The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-09-04

We give it up. There was chance |
that the next House Of Representatives |
would not be Radical That chance is |
gone. The outbreaks in Kentucky and |
the massacre in Tennessee settle that |
much No people, no party, could stand
under such load as the people OF the
South and the Democratic party OF The
North are forced to carry. Call 1t what
You will-the fruit of reconstruction, the
the fault of the party in power, the inevet-
liable conflict of races, preclpltated by
bad theory of government, executed IN
vicious practicable one effect OF the
whole mess ofviolence is a continuance
and reinforcement of the old pretext by
which the country has been carried along
the same baleful, partisan rut ever since
the war.
There is no use writing, talking, speak
ing, argufying, contradicting, proving, as
long as the bloody sum-total, recorded
within the last fortnight, goes out to the
world unchallenged by adequate redress.
| The Gibson county butchery surpasses
belief; and, though the Governor of len
nessee has done his full duty, the gallows
can alone render atonement COM
mensurate with the public expectation.
1t is hardly likely that anybody IS gong
to be hung. The result will be renewed
legislation, additional Radical enact
| ments, perhaps, ultimately, martial law
The fools are not all dead yet. This
| third-term discussion has led many OF
them to fancy that Grant is about to
| tumble into the arms of the South. ne
| is the more likely to be an ultra, marClal-
law candidate for reelection, backed oy
| fancied military necessities, supported
by the machine-work of power, ana car
ried upon the passions OF RadlcahsIn.
| There was a show for the defeat OF the
civil rights hi, or its veto. That is gone,
like the control of the next House, an
the prospect is black with the rum Vi
Conservative hopes.
1t is well 10 be plain. As surely as the
South begins to get on its feet do its mad
men proceed to kick the fat in the hre.
The Radicals only want pretexts Inc
South supplies them. A war, or the aP-
| pearance of a war, of races seems newt
able and that is itself third term under
proscriptive auspices. That is the road
to the overthrow of republican govern
ment but chiefly at the expense OF the
South. Courier Journal,
How true this Isl And isn't it wonder
full that any part of the Southern people
are SO ignorant and barbarous-so bar
r barous as to be guilty of such conduct
and so ignorant as not to know the etfect
of such conduct? This is an argument
f in the mouths of Radical leaders for keep
4 | ing alive in the Western mind the pas
$ sions engendered by the war, anc
- the negro excitement. The North
It ern people, blinded by their passion
: thus excusably aroused, will fail to SCI
e the true issues before the country. II
:. their blindness they will not see the queS
Y tons of finance and tariff, and will returl
e to Congress and keep in power part
{ bought by and pledged to the protection
q of the Eastern millionaire bondholder
and manufacturers. The South is so ig
2, norant as to give the pretext; the Easter
u manufacturer and bondholder is unprlnc
"a pied enough to take advantage of it /; an
W the Western man is fool enough to be duI
10 ed by it, The result is, four more years
e bondage on the part of the West an
n South to the Northeast. Thus the agr
lie cultural sections of the country will col
y tinue to pay tribute to the East. Let th
u drouth and foods and storms and gras
s hoppers come; let the crops fail it make
lg no difference-our memorable taskmaste
OF demand, and will have, their interest
-. 20 their bonds, and have their tribute exac
n, ed on every pound of sugar, every yard
ht cloth, our plows and farming utensll
10 Such is life!