The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-10-19

or 10 make their productions come true.
You speak of the bitter hostility of
the North toward the South. Well four
years OF hard fighting Is not calculated
10 make men love each other; neither
Is an everlasting rehearsal of the
wrongs which each side imagines II has
suffered going to bring us any nearer
to a better understanding. Peace can
only como with oblivion OF the past. /
know as well as you what the Southern
people have had to endure but this
has been the experience OF every con-
quered people. Tho figure of Judca on
the Roman coin-vciled and weeping
among her palm trecs-was n type OF
those who fought for a cause that failed.
It will always be so. The wounds uf
war time alone can heal, but many
grievances springing from the admin
istration could long ago have been cor
rccted by ceasing to oppose the inovi-
table. In doing this the Southern pco-
pie have played into the hands OF their
worst enemies. From n chronic habit
of complaining they too often inlurc a
good cause by mixing up real with inn
aginary wrongs For instance, MI.
Lamar. In the very able speech he re-
Gently delivered in the House Of Repre-
sentatives, said that what the South
wanted was local selEgovernment. |
thought the South had it. II 1t has not,
how dill he get into Congress- Ii Mis-
sissippi has not local self government,
what sort of n government is 1t which
controls Mississippi and has just elected
him to the United States Senate? II you
Sish to know, then. tho ground of my
support OF Hayes, it is this: ANY good
which the Southern people might DO
rive IRON the election of Tilden would
equally result from their support of
Hayes. They can vote for Hayes, but
they can't elect Tilden. But l am far
from thinking that the election OF n
Democrat. ven If such q thing were
possible, would be an unmixed Blessing
to the South. On the contrary, l fear it
would open a Pandora's box of evils.
The very remote prospect has
already excited hopes and expectations
that can never be realized. II such a
thing should occur rs the election of q
President by united South combining
with n mere fragment of the North, it
would simply perpetuate the old con-
fiict of the sections. a transformation
has taken place in the state of parties,
The Republican now represents the
principle of conservatism, while | can
conceive no worse form of radicalism
than the reactionary movements that
would follow Bourbon restoration. No
one desires more than l do that the
South should get its full share of the
benefits and exercise n just influence in
the administration Of the government.
But this cannot be done by voting for
Tilden.
But the Democrats are going to re-
form everything if they get possession
OF the government, they say. They
talk of Republican rascality, and like
the Pharisee OF old, thank God they are
not as these men are. Have you ever
known a party out of power that did
not promise reform 10 get in? Has there
been one single abu:e exposed for
which the Democrats have not cstab-
lishcd a precedent? Do you think that
u higher standard of morality would
prevail in public life by transferring the
influence of Tammany Hall TO Wash
ington? Has that been Il proper school
to educate retormcrs9 know nothing
of Governor Tildcn, except that he has
long been the leader of his party in
Now York, whose colossal robber.cs
have been the opprobrium of American
nnlitics. When Governor Tillen bo.
purified politics in his own State it will
be time enough then TO turu his nttcn.
ton to the national administration. |,
was only about twelve months ago thai
Tweed was released from prison IN
babeas corpus by n decision of The New
York Court of Appeals. composed o.
sever Democratic JUDGES, Mr.. Charlie,
O'Conor, the Nestor OF the New YorI
bar, in a letter published IL the TIM
CHARGED thqt the decision was procured
through the corrupt influence oiTwecIr,
money. Here wnsa splendil case fo,
an inve stigation, far excellinr in enor.
nifty the sale of n sutl, rshiu vet thes,
iudres remain u~nimpeachcd. and mr.,
still wearing the erminc OF Justice. nj
Jude to this fact to show HE tone of no
litical morality of the Marty of wh;rl
| Governor Tildeu has pdcn the ocknowI
| edged lead ever since The retiremen
| of Tweed. He pronoses to reform m,
| civil service hut bowp Bya chance /,
the system OF appointments9 Not mt Mi
Int Lv fninC III nnicrs with bis nnr,;
sans. who Will flock 10 WASHINGTON ..n
fierce rs famine and bunprv "a IN,
grave When Tho offices bave Tim
been nll filled somehodv will tbon b-y.
to recnrm The rnformorS TIA nh,rao
ter ot such bogns nretnnJors ;s VOL ,o
scr;bcd in tho i],nrnava NJ Jrn;rs -
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