Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-28

Human inarmity. whom manifest, y ambi
|. uOus, has much to answer for. Whel
members OF the republican party becam,
Independent they became powcrlees; bu
that did not prevent come from tfanslatlnf
their independenccslnto practical treachpfy
Then republican toraivensss ,of still disloy
81 rebels was pushed 10 dangerous extreme
from which the southern democrats have
gained great advantage. But perhaps The
greatest calamity, which affected the 70.
publican party most deeply, was in il
weakly cteditin2 disloyal democratic south
ern statements at the expense Of honest
and upright republicans; and of accepting
the lying accounts given Of the republican,
party In the south by democratic scOundrela
Who were at that very moment, backing UP
their slanderous lies by Intimidation and
hloodshed. The result of all this was tina,
while republicans carried their faith Into
practice the disloyal democracy were do.
stroying the republican party IL the south
ern states and preparing 10 seize upon the
control of the south az q prelude 10 se'ztng
contro! of the nation; and prominent lead:
ers of the republican party looked ON as II
fascinated BY the proceedings.
To-d.y the republic nsia mauy pY,s Of the
south dare not put up . ticket. They are
shot or arrested II a public Meeting is call.
ed and they attend Il; aud, not daring Ia
put up q ticket. they dare not vote, II the
polls even had been provided for them.
But polls are not provided for republican
ballots. The silence Of death prevails
where, at this season, In the rebel states,
should be republican activity and energy /;
but the south 10 an armed camp, defying
the national government. How all this
was accomplished, and from which the re.
publican yarty suffers, may be seen ficm 8
reported Interview with the Hon. Joseph
b. Ra'ney, of South Carolina, when In
Washington, D. c., q few days sgo. Speak
ing of Wade Hampton aud Of the demo.
cr.t, Of that state. he said:
II am of the opinion that the democrat.
Of South Carolina make bold to act as they
have done, believing that there is no-power
by which they can be reached for the viola
ton of any law Of the state or of the United
States. One thing is very evident-,hey
treat with perfect contempt the recent letter
Issued By the encouragement, as also the
statute upon which the letter is based. After
oil, these people are not so much to be
blamed, for apparently the north uas long
ago desirous that they should get into pouer,
not only in the states q the south, but also in
the general government. The truth Is, that the
north is too ready to belierc all that has been
SAID against republicans. They belie,e erery
allegation that has been made against the re-
pubhcans of the south: They require peytsc.
ton where perfectio. Is impossible. =
WHY'S 1t that the republican party should be
made to suffer because some mon hare done
prong! was atrdys Of the opin-
ION that the party uas based upon principles,
deep founded, for the elevation of humanity
and the perpetuity Of the republic. I had no
idea that its existence depended upon the ac-
ton Of any one man or set of men. What
yould injure a republican apparently puts a
democrat tn an enviable position. Neither
treason nor rebellion, murder nor assassination,
nor corruption, such as has stuak in the nos
and elsevhere, appear ID. affect tie party. But
!icaa party, il not to destruction, at all erents
affects the Democrats"
In other words, the democratic party,
north and south, is resolved upon one thing
success at all hazards-and no corruption
or crime from ballot-box stufing TO perjury,
from d~isloyalty up to violence and murder
OF the most atrocious character, prevents the
democracy claiming seats in congress for
men unelected, and for whose benefit these
49, y AUG republican
party, on the other hand, has ,implv.depre-
Gated such proceedings, aud hoped that the
moral sense of the southern, people would
come to the rescue. But there is no such
moral sense in the disloyal democratic south
or it would not be disloyal. So. for the
want OF that stern, vigorous and persistent
adherence to principle BY the republican
party, it has seemed weak and h%alfhearted,
and as if its attitude was such that preferred
10 point out q crime to q criminal and tell
him it is wicked, and let him pass into the
community to increase his guilt, than to
seize the criminal BY the throat in the name
Of humanity, though the criminal ever be 4
ishment deserved on the guilty head or
nit Of a doubt. This liberality, this lenien.
cy, this lack Of prompt determination to do
right and prevent the continued commission
Of wrong doing by men or states guilty Of
crime from the start, who were bloody
handed from completely with the rebellion,
and who are now all the more guilty BY 9TH
er murders since, has injured the republican
party, because the republican leaders did not
rise and rebuke the criminals, and declare
with unmistaken emphasis that the carnival
" HoAAhASoA VI WuSt cease. xue rank anu
file ofthe republican party do not sympa-
thize with this weakness. They want the
republican party to take its stand in the
very forefront Of the approaching contest,
and to put down effectually all the lingering
vestiges of the democratic rebellion Of 1861;
all the elements of disloyalty which that
rebellion has bred, and to stamp out the dis.
position to perpetrate political violence in
the rebel states forever. And the republican
party will do it. A spirit of determination
is prevalent to force the rebel democracy to
obey the law and behave with decency, and
prevent them from Staying a republican In
cold blood when attempting a republican
meeting or when going to the polls, because
he Is not ; rebel democrat and has no sym
pathy with the rebsllion, but is a loyal man
and a law abiding citizen. The ancient
courage Of the republican party exists 10 the
great body Of the people. who are really to
do their duty as citizens to their fellow-meu
and to their country. They know the value
and the importance Of the elections on th.
9Th Of November next, and they are keeping
q watchful eye upon those who are acting q
their leaders and We have no hesitation II
saying that, with the zeal which ia burnin,