The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-12-19

N13LBER Il.

front, and thus hasten reform. So
we are not excited on matter that.
in any event, has its conpensGtions.
There are circumstances Which
justify the desperation OF popular
leaders. We cannot blame South
Carolina for taking care Of herself;
and, whatever else we do, we shall
no longer put the seal and test Of
soldiery association upon the act
Of Southern men. -Four years viii
pass before, on a national arena. We
can mutually assist one another
There is no knowing what those
four years viii bring forth. In the
meantime we shall proceed in de
tail, by States, and we need neither
oaeuna5er aoa,- l-eiv ON each a4i,as-
The South, as body, is powerless.
There win never be another section.
al controversy. The party fights
which are before US win turn on 9TH
er things, and we may as well make
up our minds to it, first as last,
that there are laws beyond our
reach, which are paramount to all
considerations of a sentimental fell
lowship shat existed under other
conditions.
It may be that Gen. Grant viii
not be equal to the poor emergency
of simple bargain and sale; that
he and his associates will go on un-
til they have fairly killed the goose
with the golden egg. But there are.
signs of a revolution in Southern
affairs. There are signs of a radi-
cal change of political affiliations
the South. On the threshold of
this we feel it our dBty to say that,
whilst we have no faith whatever in
Gen. Grants promises, or in his ca
pacity to carry them out, we yet
hold every man in the beleaguered
South free to choose fer himself
The renationahzation of the South.
come how it may, will be a great
stride in the right direction. AS
we regard ourselves already nation
allied, we do not feel the need of it
so much as Others, and shall doubt
less be moved by different consider
ations, by consideration affecting
the local and civil administration Of
affairs and the publication of the
public service, State and national
The coming war Of the people
against the corporations will not be
a sectional war. But the old war of
the sections must be got off the
boards before the new campaign
can achieve its fun measure and
purpose. We could have wished
the event to have come about by a
process more honorable to human
nature and invigorating to the spir-
it of modern political progress in
the election of Horace Greeley
That hope was disappointed. It
may therefore be thrown down up
on a lower scale. BE thRtas it may,
it is to be reached through the
Grant administration grown liber-
al through its interest, or else we
shall have four additional years of
wrangle. So, let it come-any way
but let it come. We shall not
consider it, demoralizing as it can
not fail to be, an unmitigated evil.
We shall sec in it beginning, a re-
gretful yet necessary beginning, Of
the end; and shall seek to build be-
yond it party Of ideas, pledged to
local government and practical re
forms.
We declared during the canvass
that if Grant should be reelected /
necessity would raise up for him
The most ardent supporters Of this /
reyolutionalizing policy among the
people, beaten down and
hopeless as they would conceive
Already this is being
verified by the result We can not
say how it will turn out. But it
can only fail through a want Of tact
in the managers at Washington. +
Bfosby in tie late campaign was
true to his character Of a guerrilla, 4
preceding the cavalry and explor- (
ing the enemy's country. The
Mosby's viii be multiplied If the
has the wit, forecast and /
TO set up for a patriot
and pacidcator. II he does, the en-
tire aspect of partisan affairs will be /
and we are Inclined to /
think, on the whole, for the better, /
since they could hardly be worse
than they are. If he does not, we
shall merely run along on the line
Of the Liberal movement, gathering
strength as we 60, topping OF weak +
nesses, and. ii there is no foreign /
war, preparing for great peace /
struggle IN 1876.
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In early times in California, mili- /
tary titles as handles to the name
were very common. John Ph@nix /
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