The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-01-26
THE NATION.

Well, ours is great country,-we have
land enough for one nation, and government
enough for two In the predomlnatlng Black
Republican party we have rulers who feel
their oats" and are disposed to deal kicks in
abundance to the subjugated South. In the
Freedmen's Bureau we have sort Of auxill-
airy government" wheel within wheel =
whose tendency, even under the best admins
tration. cannot fail to intensity distinctions
and ani1nosities between the black and white
races in the Southern States.
We will do the Black Republicans the JUS
tice to say that they /" stick well to their text
and endeavor to carry out their principles
squarely--that is, upon Southern soil. (At
home, they Z" treat good resolutions" by lit
tie indulgence, and do not require the negro
vote among their own people but they are
Jealous enough towards illustrating their tenets
practically in our own bsnighted region.)-
Their missionary spirit may be truly COM
mended for an example to mankind,
Indeed, this ruling party is doing ire
mendous business at the present time. 1t Is
carrying load of public debt, approaching
four thousand millions is holding dozen or
so lately rebel States" in leach is tinckering
afresh upon the paltry Constitution of Wash
ington and jefferson; is changing the status
of the races among us and is sounding the
war trumpet dinfully in the ears of Emperors
and royal interlcpers
Seldom has there existed party that could
43H m ssoh ipigghty things in so short space OF
"lno' ~ ieseii'"'s'- y
who was seen sporting highly elaborate
necktie :--"I own," said he, 1T is rather
grand; but then, you see, gave the whole of
my mind to it." So with the Republicans
they are working with all their mind soul and
strength in carrying out their theories. What
apity it is that they are not statesmen
Onr National Council is but hive of pig
mics. There are but two public men in Wash
ington who have enlarged ideas and the influ-
. W.. which moral courage can give and it is
President of the United States. TIE s swarm
Of legislators III the capital have nothing of
the bee about them but its sting; and their
work consists in using it freely God help the
country for none else will.
We,do not expect much benefit even from
the admission of "so-called" Southern men,
bers upon the floors of Congress. So many
of these men were elected on account of their
supposed sympathy with the North, and be-
cause it was thought that they would be able
to take their seats under the test-oath, that
other qualifications We're not required; and we
do not believe that there are many giants
among them. So the Republican Car must
still roll on, crushing out all that may lie in
its path. Fanaticism must continue to rule
the roast and some fatal day we may be
brought up all standing.
In our valuation of Southern members :" So
called" we are not aiming blow at our own
Representative-elect, Mr.. Chandler. We would
be willing to see him seated if it depended on
us. He possesses undoubted talents, and we
shall judge of his tendencies by his course du-
ring the two-years term for which he has been
elected.
1t is with the Black Republicans that 1--WE
are dealing; and we cannot divine how the
nation can escape signal curse with such
gang of one-horse politicians in the control of
affairs and fanatieism as the pilot