National Republican., 1880-08-21
pAcIrICATIoN OF rur soUTII.

PACIFICATION OF THE SOUTH.
That independent journal, tho SPRING |
field Republican, and that very independent |
journal, Frank LCsiio's Illustrated Newspaper. |
are not exactly pleased with the self-con-
jured.up idea that the republican confer |
ence recently held in the Fifth Avenue hotel |
at New York is an indication that the lead |
ing men of the party, with General GAR
FIELD at their head, intend to "breali away |
from what President HAYES at the very |
threshold of his administration conceived |
=" TO be the first and highest duty of Ameri-
can statesmanship-th pacification of
the country" What do these Independent |
journalists mean by the phrase "pacfca- |
" ton Of the country? Perhaps its author. |
DR.. WooGsEY, can explain. In the mean
time we turn TO DR.. WEBsTER's dictionary
for a clue. We there find that the word
"pacifcation means the act of making
peace between nations or parties ut vari-
"ance; the act Of appeasng or pacifyins
Swfaih." About twenty years ago the
confederate states of America set them
selves up rs an independent power and be-
gan q war against the United States of
America. The republican party then came
into power and made peace between the
parties at variance" by soundly threshing
the southern party at variance back into
its position in the union. We assume that
the independent journalists and the Wool.
sEYs of that period who were not enioyinr
the hospitalities of the nation in Forts La
fayette, Delaware, or Hamilton, or other
houses of correction and reform heartily
approved of that style of paciication, aud
that they were not then extremely desirous
of afIectionately embracing the confederate
brigadiers, of pulling them down on top of
their yielding bodies, and of inserting their
pacifying nasal protuberances into the cav
ernous jaws of the chivalry and of inviting
tho latter TO chaw until southern wrath was
appe0sed.
The same parties" are still at variance
The arena of conflict has, however, been
changed The "stalwurts" gave the "brign.
diers on the tented field something more
solid and less appetizing TO chew than the
blooming noses Of daettd1ti pacificators, and
the present scene of war is at the ballot
box. The enemy Of the union, of freedom
and Of Justice now confIonts us Us q hostile
political southern party. We know of no
way to pacify this party except by whip.
ping it again and again according to the
old-Iashioned peace tactics of the last twenty
years, or else by the dHettanH plan of an
unconditional surrender of all national
power into its hands. If the INDEPENDENT
journals and the WooLsEYs know of
any other practicable method of paciication
we and all other republicans desire most
earnestly to be made acquainted with it.
These journals and the DIR. WooLsEYs
claim that policy Of pacifcation is neces-
sary at the present iuncture. We freely
admit it, 1t has been absolutely necessary
for the past twenty years. We were always
strongly niavor Of a practical enforcement
of that policy When we see an industri-
GUS inotfensive man attacked and being
bTutally beaten by ruiflan we are imme-
diately inspired by policy of pacifcation,
but our methods Hereunder are of the ro-
bust sort. We don't believe in embracing
the ruifian in closing our eyes to his out
rage, and in bribing him with tafly or pub.
lie pap to keep the peace.
These journals and the DIR. WooLsEYs rec.
ognize the necessity of the hour. "The high
est duty of American craftsmanship is,
they say, the paci1cation Of the country
but their views of the situation are broader
than the necessity of the case demands. It
is only part, a section of the country that
requires paciiCation, tho south. The wrath
OF the south still remains unappeased, and
nothing but the defeat of the republican
party-the party that crushed secession
into the dust Of humiliation and uncondi-
tional surrender-can appease it, Shall we
surrender to the south? This is the issue
which is to bo decided next November.
If we remember Alright President HAYES
did for n time try to appease in that way
the wrath Of the south. He took briga-
dier into his cabinet aud appeased him. lie
removed loyal republicans from Office all
over the south, and somewhat appeased a
corresponding number of rebels by giving
them the places from which the republicans
were removed The veterans of the union
were given the cold shoulder, and the La
MARS, and the STEPHENS, and the GoRDoNs
aud the Hills were taken into the warmest
embraces of the White House, But their
company was not the most enjoyable, The
president had yielding pacficatory spine
but he could not forever stand the chaic.
ing process his loyal gorge rose at last and
he kicked them out Of the premises The
republican party has got tired of that sort
of pacihcation, 1t believes that the best
policy of pacidcation is that which adopts
the constitution and laws Of the United
States and which enforees their mandates
in all sections Of the country in which pa
ci6caton is necessary.
The dRet'aaG few are disgruutled because