The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-12
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The Reaction Reacf1lIg.
From the II. i. Trilune.1


set iii with the Cincinnati Convention
threatened, .in the first impulses ct
its onward sweep, to completely sub
merge the Administration party 70
resist this revolution upon the issues
presented by the Liberal Republican
movement was impossible; the only
hope of the party In power was to
distract and divert it.
The attempt Of the agents Of tile
Treasury Department to create q A.
nancial panic for the party advantage
undoubtedly had its influence hut
whatever effect may have been pro-
duced in this matter has long Aince
reached its point Of elimination, and
the business sense Of the community
is already asserting itself The at
tempt on the part of the Administrta-
ton to organize n straigllt-otlt-
Democratic movement likewise served
for moment to distract the mind OF
the country from the main issue Of
the canvass. As d side show it did
for time prove a cover u1lder which
the Administration sappers and min
ers carried OH q promising work. But
the Louisville farce utterly exploded,
and instead Of lie1noralizing the Dem
ocrdtic party, it only served to- vindi-
cate the good faitk Of the honor
pledged at Baltimore, without impair
ing that compact national organize
ton which has yet to do it's most ct
fective work in the campaign. IL
was likewise supposed BY those who
accept Mosby and TOOmbs tls the
representative men Of Southern polit-
ical sentiment, TINT the South would
Immediately develop q strong fal1ti-
Union feeling under the iIstigption OF
Blanton Duncan. Fortunately for the
South, her statesmen have set tlleir
faces like flint against my further
!" leadership" on the part Of those
who thus joined hands with the Gov
ernment party to perpetuate the sea-
timents of the war.
At this stage Of the contest the bat
tie has begun to resume It's original
characteristics. Charles Sumner III
his farewell letter ana most Of tho
eminent speakers on tile Liberal aide
have sounded again the keynote OF
the campaign. " Reconciliation be-
tween the North and Soutll in the in
terest of fraternal union, q common
brotherhood and purity Of governs
ment is the. one pressing need OF the
nation."
In war it Ii deemed bad general
ship to permit your enemy to select
the battle ground. In politics it is
equally foolish to permit the opposi-
/ ton to shape yQoE own Issues. The
course Of the Liberal party is very
plain and simple one. We must hold
our antagonists to the issues made at
Cincinnati, and not PERMIT these to be
evaded. We claim that the higher
interests of civilization, union and re-
publican progress at the South are
involved in overthrowing the infa-
nous rule which sustains itself by tho
plumber of the wealthy Southern
States. We claim that the catlse OF
determination and good will betweeI,
botl, races at the Sonth demands that
the dark-lafItern hold which the Ad-
ministration has got upon the black
vote should be broken, and the color
ed people left free to act for them
selves. We claim 1hat the cause OF
education, Of industrial development,
of commercial and social intercourse
between the sections, demands that
the party Of hate should no longer be
supported by northern public sentf
ment. We claim that every consider
alton of humanity and craftsmanship
demands that tile era Of union, recon
ciliation and reform should now be
ushered III.
1t is simply impossible for the Adj
mi,listration TO hold its ground before
the bar of public intelligence when
confronted with these issues. These
are really the issues which, gathering
force quietly in the hearts and con-
victions of the American people for
years, have finally resulted IN the
Liberal movement. Remove these
ISSUES and the Liberal campaign pos
sesses no significance. Divert tho
public mind from them and VIC lose
our hold upon the heart and con-
science Of the nation. The public
mind is returning Of its own motion
TO tile question VI IECUllCHA&6AVH tti5u
publication as the. absorbing national
issues upon which everything else de-
pends. Let the managers of the Lib
eral movement take heed6 tlIesS, and
meet the popular tide and drive it for
ward with vigor, confidence, and de-
termination. 1t is the aggressive issue
which already puts the Administration
| ON the defensive, which will unite the
| South and give every Southern State
except possibly South Carolina, Mis-
| sissipffi OF Florida to Greeley; and it
| is the Issue which will rally that Lib
eral Republican balance Of power at
the North which, added to the Demo
| cratic party will carry enough Statea
to- elect the Liberal candidates by m
overwhelming majority
/ Mrs. Laura d. Fair, the California
murlleress, Il,as been acquitted and re-
leased. She owes her acauistal to hel
beautr, If she had been a hard work.