Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-11-13
In Line for 1880.

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doubtful States are made securely Re-
publican, Butler is routed, Pennsyl-
yania comes up like second Iowa.
A Solid North sends greeting to a
Solid South. Yesterday answers the
last session of Congress, and all the in
solent disloyalty which, after growing
for years, found expression there. The
grand and resistless uprising which fol-
lowed the shot in Charleston harbor in
1861, finds an echo in the returns of to-
dav. Once more the North is united.
The work which men did with their
bullets they have determined not to
spoil with their ballots Here, on the
very threshold of a victory which
means, if they are wise, twenty years
more of power, they serve notice upon
the South that there is no vindictiVe-
ness in their triumph.
Yes, men of the South, we have done
enough for Cancellation. We offered
YOU Horace Greeley, and insisted upon
amnesty for all. The same Northern
element which then failed has since
found means to offer you better terms
than YOU ever expected. President
Haves held out the hand of reconcilia-
ton. Troops were withdrawn; advice
of Southern men was heard in appoint
ments; everything was done that could
be done to leave the South without ex-
cuse for hostility. What has been the
answer! The South has answered by
its Ku-Klux clans, its rifle clubs, and its
systematic assassination Of Republic
ans. 1t has answered by the complete
suppression of the colored vote. 1t has
answered by the late Confederate Con-
gress, and the swarm of war claims, and
the countless Southern jobs which crowd
the record, and the nearly solid vote OF
Southern representatives for every
form of reputation. 1t has answered
bv the open alliance of men who re-
belled with those Northern men who
svmpathized with rebellion; by the con-
spiracy of those who carry Southern
States by force with those who try to
carry Northern States by fraud. A
baser. meaner and more dangerous
conspiracy against free government
than the old South ever concocted has
been very near success.
Men of the South, you have your an
swer. You had almost clutched the Ma
tional Government. Had you been
little less eager, had the pirate crew
remained hidden under matches only a
little longer, possibly resistance would
have been too late. Thanks to the
Confederate Congress, the recent ses-
sion showed the Southern purpose.
The coalition of Southern rebels and
Northern sympathizers rashly threat
ened to strangle the Union unless per-
mitted to rule it. The work of long
session was condensed by Senator Hill
in his recent declaration that no South
ern man of self-respect would ever ad-
init that rebellion was crime. These
acts and words came like fire-bell in the
night to awaken the North. The real in
tent of the South was seen, and at once
the North answers The history Of
the country for twenty years has been
settled in one summer. Let the South
do what it may, from this time FORTH
it has planted convictions already
which a quarter of a century will not
uproot. This day the Solid South is
further from the rule of the country by
more than twenty years than it was
when President Hayes took the oath OF
office.
The future belongs to the Republican
party. Only by some new act OF folly
or fSithlessness can it forfeit that pub
lie confidence which the elections re-
veal. Unless it wantonly throws away
that confidence its future for many
years is the future of the United States.
1t has no reason now to look for Demo-
cratic blunders. Neither has it cause
to fear any Democratic washing and
self-purifcation, for Democrats can
never become dangerous again, unless
by Republican folly. Best of all, the
Republicans have no occasion now TO
nominate any other than their ablest
and worthiest man, for it is certain that
with such q candidate they can trl-
umph. They do not need to get under
the shelter of any name, nor to heslCate
in the avowal of their convictions, nor
to shrink from giving its full reward to
splendid service. The confidence OF the
united and loyal North will sustain the
Republican party as long as it is true
to its principles and convictions. After
the magnificent victories which are to-
day recorded, it will be the fault OF Re
publicans themselves if they donot hold
the public confidence securely until the
rebel Democracy has ceased to exist
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