New Orleans Republican., 1875-09-07
CIVIL WAR IN DISGUISE.

There are many evidences that the con-
glomeration whose avowed basis Of union
is contempt of political principle and the
pursuit Of the spoils, relies chiefly upon
one basis of success. It is the unscrupu-
lous abuse of Southern Republicans, and
a reign of terror over the colored race.
Such is the policy at the South. At
the North it is profession Of good will
toward the Southern soldiers, and pioUs
prayer that at the centennial celebration
all differences will be forgotten and, 'tnd'r
Democratic administration, ali will be
harmonious and happy. The reign of the
revolver at one end of the Union, and the
peace OF Quaker meeting at the other!
Mercy and peace kissing each other in one
place, and men flying from their OWE
country, and terror-stricken negroes en-
bracing the feet of their armed and in
furiated enemies, in the other Such is
the transparency with which the campaign
of 1876 will open-has opened.
As specimen Of the purpose TO excite
popular rage against the Republicans OF
the South, We may cite the tone OF the
so-csHed Democratic journals. To have
such epithets directed against the unpre-
tending men of the present as hare been
leyeled against the best and most eminent
statesmen Of the republic can not disturb
the obscure persons against whom they
have been directed. Jefferson was rad
ical, demagogue, man Of abandoned
principles. Washington designed to re-
store in his own person the King and
aristocracy which he had expelled from
the country. Madison was an imbecile
ana coward, and jackson a tyrant and
usurper. How, then, could any mere
abuse affect the composure of men
who know precisely what it is employ ed
for? To excite the fury of the people,
cause them to tak Ike up arms and either kill
Or drive away the white Republicans, and
50 leave the unarmed and helpless colored
people without friends. The practical
repeal of the rights given by the federal
constitution would inevitably follow, and
all would be for the moment serene, until
the dominant party divided anew and
employed the same tactics Of terror and
abuse against each other.
The establishment of a reign Of terror
over the colored race has commenced
In Georgia, attempts have been made to
prove that G. negro majority, which toiled
for the support and protection of white
women, while the men were at war, in
tend the conquest OF tie territory, now
that all of these soldiers have returned
that this is intended in at least one
county where the whites are in the ma
jority, and that both counties are trav-
ersed by railroads which would, within
from six to twelve hours, bring the armed
soldiers OF the principal white cities and
centres of Georgia to the scene of trouble.
We were not surprised to see these per-
secutors fail to establish the charge of
lnsurrectionary violence.
We have seen d 7ttaTfe ut Bra eff
where an employe wished to pay off men in
goods instead Of currency, magnifed into
a revolutionary movement Of the negroes
TO establish social supremacy. There
was the Vicksburg violence on the fourth
Of July, in which the negroes suffered as
they usually do; and now at Yazoo City,
what seems row among the colored Re-
publicans themselves, is represented as
negro rising" and the whites are armed
and organized ready for the shotgun
canvass.
Where this policy for the next cam
paign originated, We know not. 1t may
have been ordered by the Yankee Dem
ocrats. 1t certainly could only have been
undertaken at the South as the forlorn
hope that the colored people will never
support those who live by their labor,
deny their rights, and will never leave the
land at peace until they are the admitted
masters, socially and politically, of all
who live within II