The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-05-11
PROFESSION AND PRACTICE.

PROFESSION AND PRACTICE.
The Vicksburg Herald says the South
is BOW wholly free, and has been made
so by the Presidents straightforward
course, and adds: The fact is iDdIs
puta Jle- and We are one of those oold
enough TO announce it-Mr. Hayes has
done well by our people, and he de-
serves well of them. Let us encourage
him to continue in his course Let rs
refuse to put one obstacle 10 his way,
snd let Us refuse ever again 20 co op
crate in any way with those hateful
fanatics who are to-day bitterly op
posed to the President because he is
kind and Just 10 the South. II We
have the political sense that should
guide us in the future We will not fsil
to encourage all men, NO matter to
what psrty they belong, who propose
to treat the South kindly and justly"
That Is profession. And as We read
il, the sky becomes cerulean in hue, tie
atmosphere becomes roseate and
bright, and the wisdom Of the Presi
dents policy seems confirmed. We
turn 10 see the result, and We find
that in the same State from which
came the above assurance, the atInos.
phere is dark with nate and assas.ina
ton. Only about two weeks Lack a
man by the name of Gully was Inur-
dered. Evidence was trumped UP TO
implicate Judge Chisholm, Ia Repubii
can who had been a candidate fOr
Congress at the last election, but who,
owing 10 the terrorism prevailing was
not permitted 10 vote in his own town.
aud whose life Was repeatedly threat
ened,) and one Gilmore. (also Repub-
lican, and who with Chisholm had tes-
tilted to the facts relating to the elec-
tion in Mississippi, before the Bout
well comInittee,) both OF whom were
arrested, disarmed, and then set upon
by q mob and killed. Is it wonderful
that in vie y of such occurrences many
persons doubt the wisdom aud expo
diency of a policy which surrenders
two more States to the control of par
tizans who favor such ontrages2 Is it
any wonder that they doubt the plaus-
ble plea that native rule will divide
the white element of the South and
breaking down the ''color line, re-
store ''peace aud good willi" Missis
sippi, Georgia, ct al have been under
native control for rome gears past ;
but there is no manifestation of dis
position Oh the part of the white ele
ment to divide. Why should they
They have control and keep it by
crushing out the opposition vote
making farce of universal suffrage.
Would they gain more by dividing
Do The Democracy, when they gain
Have the Republicans divided when
they have had control? Parties are
not different in the South. The Re
publican principle is that which is an
tagorized, and the antagonism does
not cease because the principle is ad
vocated by Southern men, instead of
Carpet Baggers" so called Judge
Chisholm had b; en- a resident of the
South for over thirty years, and had
served iu the Confederate army, but
these facts did not screen him froIu
Southern vengeance when lie espoused
the Republican cause; nor did the fact
that he was in sympathy with the
Presidents Southern policy mitigate
the feeling of animosity against him.
Is the feeling less bitter in South Car
olina and louisiana Let the records
of the rifle clubs speak. The hope
based upon the old Wing element of
the South is forlorn one. That eie-
ment has been forgotten for almost a
generation, and it's principles lie buried
in the forgotten past. Its advocates
slumber in their graves, and their sue
cessors, thoroughly indoctrinated with
Democratic views, and Identified with
the Democratic organization, have no
choice between that and Republican,
ism. The new policy may succeed,
but the outlook is not cheering.