National Republican., 1878-11-19

ment Of conciliation Is an admitted failure
on every hand and nowhere is that failure
more sensibly felt or more deeply deplored
than with the President himself
1t now remains to be seen how vigorously
the infractions of the laws and the crimes
that have been committed under them are
to be punished The President has no
alternative under the oath he took upon
entering the Presidency but TO use every
agency at the command Of the Executive in
yindicating his own integrity and the Con-
stitution and laws from which he derives
his powers. This he has given assurance
that he will do, and no one, no matter how
greatly their sense of right may have been
outraged by the Southern atrocities, will
expect or ask more than is covered in those
assurances. Tho full vindlcation of the
Constitution and laws relating to the rights
of citizenship will cure all the ills of which
there Is complaint.
The President is now severely tried by
the bravado Of the South under their re-
vcaled outrages of law and rght-a brayado
which amounts to defiance. The press
which may be regarded as the mouthpiece
Of the Southern Democrats, Is very insolont
in its tone and bearing which shows un-
mistakably that they glory in the shame of
their atrocities. The Charleston Nsrs and
Courier, with the coolness and poise of an
old offender, indulges the following piece
of insolence and sophistry. 1t says:
The recent elections In South Carolina, and
In every other Southern State, arc evidence
that the white people of the South. with the
colorcd people who arc their political allies,
are determined that they will never again be
robbed and oppressed rs this State was from
ls6s to 1875. Aud the elections arc evidence
that the colorcd people, even where they have
the numerical majority, cannot hold their own
against the superior intelligence, means, and
courage of the whites Not q drop Of blood
was shed in South Carolina on election day.
Yet, according to tho Northern papers, $4,000
or 10000 citizens (of African desccnt) were dis.
fnnchised, or deinuded of their civil rights on
that day. The plain truth is, that emancipation
and the suffrage cost the colord man nothing,
and he will not make, for the maintenance OF
his rights aud privileges, the sacrifices cheer
fully made by the white race, to whom the bal
lot and the right of sclfgovernment represent
the results Of struggling for liberty for centu.
ries. When the two races come In conflict,
whether In politics or In industrial life, the
weaker race goes to the wall. This is the phi.
losophy of the overthrow of negro domination
IN the South. Mr.. IIhYEs cannot mend oil
change it, unless ho can plant in the body oI
every negro the heart and brain and soul o.
the white man.
, The cclOred people will be well cared for in
the South. They have become harmless Us en-
emies and eau bo safely treated as friends
The South will watch over them with solci
tous care, and will take especial pains thai
, they shall not bo deprived Of the ballot, whicl
they will bo taught by the whites to use in tn,
promotion Of good government, domestic tran
! guilty, aud civil aud religious liberty, aud
necessarily, in electing Democratic President
two years hence.
, The plundcrer Of hen-roost, laden will
the fruits Of his adventure and arrested il
his flight, could not overmatch the above IL
contending vigorously for right in tn
property he had stolen and was bearing
away from the scene Of his crime The vic
lations Of law, the intimidations by arme'
force, the murder Of men for opinion sake, til
breaking up of public meetings, and tn
frauds committed openly and Ghamelcssl.
| by stuhing the ballot-boxes with a larg
r. surplus Of ballots, far above the numbe
: called for by the poll-lists, are all matters c
4 recorded history and are well understood o
.. the agencies by which ''thc weaker race" ha
been driven to the wall. The confession
contained in the above extracts should an
!. would shame any American citizen who
. not hardened in crime.