Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1876-01-13

INV sCCplh pI'sIlHeut OF inc same purpose
they welded the sword. Mr.. Lsmars
words can have no other import than
this. The work Of the Republican party
in Congress is part Of the history Of the
and need not now be noticed in
The war had been forced upoa
them, and having been fought through
in victory, it was the duty
of the Republicans in Congress to secure
to the American people the legitimate
Of the victory gained. 1t was not a
Of tbN people Of the North
over the people of the South, but it wa,
triumph Of right over wrong, OF Justice
over injustice, the vindiostisn Of the law
and the establishment OF sound principles
Of government. To secure the rights as
and prevent the wrongs attempted,
as described by the issue Of the war, the
VIII, ~ & ' amendments to the consti,
tuition were proposed and adopted. The
constitution stands unchanged except as
modified or added to by these amend,
ments, and when Mr.. Lamar says, .Th.
grondest Inspiration Of tn. Democratic
l"rty is, and its crowning glory wiU be
to RESTORE THE CONSTITUTION TO ITS
PRIMITIVE STRENGTH AND AUTHORITY
no can mean nothing more nor less than
that it is the purpose Of the Democratic
party to snnul these amendments to the
constitution, and thus restore it to its
primitive strength and authority. The
result. to follow this restoration of the
constitution to its primitive strength and
authority, is, re-establishment of State
sovereignty which carries with it the
right of each State to regulate its own
internal officers nd'among these the riqht
TO re establish DEMONSTRATION Of slarely,
because the constitution under the primi-
tie strength and authority did not pro-.
hibit slavery in the States, but left each
State free to adopt or reject the institu
ton. Then will follow payment of the
rebel debt including pay for all property
taken or destroyed in the South during
the war. Here is ore-sbadowed the end
contemplated. The process by which
it is to reach is easy enough on the
oft announced democratic theory. 1t
is a part of the democratic faith that the
amendment. to the constitution
are void, because not legally adopted,
they secure a majority on the
Supreme Court Bench of this opinion, the
work would be done, and Slarery uOuM
still eIiSt and the old masters backed ard
supported by the stiong arm Of the law
would 60 forth in search Of his slaves and
rightGully he would claim him because
constitution in its primitiCe strength
md authority, recognizes bis right of
property in his slaves aud protected him
in these rights, while under it the negro
had no right that a white man was
bound to respect and now that he could
enforce in the courts of the country.
There is but little da ger of these
things ever coming to pass, but there is
of the people slumbering until
war more sanguine than the last
will be forced upon the country to pre-,
Vsrt the c%on'umation Of these things. The
peace and prosperity OF the coun.
Is not assured while the Democratic
maintains its present organization
under its present lesder-ships, and its
only opponent is the Republican party, a
responsibility never rested on
any politicsl party than that which now
rest on this party. Many worthy Union
men have been deceived by the oft re-
peated declaration of acquiescence in the
Of the war, and join their party.
trust now the scales will drop from
their eyes as the cloven foot is made
While the Republican party is
to do honor to the bravery of the
Confederate Soldiers as exhibited on
many q hard fought battle field, they are
not willing to make the open confession
before the world that secession and armed
resistance TO the lawful government was
right, and that those who defended the
government was in the wrong. This is
issue now presented, and we must
meet it in the same spirit it was met in
1861 or We must cringe like towards at
the old familiar crack of the slave-drivers
whip, and fold our arms and stand in meek
while by the action of the
government manipulated by the men who
ruled in 1861 it shall be proclaimed to
world that they were right, and that
those who fought in defence of the Union