New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-06

"men.- What sort of men? Dces not every
one know that in fifteen States those who
aided rebellion would be chosen to represent
the United Sto;esY 1t matters little what mai
,.iduoJ hollis m Office but can this country
afford. ONLY twelve years after great cvil
war, TO turn out every public servant III hlteeh
St,res WHO was faithful to his flag and his
oath of citizenship, and 20 put IN only those
who were unfaithfulf Yet this Is precisely
vba+ Democratic success would mean. ma
lion which Furnishes with ostmci'm those VINO
t,ied IN save il. and rewards with tbc mastery
those who tired TO destroy it, VIII scarcely see
devoted patriotism again. In many STATES even
nav. the laws are mere instruments OF ven
gcanre against those who helped the Ihloh'
IN many States freedom OF speech IL
etIectualiv denied, and men who oppose
tho majority are completely dls'ran-
chisod 1 former Union soldier writes from
tbe South : A." | perccve that we were mistaken.
We thought that the people wanted rebel
"Iion suppressed and the supremacy OF the
" ConsitItiGn established. But the rtpell'oh
els here as defiant and mcrcilesS as ever
:" We who tried to suppress it have to pay
tbe pcnalty. ! prefer to live, in future
"undcr some government which knows me
"diffrreGse between its friends and its foes"
lie had gwen his blood aud riSkcd his life to
defend the Constitution, which guarantees to
every citizen the right TO live where he
ple,ses. 70 speak his mind freely, and to vote
as he pleqscs. But the conquered rebel can
settle in any part of the land with safety and
freedom. while he, the cOnqucrinS loyahSt,
,,t.r, Y.-.lN in
state OF lis choice.
Did they fail. then-those who died to make
this nation of frcemen7 Possibly. Those
only can be free who care enough tor free
dom to maintain it. If we care 81 little for
Sclf-govcnment that rifles at the SOIth and re-
heaters at the North can impose President
upon Us, il was a waste of time to demand
free speech, free schools, and flce soil, Tor
such people. If we are willing 10 see Union
men ostIaciscd in fifteen States, and those who
rr5elled alone preferred and trusted, 1t was a
horrible bunder to maintain the Union. If
we are willing to see those who tried
lo destroy the Union trusted with its
honor, in the payment of the debt created in
defeating them, it was an act of bad faith to
borrow a dollar for that purpose. If, after
&iI. 900. 10000 have been spent and half a
million of lives have been sacrificed to main
tain The Union, we are willing TO mlUst the
enforcement of all law to those who believe
that the Constitution "organizcs rebellion" it
WIS the most wIctchcd blundcr i'll all human
history not to allow Mr.. Buchanan to wreck
the Union on the reef Of non-cocIcion.
The war WAS not farce. The loya! millions
who sustained the Government then begin TO
see that The Union itself and all that made it
worth saving, can be maintained only by keep
ing the power in the hands of those who cared
10 preserve it, AZ every opportunity, those
to whom the war was failure drag forth
their lidcous theories; at every opportunity
.o,id South reminds Ms that those vino rcbclled
still consider themselves as a separate people,
vrongcd by coercion, justified in demanding
paymcnt for all LOSSES. and entitled 80 disregard
the Constitution and to ruin if they cannot
rule. As long as these hercsics and this spirit
appcar. 80 long Il will be necessary 10 main
tain the Union, even n, 1t was maintained
before. cost what il may. The solid south, and
It's instrument, the Democratic p1r.y cannot
be- trusted with the power rs long as prompt
PAYMENT Of any part of the war debt - dis
putcd, rs long rs any claim Is made for losses
in rebellion, rs long a. the ful enjoyment oi
every right Guaranteed by the Constitution
is denied To any hw-abiding citizen in any
STATE, unless the people are willin., to declare
hy their votes that the rebellion WAS right,
that it, coercion was a crime, and that those
Who died for the Union wasted their lives.