New-York tribune., 1877-05-26
for carrying into operation the true principles of govern

s'ructou failure. The Ouly ln which II mas
failed that 1t has resisted hy armed aud murder
Gus Ogan cations; by terrorism ana prosecutions We
wicked and co Of the age; aud # the Democratic
assurances To President Hayes, in q iisinia ana 'N
where, Of projection and equal rights. are executed
good faith the VIII not he failure. hut gran
success eNtOrted from its enemies Tie great ciiuf'H
reconstruction are the Fourteenth aud Fifteenth Amcno
menS 10 the Constitution, estahiishmg tht equa cN
for their enforcement. far these have failed recon
stfucon il failure. So far as they succeed recohs'fuc
PURPOSES or THE SOUTH.
let il he understood that the great purpose now OF the
Southern people from the losses inflicted by
the rebellion They do not now think Of leaving the
Union. They not now preparing schemes for future
scoc ,siou, but with intense earuesncSs revolving
paps for recovering from Their great losses. For this
purpose they Will support the Democratic party N"lih
standing tIir fI-spu,cssed resentment for its in
nucucc in getting them into rebellion aud
lts sneaking aud cOwarly course while 1t ,sted We are
oc,,ti ,l. j. estalishrd V,rv likely When they have
gained he complete power, and the Rephhlrah party
I,. cel.d a. Struggle tbclc win he no nduccmcut To
sHoo of ncr politics There VIII be peace
when there grct submission. Let the recent missd
ere in Hiss..ilp whi IN has made the MOd0c compare
tlvclv respectable. answer Peace which IS obtained
i: not he harhirgcr Of prosperity aud happiness.
The large body Of the white people who engaged IT, me
rebellion firmly united IN favor OF s"Y ril' thnSs;
and they VIII stand by the parry bat 'aVo7s hcm ana
opiase to the hitter eud the party that opposes them
As0us lcs is The pdym nj .Or rchel property Ithth OF
destroyed ly our auuie. When MI IIien "r0i" NJ
letter INST before the election. sans tn Sc Claims, ne
lost hi, mold upon ac south ana was m'@e To itel II m
the late struggle in Congress. NJ Democratic eahlae
viii repeat A.s bUnder Although southern Democrats
votci for him after he wroje The letter. II iczr ic cur
rc1 OF tGer symp tics, ana had more 10 DO III restrain
ing them from bJstesBg % prevent ;hc counting OF me
vote hau any other cause II greatly iein 10
TIE loss Of lidcn In the late House the d' dHS ne W
tween rebel and loyal claims was Ignored, ana i shlc
Democratic Administration would be ob.drr ted. Nhei
t'is comes o PASS houi claims, ,hc aus {ucuon l iCoT
and minor debt viii bc ObcrJted and us'. slaves viii
b. treated as other property sacrificed ny "lI Govern
mcut u VIII not al he done or ayowed a. once hui
step hy step. already more rapid, until the puhHc NINA
has become donora,z d. The rebellion has ceased t. he
o the fraternity will demand the abolition OF all dis
uuctions in law between loyalty and treason
SOUTHERN VIOLENCE.
The Republican party never more necessary 20 the
nation than it is to-day. Al talk about laying down the
Republican organization 10 take up new with new
ttln into which old Coufcdyratcs may enter without
woundiug their susccptibiics would be criminal II
were not supcmcly silly. The proposition that the party
which sawed the nation and which cmbOdcs in its creed
tre mortal principle, on wuch IT must live or i've 1T
doc>l. and which has record the most giUiouS ln lhe
annals of human organizations shah comGit suicide as
an act of couctti1 late enemies Of thc Republic
silcices 10y its aud4cuv. We are bit rcJzlus
what has been ysioiy coming for several }tuS-i'on
l~6S II has been apparent that the Republican party
The south should be oycrhrowu hy force y IL coHh
uot d. don otherwise The opening Ngens "t catn's'
in that year, u which more than 1000 Republican, were
k lcd and wounded m Louisiana alonc "cre but pre-
bloody field of last year TP destruction Of tht k-puo
lcau part, would make thc Dcmgcf%ut lar'N supreme
ari ias rn upon the country rs odio's n"l an" W ~
pies. The men who directed the bloody cfu,ad's J" me
south for thc last ten years na nave now cum AaieI IN
sul living and have lost none OF their power.
ihe men who within several ,yc"iS nave "ieIo'H u tue
ac inst the Fifteenth Amendment are stiil in the as
ceni3nt any man weak enou-h TO btic'% 'htl, "i
majority oi them nave h.'n SouulF cYh''''S" ana t,
honest adtoc'tcs"i ihe equal ghi7 oI nhE II $ hf
opinion that fine body Of thc southern Dtmocrc' nave
h't c"t''el Il ''-'i ~ ,N' w '-'V P'
the negro. tua 10 TIA had been elected Pfcsdcui
within his term of -four years Tire Fourteenth amt
Fifteenth Amendments would have brcn substantially
oy,IjM0Wu. Ia most OF the southern states Oh would
have been accompanied Boy thc mc,h'ds HrcrH llld,-
tate in Nl>s~~IpI and otHcr states aad ls altogether
possible for jlat exquisite poicntiu genus "h'h ci tA-
majority Of 10000
80 one pray- for Cancellation ami fraternity between
North and utt more earnc ty than myself but c"ca-
and fraternity. TO uc honorable ana ddt'' must Dee
based upon concession o equal civil AND poil,rdi nights
The meu WHO held te coiorcd people III houitte ana
vino at every step since the war aad until Yesterday
m.n,s today regcncratcd and VIII now administer
t.e great principles asserted by ne ErpuMtcan
ton and laws, 1t is consnnmation deyoutiy
he Iart OF the soG,heIn peap.c ! .houid rc,ard
the most impcifut aud desirable o. 8ii poll" con-
hcart. bGtif do uot believe in Tins sudden conyerlo
Ou ht not 10 h, considered W'I,duOJ~ and prJuducd;
marty have by theu chlit- aud discipline subdued the
hearts of tnc Democracy Of the south "" can We
sufficiently comprehcud AMI masnii, thc achlCfcncnj
In Georgia Texas, Mississippi Alabama, Arkansas, a
part ~ alssoGr ANA Middle and WESTERN Tennessee,
there j, not 0acrence of 5000 votes between hc nr-
ties, gave ildcn majority ~ - oo0 In SIX counties
not q Republican vote was p1ht"t MisrNsilHI' WIN
Republican majority 81 10000. vas mad; To return
Dcm0rr'iir maj % o""'p IN Iout CO. con
tanning 10000 Republican, vote, seven i"luou,ai
votes were polcd. which were admitted just t. snow that
Republicans could vote Alabama, with clear t'piN-
licau majority oI lUVOu, WdS inade 10 return y no
cratic dority Of 5000. In 1cnH"-c A'kah,a-, aud
Texas, approximate results wer' Ioiuced by Hhe pro
it's folly to alece tla; in these states there were hb
GoT lg iase S5 T Ibc sle cooi,,ccs csta"hc the
fact that he liberty enjoyed Y Republicans, noih White
/ ana black was but nominal Ihy were oulctsl uol
society oppressed IN business huuted like criminals. aud
denied the protection of the laws Ictc- ana c"Innc
aud worthless and hut another form oi barter =
rights for gold The quiet WAS that of strangtlauon
grows w%iry that .uch result. wcrc anything Gu
cr,rs n Sontii Caroline with "a Rcpublrin mao-ity
of $4,000 ana Louisiana, VITA like majority OF l5OlJ
& 70 and ur, ncJ out 10 President Have, viii nave
been broken in every part IT. on the contrary, Eeiuh
IN rsn Uroicry and freedom ol speech action and
n,.u,tinf, / Shall he first 20 ac,no,y ledge the grand
accept the conditions wh joy and believe mat the
rebellion was not suppressed in NMh
REPUBMCaN VGGrANCE NEEDED.
It is to this happy condition thal President Hayes
aslires and an should earnestly pray ior the lu Tcii
zatlon OF his hopes The Republican party South, with
all its errors waged noble contest for rish. and the
courage anI gcIlsacriGcc displayed by its members
are cfbalncd IN history The waruc,t ,vmpo'hics %
tire Republicans o The NOTl attend tlosc o ic -oEih l
their dcsoate and uudore condition., with thc earnest
hone that iltc dtrN trlduSin- cloud my nave >.Ecr
lining. and thai tuc1c may Doe e day OF speedy i'hu-
lcciOn. Hl the voluntary wihdidWd. OF tar Mih, .Ao
tne. carHai.us for political power tEcY have
been treated with macuan.mty, and should ih,E
euiovu. % fh lrIi-niS, the most conservative h'dr
ican- viii stf itre is ho s'ui,, ' 10 l''',,' 'i'
the democracy rave acq irad -oid south ry force. o.
.ui fnc eternal Justice cf thcu cause northern
Republican. arc 1dmouishcd that ihe3 can rntd,o
no divisions that wlli cndIugcr their success. Should
fIlt Nt.rI