Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-11-02

The present campaign has been conducted
mainly on the Southern question. From the
beginning the coalltlonists have maintained
that the south has been oppressed and tram
pled under foot; that the policy OF the Rcpub-
ilcan party has been policy oil hate Keep
ing alive all the passions and the bitterness Of
the war. It has been insisted that the Nd
mlnIstration has been cruel and tyrannlcal,
and that there was no Justification Tor the
stringent measures that II has been found
necessary to adopt. Mr.. Greeley, In particu-
lar. has steadily taught this doctrine. TWAS
the point Of nearly oil his speeches on his
Western trip. Tho following article, written
by himself In the New York Independent less
than two years ago, and over his own sigma
ture, Is the best refutatlon that can be given
of the falsity Of these charges. Here Ia what
he said:
"The states which for years wero dominated
by the late Shareholders rebellion are tnh5 my
an Interesting study for the philAnthr0l'lst ana
the patriot. Their Inhabitants may DO JAlrIy
~ Those who stlii adhere to The Lost Cause
regard It's overthrow as an inecrutahle pTOVi-
dence and trust that its essential principles may
vet triumph. This class includes . majority OF
| tho white Southerns, more especially OF the
I'll The blacks and mixed breeds who
/ heartily rejoice in their own emancipation, and
i arc resolved to live and die freeman. They re-
| we're the memory OF Lincoln, are thoroughly
/ ioyaI 10 the Union, and vote the Republican
ticket. In number they are fully equal to the
unchanged rebels, but sadly inferior In oduca-
| ton knowledge, property and influence
| Gill Tho whites who, though Southern by
| birth or long residence, never heartily em.
| braeed the rebel cause, or long since renowned
II, and are now thankful that disunion did not
pSiY. The carpet baggers,' or Northern born
| people who either went South with our Arpios
| during the war or have emiErated southWard
since the rebellion was crushed, and who are
also heartily Unionists and Republicans.
| V. A handful Of tho blacks-perhapS hun.
dredth Of tho Whole-Who have been suDofned
or bullied into apOstasy from and treason to
wi, A kindred handful Of carpet baggers'
who, having migrated In quest o. wealth and
| their let with the implaoablo rebels, to whom
| they seek to commend themselves by diving
deeper in the pool Of negro hate and ,Radieai'
| eNecratiOn than genuine rebels are able or will.
Ing to do ,,...-,.,. =.
ments to peacoi but peace is yet lar on: what
tain localities, the unchanged rebels do not 40
| cont the situation They do not oOncode that
TIE negro T. lawfully voter With sTII and pc Pc,
regard the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
| amendments to the Federal Constitution as
valid and binding PSS t sSSPoSss II
have triumphod In the restoration OF the Demo
| cratic party TO power
| "Nay; they resist those amendments in letter
and in spirit wherever they can do so with i'm.
/ punIty. In defiance Of their express require
/ ments tho courts Of Kentucky do not allow
or person Of a white. Blacks who are needy
| and dependent are cOerced into voting the Demo
| cratic ticket or terrOTiEed into stunning the
polls Whites whose convictions ally them to
/ tka nanuhIIanna mazda VOto the Demo
| cratic ticket, or bear the brand Of 'scallawag'
/ and the persecuting wrath Of their rebel neigh
| bors Ku.KluX raids and outraRes complete q
| picture which a patriot may deplore, but TO
| which he has no right TO shut his eyes.
| THE South lie still the arena Of civil war. Let
us roallEs this fact, and act upon y AT least
three millions OF her people at heart lament the
| Union victories which hallOw the names Of
| ViokSburg and Gettysburg, Atlanta and Apo
maltvx. The nag they love Il emGlaiSned not
/ and bars, And since they can no longer display
| and advance It on heldS Of deadly strife, they
arc prone to take vengeance On us Toes py crush
| ing lnto the earth their humble colored neigh
| bOrs. or course the more sedate and Tespeeta
| BILE ConfederAtes are not active In these out
RACES. Those who arc arc mainly reckless and
| depraved youngsters, who thus atone for theil
failure to rally under the rebel dag while u SUI
| nOatsd over embattled hosts. But the reckles'
lew who are active In tho shameful work ar,
facility abetted by the elrcumspect many, VIII
ought to rebuke and restrain them. Thousandi
are culpAble In not feTreting out and bringing
to Justice the authors OF these ouuaBes, Nher
only hundreds are actively engaged In them.
| "COngress ought to act decislyely In the prem
ises The Southern States either cannot orWil
not protect their colored people from outraK
and murder; the Union should and must DO II
| II should frst abolish all that remains Of pen
| atty or disability because OF participation y
the rebellion OF ls6l-'6j, since that Is made
pTetext or excuse for the rebel crimes eAten
sively perpotrated at this hour; u should the
provide effective repression for the crimes an
| punishment for the criminals OF today. ]
, should make every act OF violence whereof 20
| impulse was hatred to tho equal righ'
OF man n crime against Federal authority, an
r provide Tor Its certain and exemplary puulsl
nont. Let public prosecutor be authorize
for each county In tho South, to DO app0lnte
and set to work only when and where the con
mission Of fresh Outrages shall prove that sue
a functlOnary is urgently needed. Let tho Who'll
machinery OF law, the full power OF the UnlC
Z | be employed TO eXunguish rebel runanlsm
tho South until the supremacy OF justice Is a
, | sured, and the Congratulated, doWn.trodde
blacks shall enjoy that security OF person Of
property without which there Is and can DO
| true peace.