The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-28
ABANDONING SOUTHERN REPUBLI-
CAMS

The carpet-bsggers and ,h5ir retaine!s,
the Packards, Kelloggs, Camorons and
Blaines, and the Bourbons like the New
York World, the Wallsces, Fatons anc
Bogys arc desperately whistling to keeI
their courage up. In every delay on tht
part of the president, however wise and
prudent such delay may be, they see
CLEAN Of hope and commence renewed
whistling. A day passes and the army II
not Withdrawn, whereupon Chamberlain
and Packard sing peans of victory, and thu
whole army of carpet. baggers takes new
lease of life although they can only too
plainly see The handwriting on the wall
For the same reason, the fierce democraci,
take courage, for in 1t they seem to see
forlorn hope of keeping the party together
little while longer and of securing the or
ganization of the next house. Neither o.
these extreme partissns care a snap for tht
constitution and the laws or the peace o.
the country. The desirability of perpetu.
ating carpet.bag governments in the south
or maintaining control of the organization
of the national house of representatives,
overcomes all other considerations and SC
they rejoice alike in every days delay in
settling these southern difficulties.
But they, as well as the whole country,
may possess their souls in patience. TIL,
end is surely, even if gradually, approach.
ing, and this southern question will be elm
mated from American politics. The
Blaines and Camerons can never again firt
the northern heart by shaking the mythical
"bloody shirt" The Bogys, Wallaces ano
Coxes can no more appeal to the country
save the south from "bsyonet rule The
bloody shirt and bayonet rule are one and
inseparable, and will disappear together,
President Hayes is not the man to be
frightened or deferred by all the talk about
abandoning southern republicans to their
enemies" He, a, does every other rea-
sonable man, sees that abandoning south
ern republicans to their enemies" in Ar.
kansas has resulted in peace, tranquility,
equal protection to all, and good govern
mcut; while the opposite policy-shall We
call it abandoning southern democrats to
their enemies" Inc negroes and carpet
baggers ?-resulted in constant turmoil, a
defiance of the laws, corrupt government,
and the support Of such government by
force of arms. When this policy of "aban-
doning southern republicans to Their
enemies" was first proposed as to Ar
kansas it met as much opposition and as
many bitter denunciations as does the talk
of applying 1t to Louisiana and South
Carolina to-day. Rev. Joseph Brooks was
in as much trepidation as now are Packard
and Chamberain-bu does any reasonable
man, republican or democrat, desire to go
back 10 the days of Baxter, Brooks and
Clayton5 The southern republicans mus
be abandoned to their enemies" some day
if by this phrase Is meant the substitution
of self-government for quasi military gov
ernment-and the more it is delayed the
more difficult ii will be to put 1t into exc
cution.
We take it that this phrase abandoning
southern republicans to their enemies
means exactly this-no more or no less. II
is the settled policy of the country, and nc
other policy was ever dreamed of until O
few years ago. 1t is the policy that has
always prevailed at the north. Democrats
have for nearly quarter of century been
abandoned TO their enemies in Vermont,
and republicans to their enemies in Con-
necticut, and yet no one ever thought OF
calling in the aid Of the general govern.
ment.
Like number of other measures OF
policy which have proved altogether bad,
the republicans, after denouncing the use
of the military to bolster up state govern.
ments, have turned around, aud adopted
and defended the policy themselves. The
republicans, in 1866, demanded that the
democrats should be abandoned to their
enemias in Kansas--that is, that the army
should not enforce the acts Of a carpet bse
legislature or uphold csrpet-bag govern
ment-and the democrats were aghast al
the thought OF abandoning their "border
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