The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-16

outrage Justice be challenged, theyghave but
to appeal to Washington TO obtain all the sup
port they require. They assume that
Federal troops are available whenever
they choose to call for help,
and that, If these are not equal TO the
occasion, Congress will upset its own work,
do violence to the rights Of sovereign States
and restore chaos as a pretext for military
government. 1t must be admitted that for
these extravagant assumptions too much JUS
tifcation has been afforded. The despatch of
troops to do Governor Holden's bidding is a
precedent not less mischievous in its ten
dency than the ever-recurripg threat of inter-
ference which the extremists in Congress
promulgate whenever they find party supre-
macy ieopardzed in Southern State. But
the folly that invokes Federal interference is
none the less because there is folly that
comedies such interference. In either case it
is suicidal
What is about to happen when Mr.. For
ney's two papers begin to talk of renewed
Southern outrsges," all of us know The
sign is understood everywhere. There is
purpose which may be interpreted without
prophetic aid. Some scheme for promoting
personal ambition or factious greed is to be
presented to Congress or the President.
Some plan is contemplated for carrying an
election against the will Of the people, or for
perpetuating an authority that cannot with
stand the free exercise of the ballot. Then the
Ku-Kluk reappear, and murders and outrages
multiply at a rate which only vivid imagina-
tIons can explain. OF this startling intelli-
gence the Washington Chronicle and the
Philadelphia Press have a monopoly; they
are without rival, in that line of the news
paper business. And they are preparing now
for fresh manifestations of their peculiar
skill. They would have us believe that the
defeat in North Carolina might have been
prevented had there been more bayonets at
the ballot box; and they SO describe events
in other States as to suggest the necessity for
military appearances to make sure of Repub-
lican victories They ask us to rely more
upon the bullet, and less upon the ballot.
From this teaching Georgia has happily
been rescued by the good sense of ono branch
of the local Legislature, indorsed and per-
haps aided by Attorney General Alderman.
The people are not to be defrauded out of
an election, as was proposed. Now let us
hope that they will be allowed to vote un-
molested by the military. Mr.. Akerman
has we'll said that the Republican party can
better afford to lose State than to retain it
by means that conflict with right. In Texas
however, there is a Gyvernor who desires to
initiate Mr. Holden. He wants little
standing army to aid him in managing mat
ters, and threatens to appeal to the Wash
propositions. A despatch to the Galveston
Butletin-a staunch Union sheet-briefy tells
the story
"AUsrIN, Aug. 6.-Governor Davis mas determined
that If the Legislature iourns without passing the
appropriations he asked, amounting to sl,G00000,
that he will Immediately call an extra session. II
that is refused, he will report to the Federal Govern
ment that the State is laWess, that he Is pOweresS
and ask that the State be remanded to military rule,
that he be appointed Military Governor, and troops
stationed in the State as before reconstruction"
We have seen these things SO often already
that the prospect of their repetition excites
no surprise The partisan license in which
they originate is not exhausted. All we can
hope is that if Gov. Davis make pilgrimage
to Washington he will return home less
confident if not a wiser man.
1t is quite evident that the process of tink-
ering the Southern States to establish party
supremacy in them forever, has been con-
tinued too long for the good of the party it
self. The object OF reconstruction was ma
tional, not partisan, and the policy that
would unsettle finished work as often as
partisan exigencies arise, is as scandalous as
it is impolitic. 1t brings disgrace on the party
resorting to it, and insures a repetition of re-
suits akin to those in North Carolina. The
field is broad and fair, and we should be con-
tent to contest it fairly. Many substantial
advantages are on the Republican side, and
their legitimate use should be sufficient foI
all reasonable purposes. If our party mana
gers would turn them to the best account
and win victories where now they seem to
dread defeat, they will expel the Holdens
and Davises from their councils, and discard
the intolerant, proscriptive temper, and the
reckless abuse of power, which have beer
their chief characteristics