Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-18
The Unity Of the Republican
PartV,

The signs Of the tines betoken
the return Of unity and harmony to
the Republican ranks. The imme-
diate source OF this is the malig-
nant determination OF the Demo
cratic party TO adhere to the creed
and policy which have formed its
basis of action heretofore. TIE
depravity of the leaders Of that par
ty is such that they have not the
foresight to perceive, nor the patri-
olism to desire, an abandonment of
the basis Upon which that DO liticrl
organization has rested in the past
In political, as in martial contests,
good cause is often treated to a
victory because Of the blunders or
blindness of the common enemy.
The Democratic party is obliged
TO look for its strength from the
South, and from among the very
men who ten years ago betrayed its
) confidence as basely and as cruelty
as they afterwards betrayed the ma
tional constitution, hich they had
go often. sworn to uphold and cher
ish. So wicked and bitter has been
the course of that party toward the
colored peop'e in this country that
1t can never hope to gain any votes
Z ON that quarter. 1t can never
convince them that their course will
be safe in their hands. Hence their
reliance is in the defeated oligarchy
of the, South. That oligarchy has
never been characterized by wisdom
Tor moderation IN their demands mp
on their Northern allies. Accord
ingly that party threatens the over.
throw OF the amendmentsi abolish
ing slavery and defining the terms
of citizenship, and investing the
80 celored people with the elective
! franchise So long as the defeated
oligarcby demands the abrogation
OF these safeguards of our national
unity and liberty, SO long the Nor
them Democracy will not dare to
accept thrm as political facts, which
it will be treason to distutb.
The organized guerrilla warfare
now being carried on by the Ku
Klux in the Soutl reveals the tyran
ny and malice which we must ex
pect from that quarter. From thu
lips of manya Southern rebel, du
ring the war, were we assured tina
il the Federal armies should con
quer those OF the confederacy
guerrilla warfare would be carried
ON for thirty pears against the con
quering power Many were dispos
ed to regard this as an unmeaniu;
= lravae Ga threat growing ont o.
the modification of defeat, which
would soon be forgotten. For {
tune the split of the South seenet
so submissive that we had begun tt
concur IN the general opinion. Blu
as the labor of the landless ccloret
men OF the South begins to he th,
means or carrying on bloody cru
SADIE into the bands of their old op
pressors, we End the old spirit mp
rising The land pirates are giver
impugnity 70 rob, pIunder, and xii
the objects Of their malice at will
With returning prosperity the oil
malignity burns as fieseeiy as Of old
In the destitution of the South
Northern emigration was for tim
welcomed a. if q new spirit had com
over the South with the new era {
freedom. But now the case is alto
gether different. Men who wese a
iracted to the South by its gent
and productive climate, and by Il
rich natural wealth in which it !
ID bonds, oare ruaely repulsed al
sdriven1away. The cause Of educ
ton is derided, and those who ca
~ it forward are prosecuted ev'
TO DEATH In this condition
things We are compelled to belle
that there was q deeper meani
than We had ar2rehended in
- threat that the Soath would foll'
our victory over it with a hara'
- ing guerrilla warfare. That Is VI
they aresnow doing
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