New-York tribune., 1878-10-18
THE >OurH ON IT'S HON0r.

/ No citizen who is worthy Of q part IN Tree
! government wants rIOting, suppression OF free
usScmblagcs of either party, buShwnackIng
! resistance TO law, assassination Of political
leaders, or masSacrcS of supporters OF either
ticket But what mean these dispatches which
have been coming with painful frequency,
from North Carolina and Tennessee, from
south Carolina and Mississippi, and now from
Louisana7 IL is high time to know.
THE TRIBUNE has been in favor of giving
the South fair trial. 1t has resisted force
! bills. 1t has denounced the use of troops to
! uphold local governments. Ii has claimed
! that, If the Southern people profcssrd loyal
intent, and promised to uphold and enforce
| the laws. they should be given Il fair chance.
ONLY thus could it be determined whether
| those were really in ihc right who claimed
hat lawlcSs deeds, suppression of free speech,
ASSASSINATION of leaders, riots and ma,7Icrcs,
/ grew ont of sense of iOrclblc restraint
and oppression on the part of Southern
Democrats " Put them on their honor" said
| Hampton, and Hill, and Lamar, and Gibson,
- and they will prove their loyalty and fidelity
ito the law" The country answered: BE 1t
sol II elected President Hayes, his policy
toward the south having been clearly fore
! Swallowed. II justified his withdrawal of
/ troops. II said. in effect " Put southern
Democrat, upon their honor, then; give
- them absolute freedom and local ScIl-goycrn-
mcut; and let Us see how far their claims
"arc just"
Fair trial they have had. No sabre has
cLukcd in any Southern State 10 remind
sensitive people of the power of the Federal
Government. Rulers of their own preference,
whether really elected or not hv the vote, of
a numerical majority. the Southern Demo
rrat. have been prriulitrd to install Ly that
/ sup,1 inr unwcr winch intelligence. ownership
nf land and of wealth. control of presses and
trI,,,,uL. and railroads. and more perfect
ORGANIZATION. 80 surely give. Even the few
scattered rrprcsrurltlvc, of Fedora, authority
have been changed to meet the wishes of
Southern Democrats IN many ca,cs. Because
il wa, said last year that internal
rry,ru, vould be- more efficiently coll
/ L.,,J and I,,v. u,orc .urc,..ruIly on
fenced bv official. IN svmoathy with the
.,r,.,t ,n,io,ft, or tyN-ply,r-. many EcpurI-
cam, have, ropc ont of Office and many Demo-
,,,t. have b,cu aupniuicd upon the recon-
,p,pd,tlop of Democrats. i'm order that there
.l,u.d Lr no nn,.Ibllrfy of complaInt thar the
r,d,,.l Government was in any way hinder
ip,, reconciliation or utcrruptinc the desire of
lc p,mo,r.,t, Z, unLold the authority and
,pforc. the law, of the United States i'm their
own WAY. The, were put upon honor. WHAT
,. tl,.r r,.ult2
The collection of taxes on whi-hcv and
tohacco-thc only take, 10 the United States
Government which the people of the south
have any chance To rc-,t-ha- been 50 widely,
ucrsi,tcnily and effectively resisted that the
revenue of the Government has thereby
been materially diminished. In nearly every
Southern State organized leagues of law
breakers have tol month, dclcd the law. In
not single Southern State has such resistance
been put down by loyal public sentiment, or
hy the action Of local authorities. Many times
United States official, have been powcrlcsS
because they could get no efficient posse
comitGiH 10 enforce Law many tunes
officials have been shot down IN the attempt
- discharge their duty. Not ON" person has
yet been brought 10 the galloW~ 10y any local
| authority for the murder OF United states
officers. \ Democratic Congress, rs II with
Deliberate intent to make the Government
poNorI,,1, enacted at the last session that
uiI.d States troops should nowhere bc used
u aid of civil authority and 1t /, row an
omen question whether hy any means short of
DECLARING: a State or district in insurrect,ou,
n,r United States can get taxes paid IN
i,Lau.l, or any other Southern State.
Iuhhc opinion at the North has watched
with much anxiety the progress of attempts
T., >uuprr,. free speech and Republican meet
,,,.,. in south Carolina. Governor Hampton,
,nr of ,ir very men who most earnestly
.r,,rd flat tie South should hc put upon its
hplor. ha, been put upon his honor by re-
,,.,,,J ,ct. of violence in his State. Bccausc