Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-11-23
s.FUSION,,

Under this brief caption the Patriot, OF
last week, WAKES somewhat eloquent and
wordy, and finally works off an editorial
lthat..Democrats doubtless will call a s'good
thing" From the style and other char
acteristics of the article for the construe-
ton and diction are elegantly we rather
suspect that the round and glowing peri
DDS glided from the trained pen of some
Republican, as we know of no Democrat
Of sufficient intellectual capability to per-
Petrate a political literature of 50 much
sparkle and b~rilliancy. m
But to the point. If naked and
sroundleSs assertions and unwarranted
r~rosunptions. and not logic. argument
and facts, were required to form, direct
and control the judgment of men, We
frankly acknowledge that our neighbor's
header would stand out In defiant isola-
ton. invulnerable to criticism and reply.
The Administration Of Gen. Grant is
the central figure around which our res
pected cotemporary groups, in horrid ar
ray, all the present and prospective cal
antilles and dangers of the political stu
alton.
The President is rehemently denounc-
ed because he has not made peace with
the rebels, but still retains tLem under
the terrorism of the bayonet rule. At
the same time our neighbor refuses or
forgcts to tell US that the President was
compelled to suspend the writ of Hateas
Coruus in about a dozen counties of
South Carolina, and send the United
States Soldiery there to suppress the out
RACES and crimes of the infamous Ku
Klux Khan. Our neighbor refuses or for
gets to announce either editorally, or III
It's news columns, that the diabollsm of
this midnight Order is so reckless and
blood thirsty ia some portions Of Georgia
and in all of North Carolina east of the
Blue Ridge, that loyal citizens are skulk-
ing in the woods or fleeing in the widest
terror and dismay from their threatened
homes.
Grants detested ~''bayonet rule will
depart from the South when this iendish
organization of horned masks and coffin
shrouds disband, when unprovoked vio-
lenee ceases its CHASTITY work of bloodshed
and death, when the poor white man and
the negro are as safe in their cabins as the
lordly planter in his mansion, and when
the majesty ofthe law towers above all
hates, prejudices and barbarous assump-
tions of caste. Then and not till then
will the deadly shadow of the bayonet
depart from the land of masked maraud-
erS.
The Judiciary is, also. bitterly ON
planned Of. This indictment comes with
q decidedly bad grace from a Democratic
journal, when it is remembered that the
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Bench,
Hon. Salmon =. Chase, in all his decis-
lions. as well as in his political course,
though a professed Republican, has had
such a leaning towards the reconstruct
ed" that they rave been talking of run
ming him for President for the last two
years. 1t is a part of our legal history,
that, in many cases touching the inter
ests of the late rebels, this self same Re
publican Supreme Court, now arraigned
for corruption and prostitution have rem
dersd decisions detrimental to the local
policy of the Republican party in the re-
VOTED States.
But tho creamy quintesscnce of u
neighbours .leader' is this. That Il ere
is a large and influential portion of the
Republican party uncompromisingly hos
tile to Grants aspirations for another term
on account of bribe-taking, nepotism &c.
Charges of this kind were never heard out
side the columns of any Democratic jour-
nal save the New York Sun and even
tho Republicanism of that paper is ex-
tremsly doubtful. Its editor would now
be the strongest Grant man living, had he
not have been snubbed in the distribution
Of fat appointments. We admit that a
few politicians Of influence and ability
have opposed the Administration in Some
Of its more important and prominent I'M
dertakings, but these same meh have up
held it in many others. But has the Pa
triot any information that these ~reealci-
trant Republicans will not support Presi-
dent Grant if be is nominated? Have
they ever said they will run an independ-
ent ticket in that event? The great
and good" Horace Greedy, the aeknowl-
edged leader of the factionists, says be
will give him ''the powerful Influence of
the Tribune aud his personal support, if
he is nominated" The .'fusion' dodge,
like the Now Departure. is entirely '.toc
thin to ensnare the people of this coun-
try. We anxiously await the next sensa-
ton, the next turn of the Democracy in
the midst of the innumerable troubles
surrounding them. ise371 g !
THE SECOND SURRENDER.
Sometime ago the Government sent a