, 1874-12-07
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Mondny Morning, December 7, 1874.
THE DUTY OF THE HOUR,

neutrality-suspicious. of tho most vital impor
tance to this natton-~aro before tho ponplode
manoing solution, tho country expects, aut
has right to oxpoot, that every man shall dc
his duty. And tlo first duty in tho premiaoE
Of every citizon capable Of thinking at all is
to take living and practical interest in tho
questions of tho hour. No country in tue
world has boforo it matters Of guch magni-
tutlo as tho United States at tho present time.
Tho ropudiation Of our national debt is
Threatened by a party anxious for mud san-
guine Of obtaining tho control pf tho Na-
tionnl Government. Could it obtain power,
thoro is no guarantee that it would not Do
stroy our credit aa nation, and put us in tho
position Of banlsrupts. If TINT debt DO not
ropudiatcd BY the Democrats, it will bo in
sisted tint tic people OF tho whole copu-
try slal1 DO taxed to pay the enormous OK
pcnses incurred by tho Confederate statcs for
tho purpose Of destroying the Union; aud
thus, If not banlirurtcd in one way, thcro is
danger that VIC shpn he in another. The
Democratic imagination will DO powcrlesa to
imasino ftter way Of clasping hantls aorosa
the bloody chasln than by piiing tho Confea-
erate on to the Union debt, end pnying both
by tho taxation Of those who fought to seyo
the Union aud to crush out the Confcleracy,
Not only will tho Democratic party. if it re-
gain power, DO called upon by ito old CON-
rades in tho ranks to pay OF tho Confederate
debt, but, rs we have already pointed out re-
poatedly in these columns during the past
fow weeks, to indemnify them for Tho loss Of
their slaves, and for other losses during Tho
War. we cannot predict will, certainty that
the Democratic party would listen to their
demands. There is n possibility, however,
that It should, and, where there is so mucl, at
stake, that possibility should be a sufficient
renson why every person who loves tho credit
and good nnp,o Of his country should oppose
its ACCESSION to power. with oil tho energy 1,a-
ture has endowed him aud by al1 tho means
Mt Lis command, Nor nra these the only is
sues. Our national finances need regulating
Our commercial interests demand that they
shall be reSulatod at the cnrliest moment
The party that represents the intelligence aud
property Of the country will bo more likely
to give that question the best solution. That
the members of the party pre the properticd
and business Glasses very largely, makes it
thoir interest to give the currency question @ |
speedy aud just solution. That they are the !
intelligent classes Of tho community is guar- |
aat'e that they will tipd for the question the !
best solution under tla circumstances i'll |
WHICH wo are placed. Next, there is the
Southern question. Tho whites have their
rights. Tho co1ored population have
their rights. Both must bo respected.
Tho rights Of tho ono must not be sacrificed
to please tho other class. The security of
lifo aud property III the South must DO guar
prosperity of tho whole country demands
this. Under Democratic Government there
would be no security for lifo in tho South nor
for property. The co1orcd population would
bo treated by the Government rs inferior be-
sngs. This would inevitably rouso them to
resistance, perhaps to deeds Of violence and
b1oodshed. What the South needs to-day il
Government that will be mora golicitous for
The colored than for the white man, because
the white inan can tnAe cnro of himself in
most parts Of tho South. Tho negro cannot.
Let the negro bo protected, aud there will be
peaco in the South. Leave him unprotected,
let linn feel himself an outcast, a slave with
out muster to feed and clotho him, but with
o thousand mastsrs to lick aud goad him, and
you can expect nothing but lnwlessnoss and
bloodshod. It the Southern business men and
planters would only think Of this, they would
bo less anxious for q Democratic Congress.
The Republican party nlone oan give security
to the South by protecting tho black man.
The Democratic party, by denying him equal
protection with the white, will conl-
pei him to defend himsolf as best
he can. The absence Of security in
The South consequent on the advent
Of the Democratic party to powor would
keep it poor and react on the whole country,
for tho wealth Of the South is part Of our uu-
tional wealth,
In view Of al this, the duty Of tho citi-
zen is plain. Tho man who believes in ..
plaoing the payment Of our national debt
beyond q pcradvcnture who wishes to op- ,.
pose tho possibility of the yaldling of the ,
Confederate debt on the tnx-payers Of tho ,
North who is jealous Of our national credit :
aud national honor who is anxious to SEQ !,
the currency: question settled in order t,at
business moy not be roduccd to speculation :
md succession of panics or quasi panics;
who is desirous to secure good government, :
peace, md prosperity to tho South, to whites ,
and blacka alike, las no option but to join =
the Republican party and work with aud for {
It. Tho Republican party is not perfect. =
no party il perfect. But it is infinitely bet !;
ter than tue Demooratio party and between =
the two evcry citizen is compelled to choose. +
Il thore were better party than tho 1sepub~ :,
ucan party, We should adviso our readers to
Join It; but there is not and will not be. In !,
the present condition Of things, then, the duty
OF every citizen is 10 join tho better party. r
tic must either do tllat Or do nothing; aud to =
90 nothing il equivalent to working with tho =
enemy. Party organization is necessity. =
10 withdraw from party il to Withdraw from =
the life of the nation. It has bean fashion, y
able IN small circle of people lately to spcak :,
Of Independence Of party. Thero never was :,