Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-05
EVENING STAR.
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Z republican meeting In view maven. Conn,
Friday evening He Ss,id th.ctdemocratic pa
pers were finding fault because the repHbli-
eaIs i'm the northern states Persiss>d In dis
| cuSsing the issues which grew out OF She war
! and still remained unsettled, when 10 was
| undeniable that the democratic raTty IN the
| southern states I'm every county and town
| ship were discussing these same issues from
| precisely the opposite point OF view. For
| the republicans TO abandon these issues,
| which involve the questions OF citizenship,
! OF free suffrage, and the supremacy OF the
| constitution with its amendments. would be
| 10 surrender and disbaBd their organization
| before the legitimate ends of the great strug-
gle had been fully attained. 1.-The was pointed
TO expressions of democratic acQuiescence in
| these results he must receive them with can
| ton, because the condition Of the south did
| not correspond to these assurances of acoui-
eecenee. In this remark he was not specially
| referring 10 personal outrages-elegantly
| termed
THE "BLooDY-sHIRr" ISSUE
| by the DemOcracy-butt TO the general condi-
| ton of inequality and oppression under the
| law which prevailed in so many of the SOUTH
ern states: Nor had he confidence in the
| Efforts or intention of the democratic Marty
| to pacify and harmonic the south on the
basis OF submission TO law and order Look
at the course OF the democratic members of
the House OF Representative i'm the settle
| ment of the Louisiana question. The fnal
| recommendation of the Louisiana commit
Ieenano u was certainly very able com
| was TO do two things, viz Correct the errors
| OF the Republican enrolling board, aud give
/ the lSglSidture IN It's popular branch % the
| democrats. 2d. To recognize Gov. Kellogg as
| the de ydctO executive ofthe state as President
| Grant had wisely and necessarily done. This
| seemed 10 be not only "a fair adjustment but
| ~ was really the only adjustment practical
| bic. Any other would have involved wrong
| on The one hand or anarchy on the other
! And yet
EVERY DEMOCRAT IN THE HorsK.
! save Mr.. stephens voted against permit
tlng the subject TO be even introduced; voted
| against allowing the committee TO reporf
me adjustment; voted against even giving
| congress an opportunity to bring peace 10
that dlstraSted state; voted 20 continue dis
order; voted TO invite repetition OF the au-
dacious revolution OF September IL; voted
that discord might hold high carnival in that
not ridden State, If only thereby the prs
pect OF a democratic victory could be en-
hannced And if to-day law and order have
supremacy in Louisiana-if to-day revoIu-
tlon aId anarchy are kept out, YOU owe the
result wholly 10 the fact that the rpprI hIicanS
were enabled 10 outvote the democrats i'm The
House Of Representatives.
Mr.. Blaine said tie had never son ht fCspIav
The part Of an alarInist, and had no possibIe
aesire To appear sensational, but he VenfIsred
20 say 10 The people OF Connecticut that il
was safe thing for this country not TO r.ut
the democratic party in the way OF obtaining
control OF the National Government. Such a !
result wOuld be the beginning of a policy 90
reaction OF which no maa could see The end
policy so violent that, under the impetus
acquired from victory and the confidence
growing out of power, il W Suld rush probably
10 me witnesses OF a counter revolution, |
overturning or setting aside. or at least nm, |
settling. many Of the now accepted and most |
important points OF public policy.
THE AIM OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SOW /
TO consolidate the south, and then secure as
much northern support az may possibly be
obtained; and II Is a most startling fact that
with the united electoral votes of the former |
slave states they need but fraction OF the
northern vote to give them the government |
Look at the figures; With Colorado admitted |
the total electoral vote will be $50, of which |
165 constitute majority. The southern
states united laax 4
A. TO be obtained out of the 23l that belong 10
the north. The three states of New York 1
Connecticut and California can give these Il 4
votes, and your own prosperous state is one
that il always found on the list of those who
wish TO control the government by this COM
DlnatiOn; and II this design could succeed IL !
would only be history repeating itself 1
Against an overwhelming majority of the |
free states in 1855 a small fraction of them
united W tn the south, and We're enabled 10 ]
fasten the Buchanan dynasty upon the coun-
try with all the unnumbered evils that fol-
lowed. Are you, in Connecricut-I speak TO |
you not a. republicans and not a. democrats
but are you as Connecticut men, ready aud |
willing TO have the political strength ofyour
state used in an "unholy alliance" by which |
the government is to be taken from the men |
who fought for the union and ha nded over 10 |
the control OF those who fought TO destroy the
Union? For TO this complexion will
THE IMPENDING CRISIS
come. Mr.. Blaine said he repOSed no faith |
I'm any special form OF additional cOercive
legislation by Congress, nor would he advise |
or consent TO any Interference with an exist |
ing state government except under the eN-
preis terms of the constitution and under an
eXigency so pressing as 10 involve the public |
safety. What is wanted is not more law, but |
better public opinion, and the only way TO
bring that about is FOR the northern states to /
hold the political power of the country tena-
ciously and unwaveringly in the hands of
those who held the country together in its
hour of extremist peril IL is the belief of the |
south that a small section of the north can |
be detached, and this tends continually TO |
consolidate the south on the issue of caste
4 on nnFfl aGrVn r1rrraH
Spicuous and enduring in peace as il was in |
war, and the south will weary of the contest |
and divide on other issues. / make this
APPEAL To THE NORTH,
said Mr.. Blaine, not from unkindness or
prejudice towards the south. God knows
have neither towards that people. 1 would |
do all in my power TO restore kindly feeling,
To recall prosperity, to build up her waste
places, and TO make every acre from the PO- |
tomac 10 the Rio Grande fertile and pro1uc- |
tive and profitable. Iwould have every man |
in the south as would have every man i'm
the north feel that the union was formed, as
the constitution declares, q" TO establish JUS |
tice, insure domestic tranquility. provide |
for the common defence, promote the general |
welfare, and secure the blessings OF liberty TO
ourselves and our posterity;" and would |
have every voter realize that il is impossible |
TO eXaggerate the extent and importance of |
his responsibility. When the name and au-
thorlty OF the union shall be everywhere /
respected; when the majesty of the law is
everywhere recognized; when the rights OF
the humblest are everywhere conceded; when |
Wendell Phillips and John A. Logan can |
speak as freely in Georgia as Gordon ana
Lamar can in New Hampshire, and when |
every man entitled TO suffrage shall be freely |
accorded the privilege of voting, the ncceS- |
sity for further appeals to the loyalty of the
nation will have passed away.
THE GREAT MASS OF THE PEOPLE
in this country OF all part ieS desire peace cor
diality and kind feeling between the North |
and the South. and all wise states manShip |
should look TO that end. The democratic |
leaders, anxious To prove the reconstruction
policy of the republicans failure, have not !
lent their aid 10 bring about harmony, but, on
the contrary. the southern leaders of that
party have Sullenly refused their co-opera- |
ton, and the Northern leaders with, ill-con-
cealed delight, have really made this refusal |
the basis OF an arraignment and denuncia- |
ton ofrepublican policy. It is to-day the evil
dent interest and desire Of the republican |
party TO have peace, and II Is quite certain |
that the democrats think that Oh sOrJer leads |
TO their advantage. Moreover the peace |
which the republicans desire is based on right |
and Justice and patriotism. and will neceSsa- l
rlly be permanent, while the policy of the 4
democrats is one OF reaction, if not revolution,
leading inevitably to fresh troubles, of which
no man could see the end. Can the people OF