The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-09-23
HOW TO AVOID ANOTHER BLOODY
WAR.
shake the Old Flag A=ain'--OatraSes
Every Side.
From the Cincinnati Gazette.l

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A private letter from s. friend at Ltd,
Rock, Ark who is at the same time Well IN
formed and reliable, says;
The Republicans of this and every Other
Southern State lind themselves to-day IN pre-
cisely the same condition as during the defee-
ton of Andrew johnson. Murder, intimi
dation and violence in its worst forms rule
the South even more than in 1ooo- W mite
Leagues have taken the place of kuklux
and under their power negroes and white
Republicans who dare TO express themselye:
publicly are either murdered. whipped oil
rdfiyen out OF the country. Whether justly
or not, the Southern Bourbons are convinced
that President Grant Is in sympathy with
them and to that fact alone We charge all the
late acts of violence and hloodshed.n
This only shows that the moment the vio-
lent and I'm reconstructed people of the South
suppose they are approaching power, they
proceed To trample upon the laws and estab-
lish a reign of terror, under which they seek
to destroy or drive out all who differ with
them politically. In 1865 they supposed
they had johnson ON their side, and they pro-
ceeded at once to violence. Lately they got
the foolish idea into their heads that Presi-
dent Grant was on the way TO their side, and
they proceeded at once to acts of violence
For some time hints have been thrown out
and it has even been openl y stated, that the
the Southern Democrats would embraced
Grant and support him for the
third term upon the superstition that
he would go back upon his
V.
an Andy johnson to them, and because
Grant did not denounce their insolence and
resent the insult, they concluded he would
accept the bride and turn against his eoun-
try that ne did so much TO save from the
deadly grip of those men. But when the
time arrived Grant spoke and his words have
uncertain sound. He has paid no atten-
ton to- the third-term nonsense, but he does
give attention to the outrages at the South OF
which he has been officially advised, and the
way he answers the traitorous advances Oh
the W hite Mems Leagues is TO inform them
that, if necessary, the whole power of the
governnen will be used to enforce the laws
and protect all the citizens of the nIted
States, white and black, IN their rights
1t has been the desire of the President and
of the Republican party, and of the North
generally, to let the South alone, and to trust
to the people of the several States to admin
ister the laws impartially, and protect the
citizens in all their rights under the Consti-
tuition of the United States; but those people
show that they are not to be trusted, and that
the strong arm of the National Government
is still necessary to give protection to a large
part Of the population of the Southern States
That arm will be used to whatever extent
may be necessary, and it Will be used by
President Grant, whose head the White
Mems Leagues supposed they would be able
to turn. Grants ringing words, sent over
the wires Thursday night and printed
yesterday morning, will be apt to open the
eyes of the rnurderers of TENNESSEE Louisi-
theory that the National Government would
let them alone. They will be let alone only
upon the condition that they behave them
se.ves.
All this shows that the Republican party
has not fulfilled its mission. The mere pros
pect of the restoration of the Democratic
party 10 power deluges the South with the
blood of innocent men. From this we may
infer what its condition would be if that party
could be restored to power. The colored
people would be restored TO condition worse
than slavery, and white Republicans and
white soldiers who fought for the Union
would be murdered or driven out of the
country. No, the time has not come when
men who worship the picture of such traitors
as Vallandigham was, and whose chief claim
to Office is that they voted for that enemy to
his country, can be placed in power with
safety.
The fact is the old flag needs to be shaken
again to recall the patriotic people to THEN
senses, if another bloody war is to be avoided