Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-26

Maine large portion Of the democracy voted
the ayoyod expansion ticket, end tho dem.
cratic press cxuIts over The result. Mas3achl
sotts ou:docs hogsalf, and Ion. Butler &C yanc:s
SO Caesar, with the democracy at his heels.
Neither 10 Congress ror ia the country will.
or can cur opponents stem the rising tide CT
inhation Schemes to take money from tho
Treasury ia staggering totals Ter claims ard
grievances and projects, which 40 man can
number, are being hatched and DuE5cd and
nerfected against the time when they can com.
mel attention. When will that tine be? When
full sway in Congress is given to the patty. and
the sentiment which now rules q solid
South"-s South made solid, not by honest
maiorities and free, honest voting, but by
minorities dominating through crimes against
God and man; that sold South again. as cl
old, sends up majority Of all the democratic
caucus. and must decide the party action when
ever it insists.
In the House of Representatives there are
40 committees, and already the chalrmcn o.
% of them arc Conicdcratos from The
South. After next March the South will control
tho committees Of the Senate also. | am Ter
Cancellation aud reconciliation and concord AID
peace all around. but my belief is tina! the ncn
and the communities who stood by the Hag aud
prayed for it and fought for it, if sthey behave
| themselves ore Just as good as those who
drenched tho land with blood and covered 1t
with mourning, lebs and taxes
believe, too, that those who Alrovc TO save
the country arc as safe Legislators and chairmtn
Of committees as those who Htrovo to deslroi
it. Magnanimlty, generosity and 1'rclgcnesa
unparalleled in human annals have been the
policy of the nation toward those who sought
its overthrow. This is grand, majestic anu
christina, but it may be carried loo far. 1t Is
not wise for tho North nor for the South tse!!
| to hand the government over bodily to thta,
who were lately in arms against il, and who III
many instances now hold seats in Congress
gained by sitting elections bg terrorism ann
| bloodshed 1t is not wise or just thus to temp:
| human nature 1t il not sale Tor thc hah'a
tons Of the North or Of The South.
| When pcstlcncc Smitca Southern homes lei
| the North pour ont rs she now does money
| and sympathy, never holding back iaythIr.
| because it is Southern not Northern voc. This
| is right. But when taking political action let vi
BIO lust to ali, not only to ourselves hut TO those,
whether white or black, TO whose protection We
are bound by ties which would not b' iorEol.'n
| by an Algerino pirate or Il BarhHry cor}H".
| Look at the school laws in Southern States.
Look at counties in which republicans, wh'tH
| and black, are in great majorities, aud IN whIh
voting places have been reduced in number ~
those nearest each other aro sometimes % miles
apart, making it impossible for tho poor t.
reach tho ballot box. Look at tho Democrats
counties where the voting places hava boon IT,
creased To- 50 with An area not greater than "a
publican counties in which by tho s.lno &C. u
legislation tho polling places have hoon reduc"J
to nine. In tho county in which Chsrleslon, )
g., is thoro is republican majority u 5000. y":
at an election not long ago for lnembnrs OF the
Legislature no repucllcan candidates Wcro nom.
mated and no republican vD:es were cast. The
fact tells its own story. !I1Ck at Miss,ssr
with great and confessed republican malorily
ruled by democrats, the republican orgsI2.'
tions compelled to dsband. and tha last rnpH!',
licsn newspaper giVon up.