National Republican., 1878-09-19

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1880 WIN give.she North and West such
prsponderance 81 the House of Representatives
and In the Electoral College al to render I'm
possible the success Of any such alliance as
now exists between the ox.Confederatcs and
the Copperhesds Of the North, based as II Is on
Q. division of spoils the plundering of the
North for the benefit Of the South, and tho
enjoyment of the bulk of the Federal patron
age by the Democrats of the North.
Knowing that the next census will more
than countcract the gain of Congressman and
electoral votes which they made by accepting
the apportionmcnt on the basis Of the colored
vote and then DISTINGUISHING the colored voters,
the Southern Democrats realize that now Is
their last chance.
To put through their war claims and other
measures of relief for the South, they must
have not only both Houses Of Congress- but
also the President
In the next Presidential election the Demo-
crats can count on solid South"-l33 votes.
To make up the historic 1855 they must have
~ votes from the loyal States. New York,
with Indiana, would suffice; or New York,
with Connecticut and New Jersey. Without
| New York their case would DO hopeless, unless
they could carry Ohio.
But is II probable that they can secure AZ
votes from the North for candidate pledged
to the plundering of the loyal North for the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the dsloyal South2 Til
her vote for a Pr sidential candidate likely to
favor Southern claims, wrote letter expressly
declaring his antagonism TO them, and thus lost
the support of tho Southern leaders, who saw
they had nothing to gain through him. But
the Southern leaders and their Northern allies
now think they sec their way clear to unseat
Hayes and Wheeler and install as President a
Democratic President Of the Senate pro tenn.
who would favor the payment Of Southern
claims. Foreseeing the utter hopelessness oi
securing forty.seven votes from the North fol
candidate pledged to the payment of South.
crn claims, the Southern congressman will not
hesitate to unscat Hayes. This is their only
hope, for besides placing In the White Houst
a Democratic President pro TEN. favorable tt
the payment of Southern claims, they greatly
increase their chances of securing, by manipu
latiOn of the Federal patronage, the forty. sever
votes from the North in 1879 and ISL.
The old slave-holders claim that the North
ern Democrats ought to concode to them the
payment out of the national Treasury dntt
which they pay nothing) of Southern claims t
at least the amount Of the 800, ,OO0,O 900 which
Horace Greeley once offered them for thei
slaves, these Southern claims being held almos
entirely by old shareholders. They therefor,
propose to unseat Hayes and install Demo
cratic President pro ten, the Northern Demo
Gratis to secure the Federal patronage, tn,
Southern Democrats to secure the payment o
their war claims, TO secure means 10 pay whlci
IOoooO,OO0 in grcenbacks and bonds are to b
issued.
And, IN spite of the evident designs of tn,
Democrats, the Administration aud Its support
ers do not seem alive to the necessity for Re
publican control in the next House of Repre-
sentativcs. The setting up of tho Schurz ma
chine in Missouri will alone lose us the two 81
Louis members, and probably others in Mis-
souri, aud elsewhere. The Administration doc
not seem to realize that self preservation is tn
first law of nature. Ii. 5. ID.