National Republican., 1877-07-12
THE FTILS OF FACTION.

Faction Is one oi the greatest perils which
o republican government has Ia encounter
II popular leaders in II free State we're al
ways actuatcd by unsclish motives il they
always huncStIy endeavorrd To discover
" hat measures would best promote the
public welfare, and II they always sedu.
lo,isly avoided exciting the evil passions of
th, human heart, half the dangers which
threaten dCmorIutiC institutions would van
ISL At once But while the mass Of the
people in II Republic have the same interest
H. common they are too often, through the
vaccinations of politicians, divided into
p,rtirs bitterly hostile to each other.
The c4lse becomes still worse when Sec
ruunl and geographical differences are ex-
cited and then aggravated for the purpose
II promoting the designs of denagogues
People widely separated by land or seas
naturally regard each other with more or
less suspicion; hence stranger and enemy
among barbarous nations have always been
synonymous terms The brightest dreams
OF philanthropy, as well as the most glori-
Gus prophecies of Christianity, point hope
FULLY forward to time when all mankind
shall dwell together in perfect concord. Nor
should We consider such hopes Us utopinn
10, II shUdld he the highest aim of true
.i.,esn,alship to aid in their realization.
The doctrine set forth above is particu-
larry applicable to the present condition Of
our national affairs We are slowly recOv-
ering from the disastrous effects of q civil
war, and the enmitics cngendcred by it.
The two objects of supreme Importance to
this country at this time are the restoration
of good feeling between the North and the
South aud the adoption OF such measures
us will relieve the people from the terrible
pressure of hard times.
| What real obstacles are there in the way
| of the restoration Of national harmony
| What intelligent man in the North believes
that the Southern people have any hostile
designs against the unity of the nation
What objection can there he to taking the
Southern people at their word, and treating
them rs loyal and patrioticT Why, above
all, should any Northern man utter single
word calculated TO revive the bitter memo
ries of the pastr Even when intcmperate
and unwise things are said by Southern
men, why not turn away their wrath by a
soft answer rther than provoke still further
hnimosityy And 80, on the other hand,
why cannot the people of the South in this
emergency overlook all ill-timed and un-
charitable attacks upon them, even though
made by eminent politicians, in view of the
fact that an overwhelming majority OF the
people OF the North, including the Presi-
dent, sincerely desire the establishment OF
perfect good viii between the two sections.
We regret to say that the sensational
! iOnrnalismI now so much in vogue often
/ materially aids cNll-diSpoSed iactiOnists in
the accomplishment of their unholy work,
Every lmprudcnt or hLsty word uttered by
Il public man is quickly seized upon and
published throughout the land, too often
accompanied with comments calculated to
Inllame the passions oi men already too much
eACIled On the OIhel hand, the quiet and
/ unOstentatious deeds of charity and good
will are not noticed, while the good effects
OF a thousand oi them are often tounteracted
by the publication of ont evil act, with
exciting comments on II.
There Is NO real ground for enmity be-
tween the North and the South. This Is
shown by the attempts to revive the dead
issues OF the past, aud by cruel efforts to
recall the bitter memories of the past, which
all good men must desire to see forgotten
forever What real cause of difference now
exists between the North and the South
We defy any agitalor, high or low, to point
ont nv The fact il that never during the
plv.r4i grarILt!On has there been SO much