Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27
SECRETARY M.cRARY,s VIEWS.


THE following we take from a
Washington special to the Chicago
Times, appearing In the daily issue OF
that Journal of the Goth inst. We re-
ceive with great caution anything OF
the kind appearing in the Times, but
it is a good thing at all events and
sound:
Secretary McCrary, who represents
the most pronounced republican ele-
ment in the cabinet, when asked to-
day his opinion upon the Southern
situation, handed the TINES corre-
spondent, after some deliberation, the
following: "The republican party de
sires peace through all our borders,
but holds that peace worth having
and which will last must be based
upon or sprung from an enforcement
Of equal justice and protection for all.
We seek reconciliation upon this ba-
sis. We will have 1t upon no other.
Sooner or later 1t will come upon our
terms. The good people of the Unit
ed States, In my judgment, possess
ample power to provide for the pro-
lection of citizLns In the enjoyment
of all the rights guaranteed BY the
constitution. The republican party
Is In favor of exercising this power
just so far as may be necessary to se-
cure to all citizens alike the benefit of
every provision of our national char
ter. The people Of the States can, II
they will, by respecting the rights OF
each other and by enacting and en-
forcing appropriate State laws, amply
protect citizens within their borders,
and thus render 1t unnecessary for the
federal government, except In some
cases, to intervene for that purpose.
When the States Of the South shall,
Of their own accord, protect all citi-
zens, without discrimination, as the
states of the North do, we may ex-
pect to see and welcome the return of
peace and fraternity; but without this
the only peace we can have is the
peace OF slavery-the peace which the
oppressed can always secure by SUBJ
mission. That the freedmen In the
South have In the past been maltreat-
ed and prosecuted, and to q large ex-
tent denied their rights as free citizens,
IL matter of history. The South
will continue to suffer In all her ma
terial interests until all her people are
fully protected in their rights.h On
the 10th of September Mr.. McCfary
said at Keokuk: 1.-THE South Is now
on trial. There Is surely no excuse
now, by ta1eir own confession, for a
continuation of the process by which,
prior to March 4, 1877, all the South
ern States but three, and nearly all
the congressional districts, many of
them having confessedly large repub-
lican maj0rities, were carried over to
the democratic party. When anoth-
er election comes we shall see wheth-
er, when left to themselves, the South
ern democrats will allow a free ballot.
and guarantee q fair and honest count
Of the votes cast.n Then Secretary
McCrary said that IL such O course
should not be pursued the policy Of
the South could be construed only TO
mean one thing, and that Ia that the
Southern people do not intend to re-
spect the constitution and the laws.
The result of the elections In the
South, going even beyond the Secre-
tary's prophecy, more than confirms
him In his views. He Is one Of tss
most vigorous supporters Of
and-Orler policy for the Sorh
Postmaster General Ko
republican as any Of
that prosecufi
law can only.