Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-14

servant of God shall live TO benefit his |
fellow-men for many years to come.
Tt IS evident that for some time to |
come the Southern States must con- |
tinue to occupy the attention Of the |
public. Already debate on the con- |
dition of Alabama has sprung upin the t
Senate. on the occasion of the presen- |
tation OF the credentials Of Mr.. Spen- |
Ger, of that State. The confusion II |,
Alabama is only one degree less than !
in Louisiana, the me- a difference beng |
that there is in the former State aGoy- |
ernor whose authority is not disputed. |
The country viii not forget, however,
that. as stated in President Grants in
augrraI. all the States now stand on
the same footing with reference to the
Federal Government. All that the
Federal Government can do for them
Is very little compared with what must
DE left to their own efforts. The pro-
cess of establishing domestic order on
a solid basis viii necessarily be slow
one but ii is one which the Southern
States must work out for themselves.
The above from, the Presidents pc
ctaliar and special organ, the New York
ITnacs, is all that the General Govern
neut youchsafes 10 the South after
eight wears OF rec instruction, and on
the threshold of a new administration.
| The establishment Of domestic order
on q solid basis is necessarily slow, we
are gravely informed, but the South
| must work it ont for themselves.
And why IS it slow? And III what
States has it been slow?
It has been slow because President
Grant, for partisan purposes, has so
| ordered it. It has been slow in those
states only where his minions have had
complete or partial control OF public
affairs, and it has been slow il proper
| ton to that control.
III South Carolina, Florida, Louisi-
ana, Arkansas aud Mississippi there is
40 j." domestic order" simply because
! he governments OF those States have
been used for party ends. The basest
men have been PLACED IL authority for
I purposes which necessarily destroyed
| " domestic order" and domestic pros
pe1ity. In North Carolina, Alabama
D.! and Texas there is still confusion,
| as tie Times mildly puts it-a oonfu-
! sion MOI only in domestic order, but a
| confusion IL pn1,,-e confidence, III
/. public credit, i'll public iio4ao;, cEt@nd-
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s. trail o. the serpent Is visible upon
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