, 1877-11-12
into the support Of tho Rebellion and rushed
,hcallong into dreadful war which dEcnched
the lnnd with htuld.
THE SOUTHERN SITUATION TIE RESULT or

EVENTS.
Tho situation IN which Ho fnd the South to-
dny has been prepared ly course of events 20.
ing back 10 is.'y, onc State after another wa.
wfcstel from the Republican party by forcc, anl
willie the work Of e1tcrlntnatng the Republican
rarty WINS steadily pursued from year to year.
nnh from State 10 State, tho most systematic
efforts wrrc constantly male. to dlsRnlsc Tho
fncta from the people OF tho North. THO mur-
dern,le outrages, tic pcraccut[ons and tue ban-
i.hments, were bodily denied, md nfl}lnv!ta Of
jury; and brazcn and au,,acious cirorts were
continually made 10 throw tho responsibility
for all disorders upon tho ftepnb-
iitana Of tho South. Such was the
elect OF these t,aring t,cnlnls and of the system
Of stupcudo,Is lying that was adopted. TINT
bccan,"o " incrc.lulous, lo!lctl their hands, and
many accepted inc views 80 inlustrio,,sly nut
political carapasgn In sitsstaslpp! In 1876, by
which Republican majority Of 81 GU was over.
cnc, Ia ta1e OF horror almost too dreadful for
belief. The Senate Committee scnt into that
most voluminnus testimony, completely estab-
fishing the existence u those,errtb'c atrocities;
hut this volume Of eyidc1.ec. because Of Its very
ssze w seafY ever rsa and M "a. Tae 1!,,a;, amost
tex, giving brlct summary OF that terrible
history. ,was at ol,ve denounced BY tho
Democratic .papcfs, l'oth North and South,
ssspp fe q n iss xss M IL Loons on
and Sortll Carolina in 1S1U, anl almost with
like results. No one can read the volumes III
Testimony taken by tho Committees In hoao two
States during tb!s last winter aud for 9 atno1nent
doubt that the Republican party, having large
| tnaloritica In each, WIS overcome by vtolcpcc
and the pcrpctration nf The most hidcouscfimes.
hut these volumes Of testimony are ton t'umer-
o,is and too large ever to bc read BY tue masses
| Of tho people, and the facts cnnta!ncd Ill thcm
| arc. again, pGrsistcntly denied. The enormous
'najorities. obtained by tho DenocEatLc can,!l'
datcs in November Inst in Alabama, Georg'a,
Arkansas, and Texas, arc chiefly the result Of
tho samc causes ann tho same crstnea committed
in former years. With such forcc md pcrslst-
/ es,ce has the trln condition of tho South hccn
denied throughout the administrator o. = ufn. .
efforts 70 give protection to the lscpub"
1feana Of tho South, wltte nhd black, BY
a considerable portion OF the iteplhltan party
cacl, nonse Of Congress. The Views which / !
expressed III regard TO tho condition of TUG
South, alid the listorY and tuturo purposes Of
tl's Democratic party, Ia letter recently pub
change my, minl in any respect. The httcmpt
made In tho Southern States to cleot Demo
cratic President BY their crimes had rs counter
part in tho North. Your own state vas ts!c
lnl to American politics aud to civilization.
Hero 90 attempt vas made to defeat tl!o G.
presse!i wlll OF majority u re peop'e o. ofe,
gon, mud to give to Mr. Iilden an Electoral
anu n1ade him President, not by bloodsllcl and
violence, rs in the South, but by the cnt'ln,fs-
sion OF an enormous fraud. ! will not now
review tlo history of tug Cron!n eaSn; you
full story Is we'll known TO every mail, and
even TO every child, u tto United States. 70 It
said to thu honor Of tue Electoral Commission,
that there was no member Of that tribunal pre-
There WIS no member Of It Willing to indorsc,
Or oven e1tcnuatc, tte tfauu. any, by imam.
nious vote, Il was declared ttat Cronin was not
elected. and thus tic criminal effort was unan!,
mously repuatatcd. Respectable men OF all
parties at Washington tMrncd away from ne e
loathsolnc corpse Of the Ctonln abortion, and It
was loft to rot and disgust tho noetEtl without
even burial tn pottcr'e HELD. iAe Dcmoctatig
party, carrying all the Southern stntea in lSia
but three or four, BY forcc and fraud, and TAX.
lng ndy9ntaso oi thH hard tisnoa ihas psosai1ea
NJ tho North aud tic 'inanrial distress Under
which tho country waa !nooslna. INC &c eaqses na o.
which werc ndnstsiously ascrbet to Thy kcnub
lean party, In tllat year elected q majority o1
the menocss q tue uouse " lscp!escnthtlves
They ts haa t'!e soatrot o' onehala OK .a'
aud had y in their power TO prevent
legislation for The protection Of tho pco
pic of the south, anu 70 prevent appro
department. ot justice, md this lust wtntcr bold
" withheld all appropFlat1ohs 1or tue supper
and existehro Of TUG army, except upon tue un
constitutional cott!islon Tint t!lc urnJ snonlt
| HVs ~ Aa11 ~ sts9 90hsax.N 9t~'s'' Au ASa..
! Caroltnn and Lon!stana tho Democratic partl
hal organized military lorre, supplied Win u.
oest q a5ms, wclriileu, at,u oilicerea ~ me-
who had large military expctlelice, VIII u,
avowc1 purpuse 70 resist TUG authority 81 tn
; Republican state governments, which lau oeei
declared! du!S clecteu anu organized. NOR YER
tt,cse military orEanizattons eoninod 70 thos
two Status, hut they existed, IN iact. IN nearltI
! all Of the Southern stateS. and not only vi!
tl.e next House q Representatives oo organize;
% nesfas M a}Gs1, ~ 3, pepnaSu ~ :" y
, tho southern states, but oven tho Senate, BY
small majority. rotused TO rseogns7a Packard = =
tho Governor OF Louisiana n lts session II
March. .,.--.
80. Tns roL1ct or rKEssnnyT nA1xs.
Whatever may bo thous9t ol thc methou
Which were adopted by tue i'Fesdrntl In his treat
ment VI The questions IL Louisiana anu sout
Carolina, u Ia undoubtedly lrMo thnt II he hn
attempted to sustaln Republican Government
!, III those States by military rule, ho would hay
been opposed TO tho bitter cnd by the new llous
Of Representatives, who have 1t In their ,po~e
y to dcsiEDy tho AtMy uttcrlyi aud. III view q
$ the uast, haa 10 reason to +nppose he would h