Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-03-29
From the Boston Journal I
REPUBLICAN, UNION

from the DOStou JouTiial
REPUBLICAN, UNION.
The close of the executive session Of the
Senate was attended by very suspicious
sign-.ths union Of all the republican Sen
ate In support of the Louisiana resolution.
1t was obvious that they disagreed very
widely on many points of the Louisiana
question. Mr.. Morton, Mr.. Conkling, Mr..
Edmunds and Mr.. Chris.iancy, for in
stance, represented four distinct classes OF
republicans in applying the conclusions of
reason and the requirements of law to the
various phases of Gov. Kellogg's career;
and there were other republican Senators
who did not agree exactly with either of
these four. Mr. Thurman, who took the
lead of the democratic forces in the Sen
ate, made an ingenious series of attempts
to devise resolutions which should catch
some of the republicans and detach them
from their colleagues when the yeas and
nays should be ordered on the main ques-
ton. He failed utterly. Men like the
veteran Senator Edmunds and the new
Senator Christiancy sunk their differences
on minor and irrelevant points. in order
to stand shoulder to shoulder in approval
of President Grants protection of the peo-
pie of Louisiana against open lawlessncss
which was all the resolution affirmed.
Thus the republican, side of the Senate
closed as unit in defence OF the Admin
istration for the enforcement of the laws.
We cannot but regard the action as typi-
cal of that which will soon be exemplilied
by the whole republican party of the coun-
try. The New Hampshire election showed
the same tendency in that State where
the party was never more harmonious
than "a the campaign which effected such
cheering results. From Connecticut we
learn that feuds and disagreements that
have prevailed for years between some
sections OF the party-particularly be-
tween the Hartford and New Haven re-
publicans. have now been completely COM
posed in unity of action as enthusiastic as
1t is sincere. The same kind of intelligence
comes to us from the Middle States and
the West nor can we doubt that it will so
far be responded to here in Massachusetts
as to prevent hereafter the least repetition
at the polls of the singular developments
of the election last fall.
This prevailing unanimity is to be
brought about, not by testing the strength
of different sections, interests or leaders in
the republican party, but by the appeal
which the crisis addresses directly to the
good sense and patriotism of the republi-
can masses. They who met and turned back
the assaults of rebellion, who took up the
broken threads OF the Union at the close
of the war and woye them into more
complete and perfect palladium of human
rights than the Fathers had ever dreamed
possible. must again listen to the require
ments Of the times. If they do, and if
they come forward with the promptitude
they have so often shown in the past, the
situation will settle itself. The petty
wranglings and personal rivalries will
drop out of sight. the undesired aspirants
for leadership will be awed back to their
proper places, the false issues will disap-
pear, and the true questions of the hour
will come out with irrepressible. unmis-
taxable clcarness. The American people |
who have never yet failed in their in
stinct of danger and of duty-will quickly |
consider whether they will go forward
with the regeneration of their institutions,
till every citizen shall become in fact what
he ID in name, or whether they shall fall
ter. when the goal of triumph is already
in sight, and sink back into the power of
those who, but short time ago, gave us
the the only alternative of slavery or ma
tional ruin. Who doubts what the result
will be? And yet what does it imply but
the renewed unity. publication and
triumph of the republican party?