, 1879-06-27
TIE DAs1s ron RECONCILIATION,

ono"Bh ny pood.apurting Republican bullie
and donlagogues," to aak, "Wlint haa trim
|. spirod 10 change tho 1amb-like, loving, au'
paternal spirit" which characterized th
Bunker Hill conlmouts?
Tbe answor to this inquiry ID simpl
enough, after diminishing i,s fmpertinonce
Republican journals were In earnest who,
they hera|dcd tho dawn Of gonuino rocon
oiliation, hecauso they believed that tho,
would find response from tls Southerr
people, with their local Governments full,
restored to them, and with q representation
IN tile Nataonnl Legislature rs extensive ~ Il
would havo been If they had never ATTEMPTED
to destroy tho Union. But tho ex.Con
fedorates have completely tliapelled tht
illusion. Tho worry first uso to which taoy
put their now asceudoncy in the two Houset
OF Congress WAS to roasaort, undor the diota.
ton OF cnucus controlled by two.thirds
Confederate majority, tho vicious doctrine Of
State Sovereignty. Senators became once
moro ambassadors from Southern States, ant]
tho House Of Representatives threatened de-
strnotion of the Government by starvation
unleBs TINT Government would abandon
Its constitutional right to rcgulato mud SUPER
viao tho Congressional elections. Tho Demo
crats started upon their now Icase Of powcr
in Congress at tho worry point they left OF
Wien tho Cohfodcrates deserted tho Senate
chamber and the House to enter tho Rebel
nrmy mud tsle Rabel Congress. Tho work Of
thls o1sra session Of Congross has been to in
augurato mn attompt to fight the War ovor
again. Evory effort In behalf Of Stnto ST.
premaoy is m effort to aenationnl,ze the
United States Of America, It was bad filth
III the Confedorato caucns to renew this
strugglo. Acquosconco in tho results Of tho
War was implied in tho restoration of tile
Nobels to full citizenship anl the opportunity
for rcgatning control Of the Government,
hut tho chief result Of TINT war was tho vim
dication Of Nationatlsm ngainst tho assault
Ut State Sovereignty. When the Oonfetler-
atos signalized their return to powor in Oou-
gresa by deliberate nnd stubborn attempt
to'brcak down tho chief result md to d.
ny the logic Of tho War, tlon 1t was timo
for the bollavora in National Sovereignty to
postpone reconciliation, which had boom ono-
sldod, till there should bo moro substantial
ovidenoo of good fattlt from tito othcr eitlu.
10 consent to tho repeal OF tho Election Inv
would DO to assont to the doctrine Of State
Sovereignty, and to onab1e tho Confcderatos
to elect tho noxt President mud Congress by
violent and fraudulent usds.ros which the
National supervision may be ablo to proyent.
Thon staso Sovereignty would proceed to
undo nll that the War for tho Union fas nc.
cofnrlishel The constitutional amendments
would to repealed or so construed BY tho
Southern statos, under authority OF Congress
md the Democratic President, az to to I'm.
parativo. The United States Courts and tho
United States army would 10 reorgauixad to
suit the new dominion Of tho old lleresy,
Tile South would come forward a. m injured
claimant for restitution. Tho Sovereign
statoa would demand pensions for
tho mon who served In tho Roba!
army md reimbursement for tho loyscs
incident to tho War, baca,iso war had boon
nnjustly wagod upon lhem with tho purpose
Of brcakiug down their sovereignty. Then
tho Northern pooplo who do not boloyo In.
md nro not willing to submit to, tho fatal
doctrine Of stato Sovereignty, would sue for
reconciliation in win Mt tho hands Of a
hanghty, ovorbcnring, sectional cauo,,s,
II thero has boon any decided change in
tho tone md aentimentn Of tho Ropnbliean
Journals TINT spoke words Of frntornal wol-
como at lilo Bunker Till reunion of Northern
mud Southern soldiers, tho Coxrer-Jouraat
need not look outsllo Of the Confederate
canous to flnd tho true explanation Of that
change. It Is not natural, oven IL It wore