Daily Republican., 1879-12-04
BEN HILLFOR A MOkAACHY.
He Wants an Emperor Unless the
Republicans Oh nEe Their
Course.

Course.
The following is from letter to the
editor Of the "Rock Islander" ~
trust that the discussions now to be
had will show the Northern people the
immeasurable dihierenus between State
Rights and Secession, and thereby
save our constitutional system Of limi-
ted State and Federal government from
fnal and disastr ous overthrow.
Equally wicked, though not SO dan.
gerous, is the Republican charge that
the South has been made solid by the
shotgun This is simply g disgraceful
untruth. The South has been made
solid by the policy Of the Republican
party; and the shotgun slang is re-.
sorted to for no purpose but to hide the
truth from the masses Of the Northern
people.
"The Republicans have made the
South solid by unmitigated wrong upon
the Southern people; and are now seek
ing to make TIE North solid by unmiti.
gated ISLANDERS of their victims.
"We have bad men in the South.
You have bad men in the North. Blu,
the greatest criminals in either section
are those men who teach the people o.
one section to hate and distrust the
people of another section of our common
country.
"If the Republican party will lei
alone the issues settled by the war, and
treat them as settled, and will cease te
maltreat, slander and malign the South.
ern people, and will thus allow the
parties TO form on economic and proper
political questions, the people of the
South, like all other people, will di,
vide.
"This whole matter must be decided
by the intelligence Of the Northern peo-
pie. If they are unable to see the very
plain motives of the Republican lead
ers and papers in keeping alive the sec
tional passions and issues, or if they
are unwilling to rebuke those motives,
we shall have a solid North against a
solid South, and very soon solid des.
potism for all.
81 repeat, We of the South accept the
results Of the war in good faith. We
will soon recover from all the losses Of
the war if Republican rogues and SIAN
dsrers will permit us to do SO. We are
strongly in favor of preserving and per.
petuating to our children our constitu.
tional system Of Federal and State Gov
ernments. We do not believe better
system can ever be devised for this
country. But sectional despotism, &C.
complished by sectional ISLANDERS, and
administered in sectional hate, is the
very worst form Of all possible despot-
ism. We are opposed to any more civ.
il wars for any purpose, even to main
tain liberty. II sectional despotism,
maintained through sectional maligni-
ty, cannot be otherwise avoided, we
will respond to an honest proposal to
change our system from a free to a
strong Government, peacefully and reg.
ularly. .-~s. .-....
at wiz be better-inexpressibly
better--for the Southern people to be
governed by wise, able and just man
as Emperor and King than by an infuri-
ated sectional mob under the lead of a
narrow, sensational, sectional dema-
gogue as President.
"Will intelligence save or monopoly
destroy, our constitutional system of
government"
"This is the question the North must
answer and the South must abide the
answer, be 1t what 1t may, insisting
only that the peace be preserved.
"You can do as you please with this
letter, as | am a public man, full of
earnest desires for the public, and en-
tirely without secrets in my public
opinions, and without shackles in ut
tering them. Yours, very truly.
"BENJ. H. HILL"
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