Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-05-22

sworn to prevent the holding
Of office by their political opponents,
whose fair election by the people was not
not denied.
The ballot box has been forcibly and
openly seized and destroyed when known /
to contain more Republican than Demo-
cralic votes.
Chdrches and school-houses have been /
burned and clergymen and teachers foul
ly outraged.
Surviving friends found the slaughtered /
victims of the Vicksburg massacre, un
buried, being guided to the place by the
foul birds Of prey that circled IN the air
above them. Says one Of the witnesses
Where we saw the buzzards hover,
there we found the dead men,"
Magistrates are powerless or Indifferent,
juries are tainted with the presence upon
them of very outlaws themselves, wit
nesses are intimidated and law and justice
are a mockery.
This reign Of terror inaugurated and
maintained for the sole purpose Of securing
Democratic ascendancy, has done its work
in most OF the Southern States and in them
the hapless victims of barbarity are dumb.
In the remaining States the Federal arm
has now and then been extended in aid Of
the local authorities, in compliance with
the plain provision Of the Constitution Of
the United States (as originally framed),
which provides for the national protection
of States against domestic violence.
In the presence of this long-continued
saturnalia of crime and blood-shed, not IL
word of Democratic rebuke or remon-
strance has been heard, North or South.
Southern Democrats when placed upon
the witness stand, exhibit their insensl-
bility to shame and their ignorance OF the
most common rights of citizens Oy testl-
fying that I" Northern men are never
maltreated unless they meddle 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 Republican, as well rs an
other may be Il Democratic partisan.
The Southern Democracy are not en-
gagged as whole in the deadly work we
| have described but neither do they in
terfere for its suppression. They excuse,
palliate and shield, and thus encourage
it. Many openly declare that the exten-
sion of suffrage to the negro is just cause
for war, and that as they cannot wage
open war, they are justified in resortlng
to assassination.
The Northern Democracy look COM
placently on, as they did during the war, &,
Except when irritated by rebel reverses)
and when the blood Of slaughtered cti-
zens cries aloud from the ground they
sneer at what they are pleased to call the
"outrage mill" They have found no
cause for complaint against the murder
ers, but when occasionally after long suf-
ferance, an attempt has been made by the
exercise Of undoubted constitutional pow
or by the President to aid the State au-
thorities in restraining violence, their in
dignation, well-feigned, filled the air witt
hypocritical clamor, and the people o.
the North have been urged to restrain
the tyrant hand of Federal usurpation
In both sections the Democracy moan'
over the danger to civil liberty and STATE
rights which must result from the re
strants put upon the law breakers of the
South. The late Gen. Geo. II. Thomas
in an official report made to the War De
partment three years after the war haC
, ended, said
The controlling cause Of the unsettled
condition of affairs in the department is
+ that the greatest efforts made by the &c
ieated insurgents since the close of tn
y that the cause Of liberty, justice, humani
B ty, equality and all the calendar OF tn
t virtues Of Freedom, suffered violence an,
10 wrong, when the effort for Southern inde
5 pendence failed. This is, of course, in
= tended as species Of political cant
/ whereby the crime of treason might b
e covered with counterfeit varnish Of pa
\ trotism, so that the precipitators Of th
r rebellion might 90 down in history hant
To- in hand with the defenders Of the govern
. ment, thus wiping out with their owl
D hands their own stans; II species OF sci
= forgiveness amazing in its etfrontery
when it is considered that life and proper
g ty-justly forfeited by the laws OF th
= country, Of war and of nations, throug
g the magnanimity Of the Government
Y was not exacted from them"
= The wolf assumes a lamb-like tone q
= the North, and rebel chiefs like General
IT Gordon and Lamar, are sent among tn
h people in the New England villages,
d persuade them thai Republicans alon
/ are opposed to peace and quiet i'll tn
: South.
d The end of these things is to come ne>
It year. Either the rebel Democracy wi
e regain power in the nation, ard SO 18th
If empire will be peace" such as reigne
le on the plantations before the war, or ell,
5. the party of law and order will prevail
Is and equal rights be enforced by ruler
% fresh from the people. The latter resu
Is can alone bring lasting peace. The io
mer will sooner or later drive the negl
.e to desperation, and when he Shall mate
Ie the barbarity OF his enemy, as he surel
IF can, the South will be desolation.
h The present administration has use
SIS all the power at its command to preserN
1t the peace and execute the laws. Had
g. been in less faithful hands, still greatc
disorder would have surely ripened in
" complete and fragrant anarchy and rebel
le ion, or the subjection OF all who refuse
le to vote the Democratic ticket.
b. The rebel Democracy Of the Soutl
hope to remove the obstacle Of restrain
m by possessing themselves Of the Pres
S. dency. This is more imminent dang,
1T than loyal men generally suppose. III
J. aggregate electoral vote Of the Union
W 366. Necessary to choice, 1S4.
y these the Southern States have 1873.
violence, fraud and intimidation, CO
. consolidate fora Democratic candidate II
- 1873 Southern votes, only 46 out Of Il
=, Dds Northern votes will be necessary Il
-, ~ the success of the reasonable dsuniC
H., faction of the Democratic party. II
y 1873 Southern votes made by the viii
- leaguers, would not go over 10 the 4
~ but would absorb them.
e. Can those who were war Democrats du
ID ing the rebellion, contemplate the near f
s. ture with Indifference ? Can Republican
Id afford to waste their strength in senseie
ne chickering's in view of such condition
10 affairs
tt. = L. IL,
p ty will ever be powerless as against the
III Southern tasltmasters within the organ
zation. Democratic success in the matte
re means Southern ascendency, and rest
IN ration of the old order OF things
ID means revenge on the patriotism of Il
nation, a wholesale plundering of the nj
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