Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-07-25
What They Mean BY Reform.

We call attention to the conclu-
sion arrived at in the report OF the
minority Of the committee appointed
to investigate the Kuklux outrages.
This report was signed by Frank p.
Blair, I. +. Bayard, S. S. Cox, Jas.
Il. Beck, p. Van Trump, A. NJ.
Waddle, J. G. Robinson, J. NJ.
Hanks. Let it be remembered that
all these gentlemen are warmly in
favor Of Horace Greeley, and are to.
day among tie active leaders In the
"Liberal movement" From the mi.
rority report We catch glimpse Of
the ..retorm" which the Democratic
party hope to inaugurate after the
4th Of March, 1873. After admitting
the existence of the Kuklux, and the
horrible outrages charged against
them. these Liberal statesmen ard
devoted disciples of Horace Greeley
indirectly justify them by the follow.
ing language:
"As we have just remarked, we do
not propose to discuss at large the
question ofnesro government in these
pages; but we feel that it would be q
dereliction of duty on our part if,
after what we have witnessed in
South Carolina, we did not admon.
ish the American people that the
present condition OF things in the
South can not last. It was an oft'
quoted political apothegm. long prior
to the war, that no government
could exist halt slave and half free.
The paraphrase of that proposition is
equally true, that no government can
long exist half black aud half white.
"rhere can be nslther sympathy
nor harmony IN any policy where
such antagonism IS attempted to be
overcome by law. Gods law is
higher than mans law. Mans puny
statutes can not repeal or nullifY the
immntable ordinances Of tho AL.
mighty. Those whom God has sep.
arated let no man join together
There can be no permanent partition
Of power, nor any peaceable joint ex-
ercisc of power, among such discord-
ant bodies Of men. One or the 9th
er must havo alt or none. 1t is the
very acme Of folly and fanaticism to
suppose, in this day Of enlightenment
and its consequent pride OF feeling
among the superior race, that there
can be reproduction OF the ancient
fable of tying the living and the dead
together without causing death to
both. Who would have dreamed,
fifteen years ago, what highest and
most far seeing intellect among the
great men who established this Gov
ernment upon the basis Of homoge
nifty Of race and color, could have i'm.
agined that in the first century OF its
existence African freedmen, Of the
lowest type Of ignorance and brutal
ity, would rule sovereign State of
the Union, and be the arbiters OF the
rights and property of a race who
have ruled the destinies OF nations
ever since government was known
among men? Such state of things
may last 90 long as the party shall
last which had tho power and audaci-
ty to lnaugurate it, no longer. But
whenever that party shall 60 down,
as go down it will at some time not
long il tho future, that will be the
end Of the political power Of the
negro among white men on this con-
tlnent."
This is not our language, but tho
words of an earnest report; the hon.
est convictions OF every Democratic
member on. the committee. The
policy foresh lowed in this extract
is the policy Of the Liberal" party
The eight Llberalites who signed
this report are not extremists, bu,
fair representatives OF the party tc
which they belong. We desire te
be fair, to utter nothing in malice
against this desperate combination
TO defeat President Grant, but til,
open declarations of our opponents