The national Republican., 1868-11-24

not see-Ihe silly sun-The work
for Congress and President Grant
The Hottentots Of America.
NovBxBsR q. 1855
To ruE REPUBLICAN Tho Baltimors Spn
construss the fact that the public hear of fewer
Ku.Klux outragss having occurred since the
Presidential election than before, as evidence
that such things have not In reality taken
place. This is poor logic indeed. The pri.
mary cause Of the murders, arsons, mutila.
tions and other midnight crimes Of ths Ku.
Klux and other "chivalry" was to deter the
freedmen from exercising the right Of suffrage.
There being no longer elections to come of In
the South, the greater part Of the incentive
to murder, burn and mutilate has disappeared
for the time being. Hence they accord the
negroes and the white Unionists Of the South
a respite. 1t remains for Congress and Pres.
ident Grant to put = stop to . recurrence Of
these outrages. No Southern court and jury
not ons-will raise . finger to that end
Though ton thousand cases have occurred
since Lees surreuder) In the different South.
ern States, wherein men have been murdered
or outraged on aocouut Of daring to hold opin.
ions or occupy positions on public Affairs op.
posed to those Of the former masters Of the
land, not one single example has been made
by single Southern administrator Of the law
In the work ofits vindication--uot one.
The idea that Congress and President Grant
will continue to accord murder, arson and
mutiiation immunity throughout the South Is
prepostsrous, to say the least Of It. So the
San might as well prepare its friends, the
'Innocpnts,, Ku. u.Kiux, unfaithful courts aud
juries, and other local Southern officers, for
the measures that will surely bs taken BY the
General Government, In due time, to hold
them and the communities 10 which they OF.
srciss their license In wrong. doing to strict
accountability. The Sun will not be long in
learning the utter worthlessness Of the bold
subtsrfuges behind which It seeks to shield
unprovoked murder and unjustihable out
rage throughout the South. II fair words
cannot effect that object, force must secure
labor, throughout the length and breadth Of
the land, as universal respect and regard for
its entire independence as II enjoys In New
Hampshire, Minnesota, or New York Due
punishment Of thousand of the perpetrators
Of Georgia, Louisiana, Texas and Ku. KluI
outragss and crimes will bo the greatest bless.
ing that Congress can possibly confer on the
South. Without such punishment there will
be neither peace nor prosperity there during
tho life Of the present generation.
It begins to be apparent from the tone Of
tho financial articles Of the portion of th,
Northern press that represent the heavy com.
mercial interests Of the country, that moneyed
men at the North arc anticipating q speedy
return to specie payments, without dirsc,
Government interference to that end. Among
the leading causes for the existence Of this i'm.
preston is the fact that the South has actually
received larger aggregate gold value for her
crops Of the past season than she received fol
those Of any single year before the war. With
such q result. Of her industry and develop.
msnt already achieved, what will she not be
come, industrially, In ten years after all msr
there may be permitted to speak their indi
vidual sentiments, to vote as free from contro
by violence, to make the best market they car
for their labor, and to achieve improvement
Of their own and their families condition a
freely as those American rights and priv ilsgeI
are enjoyed throughout the North? The Sc
curity of these rights and privileges to all in
the South is the grand and memorable requi
site to her sound advancement. The for ma
tion Of land and industrial companies with
taking titles, the publication Of imposing
prOspectusss, and of empty pledge, of per
sonal safety to capitalists and others who may
20 South, will coax thither few really worth
having, until 1t is demonstrated that all mer
there are as much men-as Independent, un
molestsd and untrammelled by unlawful In
reference from any interest or quarter-ss II
the great West. The West is the oompetito
Of tho South for tho surplus labor, skilled an,
anskiiled, and the surplus capital Of th
world. Though the South really possesss
much greater natural inducements calculate
to draw these desidsrata to her than tho Yves,
until she becomes AmericauiIsd In fact o
we'll as in name, those inducements will prov
of little more value and advantage to her tha
the gold In the sands Of interior African river
and tho spices in interior African jungles, 1
!, the savsges in whose midst they are to
4 found. who invite foreigners to come and g
b. them only that they may torture, roast an
A eat them, as tho reward Of their entsrpris
= and temerity.
SncprrIpy McCuItoru AVN CotIpcro