The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-30

VI pONCf, anu III tuciT pidCc Cdinc OIQCI,
peace, good feeling, fraternity, business re-
vival, prosperity, and all the blessings of es-
tablished, well ordered republican state gov
ernments; governments for the people and
by the people, instead of bayvnets support
ing the most infamous carpet bag scOundrels
aud adventures that ever cursed any coun-
try or people, 1t was this bayonet rule that
o. P. Morton defended, and it is its destruc-
ton that he deplores in his open letter.
He says 1.-The republican governments of
South Carolina and Louisiana yielded
to force" They yielded to the force OF
the will of the people. The troops were re-
moved, and the military despotism fell.
Federal bayonets were taken from the hearts
of two southern states, when those common
wealths again asserted their sovereignty and
took their place in the family of states. 1t
is this that annoys Morton, and his troubles
are doubtless increased by the fact that the
emancipation of the south from the curse of
radicalism was brought about by the poten-
TALLY of public sentiment created by the
democratic party. Morton's entire letter
bears the impress of mind disturbed and
out of balance. 1t is growl rather than an
argument. 1t is an ebullition of malice
rather than statesmanllke views upon an
important question affecting the vital inter
ests of the country. 1t is contemplate
partisan TRADE of the bloody shirt style, and
in all regards like the speeches made by its
author during the presidential campaign to
SOW discord and foment strife. There is a
puny effort to sustain Hayes, the presi-
dental fraud, the vile creature spawned by
the Louisiana returning board for doing that
which he could not avoid, for if he had not
removed the troops there would be no appro-
priations made to sustain the army and hence
the danger that army, Packard, Chamberlain
and despotisms would all tumble down to-
gether. In the states where all was lately
turmoil, there is now a reign of peace and
concord. Law is supreme; order is reen-
throned, and the people have republican
state governments sure enough. There is
absolute quiet. Carpet-baggers no longer
plumber. and negroes are no longer killed by
radical conspirators for the purpose of firing
the northern heart and making votes for the
crime cursed party Morton intimates that
he ''prays for Cancellation and fraternity"
and that for these blessings "no one prays
more Justify. 1t may be 50, but his open let
terindicates that his prayers, like his speeches
and his open letter, are for the triumph
Of radicalism, in which it is presumable the
devil joins him most heartily. We have de
voted more space to o. p. Morton's open
letter than its merits demand, whatever may
be said of its dement's 1t is plea for the
reorganization of the radical party, and this
is disclosed by the closing paragraph, in
which he says:
As the democracy have acquired solid
south by force, the republicans should acquire
solid north by vigilance ana the eternal JUS
now admonished that they can endure no
divisions that will -endanger their success.
should the north by unhappy dscords be di-
vided, and thus fall prey to n solid confeder-
ate south, the rebellion viii have been sup
pressed in vain, the fruits OF the war will be
lost, and our last condition worse than the
first. g.
We submit that the appeal for ''solid
north" against the south is essentially devil
ish, narrow, mean, partisan and hateful. 1t
and soul, to the devil-that the dawning OF
prosperity in the south, so long bowed down
beneath misrule calls forth no generous re-
Spouse, no word of kindness or encourage
ment. 1t discloses purpose, if opportuni
ty afforded and power can be obtained to
again turn loose a horde of carpet-bag plum
derers on the south and fill the land with
discord; to establish military rule and arrest
every effort to obliterate the past and ce-
ment the bonds of brotherhood. 1t shows
that Mortons hate never slumbers, and that
he is an impIacable foe to the peace and
prosperity of the country.