The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-07-13
sonally know that such were th
general views of Mr.. Lincoln.

sonally know that such were th
general views of Mr.. Lincoln.
:. Against such views We are aWar
that very serious objections exist
ed and the execution would b
.lifficult. But, between two poll
oies,--the one Of which shoul
make the Sou b xecute Of Its ows
viii the, changes which tho wa
rendered inevitable, and the othe. I
Of which should secure enfran
chisement and protection Of th
slaves. by the intrusive power o.
tho Federaa Governments -tiIet .
was tsis difference, that . spelic
which made the South do its- Ow
rexenerating work, would NOV
slowly and would meet great EN-
barrassment at q ct. but woul
grow easier and easier every year
Whereas an intrusive policy woul
be effective at the beginning, bU
vou1l be very difficult in the end
Tie Sou.h needed to be dividels
into two parties as the North Is.
both striving to possess the Ma,
ti0nal Government, and each de
Tending its vote black or white -
A policy which should unite th
white vote against the government
and consolidate the black vOt.'
in favor of it, could not fail ts
breed difficulties Of the most for-s
midable kind.
There is no use il discussing the
relative merits of either policy.
We have chosen and must now
abide tie issue, The Republican
party just then thrown into fever
by the career OF Andrew johnson,
whom it y as too stern to tolerate,
TOO proud to mould and manage,
was in no mood to take advice OF
moderation or magnaaimity. 1t
eagerly rushed upon Q policy OF
force rather than indence; and il is
the nature of such q policy that, il
once begun, it must be carried out
to the end. The Government un-
dsrtOok, not to secure kind treat
ment for the freedmen from their
neighbozs, but to guard them by
the sworded hand Of the Govern.
ment. Tha: Eand cannot be drawn
back so long as i: is needed. Once
having begun, the Government
must 90 on to the end. TO change
now would be q base abandonment
OF the colore.i people: Wescoun-
seled aga,ast this policy in the
beginning, when counsel nigh.
avail !; but when the party adopted
the policy, it-sbecama pledged 10
uphold il till the end was secured.
That time has not yet come Even
Mr. Greeley, who was foremost in,
urging the Republicans to adopt
the intrusive policy, who for seven
years has justified and defended
every measure required to carry
out that policy, cannot have so
changed it's point of view as to see
that the freedmen OF tie South
must at al hazards be defended
We do not. love Federal interfer-
ance with local affairs, nor sus-
pension of Habeas Corpus nor
| Ku-klux Laws. But the time to
think OF these things was when We
| chose our policy. Having adopt-
Ell it, these things are indispensi-
BILE. They are logical and poli,i-
ca! necessities. To abandon them
now is TO throw everything into
confusion, to unset,le the relations
of classes in the South, to tear of
bandages and open wounds begin
ing to heal Should the so,called
Reform Party succeed. we are con-
4 fiiient that the freedmen of the
South willsbe given over to spoil
ing. rsa sG, 0s ssgsza
1t does-notsound we'll for the
men who deridel, all pleas for
1 maenanimous policy seven yeart
| ago, aad forced the party TO milf
tary measu, es, now TO insist upor
the. abandonment Of the measure.
indispensable to an intrusive poll
| cy, of their own begetting, and the
substitution Of a rash magnanimity
which will not concilliate th,
whites, and which will leave the
blacks to be a prey to those whom
We have made their political enc.
mics. .a ID nsz Re se44za
! Although We thought the meas
ures adopted were second bes
We now insist upon it that the,
shall not be made worse by prema
,ule abandonment, leaving tn,
country. to all the evils, withou
any of.the ulii ate benefits of ~
7 intrusive policy! ayes
/ Ex-Gov. Swami, Of Maryland
says Of Mr. Greeley: For hi
future there is every reason to be
lieve that his, administrations woul,
secure everything, that could b,
asked for by demo- rats" Demo
| crata ASK for thrpa thinUs.