Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1869 — Is Grant's Administration a Failurel [ARTICLE]

Is Grant's Administration a Failurel

TlwXww t«A •&. re—e «f lho»a„ w/ortanato m»iwdrow<.i«s in th( jinlMal atul vegetable king* doinMMUed. bermaphrodi t«v, among ncwapaperx named neutral*, whowe ■ex d?ranotiw > determined. In try* ing tb •‘shine for aH,” U aoipetiuiea liide<the light of truth, producing a woadar&ai eabfme. Speaking of the late elections in the Southern States, it Kuya: "The Republican party aecnia to Im* (MMaittg through a ru<»4 dangerous erbia. Tlie Southern elections an- all urainat it, and if the current in no* changed its doom is certain. Three •-au.-*eß are working for tbedeatrueUoii of thia great party: the conapicuoua fidlure of Grant’s administration, the universal amnesty notions of Hon. Horace Greeley, and the instability of the negro vote.’’ The first reason here assigned is as far from the fact as falsehood is from truth. When General Grant was inaugurated less than six months ago, he found the legislative and executive departments of the government at variance to such an extent as to threaten the peace of the country, anarchy and violence and political proscription ran riot over nearly tho whole South, he found thieves in the custom houses, counterfeiters in the treasury department, robbers and defaulters squandering the revenues or compounding to evade their payment; he found that instead of decreasing the public debt by the proceeds of an enormous revenue tax, the imbecile administration he suc- •• cceded had confessed its mability to pay the debts it was daily contracting, and every monthly report of its financial officer showed rapid strides towards bankruptcy. All k-mds of industry was languishing throifghottt the country. Government securities were depreciating daily and gold was as steadily advancing. Our foreign ambassadors of ability had been removed and their places supplied with dotards to the prejudice and contempt of the nation. How is it now? In less than half a year long strides have been made towards the correction of these political evils. The executive department honestly and effectually enforces the laws of the legislative department and there is no clashing of authority between them ; important and exciting elec, tions are held in the Sotfm without blood-shed or the interference of the military; rogues have been removed from office and their places given to honest men; the revenues are being faithfully collected and scrupulously applied to the payment of the public debt which shows a monthly decrease at once unparalleled, wonderful and unexpected. Government securities have rapidly advanced while gold has as steadily gone down the scale. We are represented at foreign courts by men of culture and ability, honored at home and respected abroad. The first premise is false. As yet President Grant's administration is not a failure, but an eminent success. Whether Mr. Greeley's universal amnesty notions will work the destruction of this great party or not depends very- much on a number of contingencies yet in the future, among the principal of which is their adoption by any considerable number of people.

So far as the negro rote is concerned there is not much to loose or gain. Like white men, the negro will vote for his interests and the party bidding highest will secure liis support Their loss will not destroy the republican party, neither will their gain bring the democratic party into power, for they have not the numbers to hold a balance of power, neither are they united. " The republican party was organmed without their assistance and a withdrawal of their support weed cause no alarm. The late Southern elections do not indicate the dissolution of the republican party, or that the negroes are likely, tfeleave it, or that the present administration is unpopular, but rather that no other party can win, that the negroes will rally to no other name, and that the mere recognition of the President was eagerly sought by all parties as something carrying jjreat prastige.