The daily gazette., 1876-01-13
Hhdt a Republican Paper Says
of lHr. BidiHP's Course,

The Philadelphia Ereniag Telcgraph, a
Republican paper is very severe on Mr..
Blaine, and prints some wholesome
truths for his benefit, which are worth
laying before our reader. 1t says.
Mr.. Hill, Of Georgia, summed it ~
very clearly Yesterday when he said, in
reply to Mr. Blaine uuWi~e and intrin.
perate speech Of Monday -
The country had already suffered
enough from foud-. lie and hi. associ.
ateS had cone here with the patriotic
idea to remember nothing but the coun-
try and tie whole country, and turning
their backs upon all the horrors IT the
past TO look with all c1rEyatursa 10 ind
glories for the iuturc.
The gentleman tBlainc., WHO wa tho
acknowledi ed leader Of the Republican
party in the House. and was tie aspir-
ing leader Of the kepublicen party of
the country, had. however. willcd other
wise, and seemed determined that the
wounds which We're healing should
be re-opened, and that the passions
which We're .Hshod should be rein
famed
Heretofore nothing has been laid or
done by any southern member since the
first Of them was admitted to n recon
structed Congress that has indicated
either animosity or bitterness towards
the north; nothing TO show that they
cherished any sectional feeling or har-
bored any hurtful memories CT a contest
IN which their people lost everything.
II we may judge the Southern people by
the sayings and doings OF their repre-
sentatlves IN Congress, we may safely
assume that they have accepted their
defeat and ruin with wise and brave
magnanlmity, and they have been as
eager for real union as some Of our repre-.
sentatlves IN Congress have been busy
against It. They have had many ano
bitter provocations to speak bitter word.
and strike savage blows upon the tool
OF Congress, and they hare done neitheJ
they have had no worse provocation, how
ever, than the speech of Mr.. Blaine de
llvered against them on Monday. i
was an atfront without excuse; an as
sauIt which was at once ill-timed anC
out OF place. He was the last man wht
should have made it, for he is in ever,
sense representative Northern man
more than almost any other is he par
sonally and politically popular. lie i
honest, moderate, and supposed to ex
press the Northern sentiment toward
the South. A year ago, when he intro
duced and had passed in the House
general amnesty bill, from whose pro
visions no one was excluded he did re
present Northern sentiment; but b
gravely misrepresented it when he as
Northern leader opposed precisel
similar amnesty bill.
We have nothing but regret for thu
Tor it has done no good; on the cor
trary, it has done vast ill., When Nj
Blaine's speech comes to be read in tn
South it will be accepted as the e2
preston of the North, and of the r,
publican party. 1t will put bac
that genuine reconstruction for whic
North and South would come togethe
here in this city, and seal the lon
preparing bond of amity and good wi
We were making our house ready I
receive them, and on the very mornin
that Congress was about to assist US
doing so, Mr.. Randall and Mr.. Blair
unite to wrangle over matter, whic
having waited for ten years, coul
have waited one day longer, and NJ
Blaine angers the whole South, insul
the whole Southern delegation in Coz
gress, in set speech which migl
have been torn bodily from Senate
Morton's bloody shirt. Natural,
with expressions SO bitter and unfol
giving, the Southern members put Il
faith in our Centennial expressions
good will and brotherhood, and natu