Louisiana capitolian., 1880-05-25
u, 8. GRANT AGAIN.

ms PRESIDENT Oi tIlcSC unltCu StalcS.
Twenty years ago, 1860, u mighty
struggle took place at the polls to de-
eide whether the National Govern
mcnt had the right to interfere with
the institutions existing by virtue of
the Constitution, in some of the SOW
crcign States of the Union.
The verdict, owing to divisions
among the opponents Of the l'epubli-
can party, was rendered in favor of
Abraham Lincoln, whose election
upon the known intcntionsot his par
tisans, was the signal for an appeal
to arms. It became u war OF the
Northern section, composed of free
States, against tho Southern section
composed Of slave States. 1t was no
longer u contest for party supremacy
for the government ofthc Union under
this or that idca.
As 1t might have been expected, q
long and bloody war ragged for four
long years, and the side possessed Of
the "hcavicst battaions and most nu
merous artillery" finally overcame
the weaker.
Succeeding to the supreme command
when the Confederate Army Corps
had been decin,ated till there remain
cd but u brigade under their bullet
ridticd standards, Ulysses Grant, the
chicftain whose only skill was u stoi-
cal disregard for the loss Of life, hurled
the numbcriess batta|iol,s which the
North furnished him III an endless
stream, upon the remnants of that
army wl,icl, had, as long rs it could
muster u proportion of ono against
three or four, won upon his prcdcccs,.
sors, victories worthy OF being named
beside Maringo, Wasram and Ans'cr-
litz.
Il had reacl,etlahat point when The
Nortl, was furnishing the human flesh
which Grant sent to the slaughter, at
tho cost of fifteen hundred dollars for
each soul who descended to that bourne
from whence no traveller returns.
Neither for gold nor love, could the
exhausted South fill tho yawr ing gaps
in the ranks Of her ragged veterans.
And the castastrophc came while
the lucky Ulysses was in command.
Tho North went wild over the end of
the terrible conflict.
Blind TO his incapacity az a states
man the accidental victor was clcva-
ted to the Presidency for two success
cessivc terms.
We will not recall the sad history
Of his administration. The tears of
the women and the anguish of the
men of the South are too fresh to ne
ccssitate u more eloquent evidence of
it's crucltics and its failures.
Eighteen hundred and eighty has
come, and the incapable and sonllcss
man, flushed with his incomprchensi-
bic good fortunes, is the aspirant for
the third term which Wasllington's
patriotism pronounced u vital danger
to tho Republic that had been pur-
chased with tho blood of the heroes
of the American revolution.
The accession of Granite the Prcsi-
dcncy, means more than an lntcrfcr-
encc with the rights of sovereign
States; it is the downfall of the Re.
public of our Fathers and the dicta
torship which builds a Throne.
Will not the lovers of free govern
ment and individual liberty arise in
their might under the banner of the
Democratic party, and cry aloud to
the RcvolutiOnists: You have gone
thus far; no further shall you So.'
We believe that the American pco-
pie who fought and saved the Union,
and those who lost the fight to pre-
vent the cncroaclulcnts of u central
izing power, will rally not in sections
this time, in battle array, one against
the other, but in compact masses,
l,ailing some from Maine and others
from Texas, to rout the conspirators
against their priceless liberties.
Let the internal broils and divisions
in the Democratic ranks be stillcd for
the present in order that united
front may be offered to the insolcnt
foe.