The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-05-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Nav 20.


ed. The dough-faces and copperheads
are furious. By great exertions Ben
Hill and others of his class have been
kept silent for some time. Caulfeld IN
jured the cause by his effort to ''catch
old Grant," which resulted in perfect
expose of the Democratic system of cleo
ton frauds in the north. And now the
Democrats in Louisiana have opened the
campaign in the usual style, by assassin
ating Republican Senator and massa-
creing colored Republicans. All the
soft talk of Lamar and Gordon, and the
protestations of love and loyalty for the
Union-of peace and good will-of qui-
ct and order, are knocked in the head.
Even the New York Herald is disguised.
Commenting on the massacre near Bayou
Sara, it says that Sheridan was right
when he called these murderers ''ban-
ditti," and that he should be sent down
there to regulate affairs. Then the ac-
ton of the President and the Cabinet in
ordering Gen. Anger to interfere and
preserve peace and the lives of the citi-
zens who may want to call themselves
Republicans, also disappoints the Dem
ocrats. They hoped there would be
differences on this subject, but there
were none and President Grant informed
committee of the Southern Repubi
can Association, which called on him
Thursday, that the Administration a0Oatld
protect the Southern Republicans in
their lives and privileges.
There is no use to disguise the matter.
There is but one issue before the people
of this country in the next election-it
dwarfs all others into insignifcance, and
that is, "shall the Republicans of the
South be protected in the rights guar
anteed to them by the constitution and
laws of the country, OF shall they be
handed over to the tender mercies of the
Thite-line assassins. All other ques-
tons must be made subsidiary to this.
Men do not stop to arrange and clean
the furniture when the house is on fire;
they first put out the fire, If possible,
and clean up afterward. 1t is true and
beyond cavil, that the Republicans of
the South are offered the choice of re-
naming away from the polls, or death.
The white-liners are determined to rule
at all hazards. Should the National
Government fail to protect its citizens
and these men obtain power, their de-
mands will be enlarged. An American
man of war has been ordered to Sa-
lonica to protect Greek who is Ameri-
can consul at that place. But twenty or
more American citizens are murdered in
cold blood upon the soil of their native
State, and the Democrats say the Fed
eral Government cannot protect them
it would be an interference with the
rights of the States Out upon such
doctrine! If it is true, we had better
reconstruct our constitution. But it is
not the true doctrine. The Federal
Government has the power to protect
the people of this nation at home or
abroad, and I feel assured it will exer-
else that power. 1t will be assailed by
the Democrats for SO doing, and the
people of the country must choose
whether or not they will sustain the Re
publican party in its efforts to protect
the humblest citizen of the country in
his rights as citizen, or put men in Of
flee who declare that this power of pro-
lection does not exist.
The argument on the question of iu-
risdiction in the Belknap case is not yet
concluded. The general opinion is that
the Senate will take jurisdiction. A
dead lock on the appropriation bills is
inevitable. The Senate will not agree
that the ex-Confederate house shall
cripple the administration by failing to
give it money enough to carry it on
They will rather let the bill go and
appeal to the country on that issue.
That this IS the object of the
Democrats is apparent. They hoped
to make capital out of their pre-
tended economy and at the same time to
weaken the republicans, but they have
failed and their schemes been exposed.
They are exceedingly angered, but their
anger does not avail them.
MAXWELL.