The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-07-08
s ESTABLISHED IN
I MARCH, 1917.

Twelve years have passed, and again
the Solid South tries to put a trusty
servant into the White House. The
votes for General Hancock were cast
mainly by Southern delegations. Some
months ago, telegram from certain
White League leaders of Louisiana
disclosed the fact that they were
working in Louisiana, Texas, Missis-
slppi, and the other Cotton States, for
the nomination Of their friend of
1867. The Convention was managed,
and adroitly rushed beyond all cool
consideration, by their maneuvres.
Mr.. Kelly in New York and Mr..
Wallace in Pennsylvania, who wished
to beat Mr.. Tilden at any cost, be-
came the Northern managers for the
Solid South, and will divide the hon.
ors of the victory. But do they think
that the loyal people of the North
will now go back to the anti-recon-
struction policy of Andrew johnson,
and vote to make its most willing and
subservient instrument the President
of these United States?
There has been period Of hearty
desire for reconciliation. Rightly or
wrongly, many Republicans have felt
that the good faith of the South ought
to be tested by fair trial; that its
pledges to enforce the laws and pro
tect the rights Of all citizens might
perhaps be kept, if troops and FEEDER
al control were withdrawn. When
that feeling existed, if ever, General
Hancock might have been elected,
and yet a candidate who represented
that sentiment immeasurably better
was beaten. The test has been made.
Troops have been withdrawn. The
Solid South has been put upon it's
honor. But every pledge has been
broken, every law has been defied with
impunity. Loyalty has been stamped
out by assassination or by fraud, and
the large power gained by the Solid
South through Cancellation and conf
dence has been used to block the
wheels of Government, to break down
barriers to free fraud in Northern cit
les, and to thrust upon the country
most dangerous and revolutionary
schemes. 1t is too late for gush; too
late for confidence in Southern loyal
ty; too late for arm-in-arm Conven-
tions like that Of Philadelphia in
1866; too late for the eager and pas
sionate hopefulness by which alone a
like that of General Han
cock could have been commended to
loyal voters. The test has been made.
The Solid South has shown itself as
desperate, disloyal and revolutionary
as ever, and General Hancock is now
almost the thinnest disguise it could
have taken. lie elected, he would be
as subservient, as easily moulded, and
as hostile to all loyal measures for Sc
curing the results Of the war, as he
was in 1867.
No, gentlemen Of the White
Leagues, you could not defeat the
North in battle, and you cannot in the
field Of political strife. The North
has learned some lessons from you
within the past twenty years. 1t has
earned never to trust a man because
ne is the favorite of those whose aims,
beliefs, and feelings are wholly hostile
% its own. You, gentlemen of the
White Leagues, appear to know Gen
sral Hancock very well. We of the
North have only this knowledge Of
1is opinions and beliefs-that he
Dleases you. For that reason, your
lisloyal and revolutionary spirit being
known, he will be beaten. One month
hence you will see that you have
olundered again.