The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-10-05
C0SCEIT AND BRAG.

In looking over our Southern exchanges Of
the so-clllcl Democratic faith we are almost
led 10 doubt whether there Is, after ALL any
such thing as human progress; whether tile
lessons OF history teach US anything save and
'NcCpu this that the generations of men
- iL'O.Gc and go arc learning nothing:
mat they are simply passing on in some grand
circular movement only indicating as they
reach certain points just that amount Of
knowledge and intellectual and moral pIo
gress which characterized the forgotten gen
"rNtions of long ago. Then we look bacl
elsewhere to Other nations and peoples OF the
earth, and we find that this theory cannot LC
true In its application to mankind generally
Wccast ourcyes upon thcpeople In the North
and West, in Europe, aud even in far off China
aud we lind that the world does move, and
that new ideas and progressive principles
Of a more practical nature are daily taking
the place In politics, In government, In re
ligion, and in science Of the old, the useless,
and the sBGc..
1t Is not so in the South, however. There
certain persons, very inconsIdcrable in respect
to numbers when viewed Ia their relative
strength to the whole population, who as.
sumo to be the par GrccicHce-iudeed they call
themselves The south, and every body else, black
or white, are nOboLics, carpet. baggers,"
"IcGiGrrlys"-they are the men, and ''wi sdom
Will die with them" The experience they
have had during four years Of bloody war has
Taught them nothing. They illustrate 10 their
history and. through their obstlnAcy and con.
ceit the leading traits OF that famiIy-the
Bourbons-whosc last remaining scion Ia the
person OI Queen Isabella, Of spain, has Just
been driven from her throne; so thu, the en-.
tire house 10 now thronelcss-not a single
member OF II on any throne in Europe We
EAY that this southern aFistoSracy, poor Att
broken as it is, illustrates in It's stupid folly
and conceit Che bourbon hsllgcin4'ion. Il
will learn nothing, neither VIII 1t forget that
the psst Ia dead, and that VIC are living In an
age Of progress. Its fate will be that Of the
BourboRs. talks Of 4 Constitution as twas
and of Union such as existed before the
war--a Constitution and a Union which the
Lees, the Cobbs, the TOombscs, and others of
that iik tried their best to destroy; and falling
in this, now return and demand that they
lake their old places and rule as formerly
under that Constitution unchanged, and the
Union unmodihcd. We tell them no; we
have made progress, and they must accept the
situation and the altered condition Of thing.
and accept heartily before they particIp,te In
the AtrhiIs Of the government.
But It Ia amusing TO hear !Lc talk Of thefe
people; and TO notice the ans they put on and
the assurance which they manifest They
the chlvalry-ln no state Elurc than twenty
per cent, OF the population, arc the South, in
their estimation. To them bCIoLgs the divine
right TO rule. All the places Ia the local gov
eTnments, In Congrcsg, hul In the Judiciary
belong TO them rs matter Of light The idea
that they can be deprived OF their vote, and
disqualified TO hold office IS any person on
earth is too much, AMI more than thcy can
quietly staad; hcnce they rave. But what are
they going 10 90 about III They tell us Just
what they mean to do, II they can. Elect Sey.
m"ur and BIsir,ullify and get up anothcrwar
This they have told us In plain tcrms We
understand them. The loyal people under
stand them, and they mean 10 hold this chiv.
airy just where 1t now stands til 1t repent and
show works meet for repentance. why nou
Is IN" punishment too severe for the men who
committed treason and did their best TO de
Stroy the Government Not u bit. II this pcO.
pie Is ruined II will be their own couceit and
folly that dcstrOys them, and not the work Of
the loyal North. After the election Of Grant
we look to see change, and during his AL.
administrations 1t will get rid OF It's cUnccIis