The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-04-30

c0QnpAehR0s doug II .i3ii 53nafnrJi,:e'I
/ Under johnson administrators he
was sent South to inquire into the CON-
dltion and sentiments Of the people,
and made a report, cragertledo at . the
time as very iavoral,les ahw a2:i9s41a "A
Alter the close OF the war: Grant was
Secretary Of War; was
made General by special act, and was
twice elected to tho Presidency liz
In all these pablic positions he In
dicated decided preference for MILL
tary observances, and a disposition to
subordinate civil authority to military
rule. During and after reconstruction,
when carpet.baggersH were coming in
swarms from their northern hives to
consume the substance Of q, people. al
ready impoverished by tho rayages Of
war, Grant, tilen president dl great
republic, sent dietschmentss of troops
throughout the South to control slec-
tions, dissolve legislatures, arrest, :: citi-
zens upon unfounded. and In Trivial
charges, and convey them to distant
prisons, thereby making the army an
Instrument of oppression instead of de-
Tense TO the people Viewing these
acts in the light, Of history, ,notwtth-
standing his professions of kintlnees,
Grant is no friend to the South OF it's
people. IF he should again become
President, his administration Would
exhibit the same prostitution TO party:
maiignity as he has already shown. :,
GRANTS predictions are all military,
as was his education. His pleasures
and pasti are not, such as ciarac-
tcrize q man Of broad and comprelsea-
sive views. He selects his agents, not
for their ability and honesty, but for
personal preference, and is, therefore,
implicated in the frauds and unalprac-
tices which they perpetrate, in Office.
He has acted heretofore, rs ii he. Re.
garded the government made for
Grant and his connections, Nepotism
was his rule, as long as,he could find
relations to put in Office. The party
witch put Grant In power, lost their
majority in Congress at the bands. OF
his administration. a..~H.u,.,,,.,.I j..
Bat the ne cord of Hancock in n mill
itary and civil point Of view is the sx-,
act contrast to the picture we have
drawn Of Grant. Educated for the
military profession and connected
with the army for the most of his lie,
Hancock never has shown an issl
cltnation to Introduce military usaR es
into civil matters, but has regarded bis
profession as only the means necessa-
ry to protect and defend the civil
rights of the citizen, : and has never
made 1t the instrument OF oppression.
While by professional military man,
his attention has been largely directstl
to the great measures of civil policy
and the principles upon which arcpub-
lican governH,ent should be admins,
tered. The objections to military tneu,
rs such, without regard to their char
acter, arc frivolous; i"'' Nrr 't"d' 2ti1
Hancock's administration or the
Southern department was marked by
great ability, prudence, and accepta-
bility to the South. He made, no rof.
'cnsive show of authority, and yet no
and fearlessly enforced the
demands of the government, without
upon the rights of tho citi-
sen. ,E.-.. ~ -.r,-g - -...-,,. l.,,.,
AS candidate for the Presidency,
Gen. Hancock, considered as to his |
of civil government and
the principles upon which It Is based, |
Is fully as available Ms any candidate |
whose name is before tho people, oven
II Grant should not be nominated; and,
As compared with other Democratic as
pirants, would perhaps excite less sec-
tional hostility In the North and !
awaken more enthusiasm In tho South |
than any other candidate yet named.
The Southern Baptist Convention win
DO held. with the First Baptist Church,
Lexington, Kentucky, commencing on
May eth. This bo,iy com
priscs five States bordering on the
Atlantic, five on the Gulf, five on the