The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-01-27
MORE noNoRs FOR GENERAL GRANT.


the retired army lis. with the FIJI
pay Of general, and Mr. Lo-
gaH, senator from illinois, introduced
the same bill in the senate. These gentle
men are urging this measure even 70 tao e&-
tent of having business, important 10 .he
veal of the country, put aside until il can be
acted upon. We me not Of those WHO
would take one laursl from tho brow Of Gen
eral Grant, If we could, nor see him fail to
receive every honor due his distinguished
services. We have ever accorded to him
eminent ability as soldier, for had he not
possessed all the attributes Of great mill
tary leader, he,would never have succeeded
in overcoming General Robert h. Lee,
although he did Il by atldtion.
And NJ a statesman, rs man OF strong in
tellect and powerful thought he he's shown
qualities of 20 ordinary degree. But the
question arises: levo not the Americas PEG,
pie in to recognition they have shown OF
his WORTH and his Gains done us much Ill
ready as ought reasonably TO be asked? No'
only WINS he made commauder-in-chiel Of
tho army, with higher rank than WAS over
given TO any American officer before, but
twice afterward was he elected to tho CHIEF
magistracy of the nnion After bis lorm
OF Office rs president expired, he
took a tour around tho world
and was feted and Toasted by foreign poten-
tatcs and their subjects rs no crowned head
was ever before honored and since his return
homo his life has been one continued ovation,
and for third time no csmo near being u
presidential nominee which nomination
would have been equivalent 10 an election
1t is not the amount of money that would
yearly bespaid 20 &cnCal Grant from tho
public treasury as his salary that cuts any
| figure in this case Were chat nj the Amcri-
Can people could well afford to be silent but
a gTaycr question than this ia involved. 1t
will be a DANGEROUS precedent. II General
Grant ia deserving Of these fYor5 and these
extra omo'ument9, why not every other gen
t'omsn who hasrania'cd ab.a and c0idat
service 70 the country in her army, &C IN
congress-, or as president? Is 10 not an en-
c'oochmeutu upon that plain, simple, uposton-
taiious rule Of II republican form of govern
ment whore all nen stand upon the sau.o
footing and are equal rs citizens of the
country Reviewing tho history Of The
country Tor twenty Years past, we sec tuat
constitutional government has been de-
parted from SO frequently and new
ideas set up SO antsgonistic to those which
actualod and controlled the founders and
Trainers Of our form of government that
tho patriot who loves the rights of the estates,
who honors and adheres TO those principles
of government embodied in tho fundamental
law Of the land, etotds aghast and tremblos
tor tho perpetuity Of our institutions. Little
by little, step in this direction ono time and
u step in another direction another time, Rcd
alwoya in seemingly small and unim
porlont things, the party in power
for the past twenty years has
gone on overriding tho constitution and
usurping powers for the gepord government,
until to day there is scarcely measure they
have not the hsrdihood to suggest and to
carry into effect. Tho United States govern.
ment to-day is no moro tho government in
form and fact that it was twenty wears ago
than the French republic is like tho Russian
despotism. We may say what wo please,
but Our government is well nigh despot.
ism. Why. the citizen in some localities
cannot go to the polls to cast his ballot, to
exercise his right of ireo,manhood, without
being subjected to the surveillance
OF hired spies and partisan emissaries in tho
shape of supervisors and deputy marshals.
The judge of AN election for state or county
Offices cannot follow what he believes 10 bo
the letter and spirit Of tho election laws Of
his state without rendering himself liable TO
DO indicted and arrested and punished in 2
United States court We have sn il!ustfa- !
ton OF this in Smith county, Y Gre, 10,
three weeks age, tho election Judges at one Of
tho boxes in tao county were arro3,ed for
some seeming oversight in Che returns for
county clork. A county oal2cr canno. obey
tae laws Of the state and orders of bis own |
county court withou. tho risk Of beipg called |
up before federal judge and Gaed and ian.
prlsoned, as wa5 Tue case with tho late tax
collector of Harrison county, who was Road
in the federal court at Tyler during This
month, 500 and was ordered 10 Jail for six
months, because in the matter Of the collec.
ton of certain special tax levied BY the
commissioners court of his county under
mandsmus from tho federal court, he fol-
lowed the directions of the statute law
OF the state. So insidious have
ben the approaches made upon the citadel
OF constitutional government, and the en-.
croaehments upon the rights of the states in
the general government, that
tho people have scarcely perceived them.
and in behalf of D so-caled progress, many
mon have aided in these encroachmen,s
WAC, on reelection and careful ooasidera.
ton, would never have done So
General GRAFT is seemingly being kent
prominent before tho country that he may
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