Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-04-22
Officers North and Voters South.

!. becomes more and more clear 20
our mind, as time flies. making the
period longer between the days OF our
terrible struggle and the time present
and 10 come, that the breach between
the two sections Of the United States
made by that struggle will not he
healed during the present generation,
if it ever is. Our hope Of such
result decreases more aud more the
more We bear and read of the sen,i-
mcnt OF the people of the North
They profess one thing and act emo
Their; profess forgiveness and a
desire for fraternity, and yet refuse to
trust the South, or to permit Us to
elect the best men Of the country to
Offices without condemning, us or to
even elect men themselves who are
considered our sympalbixers.'
N%is this sentiment confined 10
the Radical Republicans alone, but
is just as prevalent among the Demo-
Gratis. The New York Sun. which is
AS well acquainted with the views Of
The people North as any paper in the
Union. perhaps, had nm editorial on
the 4lh of April, beaded What the
Democrats May "a well Understand
which We have been saving for refer
cncc, which commences with the fol-
lowing paragraph:
"It is announced that Mr. William
II. Whickham, Mayor of this city,
has taken sumptuous apartments at .
hotel in 81. Louis for bis use during
the Democratic National Convention.
His idea is to obtain for bimsel: the
nomination for Vice President Of the
United States. His chief hope is said
10 rest in the rebel element. founded,
especially, on The circumstance that
he employs, rs his private secretary,
Col. Burton G.. Harrison, who was
private secretary TO Jefferson Davi.
in the days Of the Southern Confeder.
ucy.'
In the third it makes this plain and
uncan,vocal declaration, But there
is one thing We do undertake to say,
and that is that any nomination made
On such a ground will be defeated in
the election. We believe We under.
-,snd the sentiments Of the grea,
majority Of the people on this subject
They are for forgiveness and for peace;
but they are unsl,erably opposed t.
tho restoration Of the rebel element te
potentially in national affairs"
Thus We have the positive declara
ton Of . leading, and what is termed
red-hot, Observation-Disclosures paper o.
Democratic New York, that the nom
ination of a New York gentleman fol
Vice President, who employees q pri
vatc seer, tary that was formerly en-
p'o;cd in tie same capacity by Jeter
son Darts wiU dcteat the Democratic
ticket. And we may add that, If suct
a cause would defeat it, then We have
vcrv little desire for its success. ]
the prejudice of Democrats is ,ba
strong, The South has little to expec
from a change Of power. and can fee
Int little interest in the result Of polit
real contests. both the parties 10 which
are its avowcd enemies, and need onl.
coufine its labors in the political Grlt
10 the local governments Of its Owl
States.
This is not by far TIE only in,ima
ton we have had that the politics
services Of We rebels are not wanted
only to vote as we are told to. The.
are to be found in, nearly all the Dem
ocra,ic (?) Journals Of the North ant
in the speeches Of politicians coniInu
ally. II seems to he the prevailing
sentiment Of both parties North. J
is the same sentiment that sent th'
hordes Of carpct-baggcrs down anon.
us to rule over and plumber ~, and j
is the sentiment that is TO pcrPetua''
sectional division for oil time t
come.
Tho Democrats of the South have
very ,Modcstly rcfraincd from clnimin,
any place upon the National ticke
ever since the war-a claim which VI
had a perfect right 10 mako it our res
tora,ion to our places in the Criol
were resl-for the good Of the party
voted for the man whose teaching
created the division between Nortl
and South aud destroyed the bulk o
,be wealth Of the latter supported
in good faith and checrfulness Gen
erals who fought aud helped conque
US; in fact have done everything il
their power to convince the people o
the North that they accepted The situa
ton aud submitted to the dicision O
the war in good faith; sub,nitte,
quietly to ell exAc,ions and imposi
lions, except such gross misrulc. usur
patton and spoliation. in local affairs
rs were calculated to drive any pee
ple to evaporation. And we ar
abused for eleciing rebel, to Congress
when We had no other kind to elec,