Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-09
THE SOUTHS REMAINING
Foes.

ccssity for the presence OF the troops
each has urged his ability and anxiety
to preserve peace aud insure the equal
ity of all citizens before the law. II
all goes well, the hold OF the carpet.
bagger has been relaxed iprever, r4d
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contnofh Sta.e a'ly B.afe ihan g y
would Northern State 10 H., .rferr
with the local government home rule
will be as mnch u reality in South Car.
olina as Massachusetts, aud bogus gov
ernments will no more be proppcd up
by bayonets in Louisiana than IN
Maine. A reign OF law aud order will
not only vindieaic the honest intentions
of tho white Democrats, but il will es.
tablisb, beyond argument, the wisdom
Of the Presidents Suurthcrn Policy (;
it will show that the freedmen and
their former masters can live together
in peace and harmony and ii will show
that both the slaves aud their masters
have for more than twelve years been
cruelty wronged by thicving, murder
ing carpet.baggcrs. Is 1t not plain
that all or any Of these results would
prove, what every honest man believes
that the Radical policy Of reconstruc-
tion was failure first, last and all
the time? II would prove also that
the South never needed any force bill (;
that the relations between the two
races would have adjusted themselves
without the sham Of the civil.rights
bill that the "outrages" and "inassa-
cres' were not the outcome of race
hatreds, hut OF radical instigation !;
and that Mr.. Blainc's amnesty speech
was vitriol intended to be poured into
iast.healing but still very sensitive
wound. The triumph Of Mr.. Hayes
Southern Policy-which commends 1t.
self TO patriots because il is consti.
tutlonal policy-would be proof that
the Republican party has not only
wasted twelve years Of opportunity,
but actually used the time and its op.
portunity to hold the South IN the
bondage of roguery, ignorance and
bayonets So We would have the Rad
ical-Repuhlican party set before us in
its own making, We would see that
party hindering, not helping the blacks
to good citizenship; breeding discord,
riot and bloodshed; staving off the day
OF reconciliation, peace and constitu-
tional government. 1t is not TO be
imagined that men Of the Blaine. Nor
ton-Chandler Logan stamp could re.
gard any Of these things with calm
satisfaction. No man can see the lie
given TO all that he has advocated as
gospel truth--the bottom knocked out
Of all the fine theories he has con.
structed-wilhoui feeling Of resent.
ment toward the blaster of his hopes.
Nocharlatan likes to be stripped of his
paint and circus.clolhes, aud held np
to the world in all his naked deformity.
1t will be sad day ior the political
mountcbanks who have vaulted and
spat fire around Washington, when the
people Of the South, black and white.
demonstrates once more by well.order-
ed and prosperous communities that
they are able to govern themselves. II
the Radical indictments can prevent
il this day will be long deferred A
few genuine "massacres" and "out
RACES" would be godsend to them
would help them to fire the Northern
heart and hold together their disinlc-
grating following. The country knows
who stirred up broils and murders in
the last campaign,and marshaIed, under
the "bloody shirt" the ghosts of men
who bad fallen victims to the mad pol.
icy Of reconstruction and hate il was
dress parade OF spectres drawn up in
line to ian into new life old remem.
brances and old hatreds, that these
might bring back the old majorties
History-cven recently made history
is good for something; II is the guide
post of yesterday giving direction for
to-day and tomorrow. The men who
only yesterday tried TO set the blacks
and the whites of the South by the
ears may find it profitable to repeat
the performance tomorrow. What il
there of virtue in their record that
would stay their hands2 We predict
nothing Of the Radical leaders we
say only that peace is at war with
their personal interests that they
have not heretofore allowed fine senti
ments Of Justice TO stop the way of
their interests and there is little hope
that they have learned anything by
late experience. II VIC hear anything
more OF race discords and conflicts in
the South, the people will know pre-
cisely where to fix the blame, and the
fixing thereof will be bad for the Rad.
ical element of the Republican party
Baltimore Gazette.
The era Of perfect reconciliation has
not, us yet, struck North Carolina hard
enough TO give any one a shock. US
witness this simple tale The Internal
Revenue officials lately made snccess
fnl raid on illicit distillcrs in the Tar.
Heel State, and bagged number Of
the gang. Their trial Is soon to come
of before the United State. court at
Greensborough, and the chances Of
the culprits' gettingof on the evidence
is very slim. But the State courts