Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-01-04

vote With hin 10 more. The editor oi
ihe Post SsyS be has been personally
Informed that the Democratic SeBalorl
will hereafter eel against The extreme
Radicals, in eli cases where the ap-
pOlntments ere not manifestly unsuits.
bic. We hope this Information is cor
rect For Democratic Senators to give
aid aud comfort 10 lhOss who hate the
South, and hope 10 restore those twin
relieS Of post belluR corruption, mig
gerism and carPeI.bsgiSm, 10 power, is
OdiOus 10 Ihe whole Southern wing of
the party. Mr. COnkliOg, shorn Of the
support these Democrats gave In, will
be but . poor, ranliDg, diSaf Oinled,
blOOdy-Shirt Radical, and tht South
will not object TO witnessiu bim iu
this role. II our party wastes
its strength by division, q
portion aiding the worst wing
Of the Radical party, It will not
be long before the old struggle will
come up sgain 10 the South. This is
not desirable. II should be considered
settled, once for all, that The Southern
SlatSs will be SLOWED 10 mAnsge their
own domestic aG4irS, just a. the North.
ern States do. since Mr.. Conkling
lriumphed BY defealiDg some Of the
PreSidenl'S appointments, we have
witnessed 3 steady drifting Of RepUb-
iOans toward his support. Butler has
begun 10 throw his bricks, Mr.. W. z.
Chandler has INDUCED 10 . long letter,
and Mr.. BlSine has had himself inter
viewsd, all 10 the interest Of 3 move.
ment to array the North against the
South. All this, because Mr.. Hayes
dares to try TO be the President OF Ihe
whole people, and refuses IN be the
tool Of q sectional party. II 10
surely time for DemoerA ie Senators
who are supposed to guard the inter.
esls OF the people, 10 make up their
minds 10 combine their strength against
tho sectional fanatics. The events that
followed COnkling's victory sre SigDiA.
cant Of mischief, u the Democratic SEN
ators continue 10 aid the New York
SOuIh-hAIer, for The old Radical lead.
ers must now sink forever or succeed
by bresking dOWn HAYES. In disouss.
Ing this question the New York World
gives our party good advice. 1t claims
that ihe danger, as far as the South IL
concerned, 10 not entirely pAsl iha,
"Ihe letter which Mr.. William e. Chand.
Ter has addressed to NV Hampshire
Republicans, OdiOus aud ridiculous ~
1t is on The surface, contains q serious
warning W0ich Southern men, and
especially the iDA 'eDlisl men Of Lonis.
itDs, Florida and South Carolina, will
do well to heed. The writer OF 1t Is
one Of the NEST active, most inventive
and most interruptions Of Northern
Republicans. His foresight and his cs-
patty Tor cue essful intrigue have Of
leu saved his party in dangerous cri.
sis. Heis careful aud cautious, so thai
when he publicly points out the path
which his party ought to tread, Il /.
quite certain that The portion with
which he iS In sympathy, and which
Is the only live portion left OF his party.
baS already decided to move in the di
-ecliOn indicated. Whittier Is that
party, now under the new lead Of Ed
nnnds, BoAr, COnkling and Wadleigh,
IN the Senate, marehing7 Upon fhs
SOuthP Mr.. Chandler distinctly de-
,lares. What Is 10 be the particular
inc OF march, how recruits are 10 be
Induced to join, aud what particular
1ounlies are 10 DO held out 10 invite
lew enliSimeAls, are things not yes dis.
'losed; bnt that 10 some way the ne.
lro race Is to be used again as On ele.
nent Of national disorder and Of Re-
publican intrigue In the Southern
States is plain enough. II also seems
easOnably plain that Mr.. Hayes 10 to
'e treated by the braiu and muscle Of
be Republican party just ss Andrew
Johnson was. Win johnson, In 1855,
The effort Of those with whom Chand.
IeF then acIed was to drive the Presi-
dent either to put himself at the head
Of an impossible third party or to go
With the Democratic hosts. And now
we see The same Chandler attempting
The same thing In 1877 with Hayes, and
for similar reasons. Will the result be
lhs ssme1"
We should ssy there is no good rea.
son Tor The result to be the same. The
power Of the Democratic party is
much greater now than It was when
Johnson vas President, and IL HAYES