The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-03-23
The Path Of Peace.

Nothing now stands in the way Of the i'm
mediate fulflment Of the pledges as to the
South given to the country by President
Hayes in his inaugural address Every bar
ricr has been broken down; the verdict Of
the nation has been given in advance and it
only remains to lot law and ord rrc-lmc their
sway in the States which have so long known
neither the one nor The othcr. There has
been no disposition to hurry the President
aud his advisers. 1t was known that they,
like all intelligent citizens, we're perfectly well
arquain ed with the situation Tru ting in
their good intentions the whole county has
been patient AMI The good people Of L,1i>a-
VA and S nth Carolina have been ntcnt to
bide their time, confident of an issue thai
seems to them inevitable ou air ha,ring Of
their case SO great has hecn III" change of
public sentiment, even in n, Republican
narty that now there ia hardly a n"wopa,e ,er
in the land which is prepared to say that
Packard or Chambe lain is entitled 70 rc'og-
nitio- The wall of Eliza piukston's tooth
less babe is borne no more on the morning
an's plain i've appeals for The toy ho araf cs
fall alike upon listless auditor The Re-
turning Board, once tho hope OF great par
ty, is dishanded for the season We IA
privata citizen rresses his cotton clai rpon
his old friend who now sits at the re cipt Of
customs in Washinfton, and beyond is pay
ment asks only to be let a'one in his snug
berth as Surveyor of the Port of New Or
leans, Kcnner once more diapcnses the spi-
cy cocktail and he aromatic punch t. the
dusky patrons of his ssloon Anderson has
retired to his plantation in the canebrakcs,
| and Cazenave chaffers over tn" price Of burial
coses as in the day. before n, hccnua hero.
Kellogg afraid to return 70 tho constituents
whom he has branded as assassins and thieves
haunts the gin palaces Of Washington, CRATE
| full for friendly ear into which he can pour
the story Of the offsnses Of a Departed SEN
ate Corbn mourns the expense Of month
at the Capital without the Offset Of Senatorial
salary and mileage, and Patterson brings his
gigantic intellect TO bear upon the forlorn
hope Of new election. Truly the glory Of
the carpet-baggcr hath departed; the scala
wag hath fallen into the sare and yellow
leaf
Another week will probably see the the fall
Of the curtain upon the drama Of usurpation
in the South. The course for the a1ministra-
tion to pursue is 50 plain that mistake Is i'm
possible. There is no more occasion for u
Southern policy than for Western policy or
an Eastern policy. Let the constitution of
the country and the laws made Hereunder be
the guide of the President in dealing with
South Carolina and Louisiana as in dealing
with New York and Ohio The whole coun-
try thrilled with Indignation, even in the heat
Immediately following the Presidential cam-
paign, when Ruger and his friends took pos
session Of the Capitol ut Columbia, and as
sumed the right to pass upon the credentials
Of members OF the General Assembly and to
eject those who were not provided with pass
ports from the Superintendent of the peniten.
tiary. Those troops are still in possession Of
the Capitol of South Carolina, while the
Governor sits in a hired house to perform
such duties as the military power deem not in
conflict with contract exaeted at the point
Of the bayonet In Louisiana Gordon oi
stacked muskets surrounds the State House
and the rightful Governor and Legislature
may not pass it without defying the authority
Of the United States. In few days Presi.
dent Hayes will fulfill his oath to supper. bt
laws of his country and execute the pledge:
still fresh on his lips by ordering these sol
diers srom the Capitol to the barracks in eth
er State. He need do nothing more. The
rest will do itself. The usurpers will surren
der their .ll-gotten gains, and, impeled BY
consciousness Of villainy, leave the prostrat,
States for new fields and pastures green NJ
blood will be shed. The legally elected off
GERS will perform their duties unmpeded ant
with care born Of the knowledge tina. tn,
eyes of the country are upon them. Life vii
once more be sacred and property be safe be
cause crime is punished; taxes will be de
creased and labor rendered more remuncra
tive; free public education will be fostere,
because the funds collected for this purpos
are no longer stolen; the State debts will b
a recognized and efforts made to pay them
| laws framed to defeat the will OF the peopl
, as expressed in elections will be repealed
States long deprived Of the right Of self-goy
, ernment will be brought into line with tn
other States Of the Union, and a patiopl
spirit will be quickened throughout the SOut
because the people will be made to feel tbs
e they are "peers, not vassals-" louisiana an
4 South Carolina, purged as by IRE, viii stan
forth rejuvenated, the Southern question wi
A no longer vex long-suHering country, an
4 the whole land will share in the benefits
/. their newborn peace and prosperity.
I'll With cheerful confidence We await this hal
A py result. Its Importance has not been e,
n aggerated the picture has not been owe
n drawn. No event since the surrender at A
n pomattox has beon iraught with more bles
ings u the country than will attend Il
h stroke Of the pen that shall recall the soldie
=, of the Union from the work of partisans al
{, lift the bowed heads Of our Offering but y
:, sorely punished sister Commonwealths, Sou
=, Carolina and Louisiana. lines.
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