Daily Republican., 1879-05-28
lss, Saturday, IS follows;
rse d. moerais Responsible.

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Much as We deprecate the sight Of Con-
sress swarming with rstol brigadier
generals and colonels, it is no use for
us to hold them responsible for the
alarming attitude assumed by that body
in refusing to vote the annual supplies
for the suplo ort Of the national govern
ment. The most ultra Democrats in
Congress are from the northern and
western states, such Senators as Wal
lace of Pennsylvania and Herman of
New York being found amongst the
noisiest nullifiers; and such represen-
tatives as Wood and Cox of New York,
Morrison, of Illinois, and Randall of
Pennsylvania, who could settle the
difficulty in a moment without misrep
resenting their constituents, are found
am ongst the most Jealous of the ultra
members of Congress in blocking up
the wheels of the government and
trying to gain some little party advan-
tage.
OF cours, we do not know to what ex-
tent to trust the sil rity of Soutbe ern
m embers, but being such artful hands
=. political management, it is but rea-
sDnable to suspect thlt they could get
OFT of the present scrApe if they really
wished to do SO. But Fernando Wood
inadvertently explained the situation
when he said that if TIE election laws
stand, the Democrats cannot carry New
York State. Another member con-
ten ledsthat all the Republican gains
j the Cong1essiCnal elections of 1875
W re made by the machinery of elec.
tim laws. In order that the south
my govern by the Is O. the Demo
cratic party, il is n cess}ry that the
latter shall be able to retain what re-.
mlins Of its strength in the north and
west This clnrot be doe on fair
vot, buti, may bc d d,ne by the ma
chinery of fraud.
We need 10: w0l d r lat under such
ci"crms lnceS the leLoo in Con
gress all pull together in common
cause loul h IT, cause le a lad one.
If they harp,n to nat company, they
know thai TIE publ al triumph
wi, be- sur eight, el months hence.
II they 10 TIE Nor h and West by a
general Republican sweep which now
seem inevitub.,, ;, tley know that they
will LayJ TO sur stnde! both uouses @
Congress, be des '=i!'ng to elect thei'
Pres / n. Helc, 30 much being a
stak :, III vi think that the presen
cons will be an e"sy one are YER
much mistake. The true aims an
purp)s25 Of tle D II osracy have bee
s. III y developed, tat instead OF
cn1es: for mele p'r.y SUPREMACY, III
p,opie iild tl.ms es face to face wltt
another effort t. subjug Ate the govern
msnt, not this ii Le Ly force of arms
but by fran and ltimidation. Will
4he Southern Republicans were allowe
affair chance to vot-, this dansr:oI
unity of the 20 tn W tn which we ar
noy brought ftCe to f.c', was broken
but the Iemoc:ati; party having in
81 ted rpoD meas res that involved t't
to al suppression of the Southern Re
p1blicans, no sooner has that become
reality than al disguise is thrown G
and notification t.ke3 the plaat {
De- racy.
In referring to thi3 question Of ooatE
erAfupr, macy the " Nor.h American,
that o'a and reliable Republican pape
SAYS it Is not neGess airy to ca ! this
conspiracy or d rebellion. The tai
1aCC5 are 1 uOu Il " ALL LII lHN ' NV
men at tI1 pros, ect ahutd, and no -p
thet or nance u'i IN III ,ituatiC
appear any wor e. President uaye
unless h. had made un Ais mind to 1o
low jonusoW'a ex .npl-, W0ul rot
foolish enough 20 abandon tie stand
has taken i'll his veto messages, and Il
Republicans in Go gress have absolnt
ly no other cOur.- utcl to t4cm than
re is, the r.yr aLng acc@. 70 snrrend
is to in sure in adv .pc+ the succ rs
the southern scheme to obtain posse
sion of the entire government.
The artful clamor kept up asaiJ
"carp pet-bag rule has given the @"
trol # th4 sou h, to the Democrat
party, an # both houses Of Con5res
tot ol plantation oligarchy Of Il
Sc t)na, n onfederate south. The
j. n t enougl vitality in the northe
Denoc-as 20 r 81 any demand III
this oi5 rchy may ee fit to make.
any Democratic district of the north
west,e cepperhe d, 4 relel or nulli
woull be prefe red by he arty man
gers % Union sol 'ier, and as {