National Republican., 1876-11-22
What the Loyal Germans Saw of the s,tuat

what the Loyal Germans Bay OF the Situation.
Translated from Der New York Republikaner.l
The bunker press necessarily howls of Re-
publican frauds in the South, and insists that
the three cotton States-Louisiana, Florida
and South Carolina-are being fraudulently
counted in by the Republicans, wishing to
make 1t appear as though We had stolen these
three States. The reports from the South are
unanimous in showing that the rule of Ku-
Klux banditti has created the most melciless
terrorism, and that In consequence sthundreds
of thousands" of emancipated voters were de-
prived of their vote. The bargain which was
made at st. Louis, to turn over call the South
ern States" on the 7th of November to Tilden,
was not carried out, thanks be It to the cour-
age and determination of the Republicans of
Florida, South Carolina and Louisiana, who
risked their lives ia asserting their right of
suffrage. Not single Republican in those
States deprived solitary rebel of his vote, but
on the other hand thousands upon thousands
Of Republicans were robbed of their vote and
driven from the ballot-boxes. And this is
what these rebels call ''liberty of suffrage"
1t is not to be expected that the North should
at once recognize the whole enormity OF the
Democracy, inasmuch as the North is as an
old "night cap' in these things, but when the
proof comes in scores, as it is now doing, even
the "Phillistians" of the North will wake up
Now that the South is again aware of the
existence of four Copperhead States in the
North which stand on the side of the South for
the almighty dollars sake, the rebels have
once more commenced to show their teeth.
The majority in the Electoral College for
Hayes and Wheeler is based on three Southern
States, which have ever since the close of the
war voted on our side in national elections,
but which are now disputed by these same
rebels. In the course of few days the result
in these States will be officially declared, and
then it will belseen whether or no the defeated
party will submit to the dictates of the lawful
result. Should 1t happen that the Republicans
were "honestly" defeated peace viii, of course,
be maintained. As the probabilities are very
strong, however, that we have triumphed In
those States, in spite of all the intimidations
and frauds practiced upon us, we hear in ad-
vance that it will not end "without blood
she'd" &c. These Ku-Klux gentry will not
admit that we ''could" triumph there In spite
of their hell born atrocities, and they now
seek refuge with their confederates in the
North, who shall warm our "backsides" In
their behalf. This is about the tenor of the
Democratic bunker press: Either Hendricks
and Tilden "or a new rebellion"
When the so-called "force bill" was not
enacted two years ago, we predicted the events
that are now rapidly approaching. Had, at
that time, the Ir'-..ican leaders, to whom
the fate of that bill was entrusted, not been
possessed of the "bitterest" jealousy and been
"blinded" with ambition, we would not to-
day stand on the eve Of second rebellion.
The hesitating and timid conduct of that period
created the situation of to-day, and yet these
very same men are now looking up hope
fully to that man for salvation, against whom
their criminal, short-sighted, selfish policy was
then specially directed.
President Grant stated the other day that
Buchanan could have suppressed the incipient
rebellion with few regiments In 1850 and
1861, and we do not doubt, If 1t should be
necessary to suppress second edition of the
rebellion now, that President Grant will "act"
with the energy for which he is celebrated.
These rebels Of the South know in their in
nermost hearts that they have "Ku-Kluxed"
us out Of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia,
North Carolina and Arkansas, and that they
robbed the emancipated citizens of these States
of their right of suffrage, and because they
fear that a Republican Congress in 1877 will
give to Republican President the ways and
means necessary to enforce the right of
suffrage in every State of the Union, from
Maine to Texas, they are now determined In
their extremity to make use of the most des-
perate means to prevent such q calamity and
disaster. During the campaign we urged that
the success of Tilden and Hendricks would be
of no good to the country, and the few weeks
that have passed since the election have de-
monstrated the truth Of our apprehensions.
The false hopes that were melted among the
hotheads of the South do not contribute to
bring US peace and order, but fan the spark
which threatens to break out in the flames of
civil war, and those Northern dough-faces are
responsible for this situationj who would not
recognize the i'devil's' hoofv that stuck out
from under the sleeps wool OF this reform
Hampton Democracy, and upon these men
should be visited the consequences when the
storm breaks over their heads.