National Republican., 1878-08-02
THE fROGREss OF CONCItIAI.vr.
The following which was received through


THE fROGREss OF CONCItIA..vS.
The following which was received through
the mails some days since, has been under
consideration, and we conclude to give II as
one Of the straws which indicate the
Southern political currents. We give it
precisely as it came to us through tho mails.
as a specimen brick OF Cancellation:
GREENvILLE, S. c. July, 1875.
~ he Editor Of the National Republican:
SIR:-And so you fellows arc squirmng mp
North, are your We have you just where we
want you. You gave the ballot to the damn
niggers, and now that we have utilized them
to our advantage, you mourn and refuse 10 be
comforted. Verify, have you Niger loving
Radicals been hoisted by your own petard
You talk about overriding States rights by tax
ing some Radicals from our Jail who have muir
dered one Of our best citizens. Just try that
on," will your But you have no officer here
who Possesses the nerve to attempt any such
thing. Will you use the army to enforce old
EvARTs' decreeY Forty thousand Confederate
veterans will greet them when they come on
any such unhallowed mission. We are In the
Union and will not again leave il to fight
Yankees; but when the next "unpleasantness''
occurs-whcb, God grant, Is not liar distant
We will thrash you in the Union and under
the hag. Now just crack your whip" and
"d-n he he who first cries." &c. Don't
judge us by such vermin Us old KEY, whose fit
avocation In life is that Of horse drover, but
remember that we are true SouthrOns, who
will perish before we will submit to dishonor.
Remember our motto-"N Memo ne in'paac idoes-
sit n PALMETTO.
1t is wise, when at sea, to take an occa-
sional reckoning the barometer,
the chronometer, and the compass, and see
what progress has been made and in what
direction we are drifting. The present Ad-
ministatiCn has been on q twelve-month
voyage of pacfcation and concilation on
the political sea, and II may not be amiss to
take bearings and soundings and consult
the log for the purpose of ascertaining how
far we have travelled, and how near we are
TO that promised haven of rest in which
all peoples and sections of our common
branches of peace, and in the millennium of
unhroken friendship, fellowship, and unity
OF feeling and sentiment. This is the
promised harbor, and this the assured end
Of reconciliation and pacifcation, and If
this haven is not reached then is the voy-
| uBt lDst III lTWltlcSsutSs.
At the close of the war, when the North,
which stood in defense of the Government,
conquered the South, there were no harsh
measures to remind the conquered of their
humiliation. There was no confscatOn Of
property, no punishment for treason, no Sc
we're measures to subjugate the surrendered
insurgents Proper and needed laws of re-
construction were passed, but neither the
social nor the industrial interests of the
South were in any degree interfered with
beyond what followed as the legitimate con-
sequences of the war. The advances of
friendship under the banner of peace that
were made by the people Of the North
toward their late enemies, were rudely
spurned, and for i've years the South re-
lapscd into a morOse state which forbade
even comfortable intercourse In society OF
trade. During this period of torpor the
Lost Cause was nursed with mothers
care, and hatred of the Yankees grew
stronger and stronger with age. Step by
step, under Northern clemency, political
disabilities were removed from the people and
h'tS ''i'Noisi hi
have been fully restored to an equality Of
relation under the Government which they
had failed to destroy. In the meantime
hut few OF the better class of our peopl,
would 20 among their Southern neighbors
for the simple reason that all who ventured
to go were treated Us intruders and snubbcd
and ostracised as carpet-baggers and scala
wags In this shape the country foated
along as il best could, the late insurgent,
seeking and gradually attaining power il
the Government under Northern clemenc,
and liberation. Each step in advance only
added to Southern intolerance and inso
lence, which made the existing relations
only the more uncomfortable and unbear
able, until an er )rt was made by the Soutl
to seize the Government by intimidation
and fraud and their scheme came nea
being crowned with success. The interpos
E ing arm of mysterious Providence onl.
| averted that impending calamity.
With the Inauguration of Presden
. HAYES came q new era, and fresh attemp
to conciliate and propitiate the South b,
= Withdrawing all Federal interference an,
permitting the late rebels to have their owl
3 way Regularly and righthIlly elected Gov
ernos and Legislatures were deposed an,
/ scattered, and the worst type of the enemie
t of the North usurped their places, Thes
4 were the first fruits of cancellation. The
t followed the election to the United State
h Senate Of the acknowledged butcher of in
t noccnt men for opinion sake, who ha
f paved his way to distinction with tn
= bones aud blood of his murdered victim
!, State after State have succumbed to the shot
, gun policy of the Bourbons and the soothing
0 syrup of conciliation, until the South boast
, of its solidarity and the North stands an