The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-07-13
Political sentiments OF the
Country.

lno polillcal scDtlDtuts VI tuc COuu-
try, both North and South, are IN
what chemists cal the nasceut or form
ing state, as TO what shall be tho great
aud leading questions Of the campaign
Of 1872.
The question Of slavery is settled,
after its long agitation and final bap
tism 10 blood.
Negro Suffrage has gained firm
ground by experiment and will no
doubt, become fully established as a
Just right, and fixed tact.
States Rights and the Right Of Sc
cession have gone down with the lost
cause.
The payment OF tho public debt is
40 longer a question Of doubt or dis
pute. Itcan and must bo paid, partly
by the present, fully and completely
BY the next generation.
Reduction of the taxes is not only
a settled question, but part Of the pol
icy of the Republican party.
: Tho question Of Fiunace.and the dis
tribution Of the National Bouds, are
questions that the wants and demands
Of the different sections Of the coun-
try must devise, settle, and control.
The Tariff is question OF many
phases viewed in many different
lights according to tho particular in
terests Of tho different sections of the
country. Some arc for high tariff
some for low, some for medium. and
others for none at all" Free Trade
and sailors rights Wo OF Peunsyl-
vania favor judicious revenue tariff
so adjusted as TO afford the best pro,
lection to the labor and general 10
tercsts Of the country against foreign
competition.
The Alabama question is settled iu
tho recent Washington treaty with
England; and in way that the
American people, of all parties, ap
prove, and 10 accordance with Presi
dent Grants expressed policy Of 'Lcl
us have peace" ...
The sentiment Of tho people is tha
the disturbances aud outrages com
mitted by the Ku-Klux in the Soutl
must be stopped, Union and loyal citi
zeus protected, and offenders brougb
to justice. Law aud order must b'
established, safety aud protection
secured to overy Iaw.abiding citizen
without distinction of race, color, o.
condition. The right Of ireo and uu
trammelsd suffrage must be guarau o
teed to all legal voters. The late Law
of Congress OIL this subject. must b.
enforced at all hazards, the Ku-Klu,
must be suppressed, aud the purity o
the ballot box preserved.
The question Of Amnesty, aud tn
rest oratiOp Of all tho rights of Ameri
can citizens to the leaders Of the lat
Rebellion should be postponed for t;
time, until, at least, more repen.an
aud loyal spirit is manifested by tn
offenders. This is the public sent
ment, aud it is right. The publ
opinion Of tho loyal and patriotic me
Of tho nation says, wait while be
fore this is granted, for it is know
now that we have already been too Ion
lent and mcrciful to traitors.
Folisamy, like the outrages Of ih
Ku.Klux, must DO stopped. Publ
sentimcn, is against 1t, and it must Z
down.
Publ, sentiment is to-day strongl
in favcr Of the Administration of th
Republican Party. Its plain, homes
work 10 paying SO large an amount @
the public debt, and is laboring SO as
siduously for the peace and and pros
perity of the country, aud Tor the hap
piness and good OF the pooplo, hav
extended its linos and strengthens
its defences. All dsaiTectiop of i.
members is moro than compensate
and counterbalanced by the late speec
Of that arch traitor, jeff. Davis, an
the "New Departure" of the Democ
racy, which is virtual Acknowledge
mcnt that they have been wrong an,
aud troaoheroas through all the year
since 1861. "I e. g..
These things, and many Others nov
transpiring, cannot but strengthen tn
Republican party in the minds an,
hearts Of tho people OF the nation. :