New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-04-23
sSTALWA REVIVAL.

The country has just low very
vivid appreciation Of the fact that
the Southern politicians control
both houses Of congress; and the
people Of the northern States, par:
are asking themselves and
each other how this state Of things
came about. The confederate brig.
#adiers evidently have no glimmer.
ing comprehension Of the fact that
the degree Of power they now enjoy,
and which seems to have completely
turned Their heads, has been extend
ed to them purely on conditions Of
trust IN their past pledges Of good be-
havior-and not at all as an endorse
ment Of the insane schemes of infa-
ton and absolute tate.rights non
sense which they now seek to thrust
upon the country. The people Of the.
northern States would not have re.
turned to congress one-half the pres.
entnumber Of Democratic members,
if they had foreseen or supposed that
the South was bent upon attacking
the principle of national supremacy
and ripping up the war reforms Of
the constitution. It was desire for
Cancellation and friendship with the
South, a sense Of WEAKNESS with the
bloody shirt, and a belief in the sin.
cerity ofsouthern protestations, that
has resulted in placing the control
Of the national legislation in the
hands of the South. The North in
good faith thought the war was over;
it was determined to rebuke the
s'stalwart'' Republicans, and round
" accused them of keeping the old
wounds open in order to furnish po-
litical capital and secure party as
tendency. The patriotic, conserva.
tive sentiment of the North insisted
that having fought our quarrel out
and agreed upon settlement, it was
our duty as fair-minded, reasonable
men to stop quareling, shake hands,
and go on with our business as good
friends. The Democratic supre.
macy in congress to-day is entirely
owing to conviction among the
conservative men Of the North that
the material interests Of the country
were paramount to the political sue
cess Of any party, and that these in
terests imperatiyely required that
all sectional irritation should cease.
Unlike the South, there exists in the
North a vast body Of citizens en-
gagged in commerce and active pro.
duction who do not care baubee
for either the Democratic or the
Republican party. They seek to
promote the peaceful prosperity of
the whole people, and they have
beggad for years past that the poll
ticans will let the country alone. It
was the votes Of this non.partisan
class that, as the last resort, permit
ted the Democratic majority in con.
gress. And these same men are now
amazed and indignant at the course
of events at the national capital.
They begin to realize that they are
the victims OF misplaced confidence,
and fear that the ''stalwarts' were
/ more than half right after all. The
very men who were most earnest in
making overtures of amity and good
fellowship toward the South, are
now stung with keen sense Of per.
fdity on the part Of those whom
they trusted. They are growing
wise very rapidly under the tuition
of events, and when the proper time
arrives they will act with decision
and effectiveness, and place the
question which the Democatic par.
ty insists upon needlessly reviying
forever beyond dispute. -Pionee,
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