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Day
12
Month
July
Year
1872
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Public Domain
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can uot havo it umler Grant - wo will not be Ñlenced by the cry, " Yei. but Grant whipped Brugg at Jlissiou Ridge." And when we show that ürant and his admirers have disgraeed and humiliatcd ua as a nátion abroad ; that he arroga tes to himself Towors delegated alone to Congress; that the whole tendeney of his administration is toward centralization ; and finally, that he atterapted to forcé through Congresa the outrageoua propo sition to place in his hands the power to süspond law in time of profound peace, that he might place a creature of his own hand at tho ballot-box, backed by Federal bayjnetR at evcry town and hamlet, to re-elect himself to the high oSico he has so sh'.raefully disgraced.it wül not do to say, " Yes, but Grant received the sword of Lee at Appomatox Court House.' Gentlemen, the partisans of Grant are powerless to refute the charges of wholeK.ilt! frauds, of Bxecutive mal-adtuinistratioh. of dishonesty and oorruption in the higheet place, of the crimes and misdenieanors of their chief himxelf. He nrd his partisan are trmpliiifr ujion the rights of the Stuto and tho liberty of the ppople ; they are binding us over to a military despotism, and their cry comes back, " What Are you going to do about it; didn't Grunt capture Lee at Appomatox Court house f " Thoy sliut their ear tj the indiguant murinunngs of an (iwakeniiifi people. They close their ryos to the ominóos ntrifo ali :idy ïmtde to irratify Grunt's inordinate ambition nd lust tor power, and, herilding abrond with poans of fostatic praise hi most inignincant achievement, they trpmble at bis u'od and bend iu humblo subm'sfion io his slightost 'vish. Gentlemen, let U3 rather " be do:rs and bay the moon " thnn

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Old News
Michigan Argus