New Orleans Republican., 1875-11-23
cisl Correspondence Of the Republican. ]
NORTHERN POLITICS.

W " Mississippi Revolution an Open DEE
" s s.,ce of Northern Sentiment-The Blow
!. ,he Face Given In Charleston Har-
l.. M, by south Carolina Confederates In
~ 1854 Repeated in Missisaippi in 1875
nj r.use the Same, Issue the Same, Com
a. ..oveuces the same-AnOiher Popular
r,rising by the People to Rescue Con.
N .,,sv from the Power of the Csnfed-
N ,.e Conepirat0rs A New Storm
a,.ving-Like Causes Ever Produce
W I,ke Efects-The Mississippi Revoiu.
han Makes the North Once More Rad.
ical.
n, BosToN, November l3, 1875.
hat the Republican State Of Mississippi
lt pla be "revolutionized" according to the
n. ur of law, with Republican alminis-
lion in power at the national capital,
.p Ieu.s fact most significant and full of
h TO the country. 1t is bold repetition
that policy OF terrorism" which the
HL fderates inaugurated in Louisiana after
N ,olns assassination, under Andrew
3 pson The massacre of Republicans in
Orleans in 1866, and the ruthless
'9 urhter of negro voters in Mississippi in
" form the alpha and the omega, the
I'd mining and the end of that policy"
ch Andrew johnson claimed as "his,'
Y which really originated in the fierce
turbulent spirits which still rule South
society and control Southern politics.
~ u that the massacre of Republicans in
= uisiana in 1866, and the slaughter of
l. no voters in Mississippi in 1875, consti.
tbe alpha and omega of this Confed-
= . e policy of terrorism and political assas-
ktion. / say this, because, in the face
u this Mississippi revolution, the North
=, ut either back down or fight, and then
shall have al erd d Of this business either
II way or the other. This Mississippi bust
y means exactly what The firing on the
~ psrcan flag in Charleston harbor in 1860
! ant 1t is blow in the face. 1t is the
hfederate reply to the vote of Maine and
y, TO- 1t is the defiant declaration by the
tiderates that notwithstanding the pres
Of Republican administration at
.ningtop, and not notwithstanding the voice
3r .hs Northern people as expressed in the
ul elections, it is the fixed purpose of the
\ overs and admirers of Jefferson Davis
prove, in the State OF Jefferson Davis
ID the surrender of Lee did
end the conflict which these con-
tatOrs began in 1860. With the old
% bs Of 1860 thus raised and enforced by
~ ame argument used by the South Car
ans, who then forced the fighting" in
10 Gleston harbor, the Republican leaders
\, be forced once more to assume the re.
ls visibility which attaches to leaders in
sof public peril, and take the Confeder-
Wnspirator by the throat. Will the Re-
,ran leaders do this viii they back
n' Will the cowardly policy pursued
Congress last winter in regard to Louisi
and Arkansas be repeated in the case of
sissippi' Or will the Republican lead
armed at last to sense of
ulness, show fight as they did
! 1907 In either case we shall,
Il before stated, have an end of the
drawn out controversy between the
,e Fh and the South on the negro question
bin the American Union. If the North
: W. fight, for instance, we shall in such
khaye reconstruction reconstructed. If,
~ the other hand, the North backs down
re this Confederate blow then South
Nins, Florida and Louisiana will be
~ pod at once in the same position now, Oc-
isd by Mississippi, and the Southern
rc thus reduced to political serfdom in
g Southern States, will sink, without
Z |, Fsgle or protest, into wage.slavery as
contented menial of his former master,
will begin to plan for his own deliver
From the condition of menialage
srfdom to his Confederate master thus
., 'Sished, the Southern negro can never
ige within the American Union. If he
' yer delivered from this serfdom it can
oe through the cooperation and con-
rsnce Of his Confederate master. In
] facqconsists the present danger of the
sncan Union, and the gravity of the
!. lssippi issue. Do the men who are
III ing this Confederate policy Of negro
dom suppose that the North is utterly
Ito i.s own interests as involved in
conflict, and utterly destitute, also, of
a courage needed to confront those who
again aiming to take the life of the ma
p say to take the life of the ma
for this republic can no more
with negro serfdom as Its corner
than it could exist builded on
slavery. The new Confederate
Il mo is the continuation of the old Con
II nte purpose. The only difference be-
% the "blow in the face" given in
fsston harbOr in 1860 and the same |
" ut insult offered to the national will in |
a nsppi in 1875, consists in the fact that |
Suth Carolina COnfederates believed |
aking the fight outside of the Union,
the Mississippi Confederate believes
NJ ', laking the same fight inside of the |
Mississippi Contederates may claim
the recent elections did not involve
Y question Of Southern reconstruction at
Very we'll, but the Presidential elec-
OF 1876 will settle that. They may
y claim that, having entire possession of
v sanch of the American Congress, and
y ag Q balance of power in the other,
Ne entitled to q potential voice" in
ng even at this late day, the political
y liOns of Lees surrender. They may
deny General Lees authority to make
'iltical surrender at all. They may
that the giving up of the Confederate
d y BY Lee was in any sense political
I, adsr. They may denounce and ostra-
~ al those who, like Longstreet. SO re-