The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-10-28
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4 GRANT, October y 49, r
To tLs E1yer offAs Eagle:
Before another issue Of the EAGLE viii
reach it, readers the battle viii have been
fought. which vii determine whetheg IL
Nation win b kept in the handsef those
who would destroy it. There were impof-
tsnt eectien during the war and immediate
ly ssseF. but we are on the eve Of one that
surpasses them in Importance, ina1nucA -
this will decide whether what was gained In
the past for free government shall be lost In
the future. The struggle which we are en-
|teripg apon In the final one between ttxosys-
TENS, both aspiring to control and which cam
not exist together in one government. FL
Their the oneor theother must go downs there
Is no room in this country for antagonism 50
opposite. The war 10 not oyer, though We
have been hoping 30 any time these fifteen
years. We hoped II was over when Lee laid
down his arms at AppOmattox and armed re-
sistance to the Government We hoped so
demned by the unanimous vote OF the loyal
States, and we hoped so when Gen. Grant
was twice elected 10 the Presidency. Our
faith rose very high when President Hayes
completed what his predecessor had begun
by restoring every rebel TO all the rights he
had forfeited aud Withdrawing all tue troops
from the S0uta, putting the seeding States
in the same condition they were before the
war. All If this has been Of no avail. The
South was conquered in the field, but it has
never given up one particle Of what it went
to war for. 1t has never relinquished its
purpose, never abated particle Of its de-
signs, never abandoned position it took.
To-day it holds as tenaciOusiy to the doe
trine Of State rights and the right Of States
to secede, as it did in 1860. Hence the per-
petuity and prosperity of the Nation makes
the election of Garfield Us much q necessity
AS was the election OF either Lincoln. Grant
or Hayes. And In order to complete its mis-
sion the Republican party must wrest the
next Congress from the hands Vi the South !;
it must have full possession Of the Govern
ment for the protection of the Government !;
and when the South has found that neither
in the field or in the council chambers can
it rule; and when emigration and other
causes shall have filed 1t with different ele-
meDts, possibly the country may divide upon
other than sectional issues and ideas and be-
come one people with common ends, only
differing as to the best means of attaining
those ends. The policy Of the Republican
party has never been inconsistent with an at.
titude of sincere friendship toward the peo-
pie OF the South. Devotion to the Union
m MT ~ IA rab. .1.alS Inn
it implied no hatred Of men who, having sur
rendered, endcavored earnestly to perform
the duties of loyal citizens. While it exact.
ed nothing from the yanqushed but Obedi-
ence to the laws Of a common country. 1t
made no compromises with those who car
ricd the spirit Of rebellion into their after
life and defied the laws and prosecuted the
unfortunate colOred people.
But enough of this. A word to the Repub-
Leans Of Sedgwick county. All will admit
that the campaign just closing in this county
has been marked with more bad blood aud
i'll feeling than ought to have been engender-
ed among members of the same political
party. But as quarrel between relatives is
generally bitter, so it sometimes happens that
party rivals deal each other harder blows
than are given the enemy. Let us hope that
while the lamp continues to burn, the war
ing factions may be made to see the error Of
their way, cease their strife and heartily join
in with us in defending the common enemy.
The fight will be a warm one and unless wis
dom aud harmony prevail may possibly result
in defeat of q portion of our candidates and
the election of Democrats in their stead.
May God forbid that in coming years it shall
be said. 10 the shame and dishonOr Of our
selves and our children, that a Democrats
head was permitted to rise above the rolling
waves OF Republicanism which swept over
Sedgwick county ON the second day of No
vembcr. 1850. Let no Republican forget his
individual duty and responsibility to his
country and his party.
naVIh RanNS