The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1868-08-28
NEEDED FOR THE
SOUTH.


piled to 1t in our last issue. under the
caption Mute Appeal" This is the
point referred to If the Radicals
were in a minority. they could be beat
en- at the polls without force if they
were in a majority. they were unworthy
the name OF men if they could not
maintain their own with all tie means.
weapons and machinery that are in
their hands
Let MS admit th,. above. and what ar
gument have we against the necessity
for further protection To Union voters at
the SOUTH None AT all. Even if we
suppose the Radicals to be In a mi
n9rity, and that they could consequent.
ly be vanquished without force. this
state OF affairs does not give assurance
that the Union hating majority would
not crinlinally use the power of which
they were possessed The Democracy
WAS in the majority at the South before
the war; its opponents could, in the Ian
gilaEe OF the Gqzettr. e be beaten al the
polls without force" bat did that pres
vent the mobbing and murder of those
WHO differed from them in opinion On
the contrary knowing THAT they had the
power fiiey exhibited it to the fullest
extent for the crashing out of those they
considered their deadlest>enemies. And
50 would Is lac now. so Union man
would be safe az the South under such
circumstances unless shielded from as
sass.nation BY the forces OF the governs
ment Again, the Gozeyte assumes that
the question as 70 which party is in the
majority is TO be tllly known before the
election. and that. If the Democracy
have the power. they are, in full knowl
edge of the fact To march peacefully on
To yictory II the up town journal will
give a little attention TO this point. it
will see that the very doubt which hangs
over the result of the election in the
South completely overthrows all
its fine spun theories All cleo
lions are uncertain in their re-
suits. and more especially is this the
case in the South at the present time,
wl1err the commissions of war. the giving
of ,Ir.- ballot ~ n Iare,. 4l,ss,rs.s.r OF per
sons previously debarred from voting
I and the various changes that have taken
/ place in its political world during the
past few years have so disarranged the
data upon which 10 predicate calcula-
tiOns thal all prophesies with regard TO
| the election must be. To a greater OF less
extent, idle. This being the case, does
| the Gozettc imagine that its Southern
/ friends. even if they supposed they were
T in the majority, as they claim they are,
would refrain from making assurance
doubly sure by those resorts to force
which have characterized them in the
pastg Union voters would by threats
and violence be driven from the polls,
and although the result of the election
might not thereby be changed, much
innocent blood would be shed which. by
4 the exercise ot iuriher protection from
\ tllt. Government, would be saved.
I But let us take what tue GaZetfr calls
! the other horn ot the dilemma : let
us suppose the Union men to be in the
majority. This being the case. our CO.
temporary says. they were unworthy
the name of rncn If they could no: main
tain their own with all the means,
weapons and machinery that are in
their hands. And thus calmly the Ga
=,tte LAYS down its position for civil
war-for that much dreaded war OF
races al which il has. heretofore, had
so much 20 say-which il has previously
deprecated and yet. which il seems now
to invite. Although a large number OF
the Union voters OF the South have but
recently escaped from servitude-al-
though they have hut recently come Ia
be considered worthy the name oi
men still. we believe they might come
of victorious in such civil war as the
Go-effe proposes. if backed by all the
power which that Journal says they
have n; their command. but
, which We do not admit, Still
neither the government nor the Union
partv court such contest They wish
rather. 10 avert il. and hence il Is that
they wish TO give 10 the South sucl
b. protecti0u that the result OF a conflict
7 would be EOregone conclusion. sucl
, protection ~ would prevent anyone
J f,om daring To inaugurate the civil wal
relrrr,d to. la the la'e rebellion the
: Union arms were victorious. AS the
rebel Journals say. we conquered then
. solely by the power oi greater numbers
: But did the ia;, that we had the m'jori
. ~ prevent the South from making wal
l I - -. -. alI \.itlar will II