Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1872-10-05

! continuance in authority appears as a
danger and menace to our free institu-
tions. In no period of our history,
perhaps, has the selfshness of power
and the grasping greed of party stood
more insidiously, stubbornly, and
conspicuously in the way of manifest
duty. Let us take survey of the
field and trust to the evidence of our
senses.
THE FIRST DUTY-coNcILIATIoN OF
THE SOUTH.
The first great object of our policy
should have been to renationalize the
South, to revive among the Southern
people feelings calculated to attach
their hearts again to the fortunes of
this Union. For, let us not indulge in
the delusion that the holding together
| by force of its component parts is
basis upon which Republic can safely
rest or long endure. 1t requires that
bond which binds together the hearts of
the people, and not their bodies only !;
and to create that bond was for us the
highest object of craftsmanship. We
read of King Frederick William H. Of
Prussia, the Father of Frederick, the
Great, that is he was fond of OCCASIONAL
cudgehng such Of his subjects as
displeased him. One day while walk.
ing in the streets of Berlin he saw a
man hurriedly turn corner at his
approach. The King overlook him,
aud asked e'why did you run away
from me 2" @ Because / was afraid
of your Majesty" replied the trem
bling burgher. Well, you rascal,"
said the King, "do you know that |
want my subjects to love me. and not to
fear me 2" And to produce that love
he gave him sound drubbing. Such
methods of creating sentimental
attachment may have passed more than
a century ago In q despoptic kingdom
but in country like this love is not
inspired by caresses of that kind, and
even in Prussia they have long since
come to the conclusion that it requires
very different methods to build up and
hold together great empire. In order
to revive patriotic feeling and national
attachment in the South, we had to
convince the people that We were their
friends aud not their conquerors only /;
that we had their welfare at heart, aud
not our advantage. Only when we
made them believe in the purity and
usefulness of our intentions could We
hope to regain their affections. Let us
see what was done by the administra-
tion and the ruling party.
MENTs OF TYRANNY.
How much they care about the pros
lection Of the rights Of citizens and the
lives of innocent persons do not know
!. But | am certain that they value such
laws especially as political machinery
to control ballot boxes, as securing an
T extension of their plundering license.
, How will these laws serve that purpose?
You will learn by studying the history
of the South during the last few years
, have been in North Carolina, over 500
indictments found in some way under
; that legislation, are held by the United
States authorities IN terr0rem over the
r heads OF so many voters and their
, friends to make them vote and exert
their influence at the impending State
election as the managers Of the Grant
party direct. It is thus that the ruling
party makes itself felt in those States
1t is in this light that the majesty OF
the National Government appears tc
those people, not as friend to lif,
; them up from their prostration, tC
guide them out of their errors with {
generous hand, and to make them look
up to the national flag as a symbol o.
; Justice and fairness equal to all; no
that, but as the ally and abcttor of the
robbers who suck their blood, as th'
main stay of system which drains thei
resources blasts their hopes, emascu
lates their energies Knocks their enter
prise and condemns them to utter power
!, ty, distress, and ruin. You honest Re
publicans whose ears have been assidu
!, ously filed on y with horrible Ku-Klul
l. | StOrlcS, anu WhoSc mluu ~ unVeTSeu II
o the mysteries of party management
= you may look with surprise at thi
picture. You may not understand tina
6 the affection of these people cannot b
! successfully invited by the "cry," Yo
4 must love US, if it takes your last per
# n.y."
IS PERSONAL GOVERNMENT.
e A painful but still reluctant appre
n hension was then dawning upon tn
, minds of some that the conduct of th
lr great Government had fallen into th
h hands of trifer The distribution {
o offices was now in order. and the Pres
b ident began at once to shower th
y sweets of his official patronage upon hi
Q relatives and his personal friends. II
1t had probably never heard ofnepotism, ian