Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-10
WILL JUSTICE BE DONE Ar LAST.

Inc NULL
are evidently convinced hat the cry of
"outrages" IN the South will not much
longer subserve mere party purposes.
Like that of wolf, 1t has about lost it's
effect as a rallyiRg cry, and some of
the leaders are casting about to solve
the race problem IN what would appear
to be a more manly and honest way.
The first indication We have Of this is
the call for a convention of Southern
Republicans, representative men who
neither hold nor seek federal Office, to
discuss the questions at issue, and to
recommend the adoption of such meas
ures as the peace and prosperity Of
this section require. If these meu
come up to the work in a
proper spirit; If they recog-
nize that the white people of
the South have rights which must
be respected, and act accordingly, they
may set a movement ON foot that will
accomplish infinite good. Everything
depends upon the temper and spirit
they display in handling of the prob
lem they propose to grapple. The
Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald, by the way, states that
this convention Of Southern hepnbi-
cans of the Southern States, including
Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland,
Delaware, North and South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee.
Missouri and Kentucky, which il to
meet at Atlanta, Ga, on the 18th OF
October, not only has the unqualified
approval Of the Presideptand members
of the Cabinets as a movement calculated
to do more TO conserve the peace than
any other yet inaugmated, but has also
the Endorsement of the Republican
Congressional Committee, as well as
that Of prominent Northern Conserve
tives. Who are anxious that the political
effect of exaggerated Outrages maybe
stilled at once and the action of the
agitatOrs be understood in its true
light. Assurance is further given that
there will not be a single Federal Office
holder in the convention, the object
being to have a fair and truthful repre-
sentation of the political and financial
condition of the Southern States, and
the reforms necessary to make the work
of reconstruction complete and salts
factory to the entire peopleOf theSouth
and the nation. Hence it is proposed
that the delegates shall be not mere po-
liticians, but such as are entitled to re-
spectland confidence by reason Of their
loyalty during the rebellion, and un-
biased now by either Federal appoint
ments or regard for Federal patronage.
The time when the Conventions called
is so near at hand that the duty of
naming the delegates has been entrust-
ed to the State Central Committees or
their chairmen. That the object of the
movement may not be misunderstood,
or the meeting turned from the pur-
pose for which it is called, it is the in
tention of the President, Vice Presi-
dent, members Of the Cabinet-eSpe-
cially the Secretary of the Treasury
and Postmaster General-to be in At
lanta during the session of the Conven-
ton, together with leading statesmen
and capitalists who desire to know the
true condition of the South, and who
hope to assure the Southern people that
they, too, have but one desire, and that
a united and prosperous country.
This all sounds very fair-almost
too fair for realization. The situation
Of the South looks desperate, and her
people are in no humor for entertain
ing assurances 'that keep the word Of
promise to our ear, and break it TO our
hope 1t is noticeable that but few,
if any, leading journals except the Re-
publican organs feel sanguine as to the
outcome of the convention. The St.
Louis Republican,, for instance, calls at
tention to the fact that Busted, Du-
rel, Sheldon, Sypher, Patterson, Bow
en-, Rod. Butler, Spencer, Kellogg,
Casey, Packard, Clayton, Dorsey, Jack
Mcclure and the balance of that brood
of the spawn of Hades are Southern
Republicans" and that such men are
TO meet In Atlanta and deliberate upon
the condition and needs of the South,
whose throat they have cut. The dis
patches intimate That a few Northern
Republicans of the Zach Chandler,
John Sherman, Simon Cameron and
Garfield stripe are also to take part,
and in these the Republican has still
less confidence. 1t says:
Garfield probably thinks now that
he has secured that campaign docu-
ment" which he clamored for when
John Young Brown, Of Kentucky, was
eulogizing Breckenridge On the floor of
the House last winter. The people of
the South have 4 duty to perform.
They should hang their ruffians, whose
dastardly crimes serve such good pur-
pose 10 the managers OF the Republi-
can party. But even the people of the
North have also a duty to perform.
They should bowstring their Chan
dlers, Camerons, SheTmans, and Gar
fields, Just as they have already admin
istered the Spanish garrote to gag-law
Poland, of Vermont.
But let us hope fo- the best. A doz-
en- such conventions could not do us as
much harm as the Gibson county mas
sacre. 1t is against ourselves that we
should be most on our guard.
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