National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-03-16

pact. They he'd that it was the duty of
the General Government notenlyto pro-
tect all the people fall the States from
foreign invasion, but from the violence Of
domestic disiurbers, and TO do al that would
advance the general welfare of the peoole. :
They contended that the National g Jyern.
ment should foster home industries, and
protect and carry out with the money of
the people such internal improvements as
were demanded by the general welfare, or
would tend to enrich and develop any large
or important section of the nation. They
denied the right Of a State TO secede at its
pleasure, and held that the laws OF the
nation were paramount TO those Of the
States. In all these things theI Democrats
held the diverse 10 be true.
In matters of admistration the Wings
held that the officials were the servants of
the people, and should be held to strict
accountability for the way in which the
trusts committed tc them were discharged,
and they never failed. when in power, TO
hold ali their officials 10 this standard, and
promptly punished any violations Of law
= upon the part Of any officer of the service.
the fact that he was Wing rendering them
more ANXIOUS to mete out strict justice,
even untempered with mercy. The Dem
ocrats, on the contrary, always screened
any partisan, no matter how great his
crimes, and held that the Offices were per.
quisites TO pay for partisan services.
We ask the readers of THE REPUBLICAN,
to look at the action Of the Democrats now
and show if they can wherein there is any
change. Ben Hill and Randolph Tucker
might be denied as authorized to speak for
the party, but The defeat in the House on
Monday Of the resolutions offered by Mr..
Baker, and the adoption Of those offered by
Mr.. Cox, show that the Democrats have
not changed one iota 10 their views upon
State rights and secession. ssFhe manner
in which they sdispcsedpf the offices ofthe
House shows that they still hold official
positions to be intended as rewards for
partisan services. The way in which Gov
ernor Tilden. model Democratic Cover
nor and prospective candidate for Presi-
dent, has protected his Democratic friends
in the canal ring, and the way in which
Clymer spirited away witness to protect
his Democratic friend Pendleton, show that
Democracy will 60 any length to protect
criminals who have the good fortune to be
Democrats. In fact. the Democratic party
of to-day is the same Democratic party that
plunged the nation into war in 1861, and
made frantic efTorfS an dnstroy II
Now let the Wings Of the South COM
pare the principles of the Republican
party with those of the Wing party and
its actions with those of The Democratic
party. To do this fairly they must sweep
away the prcjudices engcndered by war
and the lies cmanating from partisans.
The first Of these is a difficult task, but
not an impossible one for men who quietly
reason with themselves as to the duty they
owe to their country and TO themselves.
With these prejudices cast aside they will
see that to -day the Republican party advo-.
Gates almost the identical ideas advanced
by Clay, Webster, Everett, Crittenden and
the host Of brilliant Wings who once led
that party Some of these ideas have been
modified by the abolition Of slavery, but in
50 far as they are applicable to the changed
situation of the country they are the same
In administering Governmental affairs the
Republicans hold to the oldWhig rule of
strict accountability for public servants,
and have punished promptly and severely
every violation of official rect:tude that
could be proven. They, as the Wings
did, revere and obey the Constitution of
the country as the supreme law of the land,
and demand that every citizen
shall be protected by it. We
do not pretend to say that
every Republican wrongdoer has been
punished, nor even that in every instance
this effort has been made. But all failures
of this kind may be traced directly to the
unsettled condition consequent upon the
war, which was of Democratic origin, and
for which, with all its attendant evils, that
party is accountable
With prejudices laid ASIDE, these would
be the facts discovered. Willthe Southern
Wings ponder what VIC have said, scorning
the lies Of partisans and rising above both
prejudices and terrorism, rejecting upon
what the country needs, act for themselves,
and uniting with the Republicans, where
they belong, give their votes to preserve
the country and give it an honest govern