The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-01-13
HILL AND BLAINE.

entitled "The Democratic House." aggres
z sions already commenced upon Southern
) members in the House of Representatives
have been repelled in the proper spirit.
We remarked then that:
! The grievances endured in portions OF the
South at the hands of Radical fhcla VIII be
enumerated and described in dlgnifled and
, appropriate way by our members, but II harsh
epithets are used they will be in reply to
attacks and abuse from the opposition In the
, House or Senate. We understand it to be the
policy of the administration party to begin
the work of aggression and provocation early
il the session, in order, if possible, to drive
Southern members into hasty, violent and
vindictive r. joinder>; but our delegates know
TOO much OF thetac les OF political warfare to
do and say precisely what their antagonists
may wish.
Then as now we were and are fully aware
Of the intent of the Radicals ia Congress to
draw Southern members into decl.rai ions OF
purpose and Manifestations of feeling such as
may be turned to account by our assute ad-
versaries in the course Of the campaign
already begun
Blaine, ex Speaker, and the recognized
not slow in finding his oppor unity. He put
it in the form of an amendment to the am
nesty bill, the identical bill passed by the
House at the last session, to which he now
seeks to attach an anu an I'm ,nt excep1n the
Hon. Jefferson Davis, late President Of the
Confederate States from the par lon and res
toration to civil rights and franchises granted
in the body of the bill to all other adher
en.s Of the Confederacy. The Democratic
majority Of the Forty # >urth Congress, taking
the bill as it came from the R publican ma
jority of the F,rty-T Third, desired to put it
upon its passage without debate and without
change, thereby cutting of Bianes amend
ment.
The FIRST design Of the astute and adroit
manager of the Radical minority was to put
Democratic Representatives from the North in
the attitude OF granting amnes.y to jefferson
Davis. The second aud chief object was to
open debate, in the course Of which
the Southern members might be provoked
into incorporate, angry, rash, hasty aud
violent expressions, all Of which, i.
any such may be found, are to be
p4raded before the people as evidences of an
implacable, vindicive and rebeilious sp rit on
the part of Southern Democrats, for which
Northern d amocra.s are to be held RESPONSE
BILE on account Of sympathy and confraternity
real or imaginary. With or without belief,
certainly without proof, the R.dicals declare
that spirit Of rebellion prsdouinaes in thu
South, only awaiting an opportunity to mani
fest itself in disobedence OF Federal laws,
and especially in har>h and illegal treatmen
in fact, they build the plausible theory that
neither the Southern white m .jority, nor the
Nprthen Democrats, should jointly or sever
ally, locally or federally, be entru ted with
the administration of affairs. Tne maiE
object of the r ideals in this years great
controversy is to convince the people of the
Northern States that the government OF the
Union can not safely be put into Democratic
hands. To make out their case they are now
intensely eager to obtain what may serve them
as evidence Whether they get facts, or
plausible semblances of facts, true stories or
we'll concocted inventions of hostility towards
the )rth, or u.tsrancss that can be tortured
and twisted into such by false construction,
they eagerly seize upon anything and every.
thing that can serve their purpose. There is
little or 10 feeling in what they say or do
Their action is all cold, hard, sharp and
soulIess game, in which they display infinite
cunning and audacity.
Mr. Blaine's FIRST rencontre was with Mr..
Randall, of Pennsylvania. As far as we may
judge from telegraphic report, it was skill
full bout Of forensic fence, in which the gladi-
ator from Maine gained no advantage. In the
Tuesdays contest with Mr.. HILL of Georgia,
the cham pion of the Radical minority Jared
still worse. The ma ,rity could have cut #
the good name of Jefferson Davis in pursuance
of party tactics, it is we'll that he was then
and there answered eloqueatly and success
fully. The result Of the encounter will be re-
corded as an in ffectual atte mpt of an unscru
pulous politician to give the color of truth to
false and malignant SANDER, and to revive a
charge which has been long ago most thor,
oughy refuted. 1t is all the better that this
refutation and vindic4tion came from the elo-
quent Zen Hill. of Georgia, eminently noted
as much for the moderation and conservatism
of his views and wishes as be has long been
for his patriotism and talents Hs was sn
earnest opponent of secession, but construed
the voice Of duty as commanding him to fol-
low the fortunes of his native State.
Whenever Radical member may again
see f., in the course of his search tor sensa-
tons in aid of his rotten cause. to insult the
people of the South. or belle their prominent
and admired leaders of this or of other DAYS,
we hope he may be answered as promptly, as
eloquently, and as successfully as Blaine was
answered by Hi !. In every such instance we
hope that our Southern members will act
from the impulses Of their hearts and speak