The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-06-21

.Orce If 1t could not be done otherwise. The
opening scenes Of carnage in 1868, in which
more than TIVE thousand Republicans we're
killed and wounded in Louisiana alone,
we're buta prelude to the campaign Of vio-
Ience which ended IN the bloody feud Of
last year. The destruction Of the RepuJli-
can Dartv would make the Democratic party
supreme, and fasten upon the country its
oGious policy and principles. The men who
directed the bloody crusades in the South
for the last ten years that have now culmi-
mated in final victory in South Carolina
and louisiana are still living, and lae lost
none Of their power. The Ten who within
several years have welded the Democratic
party IN solid column, North and SOUTH
againstthe fifteenth amsDdmsut are still In
the ascendant Is any man weak enough TO
believe that they, or majority OF themi
have been sOuudly converted and ore honest
advocates Of the equal rights Of meby
Mr.. Morton holds that Sc the body Of
the Southern Democracy have not
changed in regard to the civil and pOlit-
ical rights of the negro and that if Til
den had been elected President, within
his term Of four years the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments would have
been sub tantiaIly OverthIOwn. He
Justly adds, that " Cancellation aud fra
IerniIy, to be honorable and durable,
must be based upon concession of equal
civil and political rights, peace, and pro-
lection to men Of all races and Creeds."
OF the prospect Of this Mr.. Morton is not
specially hopeful, citing the following
facts in support Of his incredUlity:
In Georgia, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama
Arkansas, q part Of Missouri, and Middle
and Western Tennessee, free suffrage exists
chiefly in name. Georgia, in which there is
not a difference Of 5000 votes between the
parties, gave Tildsn a majority Of $1,000. In
SIX counties not a Republican vote was
poDed. Mississippi, with a Republican ma
iOritY of $4,000, was made to return aDemo-
cratic majority OF $4,000. In four Counties
containing $4,000 Republican votes Re
pablican votes were pOlled, which were az
mitted lust to show that Republicans could
vote. Alabama, with q clear Republican ma
iority Of 10000, was made to return a DEM
ocratic majority Of $500. In Tennessee
Arkansas and Texas, approximate results
were produced by like processes. l5ls Iolly
/ to allege that in these States there were
| liberty, protection and equal rights.
| Peace and commercial prosperity based
I upOn such conditions are hollow and worth
/ less, and are but another form Of barter OF
rights for gold. The quiet was that OF
I strangulation and paralysis, and audaclous
| falsehoOd at last grows weary that such re-
/ suits were anything but crimes II SCUM
I Carolina, with a Republican majority OF 20
I OOO and Louisiana with Ike maloT1ty OF
I Is 900. are to be eOnciliated and paclhed N
| the same way, the hope and promises held
/ out to President Hayes will have been broken
/ in every part IT, on the contrary, hepuOl-
[ cans in those States, white and Olaek5 sna4
/ be protected in person, property and freedom
/ Of speech, action and OccuDatlon5 snalL D5
/ first to acknowledge the grand result. VIII
| ignore the past, let bygOnes be 0yg0ness ae-
| cept the new conditions with Joy, and oelleEs
/ that the rebellion was not suppressed IN
/ vain.
" It is to this happy condition" says
/ Mr.. Morton, " that President hayes as
| pires. and all should earnestly pray Tor
the full realization of his hopes" But
/ he is not sufficiently hopeful Of such re-
I suits. to relax an iOta of his desire TOR
Republican supremacy, on which point
/ he says:
Bv' the voluntary withdrawal Of the army
the South has been placed on her good De-
baviOr. Following their bloody campaign 8
for political power they have been uestsu
I with magnanimity, and should they lal! 20
protect all classes and races IN the employ
ment of their rights, the most eonseE VaIlFe 2
Republicans will see there is no security put
to preserve the Government in the hands Of
/ the Republican party. As the Democracy
have acquired a solid South by force, the
| Republicsus should acquire a solid Nortn Dy
[ their vigilance and the eternal lnsuee OF
their cause. Northern Republicans are now
sdmonished that they can endure no alTl5-
ions that will endanger their success
Should the North, By unhappy dlseoras, pc
divided, and thps fall a prey TO the sou0
/ Confederate South, the rebellion Will nave
been suppressed in vain, the fruits OF the
war will have been lost, and our last con
ditiOn worse than the hrst,
We think the most prominent and I'M
Dortsnt usrtsOf Mr.. MortOn's letter are
thosein which, (1) he accepts the policy OF
| the Administration, as virtually the dlc-
tate Of necessity, from which there seemed
to be no way Of escape; ~ he doubts the
good faith OF the authority Of those who
have pledged the South to good behavior
| under the new order Of things and l5J
ne urges the maintenance OF the he-
publican party in its fullestintegrlty and
strength, as the best guarantee for the
protection of the rights of the Southern
Republicans. His warning, that . North
ern Republicans can endure no division.
that will endanger their success should
be needed on all hands; and by none
! more than by those who seem disposed tl
dispute and divide about accomplished
facts and fixed conditions. Whether
Republican State Conventions re-
solve to approve or to disapPrOye Of
these, can have no effect upon the sItua-
tion. The troops have been Withdrawn
the Democrats are in power; and nc
poiicy-Whether in platforms OF II
8ctiOu-can restore matters. Where
then, the profit Of division on such q
mattar7 Were the President seeking
popular Endorsement Of his course by re.
election, a practical issue might be raised
But this is not the case. he asksno sup
| port, except such as shall most edectually
strengthen his hands and the Repu0h.
/ can party for the work to come. 1t there
be divisions, let them be upon future and
living questions, and not on hxed facts
of the past. This seems to be Mr.. Nor
tons view, and it is one which must
commend itself to the Judgment oil
every uuprejudiced mind.