Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-11-11
SECOND EDITION.
SAhFIELD's LLEoII.H.

xeu.,or Hill, of GeOrgia, On NO
uuh,Icau kun. ass-Tne south NM
Raruum's Co nGinE-Ont Plan.
The following private letter from
Senator Hill, Ct Georgia, is, with b
permission, furnished ter publication
Nv che Hon. s. B. Chittsnden,
Rrooklyn. to whom II was addressed |,
In N Mr.. Hill declares his hearty esteem
for General Garfield and denounces tht
unscrupulous and insane attempt OF
few Northern Democrats to plunge tn
country into the miseries otanoteer dis
puted count.
TIKI LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 6, $780,
Nv dear Mr., Chit snden: | regret Sc
much to see you were defeated. ltwst
a disagreeable surprise to me. y"
Well, my friend, the most anxious
event in our history has become fac
"a solid North against q solid South
No language eGn express to you the
view take Of this event for evil. II
can have no iogic-if contiH ued--bu'
disrupt ION int several mcHarchies OF
the absolute consolidation of all the
States into one Empire. In either
event our constitutional system will
fail.
In my opinion the tine has come
when the one great question for real
statesmen 50 consider is, how speedily
to break up this sectional solidity, and
organize parties altogether on othel
issues. The Democrats party is hated
at the North, and theE sfore, 1t ought 10
be disbanded. The Republican party
IA hstsd at the South, and, therefore,
it ought to be disbanded. Whether
this h sired is Just or not makes no
difference. would be glad to see &
great National Union party organized,
for / believe that the government
formed py the Constitution is 8
Nation. True, 1t is a limited Nation !;
but within the powers delegated to l.
by the Constitution, 1t is as much a
Nation as any on the globe. But there
are certainly some marked federal fea'
lures in the Government, and these
features we're incorporated to enable
the States TO protect themselves from
eneroachmentS on their reserved pow.
ers. The s snate ia the great federal fea.
tupe OF our system, and was expressly
90 organized to represent and protect
the States as equals.
Insally like Garfield. ] do sincerely
hope be will have Successful admins
tratiOn. He has the ability for the
crisis. He must feel keenly thu fact
that he 10 elected solely by Northern
votes. But he has a great opportunity
and he can--if he will-sasily and
consistently destroy all sectional ami.
mositiep and solidities, and be chosen
for q second term by Q majority Of
States, North and South. This Oppor-
tunity 10 far greater than the office it.
SELF, and II utilized will give him =
fame which the ofaoe could not give
and which ne previous President at
tanned. But will he do III l greatly
hope he will and greatly fear he
will not.
L see q movement to make an issue on
the result in New York, with view to
defeat Garfield in the count by Congress.
There would be great danger of this
but for one fact, and that one fact is the
South will not { ntenanceit 1t. The poor,
divided and abused South, II necessary,
will once more save the country from q
revolution, and, as before, will get no
credit for 1t The Republican party
will take the Presidency peaceably be.
cause the South wills 1t, and at the next
election the leaders of that party will
tell the people from every stump and
pulpit in the North that tie South mus
not be trusted Nevertheless, weshall
avert all revolutions, not to win Repub.
lican praise or to avoid Republican
abuse--for either is impossible
solely because it Is right, and we are
determined TO preserve the peace Of the
country. How long human nature cal
bear this do not know. 1t is inias-
tice unparalleled and wrong that ought
tc cover the North with shame.
But did not ..sit down to writs you
such long letter. | only intended to
to express the deep regret | feel that
you were defeated in the late election,
Garfield has no idea how feel to.
ward him, and how anxiously wish
for his success. and | suppose if he di1
know it, he, like Mr.. Hayes, would be
afraid i would ipjure him with biz
party.
With Sarmest regards, l am your
Frip.d L, Il, HILL,