, 1879-04-12

hearing that NO would live to SEQ tic Fifteenth
Amendment stricken from the Constitution.
II Inns not dawncd upon tho Intellect of. The
nycrngc correspondent that fle power Of the
South lies less with tt.oao whu occupy HIGH
piacca than with Tho far moro powerful minority
who keep ploysly out Of sight, md manipulate
the wirea Of the great movement at thcir good
pleasure.
There nro to-day IN Washington A l.alf-tlozcn
Of politicians who hold tho desttntcssoi thu
snuth In their flanls. Tho delegations IN both
Houses Of Congress arc At their disposal, n',l
g, regularly to t&'cse mon for advice aud coun-
THEY ARE THE GErgnaIs
who direct am! plan the catnpalgn. They arc IN
constant communication with 1cading Demo.
crats nlt ovor tl!s country, at!l report regularly
70 ter. nS Pa, THEY nyS o,o no seaans os.ons
t.,, out work ,' day an.i night, IN scaso', ,E.
and their ends. Their latest tdea Is to takc a
rscess until fall. THIS VIII prevent Tie calling
is intended as n aoss OF :" frecze-out" Just
what they will 10 no o1o seems nblc Just yet to
dcterm'ne. Tint they will stop nt nothing that
will accompliah Their purposes ID, however, cor.
practicu too base TOR their uses
Cn the other hand, the Republicans arc conf.
dent OF tue ultimate vicsoryo OF their 4utct and
more reasonable tactcs Secretary 8hnrmnn
sun goes down On the night OF the Both of juno.
to close thu doors OF tbs Treasury a;d suspend
gil business. Ilrre will be no money to ray
Government employees The customs oilico
will bo shut up or rulI on CREDIT
NO MONEY CAN he ISSUED,
for the nation doesn't do hustncss I'll TINT war,
aud Secretary Sherman Is a man tllat no gang of
dfsatfected 1ubels cansfsightcn Of worry into any
such course. Ills blood Ia too cool, nnu his
head tuo eleur for That. 'rllo Ereat-grIndBon Of
Roger Sherman. he seems to bave concentrated
ri lin
concentrated determination anl force ot cen.
turics Of illuststDus ancestors. Certain it
IL that no man in this country u to-day better
fitted To dlscfIargn tic overwhelming RESPONSE
bilitcs of his position than !t llns proven binl-
self to be. Tlat recess will ho taken Is be-
lleved BY many pcrst,ns. Prominent Rcpub-
licans here ardcHlly hupe for 1t. It would bs
tic death-bluW to tllc Democracy. Many men
pockets. but when tic Wlse!s ot Government
stop, md business IS paralyzcd. when the iast
approaching return of prosperity is checked
1y,, q mob ot ,malcontents, thcu men
thing else TINT ruins tller busness, shuts
oil ttieir ineumc, nnd lnaKes thcm bankrupt
Tic howl about rcsumptfon was q failure. mud
the Democrats aru fcarlully sore about it. Tint
gold could rcaull par and tile country survive
was
NEXT TO 4 CHIME.
Now they wautsomethlug elau, and they darc not
say what, lest thut tuo Should trfp them, ii
Our people hnyc bee, too confident Of their
strength. They won man1cant Victory on tho
field by brfllinrt gepera1stltp. and now l!aye a
cl,ance Of losing nil they guincd by indifference.
II It becomes necessary to teach thcso .ratn-
pant Sous Of tho South another lcsauu,,
ii will bo sad and bitter QUO to Them. II they
conquer by Intrigue nlul wlu hy tact what they
failed to do By the sword, then our leaders de-
serve tho humiliation Of tgnomtnlous ard the
contempt of pusterlty. There Is no middle
gruuntl. The stake Is n hcayY ono aud they arc
PLAYING for iifc. They Illtlc know the danger Of
wiunili; BY theft or fraud, for the people Of tl.o
North arr, becoming too weary Of tile cry ot
"corruptlonn md "a fraud In tho White
House." TtIc highest tribunal In thu
land decided tho merits Of That
cnse, nful after all Of the talk about
tie purity Of elections asld tue dtvfnc
rIEht Ut ulnn to voto ns Ito pleascs, they huye
driven Republicans ffum The South, md SHOT
doWu colorrd men ns they would shoot raf-
bits, for mere sport. Tic Snprcuio Court OF the
United States Ia also the object Of tho hatred Of
these Sous Of chiyaly. 10 reconstruct tho
Bench Is
ONE or THE AMBITIONS OF TILE PARTY,
md the future ineutl,Dents arc In part selected
against tie time whon Democratic, ur, as they
delight to aay, Rebel. President shall como to
rtilcioyes this ppope. il Every Inst nan Ut them
must be- rcttred," said prominent Senator the
other day, and every last nun OF them will b0
torre1 to do 1t II this country is blind enough.
mail enough, to nllJw d Democratic Chief
Magistrate TO bc elected. IL. A. q.