National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-01-09
SOUTHERN CONSERVATISM.

e.
The Attitude Of Southern Men in the Present
Crisis-Their Dislike for Northern Demo
crats-The Election Of Hayes Insures Peace
to the South.
The following is an extract from the Washing.
ton special correspondence of the Alta Calirornia
on the conservative attitude Of the South:
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sOuths m Democrats. as many Republicans believe,
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Democrats to take the initiative Of civi war, then
playing po:sum and to in.asar..e Tlsens
then Il Is likely that they expect, with Tilden a
a ne d of til.
North especially those in he Democratic ss:tss-
fs
~ shss as s
nnderests@.te such movement BY merely judging
the char:sters q the .gitators ADLER men may q
the Alta the work Of the
EIGHTH OF JANUARY MEETINGS
win be tnowd and may throw some light on. the
Il. has been by the
Y: am .Sd FS.
may come only with SIDE arms. but they .t presest
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serious alarm in these facts. because have yet
Democrats, withou. whom the ridden reyoIution-
Grant has for some time been taking precautions to
nitiSns Of y.r.,e being remSyed from pGl1ts south
and It g. louis Ssse Seea
removed North.
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are gssn Thsref S SrIsa wiz state Why DO
&c AIRED by the people.
In the hrst pI.se, as foundation for the belief
abandon theis Northern allies genuine, have OBJ
served that Tilden has had no strong supporters in
the South. During the last campaign IL was ap-
parent That southsrg DsmSeI.,s were struEslihg
S5y fsTHe e9mso sef05s the Of
ern Democrats In gress with whom was ON init
ported because OF The impiea pledge OF friendy in
tercourse, learned that there existed q secret
smonE the soutserners. heard expressions from
the lips Of prominent southern men which would
prominence, fOrlnsta5s once remarked: soon amer
The Io% mi, Of Tde s my on ~ know ., I'm penn
believe he Is ..'.t
ONLY POLITICAL TRIcKsTER."
he his Gpny
ions and attempt to lead the south to realization
fiss P:sy
tried early enough; but you will beat us al to pieces
tR mat Hfyss soa y whose
opinions and experience demand respect that these
ea%s and 70 Perh.ps R Is
50. have NO doubt but that It is true to some ss-
s aS S so s '
politicians the best policy for them. aud tine most
terfy irscsivity and Watch Spportunitss to con-
vince their people that they should not permit
stand how one man might successfully dissimuiate,
but cannot understand how many could agree to
following ap these oSseryations. have Observed
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or publicly approved him, or said anything to In
jure tie
POPULAR ESTIMATION
Of Governor Hayes; And im, .ns amer the
went south % witness the count Of votes, was re-
e1 p.ls the
ticket This was especially true OF south Carolina.
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electoral ticket. and later he has written to Cow
srss: convened Democrsts SAID they would prefer
which was pretensed ~ sosthsrn psmoes.ts, and
gs h In sas
Of southern Demoerst u Congress except Wat.
oh
Which n hr: Sssn
senstorsbip against kin iii could not ssord to
play 'possGm, and risk his own chances for the
IN Nov for The rationah Of southern een;sry.,ism:
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their minds TO land proprietors and negro labor
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