, 1874-12-19

mako tho pn.ty responsible for their crimes |
by endcavoring to bolster up their ruined |
credit before tho people.
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TIE DEMOCRACY SPEAKS.
The Southern Democracy has ut last |
spoken, through tho mouth Of Dr.. A.. \. T.
GAnNEr7, Of Washington, Mt ono time Sur
geon-Gcncral Of the Southern Confectionery.
DR.. G.AnSErT is tho representative of q class
aud n section. 1Io represents the whole
Southern Democracy and a good1y portion
of tho Northern. His viowa arc their views,
his principles their principles, his policy
their policy. The readers Of TIE Tn1nuSE
nool hardly be informed what these viows,
principles, and policy arc. We havo
stated them frequently enough in our recent
issucs. We did not expect, however, 10 see
them 80 openly aud boldly nyowcd and ad-
vocated in tue National Capital as they have
been by DR., GARRETT in his oration delivered
on tho OCCASION Of the reintormont Of num-
bcr Of Confederate soldiers who woro killed
in milking m attack on Washington. II any
Of our readers has supposed TINT We were
unnecessarily sounding the alarm, lo must
havo been disabused of his error on pcrusing
Dr., GAnSErr's address in yesterdays paper.
1t is we'll worth our while to mako brief
statement Of Dr.. GAnsErr's principles, and
point out tho consequences to which they
lead In the first place, 1t is oyitlont from
his utterances that tho Southern whites ara
still arrayed o. unit against tho rost Of
tho country; and that they feol themselves
ncparate and distinct body, with interests ut
variance with those Of tho North, and griev-
aaces which they claim they have been n,atlo
unjustly to endure. They aro as much mar~
shalef against tho rest OF tho nation and
fcol themselves as little ono people with lis
mid belonging to ono country as they did
when JEFFERSON DAVIS wns their President
and ROBERT Z. LEE led tho Rebel army against
til, Union forces. Our orator refcrs 10 him
self and those lie represents as, "Wa Of tho
South" and throughout speaks Of tho South
orn people as if they wero separate and dis
tinct from tho people Of tho Union. Further,
he maintains that no "iutelligent mind cau
deny tho lights Of these States to withdraw
from tho Union or pronounce such conduct
on their part as trcasonnblo aud rebollious"
that tho primary allegiance Of an A1norican
citizen is not to tho nntiou but to the State
of which ho happens to DO citizon;
that it WIS loyalty to American principles,
not hostility to tho Union, which dictated
the net of secession !; and that that net was
not rebellious or unconstitutional. Such
are aomo Of the strange principles edyocated,
with no little show Of eloquonco, by the
former Surgeon. General Of tho Confederate
Army. It was bad enough if DR.. GArSr1r
had ended hero. but no he goes on to lay
down the startling proposition thai "whon
tho National Legislature shall subordinate
partisan interest and sectional prejudices to
these great elements Of Republican Govorl-
mont, then, and not until then, shall we
havo happy, united, aud Homogeneous
! people, enjoying tho blessings Of prosper
| Gus, Just, and good Government" This last
is an ominous sentence. It implies that nt-
| taolluout to tho Union is q sectional prof.
| udico"; that the blood and treasure lavisLed to
perpetuato it wore but utn1naniiostatIon Of "par-
tisan prejudice II" that the ''gcet elements
Of Republican Government which tho Mn
tiopal Legislature must l1onceforth guido it,
| self by oro, that tho Southern States had the
right to Withdraw from tho Union; that
| their Withdrawal was not reasonable or
robcllious but constitutional; that MI
American citizen owes allegiance first to tho
State and next to tho Milton; TINT secession
WIS not unjuatiAablo, but on act of loyalty ;
and that because the National Legislature
does not ut present recognize all this, it is
neither prosperous, just, or good Govern
mont! Horo is certainly most terrible i'll
tlictlnent agaiust tho National Legislature
which Ii undo out to be false to eyory prln'
cipo Of Republican Government, and moro.
over uoittor just uor good. Wo llavo no rea.
gon to suppose tlsat those viows aro confined
to tue man who anunolatos them. We
hese, on the contrary, every rcason to be-
lieyc that they aro as widespread NJ
tho Southern Stetoa, md that they
are hold by thousands Of tho Democracy IL
tho North. Indootl, VIC aro not far from thu
1uarl. when wo soy TINT through Dr.. GanSEr1
tho Democracy las spoken. 1naivlaua
Democrats tl1oro nro, OF course, who do no
hold these viows but they aro in hopeles
minority, and could do nothing to shape tn
policy Of the perty to whiola they bolong
Northern Danaocracta will havo to subacrlb'
to these prinuiplea It they would not loso th'
aupport Of thoir Southern brethren. suol
being thu oaao, 1t Is not difficult to foroso
What their aotion iu tho psemlsoa would b