Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-05-29
A Radical journal Charging the Lead
ers Of that Party with the Ruin
in the South.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE SOUTH
| From tie Neto York Tones

tHE RfPl PARTY AND TIE Ii,
Mr.. Eaton, the newly elected Senator of Con-
nectcut, recently delivered an address to his tel
low citizens, in which he referred IN general
way 10 his poiitcul opinious. These opiniou-
are already tolerably well known to every body
who has followed the course of politics with any
attention, and 1t does not very probable that
MIR. Eaton will mako any change in them. lie
declared that he Is now, "and always has been,
aud always would lie, State lights Democrat ct
the old Jellersonan school.' lie sad also, 'iTst,
hrst first, the state OF Connecticut, and then the
Federal Gnlon,' which, oi course, IL essentially
the position ioImeriy taken hy men like General
l.eo. al shall try" added MIR. Eaton, "to take
away the Federal hayonrts from our brothers in
the South, 81 that every State in tins land shall
have the same light OF local government, aud the
same exercise Of it ~ our own State.
The "regulaton" way of answering ali this is
to stick label ON Mr. Eltous back ceItliy ng
that he is a Bourbon aud copperhead, aud 10
call ateul IN to the fact that he by means
"sound" on national Issues during the war. But
even after all this had been DONE there would
still remain question in the background which
will have to la met fairly in the face some day
other. The extreme length to which State flights
| theories were pushed III 1860 and lsbl, brought
about reaction. and that reaction has led many
people TO think that state Rights belong to the
| dead and gone class ot questions. aud that any
man who talks about State Rights u sufficiently
| ans wered when he is called "Bourbon" 1t l.,
unnec essary to say to any Intelligent reader that
this view is "a miserably shallow one and that 10
reality tue right OF states TO govetn thtmselVes Is
| ~ dear 10 tho people MS ever 1t was. And 1t
ouc Ut to hc dear 10 IheIn, foI hen they abandon
| 1t they Will have utteilY iorsakcn The system oG
| government established under The Federal Con
| stitntlon. lLt} may set up something else III Its
place which nlay be called by any name that
| may please the persons then hving; but 1t Will
not he the government designed by the founders
| of the Constitution. 1t may be civil pohty
based OH parliamentary rule, OF it may be a MN
| Wchy OF despotism tut 1t viii no longer he a
| constitutional republic such as We have seen here
for nearly hundred years. We say, then, that
when MIR. Eaton talks OF the necessity ut main
tanning state Rights and OF giving Tue citl7ue
OF South Carolina the same freedom " hlch the
citizens OF Connecticut enjoy. II Is not enough t
Illege that lie Is "cOppcIhead," aud 10 tlug At
INN the missiles which darkened the air betwveu
lSGl aud lo65. Ii the ctI2yns ol tue south aIt
hviDg ia u state OF oppression, Mr.. h ,ton Is IgL
in calling attention 10 their siluttion, IL they arl
| suffering ibom injustice the nation It large Wi
tntver tolerate its continuance and, tbtreiuie, thI
sooner the injustice Is Icdressed the better.
All sucn questions al these should bt
| dealt with frankly. IL Is very bad pClIcy
on the part oftn Republican Party to lry
to stun them away in corners, anti cove
them with liIb "nattle- flag or with ANY
| other OF tho war paraphernalla. Tina peo
! ple Will not consent To SEQ either "a POian,
or an Ireland created on this soil. 1t - no
impossible 10 redress mistakes when they
are dhcoSered; but 70 persist In those mis-
takes after discovery, and 10 pretend tha
| religion aud morality require Us to peTsls
| IN tuem-this Is u course which We certain
ly shall not take tue responsibility oI re
lcumuIendluE To The Republican or la AM
Iother party. line southern States are 10
iuvIng under "a lair or tree government =,
MIR. Eaton and many others alleEe. Well
| Is the assertion true: Look AT south caro-
| lluH. 'fue idCt+ IN ruftIouco Ia that Stat
seem IL 10 about rs we'll established a. an
ihistoriral 1acts can be. and Ihey alnuunt Il
THIS tla neg roes assisted by ra-rally white
tnaNo held Is sort al grand uIglB IN ,na stat
for several years past, have swallowed al
among them pretty nraIly all tne prIval
property III tho Nlate, have ruined hat iua
be called the native tnI2uns tNtn nIur
thoroughly tnan Tho Nar hal don huN
| rohbed and narIIrd liL 81 many htguw ty
men, nd have reduced Inc State Ia "a con
IdIuuu which must shock every tudu Il
secs h oI reads auoui ~. Tho very t,oNofI
| or OF The State Is u ihiot. Tie Legislature
a gang al lhl-te-. l. Tins n "Iepuulirn
IGoveIuUionl such as Tue CaustitutIou eX
II pressly guaI auteos to All the = ates;
n We venture 10 say that 1t Is hot that GA III
| cou raiy, II "a d gOveIhment ol which tho htpui
= ilc has escIy lcasOn lu be ASHAMED. No uuui
the system introduced as MAR Measule All
| the South aitrl tue Wdr-chIehg up0u The dd i,
u Senator Sumner aud lhad1eus Sieveus-N.
. | experimental, Uut tlu We wonder that poop
leluIyNLeIe l., giu 10 ush LO" long the e1ptIImvi
ls 10 last There should al least be some sisi
ot Improvement SIslbIc as the tinle goes On. Ma
| years have past siuce The Close oil the war, and
, south Carolina Letttr governed Than she "
then. She CirlIiy ID hot - we'll Edrerurd
she was under pare mIlltlIy Iule. The sau
IIuust 10 al,d, mHtdttS matitaA, u Loulslan
| M,ssi5slpp Ie&aa Ind AIkuHala. NoM, At Is tul
;, 10 suppose chat tho Repubhan Larry a, an .
N rauIIitlon " III continue much lnugrI Ia Ilok ,
h witt pelItot Satisfaction At III, gIet HliGIr. III
leaders IL Tho present munnent may not pay al
lattentlou tu The subject bat II they do hot, uth
leaders " al arsc who NAH STE thai justice Is don
Last wt.k We All Wiln.-srd the | ultrd STAT
ISenate engaged iur Ahuut twenty -teur hours at
Istrulch Ia passing hiIi Tor the ben'ht ~ the II
gro, meloi ont al a uttuIeutal sart oI duie.en'
10 The wishes ut "A deceased SenAtur. Respect Il
the dead - lnoumbent "n ns all nut lsgiNiatil
should ue based u careful aul wise regard /,
III. wtiiiIc oI ihe hNIuS, Aot np1n tue ''mA
,i,tr. - real or hrlltlulls, uf the dead The ne,
has had "A seIy lac amount ol protection. lt
Important before goIug any iuflher 10 hnd Vi
= what U.S. he has ulIdu uiSths freedom gwen
= him ia hat way Lc has exercised the vast y,
'e htIcal powurs with whtth he has been ehdnw u
IwLat sort OF IL government he has helped 10 $
= up IN the States where he Is most puwefiu
whether, in short, he ut this moment stands
neal ot protection from the white mau, OF Il
white iuau stands III need ot projection ironi In
Ii Mr. Eaton Intends 10 rLIso these questions, d
, Ipend upon II, he will obtain all audience, and
cannot ue suppressed by howls aud groans, al
We ior eur pait shall NOT Join III any su:h d
= tsmpis at suppression, We should nke 10 81
y y the uu, st. ons taken up by hepubiieans. NJ
k Carprnter has made II great oSginnIng III reie
: ence to Louisiana. such wuIk would he 4
s more conducive 10 the prosperity oil the part
and 10 The cause OF good government now al
Ihearearter, than the headlong passage OF senilme
=, tul bnls III tivor ot the negro
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