Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-24

OtSHtI> VI 'lNf Nh"N llit tllu JVStllcS iUe
means" / has wuked ut outnqes
which are disgrace to our nationality,
or sneered at the well authenticated re-
ports Of muld"r and rapiue as being only
inventions to manufacture political capital
for the Republican party. 1t holds the
press and the telegraph under its control,
and claims the dispatches forwarded by
its White League emi>sarie- Il, the incar-
nation Of truth, while the plain and truth
iul statements Of government agents sent
to investigate the truth or hlsehood Of
the reports Of massacre and violence are
ones drd iahrications. And this line Of
policy has beea steadily followed, year
after year, from the time when the treach-
cry Of Andrew johnson first gave the
rebels n hope Of rcguiniug at the ballot
box what they had lost by their appeal to
the fortunes of war. Let the Nation
arouse in time to the danger which threat
ens-for delays are dangerous and never
more SO than at the present hour.
And the war for the Union, its objects,
its gIorie., its sutferiugs and its results,
we are constantly told should be hidden
away. We must pursue Il course Of
kindness and concilialiou to the defeated
South, and let the memories Of Ander-
souvIle, Of Salisbury and Of the Libby
Prison be buried in oblivion. Thi, is the
course to Whicn we were counselcd by
Peace Democrats and by rebels and this
has been the course we followed in obe-
dicnce to the prompting OF our own hearts.
The quality Of mercy has not been strain
ed in the course pursued by the general
government toward The conquered States
bat the iruit it has borne is not Of kind
To commend the claims Of maguauiruity
and mercy 10 future governments. IT
we look for men di-fauchiscd, banished
or ostlaci.cd rom positions Of public trust
Ms a penalty for completely in the crushed
rebellion, we look in vain; nor do the
judicial records Of The country show
where such were made ampnable for their
crimes against the law. We may sen ch
in vain the annals Of history to find
parallel case.
But while we are told to bury the past,
with the Democrats the past is kept >ed-
ulously in view. The time predicted in
the E,r0Djiaey, after the election Of Gov.
Hnight, in 1867 when "so.cullcd loyalty
would be stencil ia the nostris Of the
people and to have been Democrat and
Il rebel the passport to honor and favor'
seems now at band While ser, Ice as a
Union soldier is the worst recummenda-
ton a candidate can have, to have been
champion Of the " Lost Cause" j, an all
sufficient reason why the fortunate pos
SCISSOR Of thi, qualification should be en-
tilted to every honor which Democracy
can bestow. In Connecticut, Eaton, the
partisan advocate OF secession, i sent to
the Senate, while Geo gia and Missouri
send Gordon and Cockrell vino fought in
the field ior what Eaton simply adyocat-
ed And 50 through the whole chapter.
OF the Southern Democrats elected to the
next House OF Representatives, eighty
four he'd commissions in the rebel army,
and twenty eight more were in the civil
service of the Cunlederacy. Burying
the past, >" is a very one-sided maltcr 1Oe
alone are to bury the past with our OPP
poneuts the past i the standard by which
men are to be Judged.
Little is said and little need be said in
reference 20 the proposition to fight the
battle in this State on local issues alone
1t is patent to the most common place
understanding that in nm election where
members OF Congress are to be chosen,
natiouai issues will be held paramount,
and that the only true course for men
who desire honesty and fair dealing in
the administration of home affairs, will
be to aid IN the selection OF men whose
integrity and known views upon subjects
of local import are above suspicion. 1t
will be the aim Of the Republican Slate
Convention to place such men before the
DtbItc de lHbll 44'll iHtb>s / ne panty
recognize that any other course would be
fttal that the time for the rule OF the
mere politician is past. The Convention
will be held at an early day and the peo-
pie can be the judges Of the character of
the nominees before the time appointed
for the other Conventions to meet. We.
are glad the State Central Committee
has arrived at this conclusion, for it is
our firm belief that il the voters Of Cali
fornia can be made to realize the impera-
tive necessity existing Tor the sacrifice Of
petty jealouses TO the national welfare,
they will once more assert their fealty to
the nation by voting with that party that
preserved its unity, and is alone capable
OF bringing its difficulties Of government
10 a salts actory solution.
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