Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-29
THE SUCCESS OF THE COALITION, AND

leaders, were bitterly opposed to biz indOrse-
ment at Baltimore; but the demand that he
should be put In nomination came mp 30
loudly and lmpcriously from that section
that Baltimore could not help itself and was
compelled to accept him. The New York
World fought him mp to the very hour the
convention met with all Ihc force aud yigor
that It could, while the Chicago Times boldly
declared that, In case he was nominated, II
would not give him lts support, a resolution
that II has ~ this day kept. The South, hOw-
ever, insisted, and In Difference to It he was
nominated, and upon the platform made at
Cincinnati.
Under these circumstances there Is no
doubt that his election would be hailed as
Southern victory, the first real, substantial
victory achieved by the pro-slavery, anti
Union party since they rushed into war
eleven years ago 1t Is only natural to sup
pose then that among those who would cheer
Mr.. Greeley most Justify as he went up the
Avenue To the Capitol to be lnAugurated,
who would be the first TO throng the ante
rooms OF the Executive Mansion, would be
the Southern leaders who now cOnsider that
they have no part In the Government, who
give half-hearted allegiance to the UniOni
who declare negro suffrage " be an un-
mixed evil; who complain that they have no
share In their local government aud that
they are oppressed by Federal law aud Fed
eral bayones. They would clamOr for office
demand representation and recognition In
the Cabinet the expulsion Of the carpet-bag-
gers, as they term them, from the South, the
restoration Of their rights and privileges"
IL Is very easy to see that their demands
would become greater and greater every day,
and that, II they were refused, Mr.. Greeley
would be IN a short time denounced as bit
terly as General Grant IA to-day. II Is all
very well to point to the Cincinnati platform
and say that all these questions are dead,
and that the Southern leaders have accepted
the situation. We have yet to sec the first
evidence Of 1t anywhere. The situation has
not been accepted In Georgia, In North Caro-
lima, or In Texas. There Is not a State In
the South to-day where the negro feels safe,
excepting where he has an overwhelming ma
jOrity During all this campaign the Libe.
raj candidates, orators and organs have
taught the southern people to believe that
they have great grievances OF some sort or
other, the remedy for which is to be applied
when Mr.. Greeley Is Installed as President
and Democratic House Of Representatives
sits at the other end Of the Avenue. Il Is as
clear as daylight that Mr.. Grecley's election
would Inevitably lead to a reopcuiug of the
questions that the loyal people desire closed
forever, aud that the illing up Of the bloody
chasm would be the mere reOpuning Of the
wounds of the war. His administration
would have to confront the most vexatious,
difficult and intricate political questions,
which by no possibility eau arise with Gen.
Grant reelected. MIR. Greeley's campaign
has been fought aud conducted on the theory
that during the last three years the South has
been oppressed and malIreAted, and that she
needs rehabilitation and redress.
Very few Republicans will deny that to n
certain extent she does, but not In the way
aud after the fashion that the Liberal party
would have US believe. For whatever Of OPP
preston exists In the South to-day, the South
alone Is responsible. II In certain sections
there are federal soldiers, 1t is solely because
the laws are not Obeyed and respected, and
the local authorities will not do their duty
The same law that governs New York gov
erns North Carolina and yet New York does
not complain Of tyranny. The same federal
code that rules Ohio rules Louisiana. The
power OF the Government Is felt In one just
as much as In the other. The south has to-
day all the political rights and privileges that
the East or the West or the North has, and 1t
is her own fault II she does not avail herself
Of them. What she needs Is not revival OF
the dead issues Of the war, but a resOlute pur-
pose TO do all that she can do; to 20 to work,
instead of sitting down In moody Indifference
with arms folded, her leading meu looking back
into the past aud dreaming of the restoration,
In some mysterious way, of what has faded
away forever. II there are bad men In office
In the South, why do not the Southern people
drive them out or send them TO the pCnlten-
tlarlesl That Is the way they manage them
In the North. To this the answer Is some
times made that they are retained In power
by ignorant negI oes. Then why not educate
the negroes7 Why not make the negroes
their irlends' Why maintain this war of
ra"es2
Gen. Grants reelection means peace. Mr..
Greeley's means, II not war, a condition OF
society to which war would be almost pref.
cradle. He would be met at every step by a
vigorous, determined, bitter opposition. His
administration would be In large part occu-
pied with the solution Of Southern policy
having lts origin In the lats war and the re-
construction measures. The South accepts
the situation" but they will beg leave to
alter the situation" TO suit themselves. The
triumph Of Gen. Grant puts an end to all
this Southern unrest and discomfort. That
there IL any portion Of the North or any
party In the North opposed to peace and
reconciliation, Is pure nonsense. Why the
Republican party has been willing and ready
every day d. ring the last seven years to
sLrew with roses path for the South In
which to walk back 10 her old place In the
Union. But II was the South herself that In.
sisted In scattering over II the thOTns and the
thistles Of dlslOyally aud dlsuulOD, and II she
has been scratched and made 10 bleed the
wounds have been inflicted by her own hand.
With another four years Of Gen. Grant and
the Republican party, the purely political
questions that have agiLated the country
during the last half dozen years
will all have passed away, and the
republic will prepare to meet tue great ques,
lions Of internal development and material
progress that are already pressing for con-
slderatiOn. The country Is sick aud tired of
mere politics, aud the sooner our politicians
has,lp IN understand Il thu hattar Tha nnn-