Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-08-16

dering of the Republican policy fancifnI ~
singular. The most Influential leaders ~
the party in Congress have commit
themselves to views identical with tbose Nv
have expressed Yet more recently gcn W.
tor Wilson, in his Saratoga speech. diclo;rnnJ
all desire for prescription or punishmnrt
Recognizing reconstruction as ALREADY in
sured, he declared his readiness to wpI",,,r,[
| the Southern people back with warm and
generous geetlngs, trusting that Gin Tia
future we shall be friends and hrotbers ~
We were in the morning of the rnn,I,I;o - -
La the same genuine Republican spirit co.,
Plerpolnt avows the object of his endco[or,
IN Virginia to be "to combine all Whit
men and black men," and on the brooI
| ground OF moderation and RIGHT tn CON.
| struct ''the great national Republican nart,,
Of the country" John Minor RoiIs 80; 80
superior to the pronptings of ner rs,,l,Ii
wrong, proposes general amnesty and roc
toration of all civil and political RIGHTS 70
the rank and file of the (rebel) army. and
to the great body OF the people" 1t is not
| necessary, however. to multiply these cita-
| tons. The law Itself, the avowals that ac-
companled Its. enactment, and the remarks
of almost the entire Republican proqs
together prove that the party cannot bo
fairly held responsible for the deDIorabo
state of affairs in Tennessee, or for the ey-
travagant utterances and demands of dema-
gOgues who speak in its name in other Dor
tons of the South.
Judged by the standard set up by the Re-
publican Party in Congress and generally
throughout the North, the election in Ten
nessee furnishes cause of modification and
regret, rather than of boasting and hone.
The men elected may call themselves
Republicans, but they owe their triumph
to agencies in direct conflict with the prin-
cipIes and the policy by which alone the
party should be estimated. The shameless
partisanship with which the work of dis
reimbursement has been carried out-tbe
vile perversiOn Of power which rendered
opposition impotent- and tho wholesale
exclusion Of tried and trusted white Uni
OnlstS for no other reason than their hos
Utility to the BrownlOw faction-are not
more violative Of the philosophy of repub-
ican government than of the wel-settled
principles of the Republican Party.
The Congressional Executive Committee
owe to the party they represent, not less
than to the country, prompt and decisive
efforts to counteTact the eXtravagances of
the Hunnicutts and their white allies, and
to prevent the repetition of scenes at once
so farcical and disgusting us those of the
late " Mass Convention " at Richmond
-'S1oHCL lOt tNLUy uOI jttIIOtLc cOnSlUpTQ-
tlons IS it desirable that the Southern wing
Of the Republican organization should be
permitted to be almost exclusively black.
Unless the pacifcation Of the South is to
be abandoned as hopeless, the confidence
and Incorporation of that large body OF whites
who anxiously seek peace and restoration
should be cultivated sedulously. The as
pect of the registration lists is a sufficient
cause of alarm, without the addition of
needless prescription and wanton AFRO
gance. Even under the most favorable cir
cumstances, we fear that the maiorities by
whom the State Conventions will be con
troled will be black. Where this disparity
arises from the refusal of whites to register,
they only can be held accountable for the
result. If, having votes, they refuse to OK
ercise them, they must thank themselves
for negro supremacy. It is for the mana
gers of the Republican canvass to be care
full lest they increase the disparity by couu-
tenancing the eXtravagances of the worth
less demagOgues who address themselves
exclusively to the negroes.