The Portland daily press., 1880-08-25

"''Nih 'HO SyStOih VI oltNCiS W
norance and degradation; it illustrates the
tone with which, now that slavery is gone.
they announce and exhibit their intention of
preventing the establishment on southern soil
of that foundation stone of free socety-free
and fair elections, unmarked by fraud, intimi-
dation or violence, upon which, as they Justly
admit in theory and in their platform de-
pepds the preservation of all rights The
Richmond Examiner said few years since:
"The experiment of individual liberty has
failed. The evils Of free society are insuffera-
BILE. Free society is in the long run impracti-
cable. Policy and humanity forbid
the extension of its evils to peoples and to
coming generations, aud therefore free society
must fall and give way to class society-a
social system cid as the world, universal as
man." And again: "The South maintains
that slavery is just, natural and necessary and
that is does not depend upon the difference of
complexion"
On this basis rested the southern theory for
the solution of the problem reconciing the in
terests Of labor and capital, so as to protect
each from the encroachments of the other Mr..
Cobb of Georgia, we are told, said: "By MAX
ing the laborer himself capital the conflict
ceases and the interests bee me IDENTICAL"
and to Mr. Herschel V. johnson was attrib-
uted the remark that capital should own its
laborers." This convenient solution of the la
Dor problem is for the tme-and so far as the
older system of slavery is concerned we may
reasonably believe neutrality-suspicious.
from the progress already made in stripping
the southern Republicans of their constitu-
tional rights we may well fear that, should the
North now permit the solid South to establish
under color of the ballot "the same principles
for which the confederation under Lee and
jackson fought for four years. our brave al
lies of the South may soon find themselves in
servitude little less CALLING than that of slav-
cry, unmitigated, perhaps, by the right OF ex
odus.
Despite the mistakes committed by the Re-
publican party (and some of them should still
be rectitied) in career filled with the difficult
ties and obstacles which the great powers OF
Europe excepting always our true friend, the
Emperor Alexander, whose fidelity deserves
our eternal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES as insup-
erable, the record of the Republicans during
these twenty years is unsurpassed, so far as
history informs us, by the record of any party
in any country or in any age. Take, for in
stance, the picture OF the country as drawn by
two distinguished American statesmen-not
Republicans for the advice of their friends in
III iUt ;1ds, - tIo Ho,,sa os " cs ns year
delivered an addyess To his constitnentss in
which after onoting.a resolution nassed hv
rebel sympathizers in Ohio, he said:
"a member of the Federal Congress writes
IN me that meetings are being held fhrouob tbe
West and adjoining States for securing peace
and separation, and he asks me to make known
these meetings in this country. He adds,
orn CON nfederacv for the marty wb;cS adv
tbs conrSe grows stronger sverv' dav, I az,
aiad 70 COO .6at feel;no sris;no IN tba sontI-
avn States and the feelino is 7ncreasin, in the
West. A yery distinguished Statesman. a
,na,,'har ~ tha Sanata ,Sr;t;ng to q fried os
,,ina sta 70 tasr,,o, sU Irho occnn;es varv h;,f
rns;t;o ;m Errona and UeaS z ,o;n;star ~ fha
PSm;tnd Sees oap;nat ~ wr;tos I've ara ,n,h
Inc to TO WAGES fast and nniess Enrona stems in
- ~ ] ht ;s Ieft mo ShalI 20 IL. S,otp 90
Siiu SasGS ";@' 10 i0i'' "o '""ii 50 "
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tha & ;o;nad IN n,niorna Enrona ~
i .io "a., Joinou - PI.s PJI.s N@toPo " easo
she Pieoes aht on siG ,epaui rrd seymour
ha va I ssIn tbe downfaIi Of onr natio,' and
amid i,s crnmhI;ng rims we will cI;ng 70 the
sn.,,a ,eS of WaV Vort - snd .ha H., .o ~ so
fSHnes m VINES OF rsd Msw horA, anu sne lGn rerna d
a1 Iou oooiroa appaS9J pp.aS ~ ~ aot9sn ~ anu,
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poan ssSs anI so W 'ho v
oourasoiens ~ 10 ~ ssnoluou aor snG sonoo " sne
p.ogress VI 'ne psaoe pS ~ snJ of'nefn sii
.h ~ tha T@sssh toras ~ Eae 'Ia
.;ai;s, aTon ~ ~ on1 idsr aot;o of tha III,
pont;ff ,ho alono III the Enronaon % soraroiO,,s
rreca;vad tho a,o;Ssarias Of Davis and sIlndad
N The nation and its oovernment as istha 9th
or naonia Of Anaer;ca and their rulers ), sbowad
a. o1pp;I;,,a irnrass;on that ye Uara hao,a,'
mo ~ dastr,c,;pn aithonah the Iatters Of h;s
hos11;ness eione sugoastad onr nat;onsi d;SsoIn
int;on e'' "'o"0 'eee'''0A -"- "'''o'"-
Ona df,icpltv which tho Ranubl;cans sora.
times find in argnina with tbe;r Democrat;c
friends is the annarenf inabilitv of certain gem
tiemen to recoanize the force Of historic fsc.s
and of official statisties In a recent renort NV
the New York Herald of an interyiew with
the Hon. Robert McIane that gentleman is
renorted TO have said:
.First. that the claim of the Republicans IN
have mt down the rebellion is a lie: and sec
| ond. that the claim of the Renublicans to hava
| resumed snec,e navments lessened taxes and
| Relieved the neonle from financial bnrdens
oeneraiiv. is a iie. :
The featnres of the Repnblican roiicvuwbicb
most ;mnrsssed tbe mind of Enrone atter the