The state journal., 1884-01-12
Special Correspondent
The Battle Cry.
SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS WARNED TO
DO THEIR DUTY.

General Logan proclaimed as the
coming Moses of the Republican
party" This, Mr.. Editor, is the
head lines of an article published in
the last issue of the New York Globe.
dated Washington, Dec. 81, 1888,
and signed a Republican. After
paying his respects to Mr.. Frank
Hatton and Geo. G. German he pro-
ceeds to attack the Presidential as
pirations of Mr.. Arthur. Now whilst
we are no admirer Of either of the
above mentioned gentlemen, we fail
to see wherein Arthurs ambition to
succeed himself is more presumptious
than the attempt of General Grant
and Conkling to use the whole Re
publican party for the purpose of
avenging their personal spite against
their late partner and friend, who re
fused TO shape his policy according to
their dictation. He says that in the
coming contest Southern Republicans
should disregard all consideration,
save the welfare of the party. If
this assertion is correct, they should
be free to give their support to the
man or men whom the majority of
the representatives Of the people shall
select, instead of being bound up to
carry out the dictates of the leaders
of the Well-remembered 306 of four
years ago. They are asked to con-
slider Arthurs unpopularity in Ohio,
where the ghost of Garfield would
stalk abroad by day and night and
insure his defeat by an immense vote.
If this is true in regards to Mr.. Ar
thur, is it reasonable to suppose that
they have forgotten his co-adjutors
Conkling, Grant, Logan and Com
pany, in that struggle for supremacy,
which eliminated in the assassination
of President Garfield. They are
arked to remember Arthur's indiffer-
ence to the fate of those poor negroes
at DanvilIe, Va, and whilst they re-
member this let them not forget the
negroes murdered at Clinton, Miss,
when Grant was President, and that
our Hamburg countrymen sleep in
unavenged graves, whilst the chief of
their assassins was condemned to oc-
cupy a place in the United States
Senate by the silent acquiescence of
the Moses whom it is claimed is the
only one to right the wrongs Of our
long suffering race. Even under
Grant and succeeding administra-
tons, rebels like Longstreet and Col.
Mosby have the preference over loyal
colored men, who were always true
to the principles of the Republican
party and the Government. The
gentleman asks the Southern Repub-
licans to reflect upon Arthur ingrati-
tude to General Grant and Conkling,
who do not visit the White House
when in Washington. 1t is not the
province of either Southern or North
ern Republicans to average the per-
sonal wrongs of those politicians.
Because Grant, Conkling, Chafee and
others have stepped to the front and
presented the name Of General John
A. Logan as their Presidential choice
for 1884, will he do their bidding if
elected any better than Arthur has
done? If the answer is affirmatiyely,
then he is not the proper man to pre-
side over the destinies of 50,0OO,OOO
of free American citizens. But the
opinions of those gentlemen are not
always potent in the councils of the
party. Ex-President Grant was their
choice four years ago, first, last, and
all the time, but General Garfield was
nominated by the majority of the del
egates in the National Republican
Convention of 1880. IL regards to
the solidity of the Republican party
of Pennsylvania for General Logan
we have our doubts. Jas. G. Blaine
is evidently the choice of two thirds
of the rank and file of the party, as
he was in 1880, but they are strong
enough and loyal enough to the prin-
ciples of the party to give the cleo
toral vote to any good men that the
convention selects. The writer
claims that the vanguard win be the
formidable organization known as the
Grand Army of the Republic, which
is solidIy for Logan, and that in less
than ninety days that organization