, 1880-02-26

r calves" md ~ ott.set1pcH rs mere mctAtli
miners Win eane hs % Gpp9nsnts fSsr ams arc scare
Fresicnaes This diSpss iaesr e e ,o; 2SnSs n
Sr!esfal,y M9 d%ea Rse!s9 way nor ef xsy
%de tfaa hfsy 'ns M5eth b. # Grns IS
tapy principle which forbids IL hut uS ne s', ap,
Woe al,..a III ,,,! or en Grant than we are Of Sir
INC Que thnn scourgcd by The other: md tHare ~
aotE s W. lae yeonnarrr Of the country driven r.
and te o1 h fx'S Il PrEe ;s to Howe
master shall not DO outs if we can he IL, WhaE ,E
1aoh genes ~ TO M the tus Gen. Grant may be tes
that We are frightened By this preiimfnprr II blas1
a.! a third term for Grant does not mean third
ANY MEMBER or TERMS THAT HE cuoosro m,
| DEMAND. 49,
The imperial method of carrying all elections Nv
corr!lpton or force, or Of declaring them to h7
cslfried when they are not, Is to be permanently
choice. - 1Aee' Popu1as
The figure Of Grant standing With the seal of
pfimacy on tue 1not1ntain-top and looking down
Oh the inhabitants Of the plain below xiyes n n
measure OF the elevation which his sycophnnts
latter him with tho houe Of attaining Thns,
| urge the necessity of II strong Goyer1,Tnsni
aimost in the very words used by the atlhcrcnts
Of Gsar :, and tho two Sapoieons Strong Gov
strung ruler,-in other words Il substantial
monnrchy, powerful in its scorn of all legal re-
| stsAaI5: II ar: HOWE does not know this to lie
lne deaSll he Is not fit to share In the thiryI-
| term movement m,ich legs to lead It. He should
learn the views Of his faction with alI possible
snste Let him hear ths revelations Senator
| scared miner, but worshiper of the man on the
! mountain Us eager as himself. Let him look at
February Atantic Monthly; let him listen to the
diutr3hcs of ull his associates, who speak with
habttnal contempt about the rights Of the States,
P,fnacy what he himself thinks Of a President
who IS tune enough 10 keep his oath Of fidelity
TO- nm old Constitution which forods him to
Ne the peopie,-I do not speak by authority,
QUE truly as far as know,--we the people are
nn now IN ereay, event and IN oil possible conrit,
crnaaent with Gen. Grant for 4 monarch. # his
lnstntenient c1n be accomplished by the direct
application ot physical force, without any shtma
Or fnse pre1enscs. It may be u comparative good
Tor us. u, instead Of swearing to preserve pr,,-
tect, and defend the Constitution be will candid
the business,
WE NAY ACCEPT OUR Err,
and accept it uncomplainingly, lest worse
thint; tn come to US. A rotten republic Is an in
y free democratic republican system Of gov
cr1lment honestly; administered by agents Of the
psopE lse tfnd ce9lce goTernment such as ours
eral Government, the rights II the Suites. and |
the ltnerties OF the people so harrnonously ad-
justcd that each may check the excesses Of the |
other,--sneh a government, scrlptlously admin |
istercd within its constitutional limits. il. !
Eitnout w doubt the choicest blessing that God In
PIE. On the other hand, it Is quite Us sure that
the false administration OF Il government thco-
ret'cnlly free; which acknowledges tho rights Of !
the people, and yet continually threads them
under foot; which sweNrs to save and per
jurionsy works to destroy; which receives and
m 70 exeenrS s1 Sacred t1s5
ness, and then dishonesty breaks the eng1.gc-
lnent-Sueh government, so conducted, Is an
but most dcmornizfng chcat; n base i'm
posture, more degrading to the nation which
submits to it than the heaviest yoke that des-
gotic tyranny can fasten on its neck. t, there
lore, constitutional and legal administration |
# our National alfairs he out of the gucs tion-
+ ,,! our only choice lies between perverted re-
public and a n1onarchy-then stop this hypocrit- !
enl prctense Of free government and give us Il
Sing: And who slall be cur royal master but !
lot better THIN another will think, be admit
ed by all who attend to the reasons now pres !
'ntly to be enumerated.
~ me flrst place, new monarch THAT is, one
rho h.is no hereditary clnims) ought to be an s
Pproycd good soldier, with ekill to enforce obc-
ieEcc. otherwise his sway could not last long
enrly all, the founders Of Roynl lines have been {
Military. men from Nimrod downward. It is
n to dGny that Gsn Gns REPUTATION for
oubtful If any officer of our army could have
ibingnted the South so completely, even with I
many de-
nd. 1t Is not, however, what he has ione, but
HAT he HAS SHOWN HIMSELF CAPABLE OF t
DOING, T
1at gives him 4, his leading qualification for mas
.T11om now. Tho fear that goes before him |
Ill make actual violence unnecessary. His | !
renath Of character will frightcn his subjects T
1mpel!ed to butcher them for instruction y
Gen: Grant IS good hatcr, OF those who +
'wart him; which IS natursl. and not serious t
lrcer has been marked by no act Of s:lvage o
uclty. Tic could not be an Antonine or II Ii a
q. but we can trust him not to be u Ncrn. y
It may be objected that his moral behavior tt
ID mental requirements do not bring him up Il
ebg Cation hpt in ts Fsspect a he
as good rs the Average Of sovereign princes. a
&c present rciigniug family of England has n
'r centuries past the potentatcs of Continental W
lropc, with only Il few exceptions, have had
bits MS coarse rs his, and he is wholly free in
I'M Some terrible vices to which many OF them tle
re addicted It seems to me that he will do ju
i enough to ''hcrd with vulgar Kings q
Es reSpt i yfu in Theh Kns our m
: expected to look after their own families til
It, nnd aii have their 1ninions and fayorits ri
rsc set than Grant2 hi
he fuyor which Grant bestows upon corrupt in
n 5e elccte as Fresdcns be tss can not sus s pr
u himself without their support; but en- no
one him and | ar
HE CAN AFFORD TO DEFY THEM. TIC
; we not reasonably hope he will use his r.
yer, when 1t becomes omnipotent, to make ~ ~
sc bad combinations cease to p1uuder the ~
pie? ~ ~
'hnt we call the grcedincss Of Gen. Grant Gu
the wages Of official infqutty would be Ell " "
Is proper III the supreme ruler Of an abso- ~. ~
government. It is not bribery to buy the ~ ~
Or Of King with presents, and King Is not ~; ~,
[ty Of stealing when he helps himself to pub .-s @
money without legal right. gu gu
lnoks to lis like terrible outrage for a | s.'
stdent to hAvc himself Represented Mt State
hon by the bayoncts Of his stn1tling army. to I'll
tumble the chosen Legislature OF a free r,
Z out Of its hail. to procure the fhbrication =
alse returns and force them on the people, Z
Gen. GRANTS fNWteS.1css would be lawful In 1or
,,lntry governed By the mere will of a per- inr
II sovereign Where there is no law there | III,
he nn tr,ft1sgrcSSipH- the
1t while Gen. Grant has some qualities which | mi
Id make him n to1crab1e King, and mono / ron
would mike hin1 an unendurubly bad one, i"
not ut MI the kind OF person that is | Gu,
led us President Of the United States on the ! ht
1nption that our system Of government il to P.c
continued. I think it is 10 be continued. Sec
kc Mr. VtDnor. / DcllTe thAt the struggle Slut
It it honestly administered Is not hopeless. the
arc noe YET reduced 10 the necessity OF and
sing between government Wholly corrupt rAc@
J monarchy founded III pure force There dali
conclude with Jefferson that, IL nny 1nnn the
!. Grant particularly "consent to be q san
date for third election, trust he will be enp
,ted On this demonstration OF ambitious | whit
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