The Van Buren press., 1869-04-20
An Era in our Politics" The Liberal.

An Era in our Politics" The Liberal.
we are in receipt OF the W..kly Li6e
,al, Vol /, No. /, new paper just start
eds4 Little Rock, under the contro! of
Messrs JONES 4 BucuANAS The tone
ofstAe editorials Of this paper is good.
We havc for some time felt that the boil
ias caudren ofpolitics at the Capitol, had
prepared broth entirely new, though
composed OF old material That former
parties have fought out the issues, and
the hattie is ended, Negro suffrage is
upon ns and that ends the suffrage qaes-
tien. 60 far as that class is concerned in
the Southern States. To stop iiow and
debate the moral or political right or
wrong OF this or the policy oft, is time
lost--- wor rse than lost, because while We
fyh, this paipable and accomplished fact,
our State finances are being ruined. Our
public 9. internal improvements are neg
lccted or made the subject Of barter and
black~al While We dwell on abstract
questions Of Law and Constitution, ignos
rance, imbeeiiity, dishonesty and greed
are making sad inroads upon our State.
What is now required, is for lis to seize
upon the actual livinSs things OF the pres
sut, and from them work ont 4 better
destiny than is promised us. The ex
trerne Radical Republicans have accom-
p!ished all they were organized TO ac
compiish They have forced nagro SUI
fragc upon the Southern States BY con
gressional legislation. They have com
PEELED the excluded States " to accept
such government as Congress chose to
pronounce" Republican in form. Their
work is finished their mission accom-.
pliShed. The Republican party. was or
gsnixed to abolish slavery; they did it,
aid having done SO, the integrity Of the.
party ended. Many leading spirits, whcse
brain had been Its life, lctt. il and after
the war acted with the Democratic party,
iu opposition to the course pursued by
the Radical wing on reconstruction ques-
tions. The Radical wing accomplished
its mission, BY It's success in carrying
out its reconstruction policy, What
more has it, as a party organization to
do? What policy does it propose for
the future? What is its leading idcas
Nothing absolutely nothing! Having
no ,pole-star Of principle to guide it, it
has reered around from point to point,
among the rocks and breakers has to-
day advocated one thing to.morrov its
opposite. The solid compact lines Of
battle, that marched u 30. successfully
against all opposition to congressional
reconstruction, have been broken The
snen who were elevated to place and pow
'Ehe course OF the Legislature of our State
has disgusted the better portion of the
party, and o-day they are claiming no
af1liation with the dominant party in the
State. Dominant only by virtue of their
accidental position as State officials. Our
State demands that something be done
save her from the fangs Of these unprin
ciplcd fellows, whose only ambition is to
feed and fatten on her life blood, and
whose Gro wning act ofpublic robbery was
the passage ofthe Funding Bill" Hon
est Republicans and Democrats all join
in, the earnest desire TO drive Ignorance
aud dishonesty from place and power.
Moderate men, who claim afilliation with
the Democratic party, are ready to cx
tend the right hand ofpolitical fellowship
70 those Of the Republican party who are
willing, sincerely and cordially, to go to
work to save our State from impending
HuIx1 III are alike interested in this
matter, and all mast come s1uarely up to
the work. Universal amnesty joined to
universal suffrage is all the policy left our
country. We must be Republican in fact
aswell as = in form. There is no sseri,
fice ofprinciple ia this. The Demo cratic
party have gallanuy fought the question
ofnegro suffrage, and the congressional
policy OF reconsruction, in season and
opt pf season. That party can attach no
censure to itself, il the policy of endow.
ing the negro with the right OF suffrage
proves to be ruinous ono for the coun. !
try. They fought It and were vanquish
cd; let them now accept the situation full.
ly and entirely, and even if they are cor.
rect in considering this an evil policy,
let them use II to bring out good, If pos.
siblc 10 fight after you are disarmed
aud vanquishcd, is sheer folly. Let HON.
rsrr IN OFFICE be our pole star-and let
dead Issues be buried Let us join hands
with AL who with honest purpose, are
willing to battle for the interests Of our
Stste. Thr Liberdlis no doubt, to rc.
feet the opinions OF the moderate men Of
all parties, Who will join in this holy cru.
SADIE against CORRUPTION and inBEciLirY.
May heavm speed them In this good
work. a II this is to be the course OF that
paper We are with II heart and hand. I