, 1879-03-27
uaed 10 stranEle person, hence suicides or even
murder could bo committed by its use,


lTnnearnfia Tribune tRtn.}.
II It comes 10 gaElo Of afarvG'out, NC Euesa
The President aud Cabinet can go without their
pay just as 1onc AS tho impec1lnious Southern
Congrcssmcn Rml the povcrty.atrtcken ex-Con-
fcelcrases, 10 whom they t,avo given all the good
offices nfoht the Capitol. ca, III fact, the tcvo-
,4,|o,,:ts @ ust real!sa MT y the Appfoptalon
the ranks 0f their own constituents 40 soon ns
HE supplles begin to stop. They could hot with
stand tho ptcssuFG Of thc1r oNn iatn1shlng
crowd.
Tho Alliance 1sotwoan the South and tho
Gnrperfenda.
Iftmphts f7tna,, fDat.urhr ffrd.l.
Tie u,istatso mado by the Southern politicians
waA In forming an offensive and defensive ALT.
nuco with what was known In the North during
the War % tho "CoppcrI'ead" e1otucnt,-au
element untruo to both sectloas, and cordially
dcsplsrd In Tho North by thr dominant Union
elements. THIS alliance, psoeuscs! by ovessuses
aid Of the South TO restore them to tH,wcr mud
reapcrtabllity, md wcro shrcwd cnn.tgf, 10 know
that Gush would catch tbe aouth excited slspl-
c!on where none would have existed otherwise.
easy for .he Aostlcsn ultras TO hsouse ,!.e ap-
preheilsfons OF t'ln powerful Uninn elements BY
pointing to the Southern cx.Confe.1crasea anil
,hs Northern. .",Coppcrhends" aa sonspirntors
aratnst .9 the unlon, IN Fecfet le1g',o tg spread
!ry, Only tho cri'ncs nnii tnlstakcs ri Grant
ism prevented ttis form of prejudice
from destroying the South ~ factor IN The
management OF the affairs Of tie Government.
'rl:s Wal The lucky ncytdsnt to whsst the South
Is indebted for tl!e ftslu progress made since
tho unfortunate alliance ltceab What las been
Tic result Of the union of "Cop;rrhrad " and
ex.Cnnfederate dcsttnlcsl Tie South has re-
stored the "Copperhcads " to powcr IN Con.
rs4A AMI this IN n&nf1 tn 4 r1fa 1nfFn
md paralyzc the material interests Of the South.
We now see Southern Congressman foremost III
dctna,itfitlg apantIonment otAll ciatrns-wbctilcr
Just Or .lplnstvsent'pP from The South, We
divided on every measure desired by our people
tn glye them ia!r chance to compete fE Tho
faco Of ltfe with tho North We now find them
afraid 10 vote for southern man Tor Speaker Of
jority In tlc CAUCUS, Inns become wholly rcspopsi
bIe for Congressional Legislation. We now
llnd them doing not only this, but voting
into the spenkcr'a, chalf tic ono man
utterancc prove him tic imp>acnbfc foc 10 every
project of material improvement dear to the
South. The South asaanes all responsibility,
but yields the power which should accompany
ancc. Sinking all material questions In tic mad
pursuit Of few hundred offices, tlc Southern
politicians have assisted In c1nsluE thr doors oil
the Federal frcasury against the South. lu
csutehng at t''r si'adoy, the South Inns lost tho
substance Of power. Dy their conduct major
tty or the men sent to Congress fran thu South
have accepted thc "stelwart" Republican view.
tllat the South is constant lncnacc 10 the peace
ct the country. and to good. wholesome govern
mcnt. This is the record Southern stntes1nntl-
ship now prcscnts to III. peoplc. fourteen years
alter tho surrenic: at Appoulatao1. It is rec
ortl Of blind part!snns',ip, Ut subscrrleNcy, OF
ignorance and stupidity, anl Of slamc. The
muro It ts nnalyzea, the more shameful and dts
graceful It bcculnut.