The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-07-19

sacb = cosdiuos 81 Affairs "a 1885.
shea The new party 10 which il gave
rso arst took shape
History 90 ssch lises ~ this does
repeat Itself Il j. 10 less sore than
thai eject isliows cause IL s The ab.
soiutoly certain logic 81 events. No
element q chance enters isto Il, for il
. ,he operation o. natural laws which
ean0ot D. overcome o. turned aside.
Leaving GOT Of the question the con
sijeuauou 81 differing climates. pro.
auctions. forms ~ofindusuy. elements Of
gfowth, material resources and popu.
IA habits aud customs. which might
enter 10 u a~philosophie analysis Of the
political problem. the relative popula-
uou 81 The two sections is the con.
elusive factor IN a sectional contest
which gives to such an issue the
the eeitaIuiy " a mathematical demon
stFasion. Tho political action which,
ii Mississippi and other southern states
abolishos opposition and sways the
whole voting population with one o.
thc two great parties which divide the
north, is simply suicidal madness. II
has been tried once already, with the
most disastrous results. Ii cannot be
undertaken now, or ever again here
alter, With anything like the chances
for success it bad from 1856 to 1861.
For then the south bad something like
a pretext for It's action IN the defense
OF its peculiar institution, and the need
Of union 10 a common cause. To-day
they are forming a purely sectional
party upon a purely sectional basis,
With none, not leven the fimsiest, pre-.
tense Of a pretext. The party they
unite against is the same they fought
before, but they were soon beaten on
the issue and upon their pretense Of
having accepted in good.faith the re-
suits Of the war, they have been treat
ed with magnanimity, and have &C.
cepted at the hands OF the victors
iavors for which common decency, TO
say nothing Of gratitude, should dictate
some other return than sullen and
malignant hate. That they have no
reasonable ground Of hostility to the
party in power, certainly none such as
would justify this solid sectional array
against it, is attested by the very fact
that they are able TO take such an atti-
tude. The south is deprived Of no
right or privilege that any northern
state enjoys, nor are any of her rights
in danger Of attack or meddlesome in
reference They have their own sweet
will in everything, and no one inter.
feres or offers to. There is no ground
whatever for sectionalism in politics
nothing TO excuse a sectional issue OIL
Justify q solid south.
Against a solid south there is soon
10 be a solid north not 80 perfectly
united as the south, perhaps that ia
not necessary : but solid enough and
firm enough to possess the govern
ment. II will be stronger than in 1861
stronger for the prestige of past sue.
cess. the enlarged experience CT added
years, increased confidence in it's owr
resources, aud the consciousness o.
having earned power honestly. and
used it worthily The small margin
by which the democrats carried two OF
three northern states 10 1876 will
crumble away the instant such a sec,
tional issue is presented as that which
the south seems anxious to invite
These maiorities were given by voters
who were actuated by the desire Il
have the southern states restored alb
soiutely TO self government and placed
beyond federal interference, and to sec
all cause for discomfort removed. They
have seen this done already under the
administration Of President Hayes, aud
are ready to applaud the party and the
! policy by which il was effected. Upor
such an issue as the action Of Missis
sippi makes imminent for 1880, they
will fall 10 line with the party 10 which
tho south opposes s solid front. The
democratic management IN Mississippi
and elsewhere 10 the south, when tht
suppression of opposition 10 carried Il
the extent o~fdestsoying the republican
organization, is something wors. thar
an ordinary blunder. It is a willfu
aud ~inexcnsable repetition Of an historic
blunder. whose fatal consequences they
have not ontIiyed. but see on all hands
around them.
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