Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-04-24
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While Gen. Grant has twice been
elected President by the Republican
party, he never voted the Republican
ticket. He IL IN old-time Democrat,
and always voted the Democratic
ticket, straight. AS. the Democrats
seem to be in some trouble about q
candidate, Gen. Grant will no doubt
gracefully accept the nomination Of
the Cincinnati convention on the 22d
Of June, after his acceptance OF the
nomination at Chicago, on the I'd Of
June. Memphis Avalanche.
We don't deny that Grant acted
with the Democracy until the tour
that he made through the North after
the close of the war, to find out which
of the two parties was likely to pos
sess the most voters.
When he became satisfied that the
hatred of the South controlled the
masses to such an extent as to
give the majority to the Radical Re-
publican party, deserted the colors Of
Democracy and its principles, by &C
cepting the Presidency at the hands
Of it's bitterest antagonists.
No sooner was he President, than
he became an executioner of the l,,er-
CHESS behests of the Radical party.
For eight long years did he chastise
the South, by overturning its State
governments and maintaining in their
stead at the point of the bayonet, the
blighting rule Of the tilieving carpet
Dagger and the accnrsed Southern
renegade. There was bloodshed, rape,
organized pillage, cowardice, shame,
degradation and widespread deso1a-
ton throughout that country over
which contending hosts had carried
the inevitable horrors of one of the
most cruel wars ever recorded in the
annals of history.
Too narrow minded to extend the
blessings of peace upon the land,
whose gallant sons had immoralized
the name of the American soldier, by
displaying valor that should have
commanded the respect Of an honOra-
bic and victorious chieftain, he, on
the contrary, threw upon the van
auished the curses of the cormOrants,
who we're at the rear whilst the hoarse
thunder of artillery and the clashing
Qfsteel were filling trenches with heca-
tombs of the flower Of American man
hood.
Thus did Grant illustrate his De-
mocracy, and thus did he stain his
sword and his epaulcttes, and forever
disgrace the honorable career of arms.
And has it come to this, that
southern pen can be SO forgetful of
those sentiments without which
people are rightfully branded us un-
worthy of the respect Of their fellow
men, las to offer such disgraceful
proposition to the Democratic party
of the country and especially of the
South.
1t is to such q man as Grant, that
the third term which Washington
thought improper to accept, should
be rendered, in order to give him a
pedestal from whence he might con-
his i'll concealed design of
tearing down the edifice reared a cen
fury ago by the heroes of the Ameri-
can revolution.
Away with such base and servile
ideas, and those who dare to adyo-
cate them. The Cincinnati cOnven-
ton, we have no doubt, will give
us standard bearers whose records
are without blemish or repr0ach, and
around them the hosts who are ever
faithful to Constitutional Freedom
will rally to secure the undying prin-
ciples of true Democracy.