The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-03-22
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WASHINGTON, d. G. March II,
After a period Of anxiety such as the
people OF this country have never he !.
fore been led upon to endure. the count
is finished and the repose of the nation
10 secured. Whether or not the meth.
od by which this was accomplished
was unconstitutional. extra constitu.
tionsl or neither Of these, il seems TO.
tally certain that but for the menaciag
words OF the Democratic party,
though their majority in the House aud
by means Of the threatuing attitu de Of
their organs all over the land. this ex-
traordinary plan would neverhave been
devised. In the language Of Senator
Norton, the shadows of intimidation"
have fallen across the senate.
I 0 the Republicans generally the
call for the tribunal OF arbitration,
seemed like an invitation from the
Democratic spiderIfor the Republican
to walk into his parlor. An uncomfort-
ably large fly it proved TO be for the
frail walls Of the parlor, and the dilap.
dated condition of the Democratic
furniture attest what the sufferer now
admit that il was mistake on the
part OF the too coniiden. spider.
If now that the new administration
is essaying it's pc Icy many individuals
Of the Republican party are displeased
with the way this is commenced, they
caunot but take to themselves graft.
tadethat things are far better than they
might have been had the scales turned
the other way il bat 10y hairs breadth
1856 is not much more than 1874, but
the policy Of President Hayes, so far
as developed is long way from what
would have been that we should have
ad in the other event We have a
southern man in the cabinet bat the
whole administration il not dominated
by southern influence.
There is nothing in the autecedents
Of the new president to lead one to be.
lieve that he has any symptoms Of a
political kind that are not in full accord
with those Of advanced Republicans.
The people are willing to patiently
await the result OF experimental states
manship. co III linl ia thu honesty OF
purpose. that they believe viii not h
itate To turn from any course that may
seem to lead 10 the wrong direction.
They believe that the president Of
their choice will ut Inter ,innally aban-
don the republicans of the south to
the white leaguers aud rifle clubs. II
the ways OF pacificItion that are at.
tempted are different from those be-
1 lieved to be. most eilectual by some
others, an honest difference Of opinions
will be tolerated aud happy issue out
of our national diff culties will be con
fdently anticipated
What a wall OF despair would have
gone up from ten thousand lowly cabin
/ in the south. had Democratic admins.
/ tration been ushered 10, less than two
weeks ago There might have been
! peace, such IA the Cossacks gave to
WARSAW, bat L writer himself, does
not believe il
he lessons Of the war and that
which has lranspired since the war
have not been lost upon the negroes OF
the South hey have learned and are
learning that they must take their own
part. that they must repel force with
force. if they would estabishior them
selves that respect they seek and that
immunity nom violence that each must
% a strtua eepint Dnutll lbr him.
self NO police force can le large
enough T. coyff at once every patti Of
the district patrolied With the am.
piest laws Tor the protection Of the
subject. BE- must be at times a law ON.
b. himself
The presumption that will defeud
my person more certainly secures me
protection IRON the hands Of ruhi az,
than the most carefully worded sec
lions Of the criminal law
-Four years Of ample opportunity are
before the new President That be is
konesi, capable and Just is almost mi.
rersally conceded Let every Repub.
lican who desired aud lsbored for his
election. assist IL staying up bis hands