National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-05-12
A REVERSED ORDER OF THINGS.

Senator HILL, of Georgia. unloaded him
self of an effort on Saturday, which, for in
sincerity, effrontry, disloyalty, and falsifi-
cation of fact, is so far peerless among the
Confederate efforts that have afflicted Con-
grcss and panied the ears of the people dur
ing this session So far rs his own response
bility for secession and rebellion were
concerned he now pleads the minor act, rs
he first opposed secession, but was cowardly
enough to accept it and bear u prominent
but very safe part in the rebellion. He
now pleads eXoneration from responsibility
for the reason that he could not help him
self and was drawn into secession against
his convictions. In this he shows his utter
hypocrisy, for had he been honest to his
convictions he would scarcely have been
found occupying subsequent prominent aud
distinguishing positions under the flag of
treason and rebellion. He was hollow then,
and he is hollow now, and so will continue
to be while his lease of life holds out.
After pleading infancy, so far as his own
responsibility for secession was concerned,
he proceeds to calumniate the loyal men of
the nation and to extol the Copperheads, on
the milk of whose sympathy the rebellion
was fed and nurtured into protracted length
of days. He gives the Copperheads credit
for saving the Union, and charges all the
responsibility for the rebellion and its fear
ful consequences upon those who met and
crushed it, and thus preserved the Govern
ment. His logic, when stripped Of its re-
dundant verbiage, is in effect that the rebels
were right and the loyal men were all
wrong in that unpleasantness-in other
words that the loyal men were the traitors
and the rebels were patriots who deserved
to be honored for the unsuccessful effort
they made TO tear down the Republic, and
who are now entitled to the homage of all
who opposed the rebellion rs II penalty for
the part they bore in that contest.
SENATOR CHANDLER came in for share
of the abuse of Mr.. Hull, for the simple
reason that he was u Union Stalwart during
the rebellion, and bore II conspicuous part
in Congress and elsewhere in crushing it
out. OF course that was an olIense which
will never be forgiven and for which he is
now constantly subjected to taunt and in
suit from those who, but for Republican
magnanmity and clemency, would have
paid the just penalty of their high crimes
| when treason was conquered and now, in
stead of being in Congress to insult loyal
men, would be practicing their reasonable
purposes upon and be quarrelling with the
Father OF Lies, !" who inspired that rebellion
and who would now, no doubt, be in the
! these same traitors. The loyal people OF
this nation are to-day suffering the grossest
insults it il possible for ingratitude to in
fict and they have only to wait in patience
for II day of reckoning to come, when the
accounts will be properly adjusted
/ THE ERA OF ASSAULT AND sLANDER.
The malignant and slanderous assault
made by the Democratic organ last satur-
day morning on Senator CHANDLER only
shows TO what low and indecent estate
journalism has been brought under the
management of those who are utterly di-
vorced from al the instincts Of gentle
manly relation and bearing. In the last
ten years three or more Democratic papers
have been published in Washington with
which The REPUBLICAN, necessarily diff
fercd in politics, but whose general tone
and conduct entitled them to respect They
were all edited by gentlemen Of culture
aud character, who procticed the amenities
of decent journalism.
Until the presiding genius of the present
Democratic organ squatted down in this