The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-10-06

hopes, but they seem tangible and capa-
BILE of realization. To these ends the
success OF the Democratic party on .
reactionary platform In an essential and
first step. The follies and mistakes of
the Republican party have at last ap-
peared 30 to weaken and divide 1t that
their opportunity seems present. They
hoped for this In 1867, and then organ
lied the Ku-Klux; they feel sure now,
and the order has spread over the whole
South.
"With closely contested election in
prospect, turning perhaps on the vote Of
the electoral college OF one small state,
the temptation to control the elections
all through the South by means Of in
timidation, force and fraud are irresist-
able and chances Of success are great.
Neither the constitution nor any law
| under it provides for any method of
contesting the result Of an election for
President. As the electoral colleges
send their votes to the Senate so they
are counted"
Our correspondent has insisted with
some earnestness that the apparent
inactivity Of the Ku Klux order at the
present time, is merely temporary, and
| that IS soon as there is a definite poll
teal object to be gained, VGOIence ScilI
be resumed as before. This opinion is
sustained by the United States Com
missioner Pointers, who signed card
extensively circulated, declaring that
no outrages had recently occurred in
the disturbed dlstricts of South Caro-
lima. He writes from Spsrtanburg that,
although that assertion was correct, yet
he believes the civil and military au-
thOrities of the United States have, dur
ing the last six weeks, been arresting
those who have been engaged in pre-
vious outrages. ''Since the inVestigat-
ing Committee Of Congress left" he
says, 81 know that outrages have occur
red in York and Union counties, and
they may have occurred in Spartanburg
county during my absence of three
weeks at Greenville. They would
doubtless have continued there but for
the active measures taken by the Uni
ted States officials. I believe that mar
ttGL L0to IS the only permanent effective
remedy for these troubles.
The situation is one of extreme diff
Guilty and danger. It needs statesman
ship Of the highest order to meet 1t, and
the need is not supplied by the men
who now manage most of the Southern
State Governments. Let the rebellious
leaders, then, be led but to expect that
the Democratic party, without accept
ing the late constitutional amendments,
will obtain control of the general gov
eminent, and one-third of the nation
will be thrown into anarchy.
We have no faith in the military gov
eminent of the Southern people by the
rest of the nation. It is as sure to fail
in practice as it is in unjust and un-
democratic in principle. The immed-
late and obvious remedies for the trou-
bles are precisely the moral remedies
which have never been tried. And the
hands of the Northern Democrats. Let
them, or the great majority of them,
unitedly and earnestly subordinate par
ty to country, and proclaim their pur-
pose to sustain the constitution as it
now is, while defending the municipal
liberties of every part of the country
against encroachment, and the very rea-
son for the existence of the Ku Klux
will be destroyed. But if the Demo-
cratic leaders in the Northern States
fail in this duty--and their time is short
for doing it-their utter and hopeless
overthrow in nearly every such State
will follow. and the responsibility for
the wise and statcsmanlike use of the
moral remedies will remain with the
Republicans. Their course has not
hitherto been free from grave errors |;
but their national leaders, we believe,
are learning much by experience, and
are now wiser and more moderate, and,
therefore, have q far better prospect of
success in dealing with the disafected
Southern people than at any previous
time since lS66.-Netc York EUentn0
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