National Republican., 1882-09-11

icler assures us that at the time he is
writing "no casualties have occurred"
This style of news must be intended for
the English recruiting offices.
Democratic Lectures to Republicans.
Our Republican heart swells with graf
itude as we rise from the perusal of
solemn editorial in Bourbon Democratic
newspaper in which the writer gives vent
to his fears that the dear old Republican
party is ingled astray. tits sobbing and
aheart-rending outpouring ofaffectionate
solicitude One never knows how dearly
the average Bourbon editor loves the
Republican party until he sees that editor
demonstrating with the rank and file
against allowing the leaders to injure it's
prospects. Here in the article before us,
from our morning contemporary of yes
terday's date, we are left no room
to doubt the sincerity of the Demo-
cratic love for the Republican cause.
1t speaks sadly of the degeneracy of the
party that Charles Sumner used to be
proud Of" 1t tells of "the men who
rocked the cradle of the Republican
party" emitting, for obvious reasons all
mention of the showers of stale eggs
which erstwhile descended upon their
devoted heads from the hands Of their
sympathizing Democratic brethren.
The cause of this fruitful teeming of
the eye, this detected 'havior of the WIS.,
age, on the part of our esteemed contempo-
rary, is the disposition manifested by Re-
publicans, in States where they are and
haxe for years been helplessi in their strug-
gle against Bourbonism, to combine their
strength with other opponents of that
reverend vice-that iniquity in years
and see whether it can withstand mass
ing of its enemies
The Virginia Readjusters, for example,
were not only opposed to the corrupt legis-
lation whereby additional State bonds
had been gratuitously issued for the pur-
pose of providing for compound interest,
which no State or nation ever pays or
ever has paid, but they were in favor of
honest elections free schools, and genu-
inc affiliation with the Nation. The Re-
publicans of Virginia had never been
able to elect governor or United States
Senator, and but few congressman
From 1875 to 1881 but one Republican
sat in the lower house from that State,
and but two were chosen the latter year.
They decided, therefore, to unite with
the Readiusters, and the result has
been the absolute destruction of the
bourbon Democratic organization of Vir-
ginia. This was no .trifing result. II
was beginning of the end Of Bourbon
power in the South. The vanquished
enemy does not, of course, approve the
plan adopted for his humiliation. His
political friends in other States, whose
only hope was in a solid South, can sec
nothing but evil to the Republican party
in ant-Bourbon victories. The Northern
Democrats regret the union of the honest
Republican party, which they always die
admire and respect, with Virginia Re
pu liators." To which very plain anc
transparent piece Of hypocrisy, INTENDED
ouly for very woak-minded people
we reply that the Virginia Read
iusters have not repudiated dollar
but have, on the contrary, mad
honest provision of every dollar of tn
States Indebtedness to bear three pc
cent. interest. Not dollar ofprincipal o
interest has been repudiated, eliminated
or evaded. This is perfectly well known
and the stale SANDER of repudiatiol
against the Readjusters will not serve t.
aid its Bourbon ;authors to divide ant
conquer. The weeping Bourbons wht
think they see in all this only degra
dation for the Republican party, whos'
honor is with them so cherished an OF
iect, will do well to save their tears 70
their own party in Tennessee, which il
wallowing in the mire Of avowed an,
undisguised reputation. There the reg
ular organization has merged itself il
that of the Glow tax" party, which i
1880 was condemned by the votes of tn
great body of the Democratic party.
But the tender-hearted editor of on
morning contemporary, in common wit
all his tribe, drops tears as fast as tht
Arabian trees their medicinal gums be
cause the Republican party is supporting
the Independent Greenbacker Jones fo
governor of Texas. There he sees NOR
disgrace TO the party that Charles Sum
II used to be proud Of" Would it com
+ ts him TO be reminded that Republi
cuism in its early days was more de
ed TO the cause Of human rights thar