The Pacific appeal., 1875-04-24

plate the near future with indiffer-
ence? Can Republicans afford to
waste their strength in senseless
chickering's in vieWTof such a eondi-
s,tion of affairs ?
Fhe Union men of the Democratic
party will ever be powerless as
against their Southern taskmustaxs
within that organization. Demo.
cratic successes in tas kinnl
means Southern ascendancy and 8
restoration of the old order OF
things. 1t means revenge on the
patriotism of the nation, a whole
sale plundering Of the national
treasury for Southern claimants,
and dishonesty towards national
creditors. If such a disaster cannot
be averted, the nation. would not
long outlive such complete humilia-
tion and disgrace. The premium
thus set upon treason and rebellion
would soon do the work of final de-
struction.
To aver these calamities the dam
ger needs only to be realized. Cal
ilornia, Ohio, and Maine are to hold
elections this year. Let US do our
share towards staying the reaction
which has already placed 81 ex-
Confederate soldiers in the next
House of Representatives. Let us
meet the cry of federal interference
with stern demand that organized
assassination and tortures shall
cease, and law and order be respect
ed throughout the land. Putting
forward our best men, let US show
our opponents that the Republican
party can govern the State we'll,
without ignoring national issues.
The same treacherous voices which
now demand silence upon these
questions urged upon us in 1861
that California had no interest in
the great sectional war then inaug-
urated by the South. The people
refused to be deceived then. Let
US be equally vigilant now. Ma
tional patriotism can never be too
fervent, or too suspicious of those
who deprecate its free expression.
1t is now nearly tweaty years
since the result of a presidential
election has teen peacefully acqui-
esced in by the defeated party. The
choice of Buchanan, in 1856, was
followed by no dangerous express.
sions of the deep discomfort it cre-
ated; but Lincolns authority was
resisted by eleven States from the
day of his Inauguration until a
month after his second term began,
and when rebellion was driven into
the last ditch he was assassinated by
one of its natural outgrowths within
a week. That Grants authority
has not yet been openly de6ed is
true, but the embers of rebellion are
carefully kept alive, and peace has
not Doen restored.
The rebels and malcontents now
propose to drive enough Republi.
cans away from the polls at the
South to give the democracy of that
section vote entirely out of pro-
portion to their numerical strength
An insolent and revolutionary
subversion of the right of the people
to the choice of President. Ter
rorism and violence are to be sub.
stituted for the peaceful decision of
the majority. The past ought to
admonish the rebels and their abet-
tors to beware how they thus chal-
lenge the manhood of the North.
The knavery which, under the
thin guise of local interests, strives
to wholly divert public opinion
from the great and overshadowing
question we have here presented, is
clearly in the interest of those who
are preparing to strike @ blow at
the vitals Of the Nation. The ene-
mics OF the Nation cannot be the
friends of the State. ..
WALTER VAN DYKE,
WIN. r.. WHEATON,
WE.F. WHITTIER,
HENRY r. REED,
FRANK EASTMAN,
F. d. ATHERToN,
PAUL NEUMANN,
JOHN MARTIN.
JOHN SEDGWICK,
VIM. SHERMAN,
ErecutiUe Com mittee.