New-York tribune., 1878-11-19

DraAl. Ihat was the end OF 1t OF
such appointments, / mean, so far as l
was concerned, as l intended it should be-
and then the President appointed Fitzsimmons
to be United States Marshal in Georgia
But Hilliard and FItzsmmons are like Fall
stafi's men in buckram. They have been ex-
| aggerated INTO an unlimited number"
. How will the Southern leaders feel now toward
tne PRESIDENT, III view OF his expressed intention 10
vigorously prosecute some OF their followers Y
mat is not aquestiOn which can have any weight
with the President. YOu may rest assured, how
ever that the exertlons now being made 10 execute
the laws VIII be controlled by men who are IN SYM
patby with those laws
THE MEANS OF ENFORCEMENT.
." That means that the laws will be enforced by
Republicans ~
Precisely. No man who is reluctant to obey the
instructions of the Administration regarding the
punishment or prosecution of the perpetrators of
these ourages in the South will be trusted in the
performance of that duty. To be vigorous in the
performance of such an important duty the official
must be in close and earnest sympathy with the un
derlying motives which inspire its direction and
disclose Its necessity
And after all. Mr.. Secretary, those pTcjudiced
jurics Will settle these matters /"
But bow are you gong to avoid that7 The law
lntericres to prevent its own complete eXecu-
ton, aud the Constitution. which guaran-
it'n plVtttllOu lO It's SUBJECTS, dlSO tOuldiuS
provisions which enable the States in their
sovereign capacities to take supreme control
OF those subjects or citizens under certain
contingencies. OF course. 1t will he the
duty OF the Administration to avoid these
contingencies as far as possible and u may succeed,
as the Government did IN many of the kukluN
cases tried in 1s72'73. | repent. however, that
the most earnest endeaYOr will be made to effect the
punishment of the perpetrators of these atrocities.
No words that can command are strong enough
depict those atrocities IN their true light. They
are horrible beyond description, deprayed and
nOXious."
HOPEFUL VIEWS OF THE FUTURE
"DoyOu expect that peace Will be rcGstablished
in the South IN this day and generationP
81 confess Ihaye had my doubts on that point, but
/ think we havcmade much progress and that have
reason to hope. In Virginia, North Carolina and
Tennessee and some other Southern States this viO-
lenCC which disgraccs South Carolina and Louisiana
has spent its force, and we have compare
lively fair elections fair, for example,
as they have in New-York CITY, which |
have always considered very nursery of corrup-
tion. | consider it providentiaI that matters
have so shaped themselves as TO take this
obnoxious question of force ont Of poll
tics. When il was taken out the idea Of
sectional administration was also eliminated.
and what is the RESULT Here we have the South
consolidated against us, il is true but Southern IN
lGcncr, ar" losing ground IN the North, where they
we've gaming ground before. The Republican party
has most assurcdly been the gamer. and ite
gains now are certain. They are assured for all
time 10 come. Confederate cncroachmcnt as yon
call IT, ha, been circumscribed, and there are rea-
Sons c.rtautics ! wightsGy for the belief that the
Republican party will maintain Ifs SapreMacy IN
the Government frr ii Ione time 20 come
"Ilru you are not appIcLcusNc OF danger IN the
failure 2"
Certainly not. The country was never pros
porous a- it is now. The governments of
thr Old World look mt US with amazcmcnt.
Here we have performed the miracle ot Ulylng
thousand millions ~ dollar of our debt when they
thought We were exhausted by our prolonged civil
strife and al the snt time have turned the balance
pf trade iu u.iI tdyor. Our system Of government,
a- ..Ii LcloIr, II good 0nC-goud enough for any
people To 1--we under and strong enough 10
control lis own existence that IS, TO save
itself tIom destruction. Ih" world knows
and ..EGowl.drrs this fact. OF course
yr have oUr troubles. like the Southern
quest ou have been talking ahout and the silver
qu, ,ou, but that Is about all, ANA We shall survive
them
Mr. Fvarts expressed the opinion TINT the
advocates Of silver com have been somewhat
disHpppinfnd al recent reSllts III was
pcrhar, reasonable, he said, to expect that
silver would appreciate IN yaue when we
reinoncIz Izcd IT. and did M IN Dlce 20 some eX-
tent but since then it has fallen of. lt was so
and IL Is now 80. What shall do in the prom
Iscs or what ought to do. he could not pretend
10 LAY.