The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-11-16
The Campaign Of 1880.

The Campaign of 1880.
The political movements Of the past week
are all preparatory to carrying the country
for the Republicans in 1880 1t is evil
dent that 'bloody shirt" campaign Of the
bitterest character is to be inaugurnted,
and truth, hOnestyand justice are to be
subordinated to that end, whilst money is
expected to prevail where falsehoOd and
sectional animosity fail.
Several cabinet meetings have been
held, at which Southern election outrages
have formed the principle topic Of CONVEX
sation, and audiences have been given by
the President to bitter 2artisans in the
Republican party, such as Zach Chandler
and others, from various sections Of the
country. Hayes is reported as saying that
his Southern policy has been failure, and
falling in with the extreme outrage man
ufacturers of his party, has declared that
every violat0r Of the election laws in the
South shall be brought to justice. Mr..
Hayes should have no "Southern policy"
There should be no special policy for any
section Of the country. Law and order
reigns as supreme in the South as else
where, aud the records Of crime there viii
not suffer in comparison with that of
psalm-singing New England, or any other
section Of the Union.
TO return to the campaign Of 1880, it
may be said that it has truly begun.
Southern outrages are being manufactured
by the wholesale, and the trials of those
charged are to be dragged along so as to
extend up to the next Presidential cleo
tion United States marshals and election
supervisors, those obnoxious and super
numerary government officials, especially
selected for their fitness for such business,
are everywhere charging fraud, murder of
colored voters, &c. against the Democrats,
and their complaints are being sent to the
President. The latest arrival at the White
House from the South is a Mr. Leonard,
Of Louisiana, United States District At
torney, who arrived loaded with 'soutrages"
and list of FIVE hundred citizens he de-
sired to be arrested This Dir. Leonard
was Confederate officer. Ate. the war
he became editor of the Shreveport Times
and was member Of that great Southern
bugbear, the White League Whilst edi-
Tor of the Times his utterances we're so
extremely antagonistic to the Republican
party, that the Republican journals Of the.
North made good use Of them in keeping
up sectional hate and keeping their party
in power. Mr. Leonard, however, was
given a government off se, and a sudden
change came over him Where he once
saw nothing but persecution, he now sees
justice. The hated Republican party at
once was transformed into pure and law
loving organization. He has outstripped
Grant, Matthews aud Sherman, if such
could be possible, in the cry of Southern
outrages, and those with whom he suffered
aud sympathized are now demons, aud at
his instance are to be dragged into Fed
eral courts, and perhaps undergo sentence
in the penitentiary. New converts, and
especially those whose actions, if not their
opinions, are bought By money and Office,
are always extremists, and DIR. Leonard is
but a fair sample of all Southern scalawags
Upon the testimony Of such creatures, aud
the miserable set of Northern scum, or
carpet-baggers, as they are usually termed,
the Administration is to act, and as con-
vietion is almost synonymous with aecusa-
ton in Southern United States Courts,
those charged with violations of the cleo
tipn laws viii very certainly be consigned
TO government prisons. These convictions
are to BE- taken as proof positive, and real
and imaginary crimes in the South arc to
be heraldcd abroad 20 secure 'sunited
North" against SUITED South" The
animosities and sectional bitteruesses are
to be aroused afresh, and the wounds pro-
duced b. the war, now healing, are to be
torn open. This unholy crusade of an
unholy set of politicians, demands the Sc
verest condemnation, and it behoves all
who desire to bury the bitter past and to
have once more free and united people
united by friendship and not by force-io
organize for the overthrow of these enc
mics to Republican institutions and fomen-
tors Of diseord aad strife.