New-York tribune., 1872-08-01
Tot,.. .su2I7g9 lO5sI, ,l0i l8l, 90
ro..l - I2l21 Me2leg1 I.les2g.lz7 -

Virginia. ...li43 81 ls'7'9Za 1l,'tl6oi SAo<@"
Total "a. I2l2a 9e23O1 I,lsS2a9,17 I2J75sSo6
Virgin, are treated as one o Comparison
EFFECT OF THIS ROBBERY AND MIsGoyERNnENT
DO not all that this frgbtlu prostraton Of indus
try this stanation Of enterprise, this destruction OF
values must affect the whole countryi We are driving
industry from our richest region because industry there
cannot pay its taxes VIII capital ever seek land
where local government is little better than machine
for wholesale confscationi Can people so hopeless
and IMPOVERISHED buy and sell Strip from the people
OF any state nearly all their personal property by war,
and then by disagreement impose taxes which eat up
all possible gains Of industry and rob real estate OF nan
its value and you expect them TO thrive ana main
tain profitable intercourse with 0thelsf IL is no hSht
thing that the country suffers loss OF productive power
measured by decrease Of 6G00O0O IN acres and s52r
OOOOOO IN value OF improved farInsa sum 0hhlII as
large whole bonded GeDtI ASK Eastern tnShuiac
rers ask the merchants OF great commercial oltes
whether 1t enrches them 70 nave the people OF nIe
Great States Impoverished and their industry srangedi
10 MS in the N0rihWe this is matter Of serious per
EOna concern Along the great river the main artery OF
onr continent there should be maintained the most
Dpd6tadIe inicrchance of products Northwest and
south West fitted by nature 10 supplement ana beheht
each other y mutual exchange OF fruits OF industry to
gether pray that plunderer shall come between theH
consuming by taxes and robbery the substance OF
either and separating those whom God hath joined:
Rut how can States so impoverished and prOstriJed
their part in this natural and benencent conercci
Does your wheat wander across the ocean seeking
nurcbaserf Do your grain and cattle fall in price An
emancipated South would neither lack emigration nor
capital ability consume, nor means to purchase MOI
only Justice but even personal selfDteres mpes us To
desire that reconciliation, that revival OF local segoy
ernment, that return OF genuine peace Wnc sy iiSe
the South cruel burdens invite industry ana wealth
and revive between North and South commerce greater
and more benetcent than ever lhese arc Ibe 70
suits OF Grantism In those States where the
peculiar peace which he gives us has been
most firmly established. III the picture
black It is because the black But you vii ass
how such governments as these came TO be estaDshed
the name OF peace and IN the name OF repu1h9ansn
anywhere on the American territory. Thank heaven
such growths have not been indigenous 10 our sou
Hitherto have maintained governments repnDleSas
in form Whence came these poisonous ana atai Wesos
Where did get the seed OF these governments 0t oI
the people for the people nor by the people Dil We
bring it from the SHADOW OF personal government "
Francef
WHAT GRANT HAS FAILED TO ACCOMPLISH.
Already, when Gen. Grant came into power. attempts
to MAINTAIN local governments by force had begun TO
bear bitter fruit. The people saw it. They elected him
because he promised instead OF war and is methods
peace and its local freedom instead OF force reconca
ton But he lacked knowledge and experience. lie
did not know that the Republican party OF the South
was controlled by who neither possessed nor de
served the confidence OF good citizens. Ignorant Of
public affairs he did not see that such party must
sort 10 extreme TO hold its power, and. II
maintained against popular cShsuIe ~ lOtce nom
without would inevitably become irresponsible
and corrupt. Strange that President should
not know that tie rights or ReplOBcans as
all good citizens are safer IN The end under local sef
government But ne was 4 soldier QhS. ovans i 1nas
any Republican should have fanced that the party could
afford TO sustain minority IN power Bat he never
possessed of Republican idea To MIN these syath,
uiscreants were only leaders OF party WhIch hid
only hope for reelection. what happenedf the knaFes
found a President behind them. What cared they then
for the interests wishes of the people Pushed tAuB
10 more offensive ana pIactces more corrupt
the party lost those who had led IL by lnte9ehee or
character and retained those who led II by kANrry OF
official power. Corrupt and desperate men pdsheu
statesmen TO the rear because pace oiu PoMvI Py1
depended upon q President who loved syc0phants
and rewarded satellites. What follows IA any deoeh,
community when the party IN power becomes rotehi
ing rebeism The Republican party must De sustained
Give Us laws more severe, measures more GeaPvaa ae,
tl tfurY4g " "a II
their vlainy. What glorious occasion ior DtaNe lar
seeing statesman Had Grant been one, had he reem
bered his pledge had he demanded concatlon ana DO.
nounced robbers and their measures Of iOlceOut OhL
TUst t6en he was purnlng The laws aud insulting beet
statesmen in efforts carry out ms -intO DomlgO lpp
10 the best Republicans he must have appealed Tor sup
nort in poIcy of peace and to them he would not ap-
peal The carpebag Senators lad Stomtchs IOr h loo.
SchurZ and Trumbull refused. To sustain MS parths
az tbe sourh was 10 win their votes for his renomna-
ton To suffer them Ia be OyerpoWered was TO lose thof
ion A Renubicon statesman would have thought OF
tne peace of his country. wooden imitation OF LOUIS
Napoleon cared only for personal support 4hus aA ~
mnstration chosen because Il promised peace, us,dHs
power 10 embtter citizens OF the South toward teesi
authority, TO deprive them OF Local sell goyernmeu
the shelter of the Republican aud the Uuion nag
AN USHoLY ALLIANCE WHICH MENAcEs OUR LIBEkilks'
Thus it is that organized page at the South las Do
come the cornerstone Of the Republican policy "hA'
is the superstructure system Of persona. govern
ment and Capitalization which threatens all your uo'
critics Local self government Is the ouy sle OASS '
our teuetAl Systtm ludt aouo NdA sVN 'siN
sentatioR OF public opinion Bat who dictates be election
and controls the votes OF the OF the southern Re
publicans These represent nobody At the SOUTH
not even the col0red voters who for all Republican
noiltnees nor the Union Leagues which control nOu..{
tiOns They represent only the ceDtral power wheh
makes IL possible for them 10 be- elected. Tney are B
tools. In party caucus or in eg gsatye halls what caIo
they for the Will OF their constituents They ask onY
orders from headquarters Bayonets elected them tno
OF bay Onets votes them Does he speak the VIII OLA
great party, the dotum OF little cba at NaShlnIOO OF
LIS personal HAT Which Ol them cares ~
enough that they the creatures OF his power Ley
private word gO out 10 his officials, military ana clNu
ana they would drop into oblivion. No pootmaSte,
would remember their services; Union League Would
sing their praises Representatives. These are mere
puppets, moved by wires from the White House helo
Is compact vote, to be thrown wherever ~ Posos tho
master Not quite every southern Repnolcln meinOvr
is OF this stamp But OF 20 Senators ana 20 memoes IN
the XLlst Congress. and Is senators ahu 80 uepcis IN
the present Congress can anybody naue SIX VINO fcpe
sent any thing beside federal ouieias ' & .
gtyerf What a blessed thing t Is that our ENecntlNc
has thia body-auard Of swiss mefcenhfesl By them,
every measure agnst which LAnsraI hepuDliedns pro
tested forced upon US fi,st IN part! 80
down H.. abest and best Republican statesmen Then
in eeisatye halls they have turned the scale branding
bett men as 10 the party ana caring no more
Tor areumenfs than Grant himself Ihey crushoh uoMn
ra ris a. sumner They overpowered the unansweraoio
annenls OF Carl schurz for amnesty They tramPied IN
AZ 90, the constitutional objections Of Trumouh "o
80, ,or reforms: they vote down every notion Mem
bers who have constituents may be unlc lhey nave
Every committee Powerful Republican papers thunder
fort3 warnings. What do these creatures caref ono
nosfmaster counts more with them Than NhN-fokk
hRtmIsE. Finally, not nominate soina thoio
the machine called party which elects them ~ mo