Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-02

coed it. The surrt macy CT the nthtehodlDg
rings which ruled the cunvcntlon al Cioclanari
and the dismissal from the CabiDctor lbc hon
eat reformeIs of tho party-the Secretary OF
the Treasury and Postmaster General-Dccause
they desired to "lut % guliiy man ESCAPE. and
that the prosecution of those who telray official
trust shall be speedy thorough aGd unspariug,"
would rise up in judgueot TO febuke party
that would hesitate 10 ''c,mm4od the Admo-
istraton for its honorable management Of our
domestic affairs.
Iu the face Of its past and It's present are its
death Ded repeutances and promises Of amcod-
ment to be listened 70? And will the people
be deceived in view Of events which lave SO
lately trapspiTed with repeated promises OF
civil service reform. Civil service reform in
the mculh of the republican party is thrice
told tale and its sequel will be the same 10 the
future US in the past. III" f3ct Is that III" party
| must do 10 the her. after via it has doue here
tofore, and refrain irum doug only what Ii has
| retrained from doing heretofore; the 81. 4e Ia
hueuce which control to-day WILL control 10 IL +
row, and xtyear, If It's power is X ~nted 1t
does Dot matter how sincere and pure The lntcn.
ions of a new executive may be be vii! be power
less. The managers will remain the So tne; the de-
msnds of party feslt- upon cnive will remsn
| the same.
| Ali places viii! be to them those in which the
| harmony and vigOr OF ADM lslrat,on requires
it's policy to be represented" and the "irie"ds'
will not permit them to be filed with sole re-!
erence to the efficiency OF thu ru1c service"
The Rel ublicsn party en!eavors BY raising
| false Issues 10 divert the popular IiEd from tie
| absorbing question of reform. '!l: permanent
pacifcstion OF the southern section u the Union,
and the complete protection .; its citizens
in the free enjoyment OF their rights,
| is held up as il. great mission, whilst 1t m"n=cas
the Southern States with the threat Of putting
into immediate and vigorvu: lie thn powers d
| the Government for removing ~ ju.. causes vi
discomfort on the part # any ci%s- oI Southern
people"
This plank IS inserted in the plato m for the
doub' purpose of deceivIns tine North and If
iDtlmidsting the Stu'h.
| 1t utters to the Worth the fa!sehoOa that the
South is not at peace, bu is still restless ard ripe
| for rebellion. II uttrrs 20 tins ) ia the truth
that freedom of elections is net tolerated by the
| keI ubican party, and if the free nXccc!e OF the
privilege of suffrage is attempt Il in the Interest
| of reform and honest government by he coorcd
or white citizens Of those State. Lha. ne strong
arm of parry power, acting thr IN tb military
power Of the Unitee States viii De uplited
| against them, and that they nut purch as2e eX-
emption from the tyranny of tho military s"trap
! by the surrender of their political convictions
The suggestion that the South has not settled into
permanent pacifcaton is as illogical and absurd AS
! it is untrue. What interest the South have in
| agitation or opposition TO the Government of the
| Union The States have been admitted into full
| communion. Under the Constitution they are en-
titled TO the privileges, the rights, and
| the same benefits flowing from it, To which their
northern sisters are entitled much Of sovereign
| ty as remains in one section constltutiOnally at
taches to the other. The people have no other
| Government TO look TO, no other country to care
| for. They have acquiesced in the results Of the
civil contest, and ratified in good faith the amend
| ments to the Constitution.
| Frustrated by the war: their energies and their
| hopes have been concentrated upon their physical
| restoration. Harmony between all classes and all
races absolutely necessary to secure their phys-
cal as we'll political demonstrations and II would
have been madness in them not TO nave sought it
| for themselves.
The relations which existed land still exist, between
the races at the South have been simply lniSreprc-
scented by that party at the North for the purpose OF
producing and fostering ' hose sectional feelings
| and tendencies which they $50 sincerely depre-
| cate" 1t was 10 secure the electoral vote Ut a
united North that party managers fabricated those
| fictitious ourages, and endeavored by acting on the
| kindly sympathics of the northern heart 10 array
section against section Everybody III the South
knows that it is to the mutual interest OF both races
that they should harmonze and that it is the inter
est and duty of the white man To counsel. advise,
and elevate his colored fellow citizen; aud that he
| has honestly worked TO that end except when
thwarted by the malign interference of Radical en-
|
freed from the blighting effects Of Republican mis-
| management will abundanty testify The provision
| made by Virginia for the education of the coorcd
race through system Of public schools, supported
| bya taxation nine-tenths OF which fails OH the
other race demonstrates that our people desire not
ONLY TO protect the negro in his rights, but 10 ac-
Quaint him with them, ard elevate hun up to con
| dtiou in which be can appreciate and understand
| them.
The Southern people desire to cultivate those
] CT: hot, ba " ip1
distinguish the people of common country. In
| evidence they have invited the honest Intelligent,
| and virtuous from other SECTIONS to come among
| them aud aid in building up their region and they
have received and treated all such with respect ana
| confidence; but they Claim the right, under the
Constitution of common Government, to think and
act for themselves and if, in the honest and c-li-
mate exercise of guaranteed privileges, they sympa-
thize and act with the great masses OF Their north
| ern fellow citizens who demand change IN The adj
| ministraton OF the Government and reformation
of the abuses which distinguish it, it Is Their own
matter, with which no one else h sanylhlng To do
and ifsuccess should happily follow such Lion OF
northern and southern Opinions, 80 FAR from ''rc-
opening S, ctona strife and mperlIling The national
| honor and human rights" il would establish the
| Union more firmly in the affections Of the people
ard secure the rights of all persons and all races,
| white as well as negro.
The spirit, aims, and purposes OF the Democratic
party as proclaimed in It's formal announcement 10
| the country, may be summed up III The one "oru
| Reform With the voice of Stcntor and the trum
| pet of the archange it procaims reform. Il form
means rescue-rescuc from Capitalization, rescue
| from military supremacy over civil power, rescue
| from financial mismanagemcnt rescue from over
/ wheming taxation, rescue from the corruption
which sshoneycombs the offices Of the Federal Gov
| eminent with incapacity, waste, and fraud ) re
| form means honesty, economy, purity in the ad
mnistratlon of the Government, anda return To the
simplicity which should distinguish a rcpuhl eau
people. 1t means perpelaation Of the Union by
recognition of the rights of all sections, OF all Classes
| and of all races; it means that within the ltna-
tons of the Constitution the States shall be left free
to manage their own domestic affairs; it means
| peace, repose, AID harmony ''bctwecn kindred
peoples once estranged but now reunited in one in
| divisible republic and common destiny
| The nomination of Samuel j. Tildcn is guaran-
tee of the earnestness of this party in the work Of
reform. The simple nomination OF the present
Governor of New York would have been declaration
sufficient, without published pledges independent,
set-reant, incorruptibIe, no new man or mere par