Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-04-25
is THE DEMOCRATIC SOUTH
TENDING TOWARD "SlN-
-OERE" LOYALTY?

maDU c9lelul COuSiucl dtlOu VI SNSil !
man who desires the perpetuity OF the
Union. In common with all tue men
by whom we have been surrounded we
have tried to believe in the genuineness
of that loyalty which has been cXhib
tied by Southern men since the war.
We have been 10th to believe that any
portion of the people OF the South
seeing force ana violence wereinettect-
.ual, should turn and through a pre-.
tended submission to the constitution
and by hypocrisy and cunning should
atse2pt in.ansther way to get control
of the Government, either to destroy
it or through it, to establish the same
snEilariRles SNggf to h6arItfl8Gh"' Bit 81 'fiRn
attempting to stand upon this imprc,
sion we encounter many demonstra-
tions which shake our faith IN the sin
certify of some of the leaders. When
the war closed, the world looked 10
see Davis and his co .conspirators
meet that fate which has followed
treason ever since the days OF Rome.
To spare his life was all that was then
asked. He was willing to be regard
ed as penitent, and nobody would
ask that lie be again recognized and
trusted with the same interests which
he had SO foully betrayed. Every
thing then was asked in the interests
decentralization, and so in that name
have these traitors been spared, and
emboldened by this extraordinary Gle
mency they have advanced, until they
have fguratircly placed. their leader
IN. the halls of Congress as the demi.
god and subjected him to an apo
theosis not second to that bestowed
upon Washington. They loudly ask
''Are we not repentant? Do we not
show evidence Of loyalty? ?" and many
assume.that they do, without stopping
to enquire whether it be from necess-
ity or choice. Or them WHO so believe
or feel, we ask. Is not Davis sub
missive, would it not be as well if he
were President as with Hayes? If no,
why not? The answer is that which
applies. to this whole question. 1t is
better to trust the tried and faithful,
than your country's betrayers, just
as it is unwise for bauk to 60 round
amongst the deiaulters when seeking
cashier. If secessionists honestly
believed in that doctrine and were
ready to die for their treason they
believe. it to-day. If they did not
.believe in it then they betrayed their
country for cause which they deemed
false, and for their disloyalty to both
causes they are doubly damned. When
Hayes was declared elected Prcsident
s.under the law, was they restrained
ffrom pursuing their theory Of "revolu-
ftlon" by motives of policy, or was it
free and voluntary submission to the
law. Whenever they have called for
reconciliation and concessions for the
good of the whole country, have they
ever Gone it except when advancing
some Southern scheme? Have tEev
eyer metswth any temporary success
WITHOUT being betrayed into express
ions OF JOY always accompanied with
an attempt to advance some one Of the
principles on which the rebel ion was
founded. In short, is it of their own
free will and choice, that the Republic
liyes,a it is? If they had control Of
the Government would they separate
1.-The North from the South? Do they
receive. and advance from the loyal
sentiment Of the country as conuess-
ion in the interest Of the Republic,
and 10 they meet it with. a like one on
their part? De they mot rather
Loudly proclaim, it as an indication OF
change of political sentiment in favor
{, of the lost cause. Let us carefully
examine their footprints, and see
whether they are travelling towards
the unity OF the States, or to some
rendezvous, the central point Of which,
is not well understood, (however much
1T is concealed beneath these specous
,proclamations J by every secessionist
in the land. DO we misjudge? We
close. with the enquiry. What single
effort has been put forth by the
Southern Democracy not entirely
consistent with the doctrines of the
rebellion, or what single act have they
done in opposition thereto? When
this is satisfactorily answered, We
may hope the loyal sentiment of our
people is not in danger Of being
caught mapping, and not till then.