Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-14
rrss~s,s res,.lo., Developments,

llon with ex-Gov. Joseph Z. John.
1ton, Of Georgia. The precise stat.
qs Of matters political In the South
4 : most Interesting problem.
Every thing connected with the
South has been discolored by pas
sion and misrepresented by parti-
1on malevolence. Even publicist
Who tries to be 90 fair between man
and man as Wendell Phillips-for,
fanatic as he Is, Wendell Phillips is
really an honest though superheat-
ed man-to-day writes ofthe South
- though the white people of that
section were uncaged tigers. All
tbs advocates Of the "bloody shirtn
afe of on the same false track.
We reserved q portion of our
conversation with Gov. Brown for
editorial mention because it is full
e : deep political philosophy, quite
pertinent to the issues of the day.
Gov. Brown anticipated the time
When the issues of the war would
- nnally retired. When North.
ern politicians could consent to let
the dead past bury its dead the
people of the South would divide
up independently Of the color line.
They would differ on the same
Issues which mark the dividing
line Of political sympathy in the
North, viz, on questions of cur
fency, tariffs and cognate mat.
tere. The Democratic majority
In the South to day is opprcss-
lively large. 1t il so large as to
be unwieldy, and will in time
result in new party forma.
tlons. In effect, though the present.
partizan nomenclature may be -
tanned. Independent movements
would spring up the moment the
issues of the war were allowed to
slumber in good faith.
We have always thought it ex-
ceedingly strange that men of in.
tellect, social distinction and r0-
bust manhood, such as the ruling
Glasses of the South undoubtedly
are, should oppress the negro from
the mere love of oppIsssing him.
Ia fact, we knew that the story
that the negro was coerced and
s'bull-dozed" in political matters
was fiction. Our conversation
with Gov. Brown has simply con-
Armed an impression which scarce.
IL needed confirmation.
It is almost impossible to exag-
gerate the evil the Radical pro-
gramme has been to the people of
the United States. As Demo-
erat, we are prepared to say that
we don't desire to have solid
South or solid North. We don't
want uninterrupted success. let it
come from what source it may.
We believe in healthy alterna-
ton Of politics, with the grand
cardinal principle, somewhat an.
swering to limit to the stakes in
agame of cards, that no political
party should be permitted to con-
troll the government for over six
teen years in succession. 1t would
be far better to place the limit at
eight years.
The Republican party has simply
committed the error of assuming
that its rule should last indefinite
" and be independent of the will
Of the people. II there is anything
menacing to the welfare of the
. country in the alliance of Northern
and Southern Democrats, it is well
that the country should know it at
once. A single four years posses
sion Of the government by the
Democracy would prove whether
or no our party is unified to be
trusted with power. In the as
sumption that the Democracy cam
not be trusted with the government
there is an impudence so unuttera-
bic as 10 daze man of weak
nerves. All the fine, masculine
things In the history of the United
States have been done by Demo-
cratic administrations, with the
exception of the war for the integ-
rlty OF the Union, and that war
would have been not only impotent
In result but impossible of under
taking had it not been for the
spontaneous aid of patriotic Demo
crats who, though they distrusted
Northern abolition, did not SYM
pathize with Southern secession.
All the territory which has been
added to the national domain, with
the exception of Alaska, is the gift
Of the Democratic party. While
we believe that this country will
only resume its healthy and victo.
rious progress with the return of
the Democratic party to power, we
by no means wish to see our party
holding power as q closed borough
Or monopoly is held. In that we
differ from our Republican friends,
who desire for their organization
perpetual hold on the heshpots of
ofIlce.
The astonishing number of casu-
alttes anil storms reported from the