The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-11-07

RepublicanIsm and SectIsnaIism.
II the result Of the late election il
Ohio is owing 70 the cause to which Il
h attributed by the Republican papers.
Il is but another illustration Of the true
character and purpose Of the Republic
can party. We are told that ii was
carried chiefly BY hostility 10 the peo-
pie OF the South. Feelings which had
nearly expired. from lapse Of time and
the growth Of better sentiments. were
famed BY the Republican speakers and
writers into flames again. and as has
too often happened. of-late years, the
passions engendcred BY the war have
mastered reason and stified the patriotic
instincts Of the people.
The Republican party had its birth
In sectionalism. During the war il was,
OF course, in its element To carry on
a war Of sections, parties more or less
sectional were necessary. When the
war ceased there was no further need
Of sectional party. and il would have
been great blessing TO the country II
the Republican party had died also.
Patriotism broad enough 10 take in the
whole country was then the greatest
need. The Republican party. however,
was too strongly intreuched in power
10 be overthrow az once. II did
not. when the National cause tri-
umphed, become National party.
Whenever, in any part Of the coun-
try Republicans attempted TO rise
above sectional views and sectional
policy. just 10 that degree they lost their
= Republicanism. and became some
thing else-iiberal Republicans. Demo-
Gratis, perhaps. Grant Administration
was exactly the ripe fruitage Of section
alism. A Republican during the war
might have been patriotic. that l.. he
might have believed that the triumph
OF the Northern section Of the country
was necessary for the greatest good Of
the whole country. as it undoubtedly
was, and he might have been a Repub-
lican actuated by an honest desire to
see the whole country united in peace
again. II 50 his views were more in
accordance with those of the Demo-
crats Of that day, and with them he
ought 10 have been found. But the
whole aim and purpose Of Grants Adj
ministration was TO aggrandise the
great Republican States Of the North
and 70 degrade and debase the States
of the South. Every election. National
and State. in Grants time. was carried
or sought to be carried. by the Repub-
lean party. BY appealing TO the pas
sions excited during the war. 70 the
Of the North against the
South. Grant. instead Of being the
President Of the United States. was. 50
far as North and South were concerned.
simply the executive Of laws passed hy
q sectional Congress for the oppression
and impoverishment Of the Southern
States. When Hayes came in. with his
conventional title. and, either because
nc thought he might strengthen his
tenure. or from his sense Of justice,
and. perhaps. his real patriotism,
sought to rehabilitate the Southern
States, and 10 give them the rights
which. under the Constitution, belonged
70 them, but which Grant had used his 4
whole power to keep from them. the
party. true to its original
and never-changing character. abused.
viified and had well-nigh abandoned
him. II was only when he went back
upon the most creditable part Of his
record and succumbed to the demands
Of his party again that he was again
rs true Republican There
has not occurred State election since
1860 in which the Republican party has
not appealed directly and principally
. the sectional passions and prcjudices
1f the people. either hatred or fear. or
jealousy or revenge. The Republican
papers tell us that il was not the cur
rency nor any financial question. but
the terror Of the "Southern Briga-
diers," that j., the fear Of another re- /.
bellion. which was triumphant IN Ohio
II the late election
II is one Of the strangest things in
American politics. how effective this
Did. threadbare. false and hypocritical
dodge i among the masses u people Of
he North. The bloody shirt Is more
inspiring standard than the stars and
stripes. Sectionalism Is stronger than
patriotism Evidently the country is
never % have peace again until tho
Republican party j. stamped out III cx-
stencc.- Boston Post.
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