The weekly standard., 1870-11-02
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| them the criminal enormity of their posi-
tions, AZ well as to make good the charges
which we bring against them. Theextracts
which we make in this article are all froma
single paper, from single editorial in a
single paper. We quote from the Green's
boro' Patriot: -
GENERALIZATION.
"We have long been Of ths opinion that
| the grand object and aim of the men who
control the Republican party, has been and
| is. now the Capitalization Of power in the
government at Wellington, whereby they
| can control the States and make them sub
ordinate to the powers that preside at the
national capitol. Every legislative act that
they have passed since they nave come into
power goes to prove this." ~ @ naa''ot shl
Are we not to infer that our charge
that every measure Of the last ten years,
measures in the interest Of freedom Of
national credit, meets and will meet with
the persistent and yirulent opposition from
that party which styles itself Conservatiye9
Does not this statement make good the
charges that we have brought against that
party-that they are hostile to those meas
ures and will treat them as null il they ever
have the powera
We give them their choice. They are
opposed to these benefcent Republican
measures or they are not. If they are op-
posed, then. our charges are made good;
if they are not, then their party is fraud
and has NO excuse for its Appearance above
Eground. Having given his opinionsof Re
publican measures, this Solon ventures
judgment upon the Constitution. -
"The Constitution of the United States
which guaranteed to each State the right to
manage its own internal affairs in its own
way, has been so altered, and mutilated to
suit their whims and notions that it can
scarcely be recognized as the Constitution
that was handed down to u.s. Il has been
handled about as unceremoniously as last
years almanac" .51sfusyc., u
Ifwhat you say is true, you are no patriot
| if you do not seek the repeal OF at least the
notification Of those amendments, which you
consider of no more value than last years
almanac. If you do seek either repeal or
notification, we charge you with being q
bloody revolutionist, for you know that they
never can be repealed or annulled without
such conflict as the soul sickens to con-
template.
Solon has this view of the reconstruction
measures 7i-} --t Ea.-a..
"What is all this so.called reconstruction
in the Southern States but the elimination
of the centralizing theory they are putting
into practice I These States even since "re-
construction" have been governed more as
provincial appendages than as States CO.
equal with the rest. y ''i'I 9'ai'''3- "nH
Then you are still opposed to the recon.
struction measures as we have repeatedly
charged. .But you do not seek their re-
peal!"' What then means this incendiary
language We charge you, on this Ian
guage we charge you, with aiming even
now to organize revolutionary party
Nay, we have right to charge you with
being of that party which threatens revo-
luton in New York City, which with
bloody hands thrust down the majesty of
the people in our late State election, which
banished Shofner and murdered Stephens,
and which, no longer ago than last week,
butchered in cold blood 60 Union men at
/ Laurens, South Carolina. -
Grant is q presidential autocrat exercis.
ing power that no president ever dared to
assume before him, a power that the ruler
of England would not venture to wield,"
II Gen. Grant is an autocrat he is usurp
. er, and this writer is bound to resist his arl-
! thority. If he is no autocrat, this writer
! is what it would be gross impoliteness in US
i | to style him. If Gen. Grant is not sustained
i. by Republican legislation, then the Repub.
lican party are not to be held irresponsible for
! | Gen. Grant If Gen. Grant is sustained by
: Republican legislation, then the charges
| which we make are true, to wit !: that this
writer is bloody revolutionist, seeking
, to instlgate revolt against the government
by slander of the President, and by covert
attacks upon. what his party term settled
: issues !; an untirely suitable procedure for
Kuklux, but unbecoming in partisan with.
out platform:
i" The grand galaxy of States that once
constituted the pride and glory of the re-
: public arc no more what they were. Stripped
J Of their sovereignty, and almost of their in
dividuality, they have been absorbed by
!, the central Power, called by Radical lights
I the "Nation."
! Had the changes that have been made in
our Government in the last ten years been
predicted, our people would have laughed
at the prediction and scoffea at the pre-
. 'tsiT1A Il AFT 1iiil-a,g Ar.sa.l
Dear readers, can you doubt now that this
is bloody reyolutionist 3-that he is In IA
yor OF uprooting the legislation of the last ten
years2-.hat he is opposed to the recon-
struction acts a-that he wants the Consti-
tuition as it pas ?--that he does not believe
that the United States, should assume the
powers of a nation 277that he is in favor of
! that exploded view of States rights which
led to secession and civil warl
Remember, these are extracts, from lead
) ing editorial I'M prominent Democratic
y journal, andconsider what your future would
i be should the Democratic party again come
into powersi 3e., grols st,fF tg-5
1.-THE States are not what they were!'
Mol The nations credit is maintained. The
, slave oligarchy is overthrown. The people
7 rule The poor man votes with the rich.
All are equal before the law. A poor mans
son is President. The common school and
3 the jury box are open to all. We shall