Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-02-09
SELFISH PARTISANS.


Some of the Lessons Taught by MIR. Ia
mars Confirmation.
The efforts of malignity and the
basest partisanship have been foiled
and Mr.. Lamar takes his seat on the
Supreme Court bench, with the con-
sent of the Senate" 1t was only a
few days ago that the New York
Iri6une got it's four legs in the trough
and intimated, through alleged letters
from the Chisholmes, that Mr.. Lamar
had been a Klu-Klux murderer, or that
his teaching led to indiscriminate
slaughter, and that he ran the Depart
ment of the Interior entirely in the in
terest of ex-Confederates. Of course,
that model newspaper would not hest
tate at a lie or two more to bolster up
its cowardly warfare against South
ern Statesman. The response of the
Republican Senate to its outrageous
assaults upon the character of Mr..
Lamar was his con frmation by ma
jority of four. There are times when
malice overreaches itself, even
in the house of its friends,
and this was q signal example.
Senator Stewards courageous let
ter broke the force of the Tribune s
influence and malice, and convinced it
that there are limits even to the credu-
lily of Republican Senators. Although
the question of Mr.. Lamar's confrma-
ton is now settled, there are senti-
ments expressed in Senator Stewards
letter which will be of considerable in
terest to the Senate, whenever, on
future occasions, some of their num-
Der will again venture to wave the
Bloody Shirt"
The necessity for union of heart and senti-
ment between all the people of the great and
growing States of the Mississippi valley must
make them one people. The vast internal
trade and constant intercourse and commng-
ling together of the people OF all sections is
fast celebrating all prejudices. removing sus-
picion and distrust and substituting in their
place friendship, confidence and mutual respect
It is too late for those who dissatisfied with
their failure to aid in the work of reconstruc-
ton and the adoption of the three amendments
recording the verdict of the war, to participate
in these great events. Their records are made;
this occasion furnishes no opportunity to gain
a reputation for patriotism, devotion to coun-
try, for prudence and wisdom in devisng
and adopting measures of reconstruction. More
than twenty years have elapsed since an OPP
pOrtunity Tor InaL purpose was open 10 all.
Those who embraced that opportunity and par
ticipated IN those great events are solemnly
pledged to receive in good faith the people OF
the South, restored to all the rights and priv
ileges of citizens of the United States. They
can not afford to tarnish the record they made
or the reputation they earned in the great
crisis by violating their pledges in refusing to
any citizen of the United States, to whom full
amnesty has been granted, the rights and PRIV
ileges guaranteed by the constitution.
1 will not now, by any act of mine, furnish
cause for suspicion that the reconstruction
measures, including the three amendments to
the constitution. were not adopted in good
faith as final solution of all questions involved
in the and an irrevocable pledge be-
tween the North and South of union, fellow
ship, fraternity and all the rights of citizens of
the United States. do not propose to go be-
hind that settlement and judge any man by the
criterion which necessarily prevailed prior to
the final adjustment, but shall, on all occa-
sions, confine my Investigations to his fitness
in office, to his faithful observance of the sol
emn pledges reciprocally made by both sections
OF the . MON in renewing their normal political
relations 1t is unreasonable to expect that
the people of eleven States OF the Union shall
during all the present generation. be excluded
from participation in the judicial determ1na-
tions of the highest court in the United States.
It should be borne in mind that
those sentiments are expressed by a