Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-08-15
Letter from Washington.
NAsHINGToN. Dc, Aug. II, 1873
To tie Editor Of The heaHeJec Journal.
PoLlrIcAL OUTLOOK, &c.

POLITICAL OUTLOOK, &c.
La taking glance at the presen> political out
LOOK could mol do better, per haps, thap 10 take
the following editorial contained IN the Okolona
tMissl southern States, as preface to my re-
marks quote:
In all human likelihood Democrat will walk
up the White House steps la 1881, and take his
scat 10 the PresiIeutal chair. lie will send his
hrst message to Democratic House and Demo-
cratic Senate, and ihon quiet Out irresistible 20
lnioal revolution VIII set in-a revolution that will
sweep from The Constitution aud Statute Books
the last stain ana bemlsh of New England ideas
Ii Is sale to say thai the following programme will
DC followed out TO the utmost letter aud syllable :
l. The Repnbtic wiH be diUtsted If tie pouers
that Il has asarped from the States since 1861
(l'allcs are mlne.) Tue reserved lg vi the Soy
trsl cUIDmUnweaIths Of tue Federal Uulon Will NJ
recognized Ia tneir widest scope aud range. Ia A
VOID, Tue Calhoun theory Will be put III pract lce
Wine ii 'mIliooiaLism VIII be torn up root and
branch and uestI oy ed.
ii. he unconstitutional amendments ,ciH he
rtpedied and the Constitution VIA US be restored
To ls irin.uVe sigor, the ballot box purified. and
politics iedee.ned III an Unlimited measure ftom
the demorazins Influence Of ignorant, vicious
and meIcenaIy suffrage.
Ill. Inc ~ atiuuaI banks will be leyeled with
the dust, The ULlted States bonds viii be taxed.
anu Tue gieeuDack VIA be made legal tender fui
every Il, liar VI puDnc Indebtedness.
A thousand aud one other reforms necessitaI ed
by RADICAL treason y aud msrule VIII be made /:
but those We have particularly specified are The
most urgent and vital, aud WI prove most speed
ny oeuth cial 10 our conWon country"
The editor should have added. that payment for
liberated slaves, and pensions for Confederate SOL
diers, would be demanded and complied with and
that the debt specially contracted for the putting
down OF The so called" rebellion repudisted.
W
thus pictured by this representative Southern
editor, comes OF not, the desire and snimus of the
majority OF the Southern people is plainly set forth
III the quoted editorial, which is, perhaps, little
palmer Than the recent speech of j, fferson DAVIS
but both verge closely to the pivotal point
That there Is a minority in the South sntagonis-
TIC to these bold but ever present and continuous
ideas we cannot doubt. Stephens and Brown of
OeSrgla, Lamar OF Mississippi Key of Tennessee,
Merlimon of North Carolina, and others of ike
prominence, are more or less in opposition. But
they certainly 10 the minority. and a. the like.
lihood OF democratic success becomes more prob
able or evident, these men will lead a forlorper
hope and weaker minority.
1t Is too well known that the South is more i'm
pullve than the North, and is led by imprisoned
aud designing rather than cool and moderate men.
1 ae former led them into rebellion against their
better judy and are again capable of leading
them a'uay-more 90, indeed, than before, as bit
Ter hatred aud recollection Come in as aids
Therefore, success, such a. is now Anticipated
will call forth from necessitated hiding places, all
those desires, designs and purposes indicated by
the editorial quoted. How far they NAV go, pro-
i tbair
the success, and the possible conservatism of A
part of the forces in the ranks of their nortL erp
allies, together with tie ever abiding Union ele-
menl OF the North.
Yet, as We see tie design and the purpose is
latent, only bidIng time to enlarge and cover the
whole ground
Late political experience has clearly demon
stisted that the NUrhern Bourbon element is
ready at any time to give its strength and bal
ance OF power into the hands of the South. Its
sympathy has ever remained with them. So no
| combaiiye elemeIt remains save that great and
strong Union element Indigenous to the North,
and the conservative portion mot to be depended
on however, found n all sections of our common
country.
The present situation, therefore, as above
shown is patent to every close observer of po-
hJioal events-ps,t experience being taken an
almost sure cIIltrIon. Democratic Senate is
an assured fact. A Democl ATTIC House is among
the possibilities and many claim it a probability.
| If. therefore, both become democratic, it is
probable that the next Administration will fall in
to the hand of the element represented by the
editor have quoted.
1t should therefore behooye every lover of his
| country-our country as ii is--to place himself
right in he coming Congressional contest, and
more zeaou-ly than ever before for the success of
that party which, and which only, represents the