Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-12-07
The Fiity-FIrst congress.

~ S"OJ lOA OhC OA0hodSttOh VI DuolueSS
lin the interests of the great nation
iii perchance patriotism and a sense
5of duty will actuate the people,
representatives rather han sectional
ism, partisanship and the prejudices
sengendored by past differences.
Whatever we may hope in this
regard, it would be extremely UNI
reasonable to expect the former
sentiments to govern and actuate the
! Republican majority in both houses, ]
latter the many and pronounced
indications of their temper toward|
sthe Southern portion of the Union.
Not since 1875 have the Republic
scans held majority in the House of
Representatives so that they had full
3control in the management of the
government, the Democrats holding
them in easy control by their ma
sjority in that body, so that the
! Republicans enter upon the present.
session flushed with a knowledge of
! their strength and resentful of the
5checks which have been held against
sthem so long, even to the opposition
sof the late Democratic administra-
itlon.
The organization of the House
dwith Mr.. Reed, of Maine as speaker,
lis in line with the indicated policy Of
sthe party as manifested in previous
Sessions, provided it had the power
sto put that policy into execution, as
sswel as Its pronunciation outside of
5the capitol, through the extreme
radical press and the public utter
sances OF the leading men in the
4par.y ranks.
4 The way is now clear for the
Experiments Of the Republican meas
Bures, and the new leaf has been
iturned upon which the party Is to
srecord its account with the people
awhom they profess to serve
Those debit and credit pages lie
sopen TO the entry Of the party and
SJhe people with whom the account is
aopened may not look carefully t..
seach entry as made, being concerned
sabout many other things, but when
3the account is rendered will survey
lthe whole, item by item, and strike s
balance to discover its correctness,
9and wee be unto the unfaithfu
Servants who have pilfered the
rights or who have proven
sfalse to national trust.
4 There have been many boastful
6threats INDUCED in, and Mr.. Reed
#has been selected as speaker OF the
9IIouse as one Of the ext enc party
i;yiews, TO aid in carrying out the
sextremest partisan measures, notably
athe National election scheme, which
us intended to deprive the States ot
Gthe right to superintend The manage
8inement OF the election OF their OWL
aRepresentiyes.
q We're the whole Of the Republican
3Senators and Representatives united
Gin the passage of such law there is
Ga Democratic minority capable Of
Sdefeating such AZ outrage, but in thC
Iaibsence of Republican unity on the
%measure that party is powerless tC
5carry it through.
q There are many in the party who
Care utterly opposed to the effort Of
sleglslating equality of races in the
.SSouth, profoundly convinced of its
gutter impossibility and convinced
Ietoo, that the Northern people are
81 themselves wearied with tie worr
s3out effort to equalize illteraey Will
Il knowledge, or ignorance With intclli
%gence and who would resist depri
ovation of their own inaiBable right,
s3to be bestowed upon the negro race
a Besides this question, the present
#Oongress must undertake the diff
@cut task Of relieving the nation of it,
senormous and increasing surplus anc
%the unnecessary taxation which il
gSimposed and against which the PEG
Nple are manifesting an umistakabl,
Opposition and through whom al
#lndercurrent OF resistance is growing
#imminent.
n Upon the whole, the Republican
8party, flushed with the idea Of it
Gown strength and wisdom, is apt t,
soverrate its privileges, and under
Stake measures which in the end viii
srecoll upon themselves in a tida
awave of the peoples denunciation
4 The chapter which the G. o. P
4has commenced to write in American
ahistory, may open brilliantly az
ggressive, but may close with disaster
s4anG ignomlny under an aroused