Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-08-25

has been In the cause Of unity"
We are not surprised at this statement.
for 1t is the view We have taken Of the pol.
icy al alonR; but We call the attention Of
the president TO the fact that certain OF his
prominent supporters are going abou, the
country declaring that what he did in Lou.
isiana and South Carolina was the result of
necessity, the federal government being
powerless to do otherwise. That he want.
ed to interfere for Packard. hut could not,
because the plaguy democratic house had
refused TO vote suppliess OF course both
Of these statements cannot be true, and one
ought to be abandoned. We suppose, how.
ever, that the president understands the
motives that influenced him better than
anybody else, and that he gives them cor.
mildly inquire Il, in his opinion, the lamb
Is not rapidly getting inside the lion, and
it he does not Imagine this to be the secret
of the tatter's satisfaction and -peaceablc be.
havior. =.
Look at 1t for a moment: In Louisiana
the animal sleeps In peaceful possession Of
all the Offices.
In South Carolina ditto.
10 Georgia the same.
In North Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas,
and Texas not even a republican fly dare
modest him. k~tE
In Mississippi he lieth in the sunshine OF
fatness, full to repletion of republican NUT
tom which We can swear to his having
swallowed, for We saw him do it; and. We
heard the last feeble bleat Q the ,sheared
and shambled victim as it disappeared
The lion therefore has roared and bel.
lowed because he could not get into the
fold. He has got into the fold, and 10, we
have unity. We know Of several quarrcls
that could be settled in the same way.
The president says:
"Wedo believe all good people everywhere
desire reconciliation, aad that the laws are
TO be obeyed. and that the rights Of each
and every citizen should be respected, what.
ever his race or color"
Doubtless this IL true, but, II true, where
are the good people in the south TO compel
the observance Of these rightsa. Let US leave
high and sweet sounding phrases about
unity for q moment and come down To- solid
facts.
Since the policy of triumphing by love
has been inauEunted Weber has been
killed in Louisiana for being a republican.
Since the good men there expressed a de.
sire 70 respect everYbody's rights, q repab.
lican senator has been shot, and q colored
postmaster prevented by force from assum.
ing the duties of his Office.
Since the era of ,l07e was ~inaugurated the
Chisholm family have been a~ssassinated In
Mississippl-a political massacre exceeding
in cold-blooded atrocity any crime known
to our annals.
To-day with a policy Of Cancellation in
full force, . United States senator is practic-
ally a fugitive from that state, and will re
turn to his home only at the risk, of his
life. fs
Watching with beating hearts the effect
Of the let-alone policy In Georgia, we see q
constitutional convention repeating all the
safeguards adopted under a republican re-
gime, and the leader of the convention put.
holy declaring that the colorod vote must
and shall be wiped out, or controlled abso-
lutriy by the denhocracv. . .ss
Turning TO South Carolina, We behold
dozens ofIepublican representatives driven
out Of the legislature and their. places sup
piled by democrats; while the promise
made 10 maintain the schools there for the
ecu alton of the blacks is being shamefully
vlolAled.e SO s1aRrs .
We admit the lion seems peaceful at
present, but Is II net because he is glu,ted
with his favorite dishes. and has nothing on
earth to fight? A lion that wouldn't be
peaceful under such circumstances would be
q very unreasonable animal indeed.
We mention these things not 30 much 10
show the president his mistake. as I warn
him about being too sapguiIe % I The re-
suits of his policy. It would doubtless be q
very excellent thing TO have all the people
good and have them all believing alike.
p, ssible il may be q very bad thing to 20
on, striving to maintain intact The party of
Lincplp, hut We fancy a worse thing.w0uid
be 10 wake up ZONE fine morning ana dis.
cover that the scheme of blessed unity had
proven a failure, and that the democrat
party, retain still that ambitious spirit
which parties are liable to possess, had
come in through the unguarded door and
rcn,,, mind Tim )owd