, 1880-07-12

ut OF the poor labOrlnS Whltes, not Tor
the negro Those who claimed equal
rights for the Eegro were then as few as
the advocates OF Chinese equality are now
upon the Pacific coast. The charge that
the Republican party sought the political
enfranchisement of the negro was indig-
nantly denied by every Republican leader
until after the close of the war, when it
was adopted as party necessity-as the
only means by which the party could
maintain its ascendsncy in the country.
The statement that the Supreme Court
ever Illuminated or endorsed the doctrine
that the negro had no rights which a
white man is bound to respect" is un
qua.ifedly false. 1t is an old party catch
phrase, gathered from the statement of
an historical fact by ustice fancy, which
served its day and purpose, and it is only
through Ignorance or bigotry that 1t is
resurrected and injected into an Grafton
which in common decency should be free
from party rancor.
Again our orator says Of the people of
the South: With the first ray of return
ing prosperity they sought to weld again
the shackles which had melted at the
touch OF Lincoln's pen. They took advan-
tage of the absolutlon OF their political
sins to declaim treason in the National
Capitol. and climbing the steps of Exec>
utive chamber, would have laid their
hands upon the curule chair ITSELF
This will do for sophomore declama>
ton, but it has no documentary evi>
dence upon which to establish its facts.
The emancipation of the slaves was con-
cured in by the controlling sentiment Of
the South with an unanimily astonishing
to all, and there has been no party wor-
thy of public consideration which has
Shown any disposition to "weid the
shackIes" of the slaves since. If the
Eastern humanitarian should-as they
would it they could--conier the hight OF
suffrage upon the Cinnamon on this coast,
and it should happen that in certain To-
calties the Cinnamon were in the ma
jority, and political carpet-baggers should
come among them to dominate the white
citizens by their votes, the probabilities
are there would be muss, as there un-
doubtedly has been in some Southern
communities where Northern earpet-bag-
gers, supported by Federal bayonets, have
voted the plantation negroes and domi-
mated and despoiled the whites. The
only treason declaimed in the National
Capitol has been in asserting the right Of
| self-government against central despot-
ism !; right lnestimable to the people
and formidable to tyrants only.
But the anniversary of our American
independence is not proper occasion Tor
indulging in party and sectional crini-
nation and inveclivrs II rebellion is a
crime, we must remeniter that our boast
| ed free government Is Df criminal origin.
If our system of African >crvitude was a
sin against God ami nnn. the founders of
our Government are responsible for
that sin as their successors who sought to
| maintain the institutions which they es>
tablshed. Under the new order of things,
it is the duty of every patriot to put out
of sight as quickly as possible the recel-
lection of differences, now dead, which
were buried upon the field of fraternal
carnage. We sincerely regret that gen
tleman of the amiable qualities and social
graces of Mr.. Haines should attempt to
magnify himself by indulging in personal
philippe and party vituprration upon a
festive occasion common to all citizens,
and we should not have made it matter
of public notice, if he had not sought
the medium OF puolic PRINT to promul-
gate perverted history and false doc
trincs. We hope never again to witness
the desecration of our National Sabbath
to the propagation Of sentiments of party
prejudice and fraternal hate.
! HANCOK's LETTER-At the earnest re-
quest of many readers, we reprint
the admirable letter of General Han
cock, with large extra edition, to sup
ply the general demand. 1t is docu-
ment which cannot be too much studied
or too well learned by the people. As
a state paper it will rank with Washing-
toms Farewell Address, and as manual
of Democratic principles it has no super