Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-04-07
Washington News.

world of ours But nothing stranger mas
J. happened in it than that change now witnessed
T. in this Congress Of ours.
y To think That in less than fifteen years sf-
j ter the crushing out OF tAe mi ghtiest rebellion
i the world ever saw. the leaders of it should
now hold the political rcins of the Govern
+ mcnt they attempted by their utmost endeav-
\ or's 70 overthrow. And vet such is the fact
t They are almost absolutely masters of the sit
= uaton
The same bravado is rampant on the streets
of the capital the same spirit Of hate and re-
, venge is manifested in looks, words, and ac-
lions. and the same loud boasts
Of the superiority Of the South over the North
are heard from the lips OF those who were
once supposed to be soundly thrashed out Of
such IDEAS Northern men and Northern
sentiments are hooicd at and scorncd, and
the ''Mudsils" are tauntingly told that their
radical hercsies are soon to be among the
things of the past Thi, i, no idle tale or
imaginary pen picture. Come and see for
Yourself a. an ext Mon soldier wrote to his
doubling comrade at home day or two
since.
As fast rs those revivifcd rebels regain any
officers Of gift, the Union man, be he civilian
or soldier, must 90 and give place to a Con-
Tolerate. Now and then an office is given to
doughface Northern democrat by way of
sop and method of pacihcation. But the
| South takes the lions share and more. How
happy must the doughface feel ! How noble
! and unselfish his position as he stands by and
sees Iii, masters of the ante-bellum times
again dole out the smaller morscls to him
But the doughtace is not alone to blame.
Your Liberal, and your broken-backed and
weak knecd republican have need to look
back and ask themselves how much of this
1 disheartening and disgracefel result belongs
to them.
| These have been telling US, these. many
yo;lrs how much like lambs these defeated
rebels had become, how that the carpct-bag-
gers and the small fry agitators were dccciy-
ing the North as TO the spirit and animus Of
our dear Southern brethren, that they longed
to bury all sectional feeling, and lovingly de-
sired to share their sympathies with those who
conquered them
These were the monkeys who were used to
pull the chcstnuts off the Goals, and to pull
wool over the eyes
And they have performed their duty quite
successfully How do they like the situation:
How do they like to come here and see the solid
southern whip cracked over their devoted
heads and the crumbs doled out to their
Northern doughfaced allies, and none at all
10 them The South is now as it was before
the war, unit IN ,tsetf, lcorking for itself,
concentrating ITSELF and only patroni1c,, for
policys sake, the crawling, sneaking dough
face or tcnder hearted and weak headed Lib
: eral because they are ads 10 its one patpoSe.
: The South will do anything, dare anything
and bully anything and the republican who
, thinks otherwise is woefully mistaken. Be
ing where can see, hear, and study them
! from day to day, | can substantiate what
? affirm 1t remains TO be seen if the
Northern people, who, thank God, did dis
cover during the rebellion that they could
raise a back BONE will knuckle once more to
the audacity, cunning, and bravado of those
who so long ruled the country as a minority
and by means of the aid of the same class of
dough-faces and faint-hearts, we still have at
the North. If so, then of what avail was the
terrible struggle for the preservation of the
Union, and how like folly is the sight of the
thousands Of soldiers graves all over the land
And the living soldier must feel like cursing
the fate which led him to march and toll. suf-
fer and endure, fight and bleed for so many of
the best days or years of his life, and all for
naught! Already in this fair capital of ours
the exunion soldier is scorned aud even de
rided by these domineering leaders who are
assuming the powers of the government
Truly, Is | said before, this is the strang,st of
the strange things happening in this world Of
ours
But still have faith in the great intclli-
gent and, when fully aroused, powerful North
that il will awake to a knowledge of the alarm
ing situation and assert its right to keep CON
troll of the helm of State. But a little time
remains between now and when the great strue-
gle for final supremacy will take place And
that time must be thoroughly and powerful,
utilized. The republican party, in itself rep
rcScning more fully this great Northern sen
} timcnt and freedom, must assume the task 0;
= cnlightening every village and hamlet. must
acquaint thoroughly every individual as I,
the principles involved and the questions al
stake, 50 that the whole North may be aliv,
to the situation and determined in its action
If this is not done, the battle may be lost
md power principles and rights lost for year>
20 come Leaders must forget past anmos
ties and jcalousics, men must forget that they
are Liberals, Stalwarts or Union democrats
they must only know that they are men, Unor
men, lovers of freedom and of Northern
principles, that they are again fighting over
(oaly in another way,) the battle for the pres
ervation of that for which so many thousand.
have already persisted. Thrust come TO this.
1t vii come to this and God speed the da,
when it does