National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-09-16
A WORD WITH AN INTRUDER.


The Savannah Recorder must be spelling
for tilt with THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
when it rather oficiously thrusts itself
into little controversy that the Sunday
Gazette had pressed upon this journal by
asserting that the Republican party in
" fact is not responsible for anything" We
made courteous and truthful reply to this
rather discourteous allusion to the Repub-
lican party, aud now the Recorder takes oc-
casion to put its finger in the pie in the
following not over-ornate or truthful man
ner 1t charges that the Republican party,
among other things, is
Responsible for endcavoring to put the negro
over the white man responsible for giving
the negro the vote, and now wishing to take 1t
from him because he has found out it is to
his interest to vote with those among whom
he lives.
If our Savannah contemporary had con-
suited the principles of truth and fairness.
1t scarcely would have violated both in
such a careless manner. We deny that the
Republican party has ever attempted or de-
sired TO "put the negro over the white
"man," except as he is entitled to such
preferment rs attaches to American citizen
ship, and as n citizen possessed of equal
rights, and nothing more. To accord less to
him is to rob him of his rights of citizen
ship, against which the Republican party
enters most solemn protest While that
party is responsible for giving the negro
" the vote" it has in no instance nor under
any circumstances evinced desire or pur-
pose to take it from him. rs our mendacious
cotemporarY asserts. 1t is the Democratic,
not the Republican party that has bull
dozed, wronged and murdered the negro
out his rights and his vote, MS history at
tests. Again, the Recorder alleges that the
Republican party is
Responsible for putting the Government In
the hands of the money power to deprecate
the National currency and to give fictitious
value to gold.
The writer of such O piece of nonsense
and untruth must be exceedingly ignorant
of history or indifferent to its record, for
Just the reverse of the allegation here set
forth, is tine truth. The Republican party
has, in spite of the efforts of the Democrat s
to the contrary, brought our National cur
rency at par with gold under resumption,
which the Democrats would have defeated
but for the interposition of the Republican
party and the veto of Republican Presi-
dent, which set their efforts in that direc-
tion ut naught. The Recorder is not n
shrewd or graceful falsiier of fact for it is
easily detected and exposed in its men
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can party is
Responsible for the sectional hates created
and kept alive by the waving of the blood!
shirt, " and plantation manners"
So long as the " bloody shirt" is Of ex
elusive Southern manufacture and "planta
ton manners are patent to that section
of our common country, and all the exist
ing sectional hates have emerged chief.
from these causes and are kept alive by til
wrongs perpetrated in the South, we thinl
it wise policy to keep them before the coun
rry until wiser and better sentiment shal
prevail where now prescription, hate an'
murder fill up the calendar of events, ant
until our country is stamped with hghe
order of civilization. When the South re
SpectS tne rlSuls VI uil citi"chS VI cNoly Po
litical belief when it ceases its manufacture
; of " bloody shirts" and to wear "plantato
manners" these will find no patrons a
the North, aud the Nation will be at peace
and not until then. The South cannot jus
tify secession, rebellion, prescription an
murder by any amount of special pleadin
over real or supposed offenses that the Re
: publicans may have committed since or be
= fore they saved the Nation.