The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-07-25

representation in Congress until 1t shall
have ratified the amendment. That
Maryland, West Virginia, Tennessee,
Arkansas and Missouri will ratify the
amendment, is not to be doubted. Sena-
tor johnson, OF Maryland, Gays that
Louisiana will ratify at once. II so,
there can be no question as to the rest
If they know that only by so doing can
they return to Congress, of course they
will ratify at once. We presume, there.
tore, that the trouble only awaits the
tedious action of the Senate, which is
kept back by few obstruct' onlsts, head.
ed bv Dooliltle, of Wisconsin, NORTH
American..
THE SOUTH AND THE REPUBLICANS,
The Richmond Wing seems to be in>
tercsted IN the fortunes of the Republi,
can party. We do not feel surprised at
it, for the said party has been for five
ycars.pasta a power IN the land, and is
mighliest when NEST fierce!y opposed.
The Wing, when restored to life by per.
mission of the government, commenced
operations at once to demollsh this great
organ,ion. 1t hated us all so much that
it could not even give our party its prop
er name, but kept on constantly croaking
about the Radicals. New, however, it
has todnd out that we are Republicans /;
that our party is not dead, Tor buried,
nor dying, nor sick, nor likely to be Sc
rou>ly ail'ng but is alive, robust, hard
at work, dCing its allotted task, and
bound to set on though its enemies burst
with rage at the spectacle
The Wing is not able to deny the
great services of this party, but 1t claims
that the mission Of the party is fulfilled.
Let us see about that 1t has achieved
two things which give it an immortal
record 1t has crushed out the nights
lest rebellion known to human history,
and abolished hideous system of b ms
dage which was the disgrace Of Christen
dom. Is tins proof of the worthless
ness or of the value of TIE party? If
these deeds be pralsworlhy, there can be
no question that the party has been subs
iec'ed 70 the severest of all possible tests,
and has come forth victorious. 1t is not
common when general has gained
battle to say to him that his mission is
fulfilled, and that he must give place to
his less fortunate predecessor or his bea.
ten adversary Yet this is precisely
what the Wing wishes the Republicans
to do. 1t tells this triumphant party to
take off its laurels, to ignore its victories,
and to dis5and its veteran forces.
Coming from vanqnished foe, this
request is modest. to say the least. We
need not tell the Wing that the Repub.
licans are in no haste to act upon its
advice. There is only one way in which
the Republican party can ever be super-
seded, and that one the Wing is not
smart enough to see. 1t is not by orders
ing it to transfer its baton to command
to disloyal hands, but by disbandlng all
other parties or tactlons, and all joining
the Republican party and sustaining
republican principles II the southern
men do dot choose to do this they must
blame their own folly for keeping them
out of the ruling power.
Their calculation was that by dragons
ing the south again as of old, and unit
ing with the northern Democrats, they
could together make majority against
us, and so gain possession OF the nation
al government once more. knowing
what we do of the nature of things at
the south, we are not disposed to submit
any longer to have every Republican at
the south subjected to system Of ter
rorism, with view to crushing out the
party. II there is TO be liberty at the
north, for the rebel allies who seek to
carry out this scheme. there must be
equal liberty at the south for the Repub-
llcans who would vote with us to pre-
vent it. So far from the Republican
party having nothing more to do, 1t owes
to the gallant Union men ofthe south to
insist upon this freedom for them and
full protection in the exercise OF their
political rights, Hitherto there has been
no such liberty in any Of the States -
Thousands of citizens in every one OF
these States would have voted tor Linz
coin in 1860 had they only dared to do
80. &
Ever since the abolition Of slavery
was accomplished, the organs Of the cop
perheads and the conquered rebels have
kept on saying that the Republican
party had finished its mission and should
disband. Yet during the very period
consumed in this idle clamor, this great
Marty had fonnht and won hnnthar Hnlen.