New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-06
THE GOSPEL or HATRED
There was something to be admired IN the
STAKEHOLDER. Like the phantom OF Jupiter which
aDDcarcd to promcihcus-

There was something to be admired in the
stakeholder Like the phantom of Jupiter which
appeared to Promctheus-
.Crnel he seemed. yet calm aud strong.
Like who does. not suffers. wrong
The tyrant who ruled his realm with the lash,
who punished with branding and mutilaton,
who burned unaways alive, and upon whose
nod death danced perpetual attendance, had at
least the dignity which accompanies gigantic
and successful crime. lin the attitude Of the
master was conscious power, unrcenting will,
and deliberate defiance of the laws of God and
man. He was the representative OF victorious
villainy, and might properly claim that reluct-
ant respect which men pay to the robber who
cOmpcls submission, or TO the murderer who
risks death for himself, when he inficts it
upon others. His right To this tribute the
STAKEHOLDER proved when he sprang to arms
and fought, like a lion at bay, for his property
in human flesh.
But for the pimp and pandcr TO the slave
holder, for the Democratic party of the North,
which iackal-like hunted for the lion of Slavery,
delghting in the slaughter and content when
the mcanest of the spoils were cOntcmptuously
thrown to it-for that party who could have
even Il morbid admiration At the bidding OF
the Shareholder il went and came like whip
ped spaniel in obedience to his imperious
command it placed the poorest of political
creatures in the highest Office OF the Republic;
it passed laws which turned every Free State
into hunting ground it made the Constitu-
ton of the country the broad charter OF his
cruelties and:crimes. In those dark years, when
the STAKEHOLDER ruled from Boston 10 New-Or-
leans the Democratic party chcerfully wore
his collar and when he fell from power it still
howled and baTked at the heels of the nation,
throughout the long and agonzing struggle for
life. This virtue at least it had-the fidelity
with which an ill-treated cur sometimes fol-
lows brutal master, and it is faithful yet.
The STAKEHOLDER is dead but over his grave
the Democratic party whines and raves, III the
hope that some miracle may yet work his,
resurrection. Loving the dead master so well,
it hates the liberated slave. Look for the pur
pose which controls its action, and 1t may be
found only III It's mad, unreasonng inhuman
hatred of the negro. Take this away, and the
party falls TO pieces. Without the inspiration
of hate, Democracy becomes no more than
disOrganized faction, a superannuated r0ter, and
"a sturdy beggar for Office.
Strong words, but they are justified. For all
that we say let the Democratic press be author
ity. We search for evidence of a higher pur-
pose and cannot find it in any declaration of
principles, or the proposal of any national
measure. Reputation of the debt of the ma
ton is rapidly becoming part of the Demo
cratic creed, yet that treachery is but a subor
dinate article of faith, which does not excite
enthusiasm. But every element OF its policy,
excepting reputation, may be resolved into
hatred of the negro. 1t would have the Rebel
States instantly restored to their places in the
UniOn-because it hates the negro; it would
elect PTesident-because it hates the negro
it would defeat the Reconstruction measures of
COngress-because it hates the negro Than
this hatred there is no other sufficient explana
ton of the mingled cowardice and ferooity with
which it struggles to prevent the restoration of
the Union upon the natural basis established
by the war. Whenever Democratic orator
would appeal to the enthusiasm of his hearers,
his easiest way is to ridicule the niger. Dem
ocratic Senators in their dignifed argu-
ments must come down at last to the old talk
of heels and wool, if they desire their speeches
to be used as campaign documents. The lead
ing Democratic paper of this city, in its most
elaborate effort to prove the Reconstruction
acts OF Congress unconstitutional, was COM
PEELED at last to appeal to the prejudice of
race-tO confess that the whole Democratic
opposition to these measures springs from
hatred of the negro. Here in the North, it
admits, the negroes might be permitted to
vote with safety; but they are excluded "by
insurmountable antipathies Of race Then,