National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-04-28
THE RESULTS OF TREASON.

IF no other proof was wanting to con-
vince the Country of the disloyal and
reasonable designs Of the dominant party
in the House of Representatives, the recent
behavior of Mr.. Caulield's committee
would of itself be adequate. Composed of
q set of men who would rather walk into
the flames than offer the President per-
sonal insult, they clandestinely make as
saults upon his fair fame which are 50
monstroas in their nature that even the
Democratic masses repudiate them as being
'gIaring lies" And all this is done that
the Republican party may be injured, and
the nation once more be remanded TO the
domination Of thieves and traitors. They
long for the day to come when the Govern
ment can be again controlled by such men
as Buchanan and Floyd, and the necessary
arrangements perfected for the ''new re-
belIion" of which certain Southern states
men like to talk on the hastings. When
James Buchanan was President, such men
as Floyd. Hunter, Yancey, Davis and
Toombs would have applauded his efforts
to defeat the anti slavery party in the West,
but because President Grant interested
himself TO guarantee fair and impartial
election in God fofsaken New York, the
descendants Of these men raise great hue
and cry. The Republic will never suffer
from such action as that Of the President
in the New York election in 1872.
but II groans under the vii
lSinies and frauds which returned such
characters as Hill, Lamar, Blackburn, Rob-
bins and others whom we might mention
to seats in Congress. American liberty is
jeopardized when rufflans in paint and in
disguise terrorize inofensive citizens and
debar them the privileges Of the ballot.
The cause Of good government suffers
when men, who forfeited their lives by
treason, are elevated to positions to enact
laws for loyal men. and insult by their
audacity the patriots of the country, who
saved it from the most hellish conspiracy
which Southern traitors and their Northern
allies could devise. The intelligent for
eigner sees in the present House Of Repre-
sentatives the enemies of republican prin-.
cIples; he sees q class of men who despise
the Union, and he becomes satisfied that
the liberties of people who are so lily
represented are but short-lived. While q
aough-face House and blood stained rebels
are insulting Northerners by their insinua-
tons upon true and trusted loyalists, four
millions of American citizens, for no
offenss save the color of their skins, are
prosecuted and abused in the South, with
no effort being made for the amelioration
of their condition. But the Republican
party is to be blamed to a great extent for
the present state Of affairs. Had Thad.
Stevens advice been taken, the clemency
extended to the masses would have been
appreciated, and America would not to-day
be cursed by having a branch of its Gov
eminent in the control of her natural enc
mics. Nearly all the Democrats in Con-
gress TO day, who make themselves NOISY
in abuse of the Republican party, forfeited
their lives by treason against the Govern
ment, and ought, at least to have been
banished from the country. But, alas evil
counsels were allowed to prevail. Let US
hope that there is still patriotism enough
remaining in the country to arise in its
strength at the approaching election, and
force traitors to the rear, and once more
place the Republic in the keeping of the
party which sacrificed so much to maintain
its unity.