National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-11-22
she ROOT or sECrIoNALIsM.


Bail makes q very important admission
when it remarks: "the republican party is
owned and welded by capitalists corpora
tons and monopolies," though the strict
truth of the statement is not established by
its utterance any more than the following
sentence: TT is thoroughly sectional and
corrupt its teachings and tendencies face
directly to Capitalization and empire"
The republican party owns itself, though it
is proud TO recognize and appreciate among
its membership long retinue Of capital
lists and business men, who help to swell its
ranks and give power 10 its army Of work.
ers and fighters. They are the bone and
sinew Of the country. They WELD its bust
action so that those interests shall be pro-
tectcd and advanced. So far they WELD
the political power Of the party, and to that
class the country is largely indebted for
the splendid victory which made GARFIELD
president and secured a republican house
of representatives.
That the republican party is thoroughly
sectional and corrupt" we do not admit,
neither can our Alabama contemporary es.
tablish it by competent proof so MS to
bring conviction to the popular mind. The
republican party profoundly regrets that
spirit of sectionalism which by its cruel and
wicked methods has brought "solid
south" They desire 10 break the solidarity
ar lao cCt,th for bn that - & 20 4,
general good.
We are led to notice the fact that while the
advertiser and Nail proclaims that the DEM
ocratic party " is for honesty and compe-
tency of the administration, "itnever utters
n word in the face of Alabama history re-
lating to the late election about fair cleo
ton and an honest count 1t seems TO be
paradoxical for an Albanian to contend
for an honest administration of govern
ment which comes Of the votes of the peo-
pie, when the pool which contributes to it
is mixture of corruption, prescription
and cruelty. The people stamp upon the
administration of the government its pc
cular marks of honesty or dishonesty
through their methods of election, and if
they would contribute to the honesty and
competency of the administrators of gov
enmental power they must purify the
fountain by securing to our elections in the
south fair and untrammelled vote and q
fair count. The outflow is never purer
than the fountain itself, and until the south
reforms it's methods in election it is not
possible for it to secure from that section
honest and competent men to take part in
public affairs. The fundamental principle
springs from the popular voice is to secure
to every qualified voter the right to vote
once and then to present the country with
q fair and honest canvass of the vote cast.
On this point the north is sectionally solid,
as the south is equally SO in the opposite
direction, and 50 the two sections will re-
main until thorough and permanent reform
is stamped upon southern political cam
paigns,
Our contemporary refers to what it de-
dominates "the spirit Of sectionalism which
prevailed in the republican party during
the campaign" and seems to deprecate the
fact that sit has thrust the north and south
apart and kindles between them fire more
fatal to fraternal feeling than the flame
which leaps from tho lannon's mouth" It,
however, conceals the fact that "a soid7
south was Haunted in the face of the north
by such southern representatives as WADE
HAMPTON long before the election, and
that section was warned that 'solid