The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-29
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The Bourbons are not all dead yet. Dur
ing the days of the anti-slavery strife, seces-
sion and rebellion, and consequent war and
reconstruction, the Bourbons, desiring to
preserve the status quo, naturally gravitat-
ed toward the democratic party. The re-
publican party was composed of different
material. The awakened conscience of
the north on the subject of slavery had re-
suited in the forming of q compact, earnest
party in opposition to its extension. From
the very nature of things, it was progress
sive party, and was composed of the most
earnest, thoughtful, progressive men Of the
country. Its corner stone was hatred of
slavery, and it was held together, not by
the cohesive power of public plumber, but
by an honest opposition to slavery. In the
progress of events, The distinctive princi-
pie OF the abolitionists the entire aboli-
ton of slavery-became a card-
nal principles and continued to be
such from prior to the issuing of the
emancipation proclamation down to the
close of the war, and, in fact, to the day
when the last southern state was ''recon-
structed" and was, to use phrase popu-
lar in those days, restored to its practical
relations to the Union. Then the anti
slavery question became dead issue, and
the nation was called upon to deal with
new and practical questions-in word, to
inaugurate such wise and firm, yet con-
ciliatory, policy that the Union should be-
come fact, not a name. Then the origi-
nal abolitionists, men confessedly of one
idea- at the proper time most excel
lent idea it was-with few rare excep-
tions, became the veriest Bourbons of
Bourbons. Their hatred of slavery had
degenerated into hatred of the south and
of southern men, and they can neither for
get that slavery had once existed in the
south nor learn that it no longer exists.
Every act that does not involve retributive
justice to the south or that does not look to
punishment of the former stakeholder meets
from them the same bitter denunciation
which they formerly poured out on the in
stitution Of slavery itself and its upholders.
So that when Charles Foster announced
that it would be President Hayes highest
ambition to administer the government 30
wisely and periodically as to do away with
all excuse or necessity for sectional parties,
or parties based on color line, that the
words "solid south" and united north"
should become obsolete, but that the flag
should "hoat over states, not provinces;
cover freemen, and not subjects" the
bitterest hate of these republican bourbons
if they can any longer be called republic
cans-is aroused, and war is made upon the
administration from the stand .oint of ha-
tired to the south and to southesnsra.
Wendell Phillips voiced this undying
hatred in political lecture, on ''The holy
alliance, rum and the revolV er, deliver d
IN Philadelphia, Monday I've ling. He
says that Hayes surrendered In Washing
ton half Of what Grant gained at Appomat-
tox, and that he called upon Joseph Sur
face to write his inaugural ;Iand that while
Lincoln made his cabinet of trimmers, ev-
cry member except Stanton and Cameron
believing Sin whiting down justice to suit
customers :" and Grants cabinet was
composed of mediocrites, he having
shrunk from counselling with first-rate
men" that Hayes cabinet reminds one
of story of the English painter, Turner,
and then proceeds as follows;
AS he studied it on the wall, the canvas
seemed to fade out OF sight in the presence
of its bright rivals. After gazing a while,
Turner flung drop of bright red on the
center of his piece and the picture glowed
into startling effect. So l can see Hayes
gathering his cabinet. There is Sherman,
who will leave name linked to no measure
or Idea-his only record that he entered
congress poor and leaves it rich. Evarts
reminds one of the Protestant riots in Lon
don, when men chalked on their closed
shutters "no popery" to conciliate the mob.
One timid citizen, anxious to stand we'll
with both sides, chalks up "no religion"
Amid this death grapple between caste
and the Declaration of Independence.
Evarts writes on his flag "no principles"
Then comes Schurz, the Swiss
soldier, always to let. Hayes gazed at the
colorless piece, which was hardly visible.
Suddenly he remembers Slave Hound Dew
ems, the low monotony of whose life rose
only once into noticeable infamy when,
with his own hands, he put chains on
Thomas Sims and dragged him down State
street. Hayes flung that blood-red drop on
the canvas, and, behold 1t CLOVIS immor-
tal-the slave-hound cabinet Perhaps
you will say Devens sinned long ago SO
did Judas Iscariot. And Judas besides re-
pented and hung himself. If Devens had
done that, Judas would have no right to
resent the comparison. But, in spite of
repentance, and after eighteen hundred
years, hear OF no proposal to add Saint
Judas to Mark, Luke and John. No years
can sweeten a slave catcher, any more than
the whole ocean could cleanse Lady
Macbeth's bloody hand. can forgive
Foote and Longstreet O'Connor, who
voted for slavery; yes, and Lincoln, who
helped extend the area of slave hunting
for / remember where all of them lived
and were born. But the being base enough