, 1876-05-30

nre, TINT from trat to lnBt ho hna been q
strenuous supporter OF that "polioy Of
len;ency which the rocent Convention no
tlatly denounced. IIe has supported nil Tho
measures Of reconstruction. Aided largely
by his efforts, ench ono OF tho Rehel States Inns
been restored TO government, brought
back within tho Union, and tho people re-
habilitted In political power. lilo haa
formed osery amnesty bil1, nnl tho latest and
grantleat otIort OF his political 1ifo VIM tcn-
tlnya' struggle to remove every political dis
franchisement resulting from tile Rebellion,
except In tho solitary instance whcro tho
subject had forfeited hnulnn respect by h!a
crucltics to prisoners Of wnr. Mr.. HLA1N.
haa won warn place in tie hearts Of right
thinking people by llis opposition to Forco
bills md civil Governments ntlnainis-
tered by men with layonets, 1lo Inns left
tho "boo1y- shirt to 1'u7hEn nnl tho cur
| ret-baguers and addressed himself 10 tho
work of pence and reconciliation, tho rebuild.
| ing Of harmony between tho rncos, md tho
establishment OF Governments sustained by
the popular sentiment.
The statement tint this "poticy Of len.
iNASJ 4Hk5 Ill tAG "a bsNoo
persons ia libol on the Republican party.
1t is n falsel1ood Of the most glaring clsarac-
ter, and known to be false whom written, for
purpose, in this platform. It wns a maIi-
cions libel rpon Alr. blaine and tho Iepub-
lican party, by whom TINT policy Of lonicucy
Inns been sustained. 1nstond Of that policy
having produced tho murder Of 5000 Un-
ionists, it has spared tho country tho contin-
uous massacre incidental to IN intcrnecine
was of RACES. 1t hns mitigatod hatretls, has
broken down prcju<liccs Of long standing,
has rcconclcd violent differences, mud pre-
pared the why for MI eventual peace and
concord nil through the South. It Inns res
cuctl tho Southern States from nn irtor1nina-
bio domestic strife of tho bloodicst ellarnc-
ter, aud las established pence and order md
safcty to life mud property nil over tho once
lisortlerod States. A1r. blaine ia largely ro-
sponsiblo for tllis policy, md tho resolution
Of the Convention taenonncing TINT policy as
resulting in murder in A mean and malicious
stab at tho nau who gavo peace md good
Government to Louisiana and Arkansas.
Tho allegation TINT 6,t'0U Unionists Invo
lost their lives by violence is of itself grossly
and wildly exaggerated. There layo boon but
few battles in tic worlds history where one
sido 1as left 5000 deal men on tho field. Ii,
tho battle Of Waterloo there were not more
than 1000 men killed. in action. At Gcttya.
burg, whicl, terrific struggle lasted three
days, neither aide loft E,000 dead mon on the
field. At bloody Chickamauga tic Union
loss in killed foil short of that figure. How
absurd, then, to declare in n platform thni
5000 Union men hnvo been killed in tll<
South IN noighborhood fracases. hut since
when? Certainly not since tho Wr1EE1En com
promise in Louisiana, when tho "policy o
leniency" wiz fairly inaugnrated, not
tlfticth part Of 5000.
Tho Convention as n whole was in favor O.
blaine, but tho authors Of this platform did
not want BLAINE; they wero in tho sorvice
of another person. Not daring oven to mon.
ton the name Of their employer, they for1neG
this platform to denounco BLAINE, and t
cxalt tho 1uan whoso principles and policy
| that platform titlY represents,