Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-25

have been prescribed they have been
accepted only In empty form and no
further than the force of necessity re-
CURED, end the best is regarded only
as an unmlxed evil and is pointed to rs
evidence of continued northern inuova-
ton and oppression
Inc thirteenth, fourteenth, and ff-
teenth amendments to the Constitution
were accepted only in this spirit, and
are endured under q standing protest
and menace which holds them in utter
disregard and contempt. AS was said
by the Mobile Register Democratic
in It's issue of the 18th of June last
those amendm ents to the Constitution
stand a reproach to the honor and dis
erection Of the country
But beneath this superficial recopni-
ton of right principles the cherished
sentiments of a lifetime of hostility to
free institutions and national suprem-
acy, and the grievances of war, lie un-
diminished, and are but awaiting the
opportunity to assert themselves with
out compromise in the administration
OF the Government. With this uncon-
querable spirit defiant as ever in the
Southern Demo- racy, it is not difficult
to foreshadow their memorable policy.
Maddened by defeat, desperate of I'M
poverishment, relentless in hostility,
barren in principle, beggared in homes
ty, talthless in promise, and ravenous
for the spoils of Office, their accession
to power would signal an era of nation
al prostitution, spoliation, and revenge
unexampled in the history of free gov
ernments. Traitors would succeed pa
trlots in public places; the policy of the
Confederacy supplant the policy of the
nation; and retaliation upon the North
for its imagined wrongs, and payment
of the South for it's losses, become the
controlling objects of their policy.
Tins species of plumber would be justi-
he'd as measure of peace, reconcilia-
ton, and justice, and reorganization of
the Government under the Confederate
theory be demanded to restore to the
South the constitutional rights and lib
critics wrenched from her by a relent-
less enemy!
Thus the victory Of the nation in
war would be turned into triumph of
treason IN peace, and traitors be en-
abled to accomplish within the Union
what they failed to without, and re-
ward themselves from the national
treasury for the losses entailed by their
defeat.
And let it not be said that this picture
of the impending crisis is overdrawn.
The present Confederate House has
given us foretaste Of policy even
more alarming and ruinous than has
here been depicted, and at time, too,
when but one branch of Congress is
control of the Democracy, and it is
impossible that their wicked schemes
can be Immediately realized. What,
then, may not be expected when the
South gets control of the Government,
and intrenches itself in power as it did
before the war?
A FEW IMPORTANT FACTS.
Some idea of the magnitude of the
proposed raid on the Treasury may be
formed by examining few of the pro-
posed " measures Of relief" introduced
In the House. The first in order is a
bill presented by Mr.. Scales, of North
Carolina, III. R. 3,145,) entitled bill
to refund certain direct taxes on land
NOAiOCoOo 41OIu ClCiAc1lS LII IuC idG6
rectlonary States under the act of Aug.
5, 1861"
The law of 1861 levied q direct tax
of $20,00O,OOO, and apportioned the
same among the several states, accord
Ing to the population, for payment.
Ali of the States but those in insurrec-
ton assumed their quotas and paid
them, excepting small balance still
due. The amount apportioned to the
South was as follows: