The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-28
THE SUN AND THE SOUTH.

thinks they ought To, and the success OF Cor
nell in Now York and the present attitude, o.
assumed attitude of tho South, has vexed his
righteous soul. aud madn him madder and
moro inclined to BE- logmatIG and dlctatoral
than ever. In IN article iii the SIM Or I'll
twcnty-thIrd. under tho heading of Grant
and tho South, the Southern leaders AFRO AL
ralgned as being ready to strike hand with
the bloody shirt Republicans whenever there
~ anything to bo gained by tho unnatural
coalition. They are charged with aiding the
Republicans IN Congress whenever thcy haye
pressed their various schemes Of plumber,
to have served them In more ways than one
as men to make searecrpws of, to keep tho
Radical North solid and as useful individuals
To assist In lifting tho Radical party out "
the ruts
They are called "facIlo Brgadlnrs,' and
the assertion II made, on the strength of the
utternnees Of Stephens md Toombs, that they
arc not only contemplating, but arc working
III Il worry considerable movement In tho
South In favor Of Grant "and alI that Ills
third term would Imply. On this point tho
S,tn says:
The aigna aro mnny and various. Stsphena,
who tries all things ana nDllR IltGt TO mono, pro-
nounoes him tho grenteat and best Of Amer
| cans. and, liko u blind worm. drenma IA safety
under tho Iron heo Even Toombs, whose Wild
bray la tho deaott Or accession folly IL 1T least
| the result of natural Instinct. and not Of por-
| yortel intelligence. would prefer him to Ill
den" In Georgia aud elsewhero tho newspa-
| Woo presidential tails to tho third torn kite.
Meanwhile Grant. who for eight yehra hold the
South uirmng and Rasping ~ MS cruo!
| military grip, aud never relaxed his hold until
| tho electoral fraud Wns ACCOMPLISHED. talks for
tho first time In hie lfo. and talks conoiliationl
Then tho Sp, Is kind enough TO say that 1t
does not for moment think that oven &
respectable minority OF tho people Of the
South would DO willing to follow the fortunes
OF Grant and risk ail upon the moro chance
OF his remaining true TO- them. but 10 unklnd
and unfair enough to make tho following
charge:
| Rantnttvea wore found to Rent Hayes against
tho Will " tho people. and sufficient number
may DO found to mako fatal diversion In be-
| half Of Grant From tho fraud of 1867 to q
THIRD term for Grant. and ultimately TO- u lifo
tenure. tho transition is easy They prefer
him to Tilden' now. - they preferred Hayes 70
| Tilden In 1877.
II there Ia any ono Individual more respon-
sible than another for the success Of the Radi-
cal Ingenious scheme for eelzIng the Prosl
4
who received q minority q the votes cast
that individual Is the editor Of the New York
SIM We all romomber how fIercely patriotic
the .Sn, was In those days just anterior tt
tho Electoral Commission; how 1t threatened
the Radicals with dire vengeance II they
dared to trlllo with the rights Of tho people Of
the whole Union, and how 1t called upon the
| people to soc that the man they had elected
was installed In office. It's utterances In those
trying and critical days were clear and manly
and had tho ring Of courage; they were read
! by the people or the South with enthusiastic
approval and admiration, for It appeared rs
If ut least one Eroat journal In the North
realized tho tremendous issues involved In
the struggle and was determined TO prevent
tho successful accomplishment Of the de-
liberato purpose on the part of the Radicals tc
steal the Presidency, either forcibly or by the
practice Of q species Of judicial logerdemain.
Tho people everywhere were rouslnR to q
proper sense Of tho enormity Of the outrage
that was about to be pcrpetrated, when sud-
denly and most unexpectedly the
Sun weakened There was mere
suspicion of saltpeter in tho atmosphere,
growing out Of Mr.. Watterson's speech at
Washington, In which he limited at a forciblc
resistance on tho part Of the people to any
attempt to seat tho man who had been noto-
riously defeated by the popular VOTE and the
Sun had no sooner detected tho familiar odor.
when the brow Of Its editor was "slcklled
o'er with tho pale cast Of thought" and his
utteranccs thcnceforth were all for peace.
| This was d government Of law and the peo-
pie must pursue legal methods for redress;
better, far better. submit to the ELECTORAL
fraud and It's eight to seven jury than to
make my show or asserting their plain and
unmlstakable rights; better to wait four
years for redress by appealing to the ballot
box than offer any resistance whatever to the
perpetration Of the medltated crime upon
constitutional liberty. In this altered strain
sang the Sun, and Immediately the press
throughout the North took up tho cry. Mr..
| TIlden. who had received the solid vote of the
| South and who was the chosen President OF the
people Of the whole country, uttered 10 word
OF encouragement, and contentoJ himself
with filing protest when 1t was too late.
His representative personally advocated
on the floor Of The House the acceptance
or the electoral commission scheme, and
used their influence to prevent the further use
OF the filibustering tactics which had been
adopted by the Democrats in the House.
When the representatives OF the South, who
had stood firm and who would never have
given their consent to such an abandonment
of the rights Of the party and
of constitutional forms as was med
itated by the electoral commission bill,
saw that they were to be sacrificed, and found
themselves deserted by the very men upon
whom they counted most surely for support,
they did what was perfectly right and proper
for them TO accepted the inevitable and
sought to relieve their section OF the baleful
presence OF troops which were used simply
to keep In power the carpet-bag plunderers
who had spread ruin far and wide. In those
days. when Mr.. Tilden made haste to deny
any responsibility for Wattersons speech
though 1t had received his sanction In manu-
script ard was to have been delivered In the
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