New-York tribune., 1879-01-15
LET THEM HELP THENSELTES.


We beg our Democratic friends not to en-
barrass themselves with false modesty' ii
there is ANYTHING on the premises of the Re-
publican party for which they have Ianey,
bv all means let them take 1t. Far be IL from
| lis to demonstrate at the appropriation Oh our
property, or to think 1t unreasonable IL the
crop which we planted and titled, ana pro-
tected with great trouble from the attempts
OF the Democracy to pull 1t up by the roots Is
claimed by this same Democracy as soon as
il has been garnercd The country is getting
used TO this sort of thing; and though we
cannot 90 so far as to pretend that we IKE
it, the time has passed when it could cause us
any surprise.
just now "A branch of the Eastern Demo-
Gratis are labOriOusly arguing that Hey brought
about the resumption of specie pay Smenis, III
spite of the persistent efforts of the iliepu0iI-
can party to pcrpetuate suspension. Secretary
Sherman, say they, has always opposed
RESUMPTION; the Federal Administration has
steadily favored an inflated and iIrcdeemable
currency; the Radicals in Congress have been
distinguished by their opposition to hard
money; nothing has saved the country but the
stcadfastnc@s aud common-sense of ali honest
3
"pubicans are beginning to fall out over
resumption says one organ OF the opposl-
ton, "pcrhaps the Democrats may come by
"thcir own" We hone they may but at
present the things that they seem most
anxious to come by are ours. In the It. LOUIS
platform OF 1876 they denounced the rcsump-
ton clause of the Act of 1870 as hndrance
to resumption, and demanded its repeal; and
to this profession OF financial faith they
remained tolcrably faithful up to the
1st oi January, 1879, when resumption was
duly accomplished according to the terms OF
the act. They have not cOndcscendcd to eN-
plain the apparent inconsistency OF claiming
the credit of an achievement which they
have done their best to prevent; they only
bid us get out of the way and remember that
it is their procession
If 1t had not been for the Republican party
the United States would have gone to pieces
at the beginning Of the war. In suppTes>lng
the rebellion and restoring the Union we had
to deal not only with an armed foe in our
front but with an unarmcd ana hardly less
dangerous foe in the rear. who Obstructed
the operations of our soldiers, denounced
every attempt to save the Constitution as I'M
constitutional, and opposed the abolition o1
human slavery as a violation OF human
nights. But having in spite OF Democratic
resistance restored the Union and liberated
the slave. we are now requested to stand
aside and let the Democratic party manage
reconstruction and take care OF the negro.
We are told that 1t j. a gross outrage on our
part to claim any share IN the heritage we
have preserved or 10 DO anything for the pro-
lection of the weak and ignorant whom we
have liberated. The Democracy is gong to
look after the South. 1t has got out It's
rifles, shOt-guns, masks, rcd-ShlrtS and
tissue ballots it has organized its Buggy
BrigadeS and Advisory Committees; II has
put "a complete stop to negro suffrage. IL the
Republican North demonstrates, it Is III
formed that the Solid South has always been
the personal property of the Democratic
party, and that the party does not mean to
be interfered with by niggcrs (; and if we ven
ture to inquire whether Southern Republicans
have 10 rights winch Democrats are bound To
respect the entire Democracy, from Senator
Thurman down to Alderman PurrOy, is
shocked at question which betIays such
depth Of sectional hate. Well, gentlemen,
don't be bashtul take whatever you can lay
your hands on; and if you don't see what
you want, ask for 1t.