The daily Cairo bulletin., 1878-08-25

GDDDru anu pIuHucICu dS no CNlllIcV COul-
try ever was before. The ravages of the
war were not as devastating as the plumber
ing Of the adventures.
Lord Harpstings when asked if he was
not ashmed Of his plunderings in India! re-
pied, mo, but when review my opportu-
mites, am only astonished at my modestyn
and such might reasonably be the answer
Of the Adventures to-day do not intend
my language to apply to many good men
who have gone South with good intentions
to better their own conditions and make
better the country in which they reside,
but to cross-road politicians and third-rate
lawyers. who went South to convert them
selves into Governors L. s. Senators, mem
bers of Congress and Office holders in
| general, and whose abilities are signalizcd
only in their sudden requirements Of
wealth by expressing the people they pro-
icsscd to represent. 1t is remarkable fact
that many Of those men have suddenly
grown rich, but none have become noted,
with all their opportunities for integrity Of
character or craftsmanship. In the senate
chamber and in the halls of the house, at
Washington, they were only felt by their
votes while at the executive mansion they
were exceedingly efficient in the distribu.
ton Of political favors. 1t soon became
apparent 10 the intelligence Of the South
that it could not rest upon its dignity and
refuse to participate in the affairs Of the
States. Under Grants cry Of "Let It's have
peace they had no peace. 1t was easy to
stir the prejudice existing between the
races-the former master and the former
slave. The property holders were kept in
constant state Of excitement by eXorbitant
and unjust taxation, and the freedmen were
kept in the belief that their old masters
were their sworn enemies and determined
at the earliest opportunity to return them to
slavery The freedmen felt no security ex-
cept when in sight OF federal bayonets. they
left the farms and plantations and tiockcd
in great numbers to the military stations.
Riots, murders and assassinations were the
natural results Of this distrust. They were
frequent in occurrence and shocking TO the
sense of all good people, The poor dclud
ed freedmen We're generally the victims and
sufferers. The cause and crime was all
charged upon the native whites, and was
generally believed in the Northern States,
and used as political capital everywhere, by
the Republicans, until the appearance of
the Foster Phelps committee at New Or
leans The report OF that committee show
ed conclusivcly that the causes and crimes
were not all upon one side, and serious
doubts were expressed rs to the lc-
gality of the Kellogg government
and it was strongly intimatcd that
it was the government of the returning
board and not OF the people. The extent
of the riots, the causes that led 10 them,
had been greatly exaggerated and falsely re-
ported. The report Of this committee was
received at the north with astonishment
and surprise. 1t showed to the people the
character OF the adventures in Louisiana.
1t placed the Republican party at great dis
advantage. The Republican congress wa,
dissatisfied with the report, and Nj Wheel.
er the present vicc-presidcnr, was placed
at the head of the compromise committee
and sent to New Orleans TO make peace be-
tween the people and the adventurcrs
Wheeler and his committee met in New
Orleans, organized and patched up peace
and mad" "A report that confirmed in the
main the report OF the Foster Phelps com
mttee. The Republican party shrugged
at the facts stated in thcs, REPORTS, hut
could not deny the authority. The people
of the Southern States by determined and
pcrsistant efforts have rcgancd possession
!, OF their State governments, and what has
been the result! As the Democrats have
| come into power the financial condition OF
. the State has been improved. The indus
| tries OF the people revived, the benefits OF
, the free school extended, taxation tighten.
ed, and peace, confidence and good order
restored to all claScs--no more riots and
| no more use for federal bayonets in any OF
, the Southern States. The sacrifice OF life
: aud property recently has not been in the
South, but at the North, and since Wade
Hampton was inGugerated in South Caro-
lima, and Nichols in Louisiana, the federal
bayoncts have only been used to suppress
labor riots at the North and to fight In
dians on the frontier; but shall have more
10 say of the labor riots Of the North iurth
, or on.
| have stated that the Republican party
was ultra free soil ant.slavcry and States
| right, need not bring proof that il was
, ultra treesoil anti-slavery ior that is con
5 Ccdcd; but that it was States right party
many now deny, 1t has Of late years he
come fashionable to asSumc that the ady0
cacy Of States rights is treason to the ma
, ton. We have almost forgotten that VT
have State government, and such n We
, havcarc only in existence ior The benefit o.
: the national government at Washington
mere dependencies, | one asserts tha
. the national government is cncgoachng up
. on the rights Of the States, the author oI
, such an assertion becomes an object OF st.
| picion and distrust This was not the cast
in the early days Of the Republican party
no party in the country was more ultra
| States rights than the Republican party
| 1t was composed in the beginning, rs
D have stated, of the free soil elements OF oI,
r Wing and Democratic parties, 1t cmime'
c adherncc to the doctrines Of govcrnmeE
1 rs pronounced by Jefferson, The Rcpub,i
4; cans of Boston in 1859 celebrated TIT
:; birthplace of Thomas Jefferson. Mr.. Lin
=; coin was invited to be present. He was un
/ abl to attend, but wrote letter in whlcl
|. he used this language" OF Grccl,y's;
L Il remember being once WmuSet
;, at cing two partially in,oyic ,,cd men en-
). gagged in fight with their great coat
c ON, which fight after a long and ra'he
L harmless contest, ended in each hnvinI
=. fought himsclfout OF his own coat and int
;. that of the other, II The two leading par