National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-04-23
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What the Southern people staked in the war
is lost forever, and an admission Of this fact 10
the sole condition exacted BY the superior North
of the vanQuished section; il asks nothing more
than this, but will accept nothing less, and the
new school Of Southern craftsmanship must,
therefore, Illustrate ITSELF not by proving 10 the
wreck Of the past for grounds for reclamation
and damages, but BY turning the opportunities
Republican, (Den.)
That must be the policy Of the future If we
expect to win the fight and wear the laurels.
All that is past must be put behind us. We
must sacrifice everything now but truth and
honor for the future, and they who have no
stomachs for the battle on that line may as
well pack their knapsacks for the rear at
once, and leave the field to practical and
earnest men, who are willing and ready to
make the sacrifice .-RichmO!l Enquirer,
(ShGn'- CoaSeTrGtire.)
II such facts and advice as the foregoing
were accepted by the Southern people as a
whole there would be no sectional division
of parties in the country, no renewal of
war animosities and no clinging to the ex-
ploded issues of the past But the cor
trary is the case. The Republicans, white
and black, Union men generally and a few
ex-Confederates have submitted to this
construction of the situation, while the
great majority Of the socalled Conserva-
tive party deny it with emphatic earnest
ness. Truth and honor" with them are
synonymous with fealty to the Lost Cause,
and they do not propose to sacrifice that at
any hazard. They point to such declara-
tons as those we have quoted in an osten-
tatious way rs the reflex Of Southern
opinion, but at the same time are
covertly at work repairing damages and
making arrangement for the renewal Of thier
overt treason. No better proof Of the
truth of this assertion can be found than
the fact that they are educating their chill
dTen TO despise everything connected with
the victorious side of the war; to believe
that the results of the war are unjustiiable,
and to repose the utmost confidence in the
SUCCESS Of its renewal. Their motto is:
The North educated generation after
generation TO destroy slavery; we will
"now educate one generation to destroy
" the Union" They believe they will
succeed, and as they receive encourage
nent from the apathy of the Northern peo-
pie regarding national affairs. from Demo
cratic victories, and from kindred things,
they rejoice at the flattcring prospects of
the future. They are not so discreet as
they should be, however, or they would
have waited until better assurances of sue
cess were promised before beginning their
campaigns for the establishment of State
Rights doctrines. In Arkansas they have
already partially accomplished their de-
sign, and have foisted upon the people
constitution which nowhere provides a
recognition of the superior authority of the
General Government. In short, the Gar
land constitution Of that State, as it is
called, may be accepted as the first effec-
tive blow at the utter destruction of every
trace of the consequences Of civil
strife in the organic acts of the
Southern States. North Carolina, it is in
tended, shall be the next to follow, then
Alabama, Georgia, and so on. We have
faith, however, that before this programme
is carried out to completion, the loyal SEN
timent which animates the North will
assert itselfas a sufficient power to circum.
vent their disloyal schemes. 1t cannot be
possible that after all the sacrifices they
have made in behalf of freedom and gov
eminent based upon equal justice, the
Unionists of the country will allow their
dearly bought victories to be set aside by
their vanquished enemies. They will GER
tainly awaken to the fraud which is con-
cealed in the assertion that "a new school
of Southern craftsmanship" Las been
established