National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-04-14

gin war upon the lihert'ns NJ IRE State: in
south Carolina as the friend Of r. K. scott,
frank moses, and other prOuOuOceu thieves;
In Georgia, as holding up the hands of Bullock
and rogues of that ilk in Alabama, as the
counselor of Anauias Hays, and the employer
Of Hester, the murderer; In Louisiana, IS the
oEerthrower of the lawful government by the
bayonet, and the sustainer Of the usurper KEEL
logg; in Arkansas, as the patron Of thieves
and the would e-subverter of the liberties OF
the people; all over the South as the only prop
Of the rule of carpet-bsggers, rogues, rutfians
and scallawags. We know him at the South
only by his army of soldiers to keep carpet
baggers in power, and by his bands Of brutal
marshals to Cypress our best citizens. To tn-
vite him is to indorse his Southern policy of
wrong and outrage. It is to proclaim our
selves willing to wear the yoke of bondage,
through third term, OF the bribe-taker and
the drunken debauchee. The Committee OF
Invitation wash their hands clean Of this thing.
They are opposed to this man from principle
and not from prejudice. They think that the
destroyer of Constitutional liberty ought not to
appear at a celebration commemorative of the
resolves of our heroic ancestors to pledge
their lives, their fortunes and their sacred
honors,' in the holy cause of freedom"
We offer no excuse for the publication OF
this infamous piece of scurrility, except
that we deem it to be our duty to inform
our readers exactly how contemptibly de-
based the sectional prejudice of Southern
Democracy can make man who once wore
the proud uniform of a major general in the
Confederate army. This, too, in refer
ence to a matter of national importance, in
which every American has an equal in.
terest, and for the success of which, if it
were properly conducted, every patriot in
the land would lend helping hand.
We commend this violence of rhetori-
cal political teaching to those persons who
NAV believe that the soldiers of the Southern
armies are all magnanimously just in their
treatment of and associations with their
former enemies of the Union armies. But
it is not mere rhetoric. 1t is the utterance
of an acknowledged leader, who does not
hesitate to instil into the minds of his fol-
lowers or readers the seeds of discomfort,
and to poison them with falsehoods the
most unblushing. There can be only one
result from the unchecked progress of such
teachings. Gradually, as the immediate
rccollections of the war wear away and
2IOh ulul, anu Us luOSG WIN hGIC DO1S
when the war was being waged grow to be
men, these bitter, unjust andcovertly treas
enable lessons, taught by such man, car
not fail to arouse a determination to
renew the horrors of civil strife. We
do not waste space in answering the charges
or Analysing them. They answer them
selves; but we print them TO show the peo-
pie of the North that while they are pursu-
ing a commendable and patriotic policy in
the management of our centennial celebra-
lions, the malcontents of the South make
use of them to provoke the very animosi-
ties which should on such occasions receive
a common burial. 1t requires 40 especial
political acumen 10 foIesee danger in this
condition of affairs. While the North is
virtually asleep, confidently dreaming that
war-a renewal of civil warts impossible,
such men as D. H. Hill, experienced SOL
diers, are preparing for that contingency.
Ii is strange that in view of the experience
of 186C-'61, the Northern people should
allow themselves to be hoodwinked with
the belief that this clustering is meaning
less