Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-04-01
prom th, New York Trib'Ae }
NrppSS THE POTOMAC

newspaper published somewhere in
Mississippi is almost frantic with ueIlSht
becau-, "a Washington Journal remarks that
-tbc Confelcrdcy has az last captured the
Capitol" Yes, thank Cod. eNcaim>
tbe piou> tirc-catcr. eve have captured the
Capitol. and iu l~~n our man VIII walk up
the White House steps anu take il> seat ih
the Presidential chair. Then viii our sio-
riou> triumph he complete. Then VIII We
proceed to tear your amendments from th'
Constitution and tramplc them IN the lhlft-
Then will We break The >haCAles You nave
forged Tor the free, sovereign anal indt-
peuIcnt commonwealth OF the mon.
Then viii we recognize the right OF >ete>-
>iou-l right that is not dead but sleeping.
Then will We decorate the Capitol with the
pictr.ro> OF Davis. and Lee, and Stuart
and all the si0rlobs leaders of q cause 'ha'
r., NOT LOST. but living still. Yes, thant
cod. we have captured the Capitol ami
from that coigue Of vantage We propose 10
rul,. the Republic IN a way that Will make
y,ur Radical laws and your Radical lead
err forever odiou- Ia America. This sounds
rather wild. and thc tcntiemsH hRq i
screaming is probably a person oi no lhii'
yiiual consequence rs his paper Is certainly
NOT Am organ OF commanding Importance.
Yet the most cNtr3yagant outcrlcN oi the
southern press Sso uCt without thvir SIX
niB-4u,,. The literary ~wa>nruDs,r, - Dc
Ills himself with gunpoWder and new "h'N-
KEY. and LAS, a rlw-hidc ON the table before
him when Dee begins 90 dcmoli>h the Rad
i,.aI PARTY aul uchaui tSc sacred rights ol
The south. &, not an awc-lnsplThs N4bTci
bu, hc does very Omen express tAe AcAll'
meats OF his uejghhorhood, and forecast
the policy OF his party.
There j. not much doubt az any rate tha'
| tAc ruling pa,sluh VI 'hc South nj present
| is TO tramplr the constitutions alneA''it p
| I'm the mire-Which. indeed, has already
/ h.cu done I'm most of the reconstructed
Ststc>-aud % sweep away all The "Radi-
| cal laws" by which the Republican party
attempted 10 accErc the results OF the war
when the rebel States were allowed 70 IT,
turn 20 their old places in tAc ulon--
Fuu4l rights. free suffrage. fair vote. an
honest count. protection for the weak au1
I ignorant. were the only demands which W.
made Of the defeated party at thc end OF
! the contest, ana II pd, 90 guarantee THESE
| tliug, that the amendments and tAt 'hoi-
| i.1f Laws" were enacted While The rgPul-
Iucau party held au undi>Putcd majority IN
/ tl, country. vs., are assured thJt tnc south
accepted everything In good faith. The
I Lost Cause WAS lost forever The doctrine
/ of ,.g8l.ty WAS NO more tn Doe denied cith-
/ er I'm practice or theory. The amendments
were recognized without dcmur The laws
p1>,eI I'M accordance with them were NOT
/ 10 boz disturbed Nothing could have been
mor,. satisfactory than the behavior OF ;hc
I fr..r
of mower. with no Immediate prospect OF
getting IN They were 80 proiu>c no prom
/ .,-> and prot.>tatiuu> THAT tIrl Amos.
seemed to Doe more deeply attached % the
/ Union than the soldiers who fought Tor u.
/ With the first sign OF a possible return
/ of the Democratic party 90 power All these
pleasant UTrtcurc> are suddenly d'Snd'nTt.
\ The spirit or secession. uuliAraioh anu
/ rebellion flames ~ IL boz - ij was ODD i>''.
! The Lost Cause = again cause 80 Zee
I nu.h, Tor. The Northern radiCa. Is an eii-
cmy To bc cursed with great sounding
/ oathS The Southern Whit radical - ah
/ -mcyujiary 90 DE- driven out 81 tHc c'hn-
! try. The sal eyer - 20 Doe Taught his p-trr-
/ And radical laws and radical. ann udmeui>
/ tl tine constitution. with al. other devices
~ oppression " are 90 hc promptly trod-
den I'm the miro There is nothing like
sudden prosperity 20 test mans charac-
ter. A CLEAN OF good fortune works al
| Instantaneous change IN our rvcpnc!icd
brother Last wear he was tay most cor
dial and gcnteJ OF human beings 90 day
ne j. as truculenJ a. IL De >till owned niS-
gers.
But this Is not the first time that the
/ Coutcderatc> have boosted Of the con-
quest ~ the Capitol before taking IL. They
may remember previous occasions on
which they crossed the Potomac: We h1y,
mo- doubt that they also remember the cir
cum~tauce> under which they went back
again Before their glorious triumph Is
complete" they will have 20 reckon Will
the same party which met them at Ante
tam and Gettysburg.