
What is there left of the constitution? or
that love of the Union which once bound us
together, that we should sacrifice ourselves
in their behalf? The North has changed
from turret to foundation stone our old
form of government, and it now wants that
change ratified by making the appearances
harmonic with the fact. The North wants
9 grand Union, with power centralized at
Washington. We will give the North and
take to ourselves grand ma
ton, with the power of an
empire centralized at Washington, The
North wants dictator, stron, man elected
for life, to regulate and control this national
government, with its power at Washington.
We will elect Grant President for life. and
tor these reasons: Az lono A thu anhatonn.