New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-16
TILE 1NTEROTRBON PlRTY.

The essential fact in American politics Is
that 4 Solid South is standing menace to inc
peace and prosperity of The country. Inc eN-
ncr;nncc of fifteen years has convinced thc
ncople of the North that defeat in the hcld
has not changed the purpose of the southern
Bourbons The Northern people would gladly
think otherwise: would gladly believe 'h'I
tbc partv which stakod all and lost, III Us
rulc or ruin venture, had IrlnqWShrd Us
design. and WAS willing to abide the results OF
thc stern arhitramcnt To which IT appedleu
Tnb1npiiy there has been no exhibition "i any
such dispositi0n no sign of any such accept
onrc. The Democratic party Of the South Is
to-d,v what il always was, with the single cN-
contion that il has not the institution OF slavery
IA fight for. 1t is anti-progrc>Si'c arrogant,
;ptolerant. hostile TO freedom of speech and
of ,he ballot--a Bourbon oliparchy. This Bour-
hon oli,ar,hy is in a minority III the south. II
has Gained power by violence aud fraud.
and il is resolved to pcrpc,uatc 1t. ]"
this end it pcrsecntcs ns "ip"n'h',
with all the rough and violent mo'hods "i
earlier times it cValta itself above the law
and upon the impudcnt assumption that only
the Bourbons are competent to rule Wisely
iustifcs its resort Ia fraud: and against All OPP
postion it wicds with the force al long hAbt
fine unmanly and cowardly weapon OF social
ostraci,m Bourboni>m at the South sits IN
trcnchcd in tradition, habit, the Ties OF i"h-
| association. the memories OF mutual sacrifice
for a lost cause, aud the force OF ~cial cast"
| and il does not change or bulge an men.
| Whoever becomes imbucd with progressive
| ideas or expresses desire 10 piOfnOt" The wei
fare of the south by other means than the con
tiuuance Of Bourbon intolerance and bourbon
rule is ruthlcs,ly expelled, 80 matter what hs
rank OF social position.
# j. inst thi, Bourboni,m that Senator Ma
hone and his party in Virginia have attacked
in it> citadel. II is BourboniSm that stands st
hay to-day in the senate Of the nli"d Nt'tc-, oh
struc,ng the regular order proceedings AMI de-
LAYING the public business for the sahcoi putting
down the only formidable instruction that haS
ever arisen in it, own ranks The Bnnib"h
Senators have "A very clear comprehension ol
tLe situation and of the peril Ia their power
thatit involves Tpto thcprcscnt time they have
had no diihcu,ly iu putting down a'} symptom
of a rising against them. When an ihdINidu''
urotcstcd against continuing the control OF The
nolitics of the Southern states III the hhhua
,vLich had brought ~ much mischief upon them
and were working III the same direction WI"
purposcs unchanged, they have either biouth'
| him back az Senator Brown, oil Georgia NH'H-
ally confcsses that they did him. 10y making II
uncomfortable and unsafe for him. OF they nave
simply labelled him ~ Repahhcan' WIN inc
| imnlication of renegade and traitor "ll'h 'h'9
| have cOutIiyed that the name shall cdiI! az
| in the ease of Longstrcct ana MOshy-ahu
DESTROYED his influence. They have appai-
| outly settled one thing, and that II thai u"
| man can as a rule be safe in the pursuit oil MS
| business, or have any social recognition OF
stand AS a reputable citizen, who Is known IA "a
| Republican. or who votes the Republican ticket
| In This state of affairs is there any key re-
| ouired TO the savage onslaught OF the Bour-
hons upon Senator Malone, who cannot he
driven Inv threats nor cajOlcd 10y promises
,,bose influence cannot he wiped out by put
| ,r,, the Ecpublican label on him, but who
| makes bis own fight on his own ground and
| in his own effective way 7 What Mr.. Ben Hill
started out to DO at the opening Of this debate
was to force Malone to call himself Rcpub-
lrnn. To this purpose all the catcchizlng and
uopgipc and bullying, the slurs, hints
and insinuations of the Bourbon Senators have
been directed. TO bring this about Senator
| Beck resorted to the most unusual and indie
cent course of refusing to permit Democrat
TO make pair with him unless lac should con
fess himself Republican. When we consider
the treatment which Republicans receive
throughout the South. the bitter hos
tilitv and the social ostracsn visited
mon them, and the fate Of prominent
Southern men who have Joined the Republican
marty. the anxiety which these Bourbons mani
fest. and the desperation with which they pur-
sue their purpose to compel Malone to call
himself a Republican, are easily understood.
Let him once say he is Republican, and
proposes to act hereafter upon all questions
with the Republican party, and their point
| would be gained. In their confidence that the
Republican party of itself, and in its own
name. can make no Roadway in dividing them,
the Southern BourbOns would yield the moment
that admission was secured, and then stake all
in their fight against him upon an appeal to
the rooted prejudice against the Republicans
among the citizens of the South.
Let there be no mistake about the real
meaning of this struggle. 1t is fight, so fan
!, as the South is concerned, between the
Bourbons and the Anti BOurbons. The local
| issues in Virginia on which the latter party
sent Mr.. Malone to the Senate sink
into insignifcance beside the larger one
which the Bourbon demonstration has forced
into prominence The party in Virginia nigh