The Portland daily press., 1875-04-05

NJ R,a;ne said he reposed no faith in any
snecal form of additional coerciVe leglsiation
nv Conoress. nor would he advise OF consent TO
NV Interference with an existing state govern
~ III eycept under the express terms of the
.anstitntion and under an exgency so pressing
~ 70 involve the public safety. What is wan
rod is not more law, but better pupnc
opnion, and the only way to bring that about
is for the northern states to hold the
nolitical power of the country tenaciousy and
unwaveringly in the hands of those who held
the country together in its hour of EXTREMIST
peril. 1t is the belief of the South that a small
section. of the North can be detached, aud this
tends continually to consolidate the South on
the issue of caste and color Let northern firm
ness be as conspicuous and as enduring IN peace
as it was in war, aud the South will weary OF
the contest and divide on other issues. max
this appeal to the North, said MIR. Blanc, nJ'
from unkindness or prejudice toward the SOUL SOUL
God knows have neither toward that peopd,II
wond do all in my power to restore N, nh, her
feeling, to recall prosperity, to pull e up the
waste places, and to make every acie nrodnc-
Potomac to the Rio Grande tertile "n ,-orv man
tive and profitable. l would nave ~ in tho
in the South as would have every man a ia tbo
North, feel that the Union was IoI.n ins,;ce in.
Constitution declares, Ito estao,'sHr ~ oon,
sure domestic tranquility, provide lua alfaro ond
mon defence, promote t i5eSty to ourselves and
onr nostaritv." and would have every Voter
realize that it is impossible 10 eAagsera!S: .le
onton+ and inheritance or MS responsibility.
4N%an the name and authority of the Union
shall he everywhere respected; when the
majesty of the law is everywhere recognized;
when the rights of the humblest are
everywhere conceded; when freedom OF speech
ia nowhere denied; when Wendell Phillips
and Oliver P. Morton can speak as freely IN
Georgia as Gordon and Lamar can IN New
Hampshire, and when every man entitled 70
suffrage shall be freely accorded the privilege
of voting the necessity of further appea. W
the LOYALTY of the nation will have passeu
away ~. ,ntrv Of
The great mass of people in this country o.
ali narI,es desire peacs, cordially and kind
feeling between the North and the oou 1 auI
ali wise craftsmanship should look to this cliu.
The Democratic leaders, anxious 10 PaonS
the reconstruction policy OF the hepuolTto .ino
a failure, have not lent their AID 10 pr az
about harmony: but on the cohsiary eli
southern leaders of that party, nave SUI,
lenly refused their cooperation, ana Tue nols Jul
ern leaders with ill-concealed delight have real
ly made this refusal the basis OF an arra '!s
ment and denunciation of the republican pollcy::
1t is to-day the evident interest and desire Vi
the republican party to have peace-ana II Is
quite certain that the democrats think tna1 as
order leads to their advantage. Moreover, tne
peace which the republicans desire Is paseu on ii
right and Justice and patriotism, ano WIZ
necessarily be permanent while the poicy u
the democrats is one of reaction II not OF Ie'o
lutiop leading inevitably to fresh trouuies, u
which no man can see the end. Gan Ihe Peopie
of Connecticut, can the people OF the na1ion
hesitate between the issues thus preseh1ea'