National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-16
A Lesson for Party Trimmers.


of scum came TO the top. II was rather
bewildering to some of the Northerners
to hear this scum swagger and bluster in
hotels and other public places about being
gentlemen. The real Southern gentle
men, like their fellows the world over,
were silent on the subject They had no
thought that anybody even mentally
| called them in question. The North
erners, who felt safe as to their own
status, could afford 10 be amused at the
gasconading of the class referred to, but
those who were in doubt were intimi-
dated by il. The inferior Northerners
were no match for the vain and vulgar
class of Southerners. The latter had
been educated in the aggressive school of
"whooping niggers," while the former
had acquired conciliatory character by
soliciting trade. The result was AFRO
gance on the one hand and compliance
on the other.
In the higher walks of life there was
visible some of this same product of
conflicting systems Of society. Cal
houn was imperious, while Cass was
polite. The slave States we're constantly
raising their price for allowing the Union
to continue; the free States were ever
vainly trying TO beat down the price, but
paying it finally in full.
The Republican party came into life in
1856, with an apology anda defense. Van
Buren's defeat in 1914 and his balk in
1913 had created restless and dis
trusted element in the Democratic party,
which escaped in 1854 by the halfway
house Of Americanism, and blazed out in
1856 as a icltjte md,fS party, bent upon
dedicating the Territories to free labor.
Free labor was white labor, and the new
party resented, as an insult and SANDER,
any intimation that black labor was to
have itssympathy in the bondage to which
| the latter was doomed. When Republic
canism succeeded, and slavery rebelled,
almost the whole North fastened to as
sure slavery that it need fear no harm.
Mr.. Lincoln found that Northern patriot
ism could be relied on to fight for the
Union better if pretense was kept
up of fidelity to this only enemy
the Union had. Thus deeply had the
caste of slavery taken root in the entire
country. No man who opposed slavery
could be regarded as gentleman by its
devotees. The latter were supposed to
have exclusive jurisdiction of the ques-
ton of what constituted gentleman.
The same wonderful Difference to Slavery
continued during the war, and when the
institution was obliterated the slaveless
masters continued to name the terms on
which some timid Northern souls should
yield allegiance to the national cause.
During reconstruction the men whose
violence was sought to be restrained
exercised large influence on the minds
of some Republican leaders, and finally,
in 1872, divided our party.
The audacity, self-will, egotism, intol-
erance, and blindness to events which
now constitute Southern Bourbonism are
the legitimate children of Slavery, while
the cowardly self-distrust, dread of Bour-
bon dispraise, and desire to make terms
with the enemy, which still exist among
Northern Republicans, are the illegitimate
children of the same parent.
Southern rebels against Bourbon dicta-
ton and Stalwart Republicanswh will not
sell their birthright fort mess of pottage
| will combine and lead the anti-Bourbon
elements in this country. Every Repub-
lican is Stalwart who will not trade
with the Bourbon Democracy for the
scalps of his party comrades. Every Re-
publican who will so trade is not worthy
to be called Half-Breed; he is q
thoroughbred traitor.
1t docs not follow because we do not ask
our Bourbon opponents how hard it will
be agreeable to them for us to hit them
that we are therefore unkind to them
personally. No Democrat ever hesitates
to strike his fiercest blow at our side. Not
even those Democratic Senators who are
socially the most agreeable to us Repub.
leans ever ask us how hard they shall
hit us. They would laugh at the idea Of
considering what we might think of any
course they had marked out. But they
do not think this works both ways. This
lesson they must be taught. We are not to
refrain from supporting our side out OF
Difference to their feelings. They must be
taught that if we win they lose. They
must see that Republicans do not carry
elections for the sake of enforcing
Democratic policy.
If Republicans do not find this to be the
case they will stop carrying the elections
The Republicans in Congress are not al
lioerty TO decide whether or not it il
worth while to antagonize the Bourbon
enemy. They We're elected for that pur
pose and treason to principle can no longe
pass for respectable independence. finer
want to represent their own whims, fears
or sycophancs let them be elected will
that understanding. Those who ask elec
tions from parties are thereby bound Il
be party representatives. If they are op
posed to party machiney let them sur
render the power conferred upon then
by the machine" 1t is inefIably mear
for man to beg for ride in the part,
wagon and then to cut the harness o
remove the linchpin. Such fellows SHOULD
be ducked for swindling, instead of being
applauded for independence.
When Republicans acquire fortitud,
enough to endure the disapprobation o
the enemy they are fighting, and wheI
treacherous leaders who try TO run will
both parties are treated as foes, there will
be better condition of affairs than W,
have had for some years, If we are rcall,
opposed to Bourbon restoration let us an
tagonizeit as Freedom and Progress hay,
been antagonized. If our enemy plan