The daily gazette., 1879-12-20
our Political Outlook.

price Of liberty Is eternal vigi-
,Ahce." And while | am not without
nope ior The future, the sies of the
peoPie III whose hands this government
10 IL, must lookout more for the interest
Vi themselves, and not SO much for men
anu party. The Republican party In
.nls country, or their leaders, have de-
hied That they will select, or de-
terhiined who shall be at the head of our
government. The other day, in Wash
ihgton, in caucus meeting, it was re-
solved that the laws of the great State of
New York must be altered solely, as a
party measure. The Western men said
II must be done. Not for the benefit of
The pe"ple no, but the patty demands il
10 keep them in power. 1t is apparent
TO me, and think ii must be to all the
reading and thinking men, that these
uhscrupulo IS leaders Of this Republican
party would destroy the liberty of the
people if it would retain them In power.
Aud If they can elect Grant Pres dent
again and get both Houses OF Congress,
they will make and alter the laws t., suit
them'c!vcs, TIA they may retain the
power in their hands.
The more l write and think about
W,
The more l am inspired TO believe that
they care nothing for the liberties of the
people. II is power they want, and with
the moneyed men of the North and
East at their back, they will sacrifice
honor and honesty and liberty to get the
control OF the government.
They did declare by their acls and
speeches, when the party came into ex-
istence, thao the free 81 ates should rule
this country, and it was for this power
that the wicked war, that we have just
passed through, was inaugurated. When
IL was brought to close, and the Sout L.
ern peoples cup of sufierings was full,
and their land deluged in blood, even
then their thirst for power was not
| swayed in the least. No, they disfran-
chlsed the white man and gave the bal
OF to the negro; nOt that they cared
| anything about him, but they wanted to
use him, that the Southern States might
be governed by them. This was 50
iniquitous that the curse Of God was up
ON 1t, and it utterly failed. And now
comes the tug of war. These Repubi-
can leaders know that majority Of the
people are against them, and to have a
lair election they will be beaten.
And iurtner they have declared in
their parry platforms that the general
| government must be made stronger. |
ask what does this mean but to central
ize? l have heard men of standing in
| this party say they were tired of these
State rights, and the laws to govern one
State should govern all others;others say
we want strorg man at the head of
| affairs, meaning Grant. Coming events
cast their shadows before them. The
| people must not forget the struggle that
| the Democrats had with the Republi-
cans to prevent them from passing that
wicked enforcement bill, giving TO the
Pre- cent the right to suspend the writ
| OF hdbeds corpus in any Sta'e, foi
that was the way il was first Of
| tered, and Cant was then President.
the Democrats KEEP them a5 bay unit
their time run out. Put this party in
power again with Grant at the heall !;
what they failed then, in doing they will
do. And then we may bid goodbye to
| free ballot. What next Our free in-
titutions would be swallowed up in AT
| Aristocracy, the supreme power in the
hands of "a few privileged persons, the
| nobility, and our state lines done away
with one central power in Washington
Grant is cunning enough to see that this
| i very like ly to come to pass aud he
| wants to be at the head, or in other
words the Napoleon, better to be known
IA Ulysses the First. If | mistake no,
Grant was Democrat and acted in uni
son with them up to President Johnsoh''
time, and when they quarreled, he jOi.1
ed the republicans and no now finus he
is just in the right place to carry out his
| ambitious views to be the ruler of this
country which will then be one of the
nations of the earth, in the place of the
United States of America. This seems 10
me to be the way we are drifting. ! IN -
sincerely hops the people Will 'eari
these designing men "thus far shalt hot
| come and no further" If this preJic-
ton is wrong will be very glad of 1t.
have more TO say but | must close and
give 1t TO you in my next. "A. L.