National Republican., 1878-07-05


I have resd MoRroS's letter, articles from the
pen Of PHrLLIrS Justice WArrss charge 10
the Jury In South Carolina. They all breathe
the ssme sentiment, and are In unison with
the sentiments of the President In his lettor OF
acceptance Of the nomination, and In his in
present course OF the Government secure tho
desired end2
A hotter OF 4 previous date furnishes the fol.
lowing items Of information, with appropriate
| comments upon passing events:
CHnrsxAS, Of Brookhaveu, Is Judge now.
The bull-dozers don't like him because he Is
against thom. Most OF the Democrats will
toll you they arc opposed to buii.dozins now ;
| but CHRfsMAN Is the first man or officer who
has made one aggressive step against II. Such
men as PINTARD JOKES, his partner, Captain
HARPER DARDEs, DAVENPORT, &C., do not
like him, because, In his charge to tho grand
jury. he insisted that all persons were equal In
law. and their rights must be respected and
protected. That's good Democratic cam
| pagn doctrine; but l never heard II enun.
ciated from the bench before, and mover put In
practice In the courts.
| The Southern Democrat Is prolific of prom.
ises, but a failure In performance. They can
make the best speeches and commit the most
outrageous acts against the law aud Constitu.
ton Of any men on the continent. They arc
the most grateful mon for liberty and Its
blessings the world ever produced, but II mover
once entered their heads that anybody clsu Is
entitled to the same blessings. They are
grateful to President HAYES; but II ever he
begins to talk about free speech, free ballot,
and u fair count, HAYES Is ID Radical
and wants to revive the Radical party aud me-
! gro supremacy. In hne tho average Southern
Democrat Is man who don't believe any one
Is entitled to rights but himself and II, fol-
sooth they happen to obtain them, II Is with
out his consent, and he don't hold that he Is
bound by any law to respect them.
Radicals and negroes are not, In his estima-
tion, entitled to anything except as they say,
to bo sent to hell by Democratic bullets The
Democrats will laud and magnify any one as
long as he thinks there Is q chance to win
him. They will pray for you as earnestly as a
Methodist preacher; but you toll him. IL can't
go with you Democrats" and he will damn
you to all eternity, aud kill you righ there, II
none but Democrats are present. What is
there In the catalogue Of vice and crime they
have not done, or what Is there thoy will not
do as polticiansS
Let POTTER and his committee go ahead.
Their object Is to unseat the President. They
will fail, and the effect will be to drive to one
common centre every Republican from Maine
TO Florida. Perhaps the President may be
forced against his will to SEQ something OF
their ingratitude, and to realize that after all
we poor, spewed-out Republicans Of the South
know something Of the spirit and animus Of
Southern Democracy. And why should we
not know as much Of the real intentions and
secret motives Of this wing Of the Democracy
as the President or any Northern man Can
you instruct q man Of good sense and ordinary
discernment as to the real motives and in
tents Of q people with whom he was born and
reared and battled2
Let not tho President or tho Republican
North deceive themselves further. The OBJ
I Il Al n
sisted by the Northern Democracy who expect
to reap the profits and plundor-is the over
throw Of American Republicanism, as declared
aud sought to be established by the amend
ments to the Constitution. The Southern De
mocncy have professed allegiance to these
amendments. They have never given them .
hearty free-will support They stand opposed
to. day TO the spirit and letter Of those amend
ments. They do not regard them In the light
Of equitable, just, and frmly-pronounced grea
governmental principles, but Ia the light o.
vindictive coercive measures forced upon then
against their will, aud to be foughtslnd over
turned by them II possible. The President
and tho Republican North eau take theil
choice-meet the issue boldly and fairly pro
posed now by the Democrats, OF revolutionizinl
the nation by unseating the President, ant
crushing Il before tho American people In thu
reelection of pronounced Republicans to IN,
House this fail-or parey, daily and compro
mise, and fight 1t out on the battlefield tel
years hence.
1t looks as though we would never settle an,
great issue in the United States Indeed, 1t 4
the boast of the Southern Democracy that thu
late war settled nothing save tho power Of tn,
North to overcome the South by force Of arms
and II looks as II their boast was about TO b
verified as true. We discuss principle or tn,
proper construction of the Constitution for fift,
years transfer IL from the forum to the field
| har r,ft,o tha M tint, N hlnOi raach a hprisinn
ingraft that decision on the Constitution b,
amendment, aud then virtually the same prin
ciple Is appealed back TO tho forum, where IL |
again on trial aud convulsing tho nation as o
old.
This Is the result Of a failure on tn
part of Congress to give those amendment
force and virtue by appropriate legisla
tion. Tho Republicans have this issue ;
fight out single.h handed and alone again. Tn
Northern Democracy are again against then
, and the Southern Democracy are boasting Of
solid South"
Southern Republicans are powerles, becaus
they have been deserted by friends and ar
! despised by foes. The same motives actual
them, and their hearts beat tf0same rospons
Of loyalty to this Government as when tn
late war ceased. Throw around us tho pro
! lection Of State or National Government, Il
the exercise Of our constitutional and Lawful
rights, and we will again be with the grea
national Republican party. But we DO no
want to be murdered as was Judge CHIsoL,
and family, aud then have the doctrine enun
ciatcd as II was by Governor STONE, OF Mi;
0 sissippi, "that II the grand jury and tho Coui
3 of Kemper County did not punish there wa
no power in the State to do So"
We do not want to throw our lives away
' but IL we must be murdered we want ou
! blood to nourish the roots Of the tree of Ill
erty to cause it to spread forth its branche
a for the security and protection Of our childre
after US. We are now In our weakness, bu
have lost mono Of our love for Republicanisn
0 Seldom have men yindicated the loyalty I
. government and devotion to principle Us di
Southern Republicans during tho last Pres
dental campaign. They were assaulted o
E the highways at midday aud shot; arme
bodies of men prowled the country at nigh
. and murdered them, often In the presence
wives and children, aud drove them from thei
homes to the forest.
D They were hung, shot. drowned, and muI
, dered by scourging-but naught moved ther
in any considerable numbers from their fixed
ness OF purpose. The few who reached tn
I polls were tho men who elected Presiden
HAyEs-the remainder finding that II the
went to the polls 1t would DO through fire an
blood-silently retired to their homes, an
there they will remain until either State o
National Government exercises the magma
nimity to protect them, Tho bones Of man
; Of them bleach the hills of the South unwep