The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-12-28
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The Relation OF Parties I'm the North
10 the south.

The Relation OF Parties I'm the North /
TO the south.
In olden time. when the great parties divid- |
ing the country were the Wing and Democratic,
the people q the United States were not sec
tionaliy divided. A part q the people Of the
North were Wings and part Democrats, and
part q the southern people were Wings and
a part Democrats. 4 part Of the Northern
States were whig and part Democratic, and
part q the Southern States were Wing and
part Democratic. Kentucky was always
Wing; North Carolina and Louisiana gene
rally; Tennessee and Mississippi often, and
Georgia occasionally. Sectional lines did
not then divide the country, but lines
q opinion. sentiment, extending In all direc-
tions unbroken, through our common country.
But the organization Of the Republican party
presented a new aspect OF affairs. That party
was organized in the North by the Northern
people. II was sectional party, organized
not % operate ont oac1s section, but on a sec
ton not represented IN its organization, n
party organized % make war on the lnstitu-
tions q The Southern section Of the Union; in
.tiMtions with which, undo; the constitution
Of The common Union. the party had no right
% iRtermeddie, and could not, without yiolat-
ing that instrument
This necessarily divided the people Of the
North into two partis- on a simple question Of
Observing the constitution OF the United
sfates: and observing il on question inyolv-
ing. not any Institution Of the North. but an
institution existing alone in the Southern sec
ton. II raised a contest between the Northern
people about whether the South should have
her RIGHTS in the Union respected or not; and,
thu south, being the weaker section. and her
rights being thus made a matter Of dispute in
the North, Of necessity, would side with that
party which insisted on respecting her rights
unoer the constitution. The case stood thus.
The Republicans said, we can not obey and
escegis parts Of tn Constitution which leave
the south IN Unemployment Of her domestic in
situations. and sc viii not The Northern
Democrats sand. se must obey the Constitu-
ton. u We ID not respect 1t, we can not ask
the south 10. aud she VIII not. and, hence, your
cour viii dissolve the Onion, aud, hence,
further. The Democrats were, in rIdIcule, called
the Union savers Politics, in the North.
thus al became conferred in the question Of
oheying OF not obeying the Constitution; and
The South, the section about whom the fight
was, having nothing but the Constitution TO
rely on for protection, naturally, necessarily
went with the party that was for respecting
the Constitution.
Tn Republicans succeeded 10 power. and
the South. in fear Of an invasion Of her rights
in the Union. withdrew en- nGsse, Wings and
Democrats together. The course of the Re
publicans in making politics simply war to
break down the Constitution, so far a. il left
the management Of Southern institutions 10
that section, made Southern politics entirely
sectional. made that quarter Of the Union
necessarily a solid unit, in selfdefenee against
the Republican party in power; and now that
the war is over, and the south conquered, pro-
poses t. react again in the Union, the
course pursued by the Republicans, still
keeps up the sectional character of Southern
politics; the Republicans still keep sectional
war upon that portion o. the people, still seek
70 deprive them Of their constitutional rights.
II j. the same old sectional question over
again, made by the Republicans against the
South As section. ON the other hand, the
Democrats, just as before the war, simply adj
voeate giving the south her constitutional
rights; leaving her state domestic affairs 10
her own management, where the Constitution
leaves them. Either let her have her rights in
UUn;o or let her go out Of the Union, or
la, again, overthrow the Constitution Great
ing the Union, and convert the Government,
by open profession, into a ,lespotism, so that
all Of us may understand our condition.
Politics now, IL is thus manifest are simDlJ
contest bet,reeR tsco parties at the North,
about the people Of the entire South, viz:
Whether those people shall be trodden down
'-+iafdrT the heel Of despotic sectional party or
whether they shall be allowed their constitu-
tional rightss The Republicans say crush
them; the Democrats say, give them their con-
stitutional rights Naturally, the South, the
helpless South, about whose fate the fight is,
viii side, in feeling, with that party
that j. disposed 10 accord to her,
yes. 10 strenuously insist for her. that
she shall have her constitutional rights
a the only point that, in principle. treats the
Constitution and Union a. being good for any,
thing for any section. or any body The Re-
publicans understand the attitude of affairs
they feel that. after outraging the south a.
they have done for the last thirty years. and
are now doing. il i hardly possible To expect
their political support; and, hence, they desire
q keep her out Of the Union altogether, or, at
al events, till they can give the control Of the
southern states 10 the negroes. who. they sup
pose viii be their political allies. This is the
secret. The ruling motive Of Republican action
touching reunion with the SCI yhesn States.