The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-09-16


There is pressing need that tile Re-
publicans Of the various Congressional
districts OF the country should wake
: up to the duty before them. The
breaking out Of the troubles in the
South has once more made it of the
utmost importance that none but
known and trusty men should be put
on guard. The next Congress ought
to settle this Southern business Tor
good. The country has been annoyed
and disgraced. and the whole world
shocked by these inhumanities until
it would be a crime to neglect their
efectual suppression by the employ
ment Of any and every means necessa-
ry to put stop to them forever. We
know from experience just whom to
trust for such legislation. Men who
are wholly Of partially in sympathy
with these offenders will not do. Men
who are frightened at the skeleton OF
niger equality will not do 1t may
just as we'll be settled FIRST as last that
there is not a political right which
white men enjoy in this country that
the colored man is not also entitled to-
and, being entitled to it, the men who
propose to overturn the will of the
people, and defeat sacred provision
of the Constitution must be pat down
Those who belong 10 white leagues
and indulge in secret assassinations
may better know now than at any late,
period that the whole power Of the
nation, il necessary, will be employed
to defeat their purpose, and to punish
severely and surely-thc perpetra-
tors of these wrongs.
1t is the duty Of the people of the
North, who have been Mortified by
the murders and ontrages, accounts of
which have appeared in the public
prints for the last few months, to look
to it that such men are returned to
Congress this fall as will promptly
provide relief against such atrocities
The present apathy regarding the
coming elections should be thrown off,
and an earnest and sincere effort made
TO return NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., tried,
true-and only such as will indicate
Enthusiastically their determination to
put stop to this business The civil
rights bill was defeated last winter be L.
cause of the hl-advissd tenderness,
not to say unfaithfulRess, of some Re-
publican members of the House. To
that defeat we believe these alarming
troubles in the South to- day can be
partially traced. It encouraged these
silly men to believe that the North
had forgotten justice, had turned its
back upon the wards Of the nation, y
and would look calmly on while the
colored people were stripped Of every
right and once more remanded to yir-
tual slavery. They are just now dis
covering their mistake, and are, of
course, much surprised thefeat. We
do not know but these crimes have
been necessary to recall the people OF
the North to their senses. They have
shown US the absolute impessibility Of
permitting these late zebels or thei,
sympathizers to succeed to power iI
the government without greater dan.
ger to liberty and free speech than ex
listed before the war. 1t is perfectly
apparent that with the political friend.
vf these men controlling the govern
ment, no white man not in sympathy
with the purposes of the Whit,
League would be permitted to live il
the South, willie the colored me,
there would be remanded to- servitud,
or exterminated 1t may be provlden
tial that the spirit and designs Of tn
people there have been thus exposed
and the country saved from such sui
cidal confidence Unless We are mad
we shall see that until there is a com
plete and radical change of sentiment
in the Southern States, the po(itica
power Of the nation must remain il
the hands of the Republican party
This change we cannot hope for unit
the majority Of those who went int
the rebellion have passed fron TIN
stage of action.