National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-07-07

OF PERSECUTION, wrong ana Outrage toWhru
those of the Republican. faith
in tho South running through
more than decade, TO be trusted
at sight. The Republican leaders of the
North have suffered too much of real heart
anguish at the hands of those who now sue
50 ardently for an armistice and peace be-
tween the two sections, to yield implicit
trust and confidence to those sweet, entic-
ing words, except under a new experience,
in which their sincerity is tested and
proved. The Republican leaders nt the
| North now survey the people of the South
and their historic acts much in the same
light as the Psalmist regarded his cruel and
treacherous foe when he said:
! He hath put forth his hands against such rs
be at peace with him lie hath broken his
covenants the words OF his mouth were
smoother than butter; but war WAS in his
heart. His words were softer than oil, yet
were they drawn swords.
The North is as ready for reconciliation
and peace between the two sections as the
South possibly can be; but it must be on
fair, just, and honorable terms. These
things, however, never can he reached by the
path that the South has steadily pursued
since the North supposed it had con-
quored the rebellion and the war was
all the dogmas aud issues that had plung-
ed the whole Nation into it's bloody abyss.
The rebellion was based upon the theory of
State supremacy over National supremacy,
aud when rebellion surrendered it was not
unreasonable to suppose that State supre-
macy and the right of secession as theories
in Government had been surrendered also ;
and yet these theories are rs persistently
clung to now by the South as before the re-
bellion, the war, and its results were settled
by the arbitrament of the sword and peace
was declared under an ostensible surrender
ful and tragic issue.
When President HAYES entered upon his
official term he rendered the olive branch of
cancellation and pacifcatiOn to the South i'll
n line of policy which gave back into its
hands the results of the war save the emanci-
patton of the slave, aud the surrender ofarmed
hostility. How did the South accept this
profler of reconciliation on the part of the
! Executive? Not in the fullness OF good
; faith. On the first important election o
Federal officials in these States after
2 the Presidents tender Of the olive branch
Q n majority of the citizens in most Of tho
insurgent States were virtually robbed %
. their rights of citizenship by armed ban
ditti, intimidation, force, and outrage
0 These were the fruits which the planting
@ by President HAYES concliation policy
= through Southern insinccrty, bore to hi
: harvest. This scrap OF history is not yc
I forgotten, and acts upon the Northern mmt
"A with prejudice. Then, when the Forty
sixth Congress assembled, with party ma
: jorty which had been secured through
f bold and open violation of the rights Of cit
+ izenship i'll most of the Southern States
j the representatives of that section cam
!, into the halls of Congress declaring tha
I they would not stop until they had swep
n away all the measures and laws which wer
!. rendered necessary by the exigencies an
results of the war. They had no conceal
ment of their State-Right dogmai
-, This is the return that the Sout
=, has made for the sacrifices {
= President HAYES in the interest Of con
cilation, and this must be condoned OF iol
gotten before the North will ever trust til
9 South again. We regret that our relation
=, have been put into this shape, but the Sout
is alone responsible for it. If the issues an
results of the war had all been sincerel
l., accepted the road to full Cancellation woul
10 have been short one, and there would hay
le been no sectional lines and sections
e. "hates" twelyemonth aitcrward.
m We hope now that the Recorder is sincei
H. in Its enthusiastic appeal for reconciliation
lP peace, unity, and fraternity between the di
:" cordant sections, We hope it is really tire
n. of sectional lines and sectional hates, Il
ie such spirit will help to make that end Il
10 more easily attainabe. We will not que
IS, ton the sincerity of its motives, but the
a may be people unchoritablc enough to thir
e., e.. and to say that the strong symptoms of
RS Solid North against Solid South has III
ke much to do with this sudden desire for +
rs Cancellation and peace on the part of u
I'd South.