New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-07-25
been spread abroad about these riots, there
has vet to appear the first syllable duplicating

been spread abroad about these riou, tnere
has yet to appear the first syllable duplicating
Republican in any one Of them. The dram
has no connection with the principles Of tho
Republican party. It simply supplies the 81.
preme need of tho nation for men to crush .
rebellion against its constituted authorities.
From its demands the Republicans have, di.
rectly or indirectly, no exemption. 1t presses
upon them and upon the Democrats alike; and
as far as the $500 clause is concerned, the
fact il important, that of the rich men Of
New.York far more are Democrats than Re.
publicans. Yet no word of defiance, no threat
of resistance, no murmur that we have heard.
or heard Of has come from the lips Of q Re-
publican that the Government summons him
with the voice Of authority to serve the coun.
try under the orders of Democratic Secre-
tary of War and q Democratic General.in.
Chief.
This fact would be of less significance il Il
were isolated. But it is only part Of q uni.
form course of conduct by the Republicans
ever since, and long before, they took form %
political party. Who ever heard of Repub.
lican riot, or Of disturbance and violence al
the hands of Republicans They have ever
been men of peace, seeking the triumph OF
their principles only in peaceful lawful ways.
The press, the platform and the pulpit have
been their fields; thought and argument their
only weapons. They have been mobbed singly
and in their assemblies; their meetings have
been broken up, and their presses destroyeds
yet, except in sef-defense of the moment, they
have never been provoked to violence. Per.
secuted and maltreated, they have not perss.
cuted in return but, asking only the prosso-
ton of the laws, they have gone faithfully and
unSweryingly on to perform what they con-
sdered their duty of convincing the people Of
this country that the extension Of Slavery was
both wrong and ruinous. The men who have
destroyed their presses, beaten their leaders,
and broken up their assemblies. have been
without exception Democrats; and we have
seen some Of these precious protectors OF Tho
Constitution rewarded for their violence ~
Offices Of such Importance that they shoul9
never be filed except by men Of high character
and ability. But who ever heard Of Demo.
cratic meeting, or Union-as-it.was. aDd-Con.
stitution.a s-it.is meeting, or Peace meeting
being broken up, attacked, or even disturbed
by Republicans Private difficulties, family
quarrels, and internal beart-burnings have ruff
fed the smooth and polished surface Of those
serene assemblages. But who ever heard Of
any trouble from the outside The question
is almost absurd, so manifest to all men is the
answer. Whatever the rioters were last week,
or on any other occasion, it is certain that
they were not Republicans.
The reason of this is the simple but ail-ina-
portant fact, that the Republicans are men tho
political object of whose lives is the establisfP:
ment Of justice, law, peace and good Will
throughout the land, and that their opponents
at the South and the North are those who
mean to keep all that they have got, aud gee
oil that they can get in spite of justice and 0I
law except the quibbling part Of it), and IN
utter disregard of Christian peace and charity.
They represent the power Of reason, OF csl'
ture, Of civilization, Of progress aud OF Chris.
tiani.y; their opponents that of brute force, Of
selfish craft, of barbarism, of retrogression,
and Of heathenism. In spite of the violence
of the one and the peacefulness Of the othes
party, who can doubt which viii prevail il
this nineteenth century of our Christian era