Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-05-08

are u mockery.
This reign of terror inauguratrd and
maintained for the sole pa pbseOi secu ing
Democratic ascendancy, has done It, work
in most OF the Southern States and IN Ill ma
the hapless victims OF barbaiit are dun u.
In the remaining States the Federal arm
has now and then been extended In ard ui
the local authorities, in compliance with
the plain provision Of the Constitution uf
the United States las originally iiHmed),
which provides for the natiOnai projection
of States against domestic violence.
In the presence of thi. long continued
4aturnaia OF crime and blood shed, not
word of Democratic rebuke on remOu-
strance has been heard, Moth Or South.
Southern Democrats when placed upon
the witness stand, exhibit their insensl-
biity TO shame and their ignorance of the
most common rights OF citizens oy te>ti
tying shat Northern men are never
maltreated unless they medde with poll
tics" They are unable To realize that
any citizen Of the United States may Sc
lect his residence in any State or Terri
tory and be n Republican, IA, well rs an
other may be Democratic partisan.
The Southern Democracy are not en-
gagged as whole in the deadly work we
have described but neither do they in
teriere for its suppression. They excuse,
paliate and shield, and thus encourage
it. Many openly declare that the exten-
sion OF suffrage to the negro i,n just cause
for war, and that as they cannot wage
open war, they are justified in resortng
to assassination.
The Northern Democracy look com
placently on, as they did during the war.
Except when irritatcd by rebel Icver-e~)
and when the blood of slaughtered cJtl
zens cries aloud from the ground they
sneer at what they are plensrd to call the
"outrage mill" They have found no
cause for complaint against the ma der
ers. but when occasionally after long sui-
lerance, an attempt has been made by ,he
exercise of undoubted constitutional pow
er by the President to aid the State au
thorites in restraining violence. their in
dgnation, well feigned, He'd the air with
hypocritical camor, and the people Of
| the North have been urged to restrain
the tyrant hand of FeGeral usurpntion
In both sections the Democracy moans
over the danger to civil liberty aud State
rights which must result from the re-
straints put upon the law breaker of the
South. The late Gen. Geo. II. Thomas
in an official report made to the Wa De
partment three years after the war had
ended, said I:
&" The controlling causeo thrGY-ettled
condition of affairs in the department i-,
that the greatest efforts made py the &c
irated insurgents since the cip-e OF th-
war, have been to promulgatr he drn
that the cause of liberty, justice. humnnl-
ty, equality and all the calendar 0t the
f,.g
wrong. when the etloit for southern indie
pendence failed. Thi- is, Of course, in
tended as species of political cant,
whereby the crime of tren-on might be
covered with counterfeit varnish of pa
triotism, so that the prrcipitator- OF the
rebellion might 90 down in history hand
| in hand with the defenders Of the govern
ment thus wipng out with their own
| hands their own stains; IA species of self
| forgiveness amazing in its etfrOnterY,
when it is considered that life and proper
| ty-justly forfeited by the laws Of the
country, of war and OF nations, through
the magnanimity Of the Government
was not exacted from them"
The wolf assumes lamb like tone at
the North, and rebel chiefs like Generals
Gordon and Lamar, are sent among the
people in the New England villages, to
persuade them tha; Republicans alone
are opposed to peace and quiet in the
South.
The end of these things is to come next
year. Either the. rebel Democracy viii
regain power in the nation, and so "the
empire will be peace" such II, reigned
on the plantations before the war, or else
the party OF law and order will prevail
and equal rights be enforced hy ruler:
fresh from the people. The latter result
can alone bring lasting peace. The for
mer will sooner or later drive the negf,
to desperation, and when he shall match
the barbarity of his enemy, as he surely
can, the South will be a desoation.
The present administration has used
all the power at its command tn preserve
the peace and execute the laws. Had il
been in less faithful hands, still greater
disorder would have surely ipened into
complete and fragrant anarchy and REBEL
ion, or the subsection OF all who refused
to vote the Democratic ticket.
The rebel Democracy Of the South
| hope to remove the obstacle Of restraint
by possessing themselves of the Presi
dency. This is a more imminent danger
than loyal men generally suppose. The
aggregate electoral vote Of the Union j.
366. Necessary TO n choice, lS4. O
these the Southern States have 1873. /
violence, fraud and intimidation, car
| consolidate for Democratic candidate the
1873 Southern votes, only 46 out of the
22S Northern votes will be necessary fol
the success of the reasonable dis -unior
faction of the Democratic party. The
1873 Southern votes made by the white
leaguers, would not go over 10 the 46
but would absorb them.
Can those who were war Democrats dur
ing the rebellion, contemplate the near fu
ture with Indifference Can Republican.
afford to waste their strength in senseles,
chickering's in view Of such Il condition o
affairs
The Union men of the Democratic par.
ty will ever be pOwerless As against their
Southern taskmasters within the organi
zation. Democratic success in The nation
means Southern ascendency, and resto-
ration of the old order OF things il
means revenge on the patriotism ol III.
nation, n wholesale plundering O., the ma
tional treasury for southern claimants
and dishonesty towards national CREDITOR,
| If such disaster cannot be averlcd the
nation will not long outIive uch complete
| humiliation and disgrace. The premium
thus set upon treason and rebellion, won id
soon do the work Of final destruction.
To avert these calamltles the danger
needs only to be realized. California,
Ohio and Maine are to hold elections thi,
year. Let us do our share towards stay
! ing the reaction which has areadv placed
S4 ex-coniederate soldiers in the next
House of Representatives. Let us meet
tho cry OF federal Interference, with II
! Oh nd huf a
and tortures shall cease, and nw and or.
der be respected throughout the land
Putting forward our best men. let us
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