The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-06-11
WHAT THE REPUBLICANS MEAN

WHAT THE REPUBLICANS uEAN
The Republicans in the House of Repre-
sentatives are playing deeper game than is
implied in the gaining of two or three votes
which do not materially improve their mar
row majority. They are still trying TO re-
trieve their wel-nigh fatal blunder in Civ
ing the suffrage wholesale TO the late slaves
in the South, in the idea that they could so
secure permanent majority there for many
years. The invention returned to plague them
by merely giving increased representation TO
the South, which to their CONSERVATION turned
out to be steadily Democratic, simply be
cause that party represents both freedom
and good order there. The present scanda-
lOus proceedings in the House are of piece
with the Administration dalliance with the
Repudiationists in Virginia and other States,
and before that, again, Grant characteristic
efforts in the way of brute force, by the use
of the military. II is to serve notice on all
the scalawags, adventurerers, and discon-
tented spirits in the Southern Democratic
States that reactonary movement by them,
intended TO overthrow the natural supremacy
of the intelligent, order-loying, and progress.
| i've classes and put the black voting masses
once more in the ascendancy, as Immediately
after the war, will meet with prompt and
| whole hearted assistance from the Radical
| Republican party North, no matter how
wild, desperate, and lawless the movement
| be. The majority in the House has virtu-
ally advertised for all the disreputable
schemers in the "black belt' to get up
"contests for the seats Ofduly elected Dem
ocratic representatives, promising by deeds,
| il not by words, to seat them though every
| principle of Parliamentary law and the Con-
| stitution itself must be overrdden to do so 1t
is not necessary to go further in discussing
and denouncing this factious and criminal
attempt. 1t suilices to point out to its most
| violent promoters that il is doomed TO failure
in the worst possible way. The Republican
voters in the North are not all desperadoes,
and in fact the majorties of that party are
| gained by the yotesof the Independents, who
will not tolerate such dangerous usupations
nor follow where their would.be " Stalwart -
leaders wish to take them by thenose. Have
the Radicals forgotten what followed the
bigh-haudei performances Of Grant whom he
tried to make himself military dictator Of
three States of this Union Nothing less
than the tidal wave" which left the Re,
publicans in minority in Congress, and
brought them down to very small kind OF
larceny TO secure the Presidency of Hayes, in
stead Of the triumphant swoop they had
planned. In other words, while the Radicals
are straining TO recover some Of the Southern
States which they regard as theirnatural prey
tho very violence of their measures loses
them their efficient support in the North, and
they are left hanging between heaven and
earth in as bad plight as their man
Malone in Virginia. Cunning may presery,
for a while the fruits Of defeated force, but
IL atill remains true that Corruption wins
not more than honesty" and every abuse o
this kind is sure to be set right by the peo
pie, when they get q chance to speak upon IT,
In Is proposed to confer the jurisdiction in
contested election cases on the Court o.
4 Claims, making It's certificate take the place
Of the Governors when decision Is reached