, 1876-01-18
E MAR1YRED SOUTH AND TYlATI
Nj,RTH

AAe1s aII GeI4+AAA E16sukGS III LUZ speech OF
the Confederate lender, Zen n111, last wcok.
in the House Of Representatives., which are
deeply significant, and, coming from repre-
sentative MAI, ought not 10 bo overlooked.
Cheered and applauaad BY tho Democrats,
Mr.. HILL bsavely gave expression to the
views Of bis Confederate associates. In his
place il tho House ho said /:
Te coma to usnufy no rsnacaneo; to rstaitste no
wroncs: to rascns no past t'.snts. US come With
patriotic purpose to Esaors sn hon:at, economic |
aud constitutional administration Of tho Uoyeru.
Inrnt. Hsthasgo III our wrongs to that h!gtor-
Lam rsuAt!cisul Which never kept pledge or Law.
o sought 10 ave tho association Of tllose who would
not kecp fidelity 10 tie eov.nsnt. Wo eorght to 20 Ly
ourselves but far from having Lost our aleIly 70
The coustitutIon va huE:ed It to bosom snd car
ried It with u, But you gentlemen, who
perzecuoa u W your lnadelstss Until you droYe u
out Of the Uuion; yell, who thea cll1scd 10 BE- the
only fticns At tbs Union which sou hxl betore de-
npuncod ~ league With dsath ard = covenant wth
bell; sou, who follow up TIC War when the soldiers
who fought II hhre made leacs snI gouo 70 their
Aolnn; 10 you 10 havs TO coucesziona to mako
AARrTAs OWE NO APOLOGY TO rsnANTs, 1ud uhile We
ready 10 make every Sacrifices for Tho uniou, ss-
cesaml borrower defeated md opprasscd, will conse1a
no Sn to faH1t!eisn hoWeTef h!xnled and o1A.tn9;
yet, "hi'c re mako to you no concession aay his
Va como escu 10 you Ia no spirit Of se"enge We
hRys hu. ambition aud that Is to Ad our 10 iu,al
power 10 ths pa1Ioic OF tbs North itnesinR thu
old Coppe1headsl, LII or.e. to compel faustc,aEu to
obcy tie Laws, ana 10 two In tho Uulon accor ding l.,
The Constitution. Ws do mot propose to compel you
by oahs for you kspt them. Tho s. nth did tue
Union QUO grtat wrong. And como f4r ~ we can
to repair It. qewtonsca hs Union gsie erou.ly wlcu
LEFT It, to b. sstzel aud lentt aRI torn BY tho eu
who had denounced It - a ttsgue With death and =
~. kuh u1r
publeau party 10 1ao alovo Ill your auiuoslssss and
to forgbt your old sin. !,
Here is n fair expression Of the Democratic
Confederate sentiment 'nt tho South. Tue
complaint is thnt tho South WAS foully
wronged that 1t vent out because tho North
woald not keep Its pledges and would not bc
faithful to tie Constitution that tho South
sought 10 leave those violating tile Constitu.
tion; and that 1t for four yearB carried that
Constitution In Its bosom, 10 preserve aud
keep It sacred Tint The North followed them
with war, invadatl their soil, occupied their
country, ana relentlcssly with ruthless war
hasaBsoa cnd distressed tho faithful South
who had become tho depository OF and pre-.
server OF tho Constitution. Now, what
wrongs Ind the South auslaincdl Wi.at
pledges Ind been broken7 What part Of tho
Constitution yiolatedS Tbs South placed Its
| secession upon thu distinct ground that tho
people Of tho North hal, by nearly uneni.
nous electoral vote, elected ABRAHAM LINCOLN
President. That election WAS teclare.l to ba
an llsuilicieut cause for dissolution Of the
Union. South Carolina secedod In Doceu.
bor, 1860, and JEFFERSON DAVIS vaa elected
| President Of the Coufederacy before aIr. LIN.
colin was sworn into office. AZ the time
these Democratic States scceded there ,scs
q Democratic majority In both branch
rs of Congress, anu the Executive
Department was exclusively Democratic. NJ
wrong had been rcrpetrated; no wrong wa.
contemplated. Tho Republican party wa
nndcr pledge not 10 interfere with slaycr,
where It existed Ia tbs States, and no suct
interference was intended. The South se
cedea for tho purpose Of liksolsing the Unio,
1t could no longer absolutely control and i,
which 1t had become minority, and til
election Of Alr. LINCOLN WAS mere ptetsx.
Mr. HuLs arTaiguIusnt Of tho North Was bu
IL repetition Of tAs ssnselass jargoa Of III
tlsuniouists in 1850 and 1901. It is destltut
OF ruth,-mora wild assertion, without fac
to give 1t even tho senblancs OF truth.
The assertion that accession YVES consti
tutional measure to preserve tue coustitu
tion lnYiolato is cue Of those iucohorencie
for which the average Confederate Is peculiar
Tho seizure Of tbs national forts, IN,
custom.houses, aud pavy-yards, and ar.onala
shs firing upon su1asss, ths erection Of nss
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