The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-17
our Little CI'Odker.

communication to let our people
know that Louisiana cannot boast Of
having within her borders all
the "irreconcilables" "of the CLOTH"
but that Garrett county can boast ~
of one who does not desire peace,
except under Democratic rule. We
give him chance to "agitate" this
once.
OAKLAND, Md, March Is, 1877.
ED. REPUBLICAN In your paper
of last week appears, copied from
the New York Iri6tn1e, an attack
upon Bishop Wilmer. Will you per-
nit me, as a personal friend of Bish-
Cd W., to show what his real position
is. TO all who have the privilege Of
his acquaintance he is well known as
as most intelligent and conscientious
Christion citizen, avoiding, in 0rdj-
nary questions ali the party disputes
which. unfortunately, excite SO much
angry passion and keep men from
that kindly union in matters of re-
| ligiOn, which is so needful for them.
Still he does exercise his duties as a
member of this great and free peo-
pie, in the disinterested and daunt-
| less love of truth and fear of God.
! Don't you think that political duties
man be performed in that way that
some public questions especially re-
quire to be treated in that way? Do
you think we have too many such
voters? And would we not be the
better for many more of them, and
for their having great influence with
those not 50 well situated to know
and judge what ought to be done?
The Tribune man berates the Bish-
OPP because he is reported as saying
that "any Southern politician who
should venture to accept place in
the Cabinet of Mr.. Hayes would find
that his influence with his cOnstitu-
ents had been completely eXtinguish-
ed" For this ne says: "The Bishop
does not believe in Cancellation.
What does he believe in?" | can
answer that. He believes in truth
Justice, decency in God the Judge
of all men.
Certainly the Bishop ought not to
have said what he did not believe
But this is not supposed by the critic
And if he did believe it ought he moi
to have said this? The editor says
no ; because this will do some harm
or prevent some great good which
Mr.. Administration is expected tC
do. Now, which of the two is MOI
likely to be right? Bishop w. knows
all about the South and especially
about Louisiana. The Tribune edi
tor nothing. The Bishop is man o
mature years, of admirable educa
ton, reading and study, and mos
respol sible for bis opinions, The
other is quite young man; un
steady in his notions and not ever
known by name to the country
Bishop w. is one whose very bust
ness and his faithful devotion to i
makes him diSintereSted, thOugful
Just, and adverse to everything dis
honest and mercenary. The edito
is merely hired for his work by ONT
Jay Gould, the most notorious, mer
CHESS and unprinclpled Spectator ii
the country and who is more THAI
suspected OF having done much tt
detraud the people out OF their late
election by brides as we'll as OtheI
like means. Upon the Whole think
we must judge the Bishops opinion
Of the facts Il better one than thu
Iyibl0le's.
Now | think | can take the Bish
ops idea Of these facts so as to LEI
your readers see Just how he reasons
upon them ; and then they can bette
;, Judge whether, from his point 0
view, he has not said just what ;
good, God-iearing citizen should say
He thinks that Mr.. Hayes has NJ
just and honorable title to the Office
he has entered upon; that the vote
of Louisiana, without which he
could not honestly be President, was
no more given to him than that 0
Maryland that he could scarcely
help, at least, having doubts abC4l
this when he took the office; anC
that he has since really admitted this
by bargaining and secretly promising
to give up the State government o
Louisiana to Nichols. lie thinks
that Southern man who knows thi
would, by entering Mr.. Hayes Cab
met, thus make himself an accom-
plce in the most monstrouS chea
ever practiced in our politics, and ;
sharer i'll its guilty profit, the wrong
having been done especially to GER
tain Southern States, and by thu
greatest calumnies upon their people
He thinks that this would be helping
a robber, not only to keep what ht
had wrongfully taken, but also t.
escape the infamy which is the only
present punishment left for the
crime; even more, that he would tt
help to benumb the conscience of thu
whole people, to demoralize all oul
young men more than ever land
God knows, this is bad enough al
ready with the wicked thought tina
faIsehood is the way to power anC
honor, and so to empty our govern
ment of all that is great, genuine an(
just about it.
Now, thinking thus, must he no
feel that the first, greatest and truly
religious duty of citizen is to dc
nothing in the way of conniving a
that crime, and everything he can tt
bring it to defeat, disgrace and pun
iShnpntp Is he not