National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-07-26

Carolina, or administer one hundred and fifty
lashes. as at Little Rock, Arkansas, are gene
rally Of that class VINO only recognize the
power of brute force they bow to it because
TREY ARE EDWARDS AND FEARIT.
The conclusion lived at is that the law rs
1t is in the Revised Statutes which have
quoted is ample, in its grants of power to the
President, to enable him to protect the voters
of the South in all their rights. The ques-
tion IS, how can this be done! As l said be-
fore, the courts have no terrors for these
wroBgdOers. They recognize force as the only
law for their own govcrnance, and they fear
the force of the United States Government
welded by Ulysses s. Grant. 1t will require
no grand armies to make these men under
stand that they must respect the law. A very
few of the 'boys in blue" distributed through
out the Southern States, aud the expressed de-
termination of the President TO protect now
and hereafter the Republicans of the South,
will be sufficient. | use the words now AMI
hereafter advisedly, for merely present pro-
lection at the time of voting will not be sutfi-
cient. So soon as that protection was with
drawn the unfortunates who dared brave pub
lie opinion and vote the Republican ticket
would feel the vengeance of the Democracy.
They would be prescribed, driven out of the
country, their business ruined, their homes de-
stroyed; and therefore they must know that
the Republican party of the North is as deter
miued to protect them in theiI rights as it was
in 1861 to preserve the Union. They must
know that there will be no stopping to count
the cost of this protection, but that all the
power of this great Government will be used
to protect every citizen, no matter where he
may be or what his color, in
ALL HIS RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNE
TIES.
With the assurance of such protection there
will be no "solid South for Tilden;" on the
contrary, q majority of the electoral votes of
the Southern States will be given to Hayes and
Wheeler. There is no doubt in the minds of
any one as TO the desire of President Grant to
do his part. There is serious doubt in the
minds of most Southern Republicans as to
whether the Republican party VIII afford the
protection, the guarantees, demanded of them.
The action of the last Congress in defeating
what was termed the force bill, aud in turning
over Arkansas to the Democrats when it was
clearly proven that a Republican had been
elected; the speeches ami writings of many
prominent Northern Republicans; the denun-
citation Of Southern Republicans, all tend to
inspire and render strong this doubt. If the
canvass, now commenced, develops the fact
that the Republicans of the North are fully
awake to the situation in the South, then the
Southern Republicans will rally to the stand
ard, ana do battle in ycomanly style for the
success ef the Republican candidates AMI Re
publican principles. They are ready to do so,
eager to do so, but they cannot give up home,
family, friends, life itself; and all these they
would have to do unless the Republicans OF
the North arc prepared to uphold them.
In concluding these articles permit me to
thank you for the space given to discuss them.
F N HIM