National Republican., 1877-07-20
CANCELLATION.

A delegation OF Charleston Is. c. mer-
chants visited Cincinnati last Monday Mr..
TyPPER, president of the Charleston Cham
per Of Commerce, made patriotic speech,
4n which he expressed his gratitude that n
son of Ohio, now in the Presidential chair,
had conferred incalculablc benefits upon the
South by his wise policy of conciliation.
The sentiment was warmly and unanimously
ppplauded by the merchants of Cincinnati.
The representative men of Cincinnati and
Hhe representative men Of Charleston thus
found themselves in perfect accord upon the
southern policy Of the President.
4 The hearty manner in which the speech
pf Mr.. TuPPER was approved by an assem-
bly of staid business men is very signif-
PANT. II is considered in very bad taste to
Introduce topic relating to mere partisan
politics into an address delivered TO an as
hembly composed of men belonging to OPP
i,osite political parties. Mr.. TupPER, how
eyer, very rightly Judged that the Presi-
tent's Southern policy had ceased to be n
party question in consequence Of its uni
fersal approval by the people ofboth sec
;eions Of the country. The response which
1is utterances evoked showed that he had
not mistaken the temper Of the Northern
people.
4 THUS on every hand the signs multiply
"pNp SiV" thtt thc B'htiuuo
tdoptcd by the President to produce unity
bf sentiment aud devotion to the National
Government will be a success. In order
fhat the General Government may COM
tnahd the respect and love Of the people OF
every part of the country its power must be
lnstly and benefcently exercised. When
eyer II comes to be recognized In the South
ts such an instrumentality of good as it was
designed to be for all the people, the people
there will not be behind the North in their
devotion to it.
The assumption which BLAINE and
WADE make that the South is hostile to
national unity is wholly unfounded. New
England once strongly favored secession,
yet nobody now doubts her loyalty. 1t was
the institution Of slavery alone which gave
the doctrine of State rights such strength
in the South before the war. Slavery in-
srenched itself behind that dogma as a
means Of defending that institution. Now
that it Is abolished she has no more interest
in that theory than the North has. On the
contrary, the General Government, having
The power to greatly aid enterprises calcu.
lated to build up the commercial and
manufacturing interests of the South, the
people there will not be anxious TO limit il
in the exercise of its legitimate powers.
II is no new phenomenon for communities
and parties to change their sentiments with
changes of circumstances. They are gov
erned by the same laws of thought and self.
interest which control individuals, and it is
well known how the great leaders of thought
frequently change their positions. The
young radical becomes the conservative
statesman in maturer years. Statesmen Of
The BLAINE school, therefore, greatly crr
when they assume that because the people
of the South once held certain views they
still hold them, Notwithstanding all the
changes effected by time and circumstances
n We, therefore, protest against tina,
narrow and uncharitable view of the senti'
ments of the people of the South which
charges them with secretly entertaining
reasonable designs and hating the nation
why should they not be taken at thei
words If this is done, we challenge Mr.
BLAINE, or any one else, to produce any
evidence that the South is now disloyal.
We are glad that the people are begin
ming to understand each other. The cordia
welcome extended by the merchants of Gin
cinnati to the Charleston Chamber of Com
merce, and their hearty approval Of tn
sentiments of Mr.. TUPPER's speech will
have very happy effect. The people ar
tired of sectional discord, and long for peace
and will promptly give back seats to TIN
politicians who attempt to thwart the recon
ciliation policy of the President.