Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-06-29
Eaten Weekly Democrat
F. T. Foster, Publisher.
Eaton, Thursday, June goth, Vs71
Radical Rule In the south.

Radical Rule In the south.
The Toledo Democrat draws a correct
picture of the condition of affairs in the
South. wLc2 t remarks: Who Is there
that has not often seen the weak, or the
unfortunate, haggRred By the physically
strong and morally mean TIL they, in the
desperation of their resentment, and
%itL out regard to sequences sought
relief III violen. attack-the very thing
for which the brute was working that he
might glut his cOwardly ~vIclousness.
But so repulsi, ely m!an and british
are such exhlbi ions that the lowest
crowd that ever gttherei 10 witness a
, prize fight would cry out, shame. The
South was whipped end humbled in the
late war. So completely WAS this ac-
complished that our besS men saw that
utter despondencY on the part of her
people was more to be feared than any
thing else /; and, to prevent snch a ca
lamity, uiged the necessity of making it
manifest to them, in every possible way.
that we of The North we're . magnan:-
nous foe and upon the declaration OF
peace, were ready to extend brolhe7ly
help and hasten the day when they should
see Il prosperity, moral and material,
far in advance of any they had ever
known. Their army was dish aartened,
disarmed and d~isbanded, and their coun.
try impoverished. we were prosperous
and with the finest army in tbs worl1.
We had nothing to fear, and every in
centive to ~magnanimous action bat,
with shame and modification 1t must
BE- said, u mob Of lawless ~plunderers
ruled the country, and ordered other
wise, that they might perpetuate their
power. Brought to the ~surface through
fro ctrifa fbav : apinnI IN know No
other way by which they could maintain
their position Unmindful of the tnie-
rent principles that underlie republican
governments, and without which they
cannot be sustained, and regardless of
all else but self, they have only to SOW
the seeds of sectional prejudice and
hate aad add to the bitterness of the
strife of race. To give a faint idea of
the means used by the Republican party
to perpetuate n state OF strife and civil
Wal at the South, solely for the gratii-
cation of their selfish desires, WE make
the following quotation from the New
York 1ribuns, knowing that, by many, |
Democratic authority would not be ac-
cepted
sour correspondents lave now been
so long in the disturbed districts of the
South, that VIC can form from their let
tiers a distinct idea of the state of society
in that unfortunate part of the y ZION.
It is u melancholy picture that they
draw for us. The most intelligent, the
influential, the educa:ed, the really use
fnl men of the South, deprived of sill
political power, have come to look upon
themselves as the outraged subjects of a
despotic c0nqueror. Taxed and swim
died by a horde of r~ascally foreign ad-
ventures, and by the ignorant class,
rrLsoI CIV ro5far1nu hnaI thu folds !
and served in the kitchen, they care
nothing for politics except to throw off
the oppressive yoke !; they have no in
terest in national affairs /; they would
call thems ,lves of either party, provided
tteir rulers were only of the other. The
refuse of northern cities, who went
southwark after the. war, out-at-elbows
and destitute. of character and educa-
ton, now roll in splendid carriages,
drink rare wines: glitter with diamonds
as big as FisK's, Ii steal taxes as fast
as a New York Street Commission. 1t
no wonder that no wonder that the i'm
poverished planter, growing poorer ev-
cry day. The ex-confedeIato officer
who fought so bravely for a cause in
which he honestly believed, the profess
sional men, accustomed all their life to
hold office and lead the public senti-
ments of their communities. look on
such thugs with rancorous hearts.
They might submit to be ruled by SOL
diers who had b 'aten them in battle /;
but here they are plundered by suffers
and camp-followers. This is a lnisera-
bic state oil thing5, indeed, for a republi
can governmone-a burlesque upon the
suffrage, when the only restriction upon
voting is that the votes shall moi be cast
for the most intelligent and Virtuous
citizens
Gould the pralent here III the North
under such aggriVa:ing circumstances,
prevent disorder, excess and ~retalia-
tion2 No honest mar can say that they
could. Would it be fair to denouuce US
all as cut-throats and murderers be-
cause we coald not? The people Of the
South are simply hunsn beings, just as
we are-with the same impulses and ten
denotes to resentment. WHAT is the
proper course 70. us to pursue now?
Heap insult upon injury? Palliate for
ever wrongs by aiding greater? Con
tinue to badger them till they become
frenz;ed and then cut all their throats
That is the policy advocated by the
leading Republican papers, and is the
policy being pursued By that party now?
How can a people who acknowledge
Christ as God, and claim 10 make the
Golden Rnle their rule of action, make
such a policy consistent with their
professions. The fact is, is
their God aud they worship no other.
Pharisaically, they only try to hide their
hideousness with a pious cloak. "The
mills of God grind slow, but exceeding
fine and sure.
WE clip the following from one of our
exchanges, and it we'll suits our own