Daily Republican., 1879-05-15
who Com snenced II?

terfering at the polls. This blue-coated'
brass. buttoned phantom appeared to
the editor yesterday, while he was
preparing at least four editorial articles
ani it would not down at his bid
ding. President Hayes second veto
is the cause of all this, and in imagi-
nation the veteran editor looking
through the dim outline of the future,
sees troops at the polls everywhere.
The most amusing thing in the Ga
zette's" editorial rambling is that the
second veto of President Hayes don't
60 down with the better part Of the
friends Of his own party, and in proof
Of this it cites such papers as the Phil
adelphia "Ledger, Telegraph, Times
and Record" none OF which he says
are Democratic, and all either Republi-
can or Independent. Such a selection
of papers as the popular exponents O.
Republicanism is laughable in the ex-
treme. Why was no: the "Every Even
ing," of this city, brought forward too'
The Baltimore "Sun" might have
answered its purpose full as we'll, and
Dana's New York "Sun' should
not have been forgotten. The New
York "Herald' might have been
quoted, but the Gazette" put its foot
into it, by quoting so often from it in
opposition to the administration that it
could not consistently put it in the
same batch, and then there was that
other little objection the "Herald'
supported the position taken by the
President. But the idea of placing
such Philadelphia papers as it has
named on the Republican list makes
US smile in spite of ourselves. Our
venerable and respected neighbor need
not try to console himself with the
idea that the success Of the Republican
party is dependent upon the support Of
such papers.
The approaching Presidential con-
test is to be stalwart fight with stal-
wart papers to the front; and towards
andlaggards tothe rear. The Gazette
says, the war against the South has
been re.opened in earnest. in all the
northern sections by the Republican
papers of the ''stalwar:" stripe. Cor
rect, tor once, but who commenced the
re-opening' who filled both Houses Of
C,ngress with rebel brigadier generals
and colonels, of the defunct confederate
army Who sent Hamburg Butche r
B Itler, to the Senate, whose only re-
com ne pdation for distinction was the
fact tla. he was the leader of the rifle
clubs that shot down and murdered
scores of defenceless negroes at Ham
burg and Ellen.on Who sent Fort Pill
low massacre Chalmers to the House of
Representatives where he was male
chairman of the Democratic caucus
com nittee which now virtually controls
the legislation Of the nation Who
made effort after effort to get the nation.
al government to pay the rebel wal
claims : Who tried to have the name Of
Jeff Davis again placed upon the pen
sions rolls vita the loyal soldiers Of the
union The north isgto be made solit
on sectional questions, says the "Ga-
z'.:e." Right again; no one will dispute
that it is practically solid already, bu'
who commenced this solidifying pro
cess Look at South Carolina, Georgia
Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisi-
ana, all with large Republican MAORI
ties in them, bulldczed into sending
solid Democratic delegations to Con.
gress. Look at O'Conner from soutl
Carolina, an ex-:ebel officer represent.
a district with Republican majorit J
Of 1000 in it.
Look at Shelley of Alabama Wit
made fool of himself in the House OF
Tuesday in attempting to show that Ii,
was fairly elected from district tina
has within it 900 Republican majo
ity. Look at Chalmers pretending t.
represent district from Mississippi
where there are %, 900 Republican
votes to 1000 Democratic. These ar
only few instances of the solidifyin
process so succe 1stully inaugurat-d an
carried out by the South. The nor.
did not commence this solid work IN
til long after TIL South had b-coln
experts in the buslness. This -oli
process was not sought after by tI- pr,
pie OF the north. They Were IuI~lI
pursuing their business avo3at.on
aud were becoming equally DIVIDED /
politics when this solid work was con
menced in the South. They locke
dow towards the cspltol Of the nati"
and found that while they bad bee
careless and confding the South Aa
filled Congress with ex-rebel brigad er
and colonels ready to accomplish b b.
legislation what they failed to accom-
plish hy force of arms. Then coralnrr
oed the solidiying process in the mort
which would have been too late to az
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