Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-12-18
DECEMBER. Is. 1879


union man with all the term Implies
The talk is on the South. an.
how Republicanism has been de,tr,v
ed IN thar sccti3H by the 9ik-anl
water policy Of Pre- >idemt Hayes. Il
IS Valuable paper, AL tall of smg
gestlons which it were well for the
President to heed. The ct k i,
the result Of consultations by sauth I'm
Republicans residing in W.,hin.ton
m reference to the plans an prospects
for the political camp lgn in the So Ii il
an 1880. Col. Hill is a resident OF
Arkansas an old line Wing, then a
confederate soldier, bat Repl3lictu
since there has beea BE ,t,lican
party in the South. Mr. HI! Gains.
what all northern loy,l people kros
to be true, viz, that the South his
not been reconstructed, and that it is
- HohiSo ~ aOcSid WIZ the pFiuci-
Piles involved In tho amendments To
the constitution. In short that Free
Speech. Free Thought, AM Free
Labor, exist only in name in the
South, and that the Republican patty
il responsible for the con l;tion OF
things which exists in the eleven
states which it is claimed have been
reconstructed As sample of hi.
reasoning we give the decision of
the Supreme Court. opinion by Chief
Justice Waite, which Mr.. Hill claims
has tended to make imperative the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments.
Sovereignty. for ths protection OF
life AMI personal liberty within the
respective States, rests alone with the
States. The Fourteenth Amendment
prohibits State from depriving any
person of life, liberty, or property
without due process Of law, and from
denying to any person within its jlr
addiction the equal protection of the
laws; but u ads nothing to 'Ar righs
Of ons citizen rs 0yninst "ao'her. i
The duty of protecting all its citizens
IN the enjoyment of an e1aAli off
rights was originally assumed by
the States, and it still remains there
In Miner vs. Ilappersett this Court
Id 81. A
United States had not conferred the
right of suffrage upon any one
The right to vots IN the States comos
from the States
Mr.. Hill claims that this decision
as simply an expression of States
Rights doctrin, and that the action
OF the Administration has been virtu
ally an endorsement of the heresy.
lie further claims that the charges
brought, against the carpet basgers"
and "niggers. of loading down the
South with debt, AMI they h,vc been
the promoters of disleyalty, is a sham
and pretense, which has in reality
no foundation The article is long
and exhaustive, aud We weuld that
ne might publish it entire for our
readers. Mr.. Hill docse'nt hesitate
to say that Packard received larger
number of votes in Louisiana than
President Hayes and that the strong
arm of the government ought to have
protected him in all his legal rights
Mr. Hill claims that there are
thousands who would be republicans
in the South, were they permitted to
be such, bat who are voting the Dem
ocratIc ticket, or not voting at all,
because they can not do otherwise, |
and that the North--tho Republicans
of the North are responsible for the
condition Of things that there exists
The article, or talk as the Trijnae
designates it. is we'll worth an attea-
sivs perusal, and will have weight with
the thinking, loyal men of the North.
1t is undoubtedly fact that were the
people of the South permitted to ="
to the polls and there ex ress by thei T
ballots their political preferences.
that in very many of the states there
would be found Republican, majerities,
and it is equally true that they can
not do so. because the Republicans
of the North, have not been emphatic
in denuneiation of policy pursued
by the administration, which is not
only DISTINGUISHING men who would
be. and have ever been, ardent snip
porters of the government, but alse
\ class who haze been, bat xho are Ha
longer, its enemies, and wha would
show their fealty could they have op
portunity. and be protected in the
enjoyment of the right they dare not
exercise.
THE DEMOCRACY Of "Injiany,
and of the whole country, for that
matter, is fearfully excited over the
ingress Of 'sColored Brederin" into