National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-10-18
The LOng-Cherished Object OfSOuth-
ern Ambition.
Southern Democrats on tho Witness stand
-Enunciations OF Their Press and THOR
Orators-Overthrow of tho Cow
eminent Openly Advocated
The Rebellion not tho
Event of Day.
Evil bourbon Shadows Evoked from the Past

cent political events, should neither DO for
gotten nor ignored In misplaced, concilatory |
Difference to any class or section and although |
the nero remembrance Of them may come
like an evil shadow over the honrt of every |
patriot 1t is we'll, at this time, that they should
be kept in view by tho people as q beacon to |
warn them from political destruction.
1t has been and Is still claimed by the lead |
ers Of the Democratic party, with all the pan
oply Of sophistry, diplomatic guile political |
eifrontery and terglversation, that the rebel |
lawful interference by the General Govern
mont with the institution ofslavery, but such
claim has no foundation in truth or fact. They
cannot cameleonize themselves in tho light of
recorded and dsmnng history.
Those who have followed closely the course
Of political history. especially since the Admin
istration Of Andrew Jackson, cannot have failed
to discover in the distinctive principles and
political creed of the Democratic party in the
South design looking beyond Tho dissolu-
ton Of the Union and the establishment of
Southern confederacy. The dissatisfaction of
that party won't further than hostility to tho
Union; it consisted In hostility TO the
fundamental principles Of Republican govern.
ment. Ii was revolt against popular institu-
tons-a reputation of Democracy. The ulti.
mate result in contemplation was the establish
mcnt Of an oligarchy, if not a monarchy. 1t
was an indlsputable fact that the free labor IN
.uo oou.h was rosnrueu aS uesraa'ps' tne
:. -. S....o1', ,,e,,lss mo gus
myo,s iounu Wltespleuu i'uSmou ;., ~ VIZ
.n.',i'' y. onrof1,I, ond ed ,iarsIs ;n"nI.
scn','nens' oa'oy anu so" ,io,'oi r.
Gi.ou' hau oeoo,no Sv9'y WIZ pt.;a ~
s ,i.Ns t w a. sn,,nn " S.' '"'''' "''''"
NJ % BIZ " S",,ti ~ .o,;,o &, .,o oo,,o,,.
ton of that State. said:
90 Lac II iSnot onvtbnS nrndncod Nv Mr. In
coin or hv Tho nnn.e xscuti9n Of ths fngiive snya
law 1t is matter which has boon gathering head
for thirty years.
In 1856 Mr.. Keitt, of South Carolina, we'll
known Democratic loader, used this mild form
of bull.dozing:
tell you now that II Fremont is elected i'd
herence to tho Union i treason TO liberty. tell
YOU now that INC southern man VINO wiu submit
W ms e'e'"o" " "".'o, ""u 'T""
In the same year andrew +. bnt'er, Ohiteo
states senator from oou'n Naroiiha' ss'u
Every Governor OF ne south should cal me
a nu anu ,% nnt and s,Sm ~ thn
deSra1ation' they would deserve the fate OF slaves
Ishould advise my legislature to go at the tap of
tho drum.
Recause tho neopIo saw fit to exercise n con.
s,;t"tona, VIC r;Cht IN choico of ruers wa have
st'tuo,9na, iishI ~ onoioo VI lu'oto We navo
| the following protestst fom theChariestoh con-
vention:
7 init ipfn n ravo
lutionwW' T. YtScRY.
IF had The power would dissolve this Govern.
| -. l.. Two minutes r. MoRGAS
When Frankiiii 1FIStcG ocHapiga w.. Rrocu-
| tive Mansion and JEDI Davis, then Secretary of
War, was the executive, this was the best gov.
eminent on the race OF the earth but when
the people dared to withdraw their inhoront
| power and sovereignty from corrupt and trait
| nnrora oUonts Goor,e GayIo aynar;aucad n
| o $50, bo ~ ~ Nl 'on:o
cnange OF sentimen., anu 1hus eEpioueu III tho
Charleston convention:
| Let us break up this rotten thinking and oppres-
siye government
| IT. shnu, t,,ot t,,o so.oo,,oa Do,ooo.o,;o
10 snow that the so'cailea democratic party
was radically ana unalterably opposed to De-
| mocracy in its literal sense, note the follow
ing extracts
Tho Virginia convention, in the spring of
1861, appointed committee, of which Alex.
III. III. Stuart, formerly Secretary of the In
| terror under President Fillmore, was chair
man to renort what amondmonts ouCht to ha
| made In tbe constitution Of tLot state TLo
hauo i'll 1ne oohsIi'uVioi, VI Shu' STATE mo
| report maue recommended luhuamental re-
| strctions upon the right OF suffrage. Here is
an extract:
| In t,ose svstan,e in which oon,,al +. has,bo No
tendency, the goyemment mist 10 some eXtent
nartake az HE charnctar of mn oiccrcbv wb1io ~,
hn.e IN VY 1S nhor u oa M wne ID
| Is To what Mr. John knndnnh prnnbicSiIv do
scrbed as the despotsin of king numbers. 4 .
In the opinion OF your committee, no system
oi goIerie W. III hnoru peIlnaneht hha enecua
Sc bass of nninn3 srage pSr a rss on n
officers of tho government by the drec. vote of Tho
| people
| Left us On hack In 1870 Tho leod;uo nolitic,l
| 49,, ~ I'll Ca,,tI H. D.,a,,I; 80. =:
| organ vi 'he oo",h' inc Do"'O0'"'o HcV'eW' III
| the January NUMBER, sad:
| The formation of the cotton States with Cubg
| into great cotton tobacco, sugar and coffee pro
ducing union calling forth the boundlcss fert!ity
labor of tie blacks of tie Southern States in those
| hands in which their labor and numbers have
| thriyen so WELL and the empire annexed TO Great
britain Dy treaties OF perfect recproey giving The
wNv Of Nonrnna and an the bemodts of nnssn,s
without The responsblity Of slave OWNERSHIP
would be magnificent cxhange for the useless
province OF Canada
In August, 1862 DeBoD's ReuielO true to the
| policy ana principles OF It's prototype OF 1850
reiterates the same political dogmas in terms
| equally plain. This is its language:
Anaton tremmelod with written constitution
paciy for action is cranped and diminished The
Confederate constitution Is mere tub thrown TO
| the whale No Intelligent man who voted for /,
deemed II would be permanent but only consid
cred IL temporary expedient giving way for TIC
time TO popular nrejudces a bridge or pass WAY
between mobocrOcy and anarchy and conservative
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