The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-06
The Democratic Peace.

tuuon-as 1t was called-which sthey made
their cornerstone and cohesive power, was of
such nature that sentiments opposed to 1t
were incendiary, and could not be tolerated.
They held that in the great section where this
so'called institution existed no man must be
permitted to live who disputed its right OF its
policy; and that such opinions were so danger
Gus to the social fabric, that they justified
society, or the majority who took upon them
selves the rights of society, in resorting to the
higher law of self-preservation, and putting
such disturbers out Of existence.
The Northern portion of that party accepted
these conditions, and freely justified the execu-
tien OF all Northern men in the South against
whom this accusation Of sentiments was
brought. And they also co-operated in ex-
tending this higher law by denouncing the
whole party of the opposition by name which,
in the South, was held to be charge and proof
of the otfense, and cause for immediate execu-
tiOn of capital penalty. Under this Demo-
cratic regime we had political Union which
was the theme of our idOlatry, but which
united country in one government, where
the citizens of one section who went into the
other did it at greater peril to life and prop
erty than they would suffer by travel among
the most savage tribes of Africa or the south
seas.
The list of Northern citizens murdered, or
cruelty abused in their persons, or, in the
cases of extraordinary forbearance, robbed and
forced to fly for their lives, in the South, was
greater than the list of all the robberies, MUIR
derers or other personal outrages upon Euro
peans and Americans by all the savage or half
civilized peoples of the rest of the world, al
though those frequently brought on wars to
redress them. This is that "Union as it was"
which We often hear spoken of as the golden
age of the Republic. 1t will be remembered
that such was the ferocious spirit of that
peaceful time, that the most cruel murders or
tortures of Northern citizens in the South were
justified in the Northern Democratic mind by
the charge that the victims were abolitionists;
and that this indefinite accusation, which in
its greatest aggravation only meant that the
victims had opinions against the rightfulness
of slavery, and which was in many cases
trumped up to cover robbery, closed all
Democratic hearts ageinst any touch of pity
or horror.
This was the Union as it was. 1t was such
union as would be made by uniting this
country with the Bedouin Arabs, or of the
Cannibal Islands, on condition that the
Bedouins or Caribs should be sacred in their
person and property when they came among
us, while we should be subject to be robbed
and eaten when we went among them; and
with the proviso that they should rule our
Government. The Democratic party, always
intolerant ferocious and brutal towards oppo-
nents, gave their allegiance to this reign of
benefoenoe of Democratic party rule.
1t is true that Northern man might pro-
cure an uncertain liberation in the South by
renouncipg all opinions against the rightful-
ness of this Democratic ''institution," I" and by
Jealous professions of belief in it as both a
right and blessing. By abandoning his
manhood, and by ostentatiously denouncing
the sentiments prevalent in the section from
which he came, and by assuming abject sub
serviency to the slave interest, he might be
tolerated, provided he became involved in no
disputes about property or dues with the ma
tives, which might offer to them too great a
temptation to force settlement by bringing
up the charge of secret abolition sentiments; a
charge which required no proof. On these
precarious terms citizen of this precious
Union might, by renouncing his manhood,
live in the South. And this was regarded as
so happy political situation, that the organs
of the Democratic party in the North worked
zealously to keep it up.
In the high hopes which were raised by the
death of slavery and the conquest of the Re-
bellion, it was generally thought that the
| time had come when the citizens of the
| Northern section of this Union would have
| the same protection of law in the Southern
| section, as the citizens of that section have
| always enjoyed in the North; that in fact we
| had become one people, as we were before in
name, and that the American citizens would
have the same protection of law throughout
| his own country, that the citizen of Great
| Britain enjoys not only throughout the British
| Dominions, but throughout the world.
In this belief large number OF Northern
citizens emigrated to the South, after the sur
render of the Rebel armies, carrying theil
capital and their Northern energy, and intend
| ing to build up their own fortunes by rebuild
ing the production OF the South. By the then
general Southern cry for Northern capital and
| immigration, they were led to believe that they
would be welcomed. That they had no hostile
| feeling towards the Southern people, was
shown by their going there to make home
| Men do not seek homes for their families
among q people whom they regard as enemies
Many others who did not emigrate, sent theil
capital into the South to be invested in agri
cultural production. In this, too, they gave
| proof of their friendliness. Capital is pro
| verbally timid. 1t does not seek the country
| of enemies.
How have these antioipations of peace beer
| fulfilled What kind OF a reception has thii
much needed Northern capital and Northern
emigration met withY Are there any Northern
men who, in the light of the experience o
| these three years, and of the present public
declarations of Southern feeling toward North
| ern immigrants, would now seek the South al
home for their families, or for an investmen
| of their capitals 1t is true he can have an un
| certain liberation there, upon about the same
terms as before the war. He must abandon
his manhood, give up his political rights, anC
! become an enemy to the National Government
On these terms he may be permitted to live
But, with all this, let him be careful not to ge
into any lawsuit with native, about rights O
property; for he may find that dispute will
a native will invest the Northern immigran
ln will alr