The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-07-12

Southern Republicans. need not tel
you, fellow citizens. how deeply thos
words touched the hearts Of those Of u
who stood on those perilous outposts
And need not say to you that a create
defeat than the election Of TIlden ha
come upon us-a defeat at the hands o
our friends defeat which has degrad
ed and demoralized the Republican par
ty in all its ranks-a fatal and immedica
BILE wound which no enemy could hav,
inflicted.
But we have heard another excuse urg
ed for the Presidents policy. one which
for a time was often in the President !
mouth-thst his policy was experiment
al, tentative, and If il did not work we'll
IL could be abandoned and reversed. Was
ever before such transparent folly and
hypocrisy presented to this people as a
serious argument IL was manifestly
put forth to deceive and beguile until
the deed was accomplished Doubtless
Il served its purpose. IL has already
been abandoned No step taken by toe
President can be reversed. No ground
surrendered can be recovered. Hence
forth South Carolina and Louisiana are
As firmly linked with the solid South. Z"
in all its political fortunes, as Kentucky
or Georgia
Again, il is said that President Grants
policy toward the South had proved a
failure. and President Hayes wa, there
fore. justified in refusing TO sustain the
lawful Governments OF South Carolina
aud Louisiana. Sir,
there were IN my judgment many errors
in the course OF President Grant toward
the South ! have heretofore been a Tree
critic OF some OF his acts, but when the
evil consequences OF those acts are made
a defence tor the treacherous policy OF
President Hayes, | answer that, whenev.
rr during his eight years OF service Pres
idrnt Grant firmly executed the laws aud
upheld the lawful Governments Of the
Southern States, political success wss the
result Whenever. as in Mississippi, ma
lign influences caused him tn shrink from
his duty. defeat, lasting, complete defeat
was the result.
But we are told, among other apologies
for this policy, that il was forced upon
the President by the necessities OF bis
party; that defeat was inevitable IL any
other policy was adopted. Sir. the best
answer TO this is found in the fact that
no such necessity was discovered until
the policy was adopted. and the ingenui
~ OF men began to be taxed tor excuses
10 support it Senator Morton is a strik-
ing example Of what | now state. lie 10
An able man, a most vigorous drbater.
party leader OF vast energy and expe-
rience. In his recent letter he draws
with accustomed vigor what is really an
irraignment OF the Presidents policy.
put reaches the sad conclusion that all
his was inevitable. and hence right; that
ieleat would have been certain under
my other policy. And this Is the height
Di Senator Morton's statesmanship upon
question with which his name Is most
associated II the Presi- /
tents action and policy are wrong in
no man has shown this
more clearly than Senator Morton-shall |
he Republican party be told, or shalt IL |
,e persuaded, even by Senator Morton, |
hat il must save its life by the sacrifice |
II Its principles7 Sir, this is suicide
there are defeats that are victories, and /
here are victories that are defeats. A /
ictory won at the expense OF principles 1
5 an irretrievable defeat. A political /
'arty, fellow citizens, which cannot bear /
Ieieat in open political warfare has little /
itality, little claim TO public confidence.
But my knowledge OF political history /
ives me no example OF a party strong
nough to long survive either the aband-
OF It's principles or timid and
acquiesc-nce in the treaeh.
ry OF its leaders. Such is the attitude,
a my judgment, Of the Republican party
o-day. Whoever has watched the course
& the present Administration has seen
he decentralization which always attends
he abandonmento of principles spreading
through all the channels and activities Of
he Government. Look at civil service
rform-a political vital, fundamental
his is the reform to which the Admin
,tratiOn stands peculiarly pledged. Has
entered upon III Has ~ shown n Ca
acity or purpose to execute III Mo-
le necessities imposed upon the Admin.
,tratiOn in it's Efforts to Duy the support
2 silence the opposition OF partisan lead
70 TO the Southern policy have already
elrauded Us of this rriOrm. | affirm, a.,
proposition which rests on accurate Oh
rrvatIou, that 10 this hour Others have
cen granted or refused, conferred or
AIKEN away, with AS much regard TO 20
tical ends by the present Administfa
Ion as by Prrs,denJ Grant during any
OrtiOu vi his Administration, aud Will
ut ,rbrar TO add. with lar less hOnOra-
lie motives.
Sir, there are laws Of moral cause aud
feet as true and certain as any pbyricai
avs. NJ political lradrr, no political
arty, eau forfeit honor or desert priuci
lies at one point aud maintain them at
Ihers. Iut-giity Is indivistblr. You
aunOt Oe DISHONEST on Une subject aud
Uuvst on others. The Pr~sIdruIs South.
r. policy, conceived IA his own mind, n
hook anu Off~nce TO his party, reckless
4 justice and constitutional duty, ~ un.
opposed, will more aud more weaken the
ioral bonds which have hitherto, IA
pite o. all its iailings, secured TO the
republican par the confidence OF
IsJOrIty OI tue most intelligent and pa
riOtIc Americans for more than twenty
ears.
We are summoned to the duty Of ex.
osiug and drnOuucing great crime,
ommittrd in defiance OF the principles
nd pledges OF the R-puOli, al party. aud
D dyfiance Of the personsl declarations
nd obligations OF the President. No
nan who counts the cost OF arrayiug him
elf on the side OF freedom aud cOusti-
utional principles Is worthy TO enlist IN
his new struggle for the honor and peace
f our country. Silence is, for me. COW
rdice IL, as / believe, the heart Of the
iaIion is true To the old cause. to the
principles OF free government, TO the
principles OF the Constitution. and the
Declaration Of Independence, then let IL
,e heard Let IL speak by the voices Of
,ur leaders. Let the memories which .
,aunt this day be our inspiration. Let 1
Is walk again with Adams. and Hancock. i
nd jefferson. of our earlier revolution.
With Lincoln and Stanton aud Sumner. /
# our later revolution. Shades OF the 4
,reat founders and sayiors Of our loved /
be with Us in this struggle - /
speak to Us again your great lessons Of /
Of cOurage, of srlfsacritic- |
rhe marble aud the bronze in which We
iave preserved your human forms will /