Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-13
Iha S0nth and the North.

since the closing scene al Appomattox'
The sectional passions Of the North are,
il Is still manifest. even too ready to De
aroused against the South at the call OF
psrtv. Though the South has for years
accepted in good faith the results OF the
unhappy conflict and the organic changes
in our system that the will Of blinded
msioritv brought about. it appears she
viii never be permitted to assume her
old position while Rsdicalism holds
sway in the Federal councils, for Radi-
csIism. not content with the mischief 1t
hiss wrought, an the long lease of power
il has held, would dominate the whole
country, and insists that it alone should
rule in the Republic, the States, the cities
and towns Though this is manifestly
impossible while freedom of thought
and speech exists. still the Radical party
makes the preteusiOn, and its every act
Is exerted to this end, while the Northern
masses. it seems, encourage the senti-
ment
The South owes the measure Of free
dom she enjoys to day to the fears rather
than the "magnanimity" of Radicalism.
The reconstruction epoch and the regime
Of Grant exhibited constant, but in the
end falling. efforts to saddle the sway
Of ignorance HpoR 6ur people, and the
abandonment Of this policy upon the
usurpstion Of Hayes was dictated by
consciousness Of the fraud perpetrated
upon the American people, and fear of
the public indigestion watch might be
excited thereby. Yet the brief respite
allowed the south from Hayes &C
cessiou 10 Gsrneld's death, worked
wonders In this section, wasted
By war and plundered by such creatures
Of Rsdicalism as Moses, Bullock and
their cosdjutOrs. But the hopes awakened
BY the elevation of Garfield, who, though
= fierce partisan in debate, was none the
less a statesman, we're dashed at his
death. The food of sympathy that
vent out TO him, and the patriotic as
i surances that cams without stint from
/ the South to his successor, were offered
in vain; for, though the present occu-
( pant Of the White House at first gave
evidence that he would rise to the dignity
Of his position AID profit by the grand
/ opportunity which lay within his grasp.
be has disappointed the patriotic every
where and given himself over to
I the worst elements Of hadi6siism.
He spends the major portion of his
time devising and executing schemes to
advance his personal ends or further the
interests Of his political cronies, and, hav-
ing d0ae this. ne seeI.s e think the
great aims and objects Of his sdministrs-
ton are accomplished. Though, for in
stance, he might, by his influence, have
/ placed over the House a man in whom
/ the country could trust, Ls suffered the
worst men in his party to control the or
/ canizatiOn of the lower branch of Con
gress. Aad, more than this, he has suf
feTed or ordered bis Attorney General,
whose greatness of intellect and little
Eess Of soul are so shiningly marked, to
put in motion the disused machinery
that Akerman, Williams and Taft form
erly ran SO zeslOusly and remorselessly,
and to exact further prostitution from
/ plant Judges who had already covered
/ themselves With shame. Aud, fOrsoOth,
because South Carolina Is inclined to
resent the outrage to which she hes been
subjected both by Keifer and by Brews-
ter, the country is gravely informed by
such papers as the New York Tribune
that rebellion" still exists in that SOW
/ eTeiCn commonwealth.
Brewster's late programme in our sis
ter State aud the Keifer Robson out.
RACES recently perpetrated in the House
against the South, in the nsme of "a free
| ballot and q fair cOun."-not to speak of
the complete surrender of Radicalism to
Mshone--prOve eOnclusively that the
South has nothing to expect from the
Federal Government while Radicalism
/ prevails in the land. The few patriotic
men in the Republican party are power
less. and its representatives. in Congress.
whether sta.wsrt or half breed, are still
united in hatred to this section, and ap
plsud insults and ISLANDERS hurled at her
that would have been infamous even
while her guns were laundering at Sum
ter.
Il is time, therefore, for Southern man
hood to reassert itself. Our State gov
/ ernments are safe and cannot
be disturbed while we are
faithful to ourselves As for our share
10 the Federal Government, it remains
for US to choose our best men, and send
them to Washington, backed by such in
/ dorsements as the RObesons and CAL
kinses. and their ilk, will be slow to re-
I Jet II our allegiance to Democracy
shall in time help to bring about the fall
Of Radicslism, the good that will follow
viii compensate for the years of suffer
lug we viii have undergone. AS for the
rest. let Southern men be true to them
selves; let the Southern press be fearless,
and Southern representatives brave and
wise. Let Us tell the people of the
North that when they care to meet
Us on the broad plane of fellowship,
and recognize US as free citizens of this
great republic, we Will be ready, as we
have been for years. to cordially accept
the emblems Of reconciliation. But the
South must, once for all, let the North
understand that she must and will con-
troll her own affairs. and will stand by
their right Of local self-government to
the last
The New York ECeHiHg Post, discuss
ing the financial and commercial situa
ton, thinks that one of the most notice
able features of the present situation IS