The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-04-10
WHAT A SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN
SAYS.

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ture of Virginia in the passage of
a law giving q new charter to the
city of Petersburg, the provisions
of which are intended to nullify
the laws of the United States ex-
tending suffrage to the eolored
people, but which was defeated by
the vote of the Governor of the
State.
The ruling motive for the pass
age of this law, as explained by
our Democratic papers here, was
to take the government of the
city ont of the hands of the peo-
pie who happen to be Republicans.
Now, q more barefaced attempt
at unsurpation can not well be
conceived, and it is a process of
enslaving the negroes that has
been carried on steadily by the
Democrats of this State since
they came into power. All the
cities and towns of this State have
been kindly cared for by our Leg
islature, and all the Republican
couxties have been treated in the
same way. This foul crime
against the laws of the United
States and the liberty of the peo-
pie has been going on in open day
for years in this State; and,
though we have raised our voices
in protest and called the attention
of our Republican leaders in the
nation to this unrebuked con-
spiracy carried on in open day,
still the crime increases. have
long thought that our supposed
weakness caused our words to be
disregarded, and that the great
Republican party still remains
true to the fundamental principle
of liberty for the people, upon
which it was originally built. /
supposed that our party, like the
old Democratic party, would be-
come more and more devoted to
the fundamental idea of its being
as it grew in power and perma-
nency. l saw the old Democratic
party grow strong in advocacy of
slavery; and, as it grew strong in
wealth and numbers, its devotion
to slavery became more and more
intense. In like manner expect
ed to see our Parry grow more
and more intense in it's devotion
to liberty. AS the Democratic
party received constant accretions
from less stable parties, SO also l
have expected to see The Republi-
can party increase in the land.
The reverse seems to be the truth
in respect to the Republican par
ty under every specification.
Why is this? Care we not for
principle?
Now, that the case in Virginia
has been brought to your notice
and to that of the nation, some
thing ought to be said on the sub
ject of these usHrpations. l find
the New York Times and other
Republican papers publishing
Kemper's veto and the whole pro-
ceeding, and yet the editorials
speak not q word about the at
tempted outrage, no commenda
ton of Kemper's manly act.
/ cannot account for this eX-
cept upon the grounds that our
friends are discouraged over the
experiment in favor of liberty, as
illustrated in South Carolina and
Louisiana. This should not be.
They should correct their errors
and take on more zeal. South
Carolina has done badly, and who
that understands the matter eX-
pected otherwise? Not /. Let us
not turn back on these poor, I'M
fortunate people. 1t is q crime to
abandon them. MY plan is to. ed
ucate them; for without educa-
ton they cannot vindicate the
wisdom of our policy; and then
let our leaders take hold of this
extravaganza prevalent in Repub-
lican States and tell the chief
men engaged in it that it must
stop. Our leading Republicans
in Washington can stop it if they
desire to. Will they? 1 am anx-
ious about this matter, for if we
allow the arrogance of the Demo
Gratis and the profiigacy of selfish
Republican leaders at the South
to succeed the former will get
possession of this Government in
a very few years; and then new
sort of slavery, now growing up,
will be firmly established at the
south, or a new. war made neces-
sary.
I beg you, if you see this mat
ter as it as and as L see it, to
bring to bear some adequate in
fluence to arouse our people. It
is in its tendencies a serious mat
ter.
Truly yours, 1855
We quite agree with the writer
as to the danger impending, but we
are not so confident that the rem
edy proposed-the action of lead
ers at Washington-will prove
adequate. That intelligent and
united action on the part of lead
ers at the capital would be Of
great service we readily concede
but to make il effective to the &C
complishmcnt of the great task
proposed by the writer, the cor
dial, united, and energetic action
of the Republicans of the Soutt
is absolutely essential.-The Re
public.
TCRKEY CULTURE.-It does no
cost any more, or much more tc
raise pound Of. turkey than +:
, pound of hen flesh. In the sum