Telegram-herald., 1890-03-01
ONLY HALF DONE.

ONLY HALF DONE
The work Of the war has not been
finished. The sentimental gushers OF
the North have always congratulated
and hugged themselves u sweet satls-
faction, because the war vas ended and
the country settled back upon = peace
bass, without traitor beng hung OF
rebel punished. No other nation upon
the face Of the earth could DO such
Jhlags they said. But now many sens--
bic men feel inclined 70 change the
burden OF their song and say that no
other nation on the face OF the earth
could have hesn fool enough 20 do such
a thing. That L about the SIZE OF Is. -
The failure 20 infict well merited pun
Isament upon the ring leaders OF that
rebellion, Is Characteristic OF the mode
OF closing up all the business OF that
war. IL was all sloyenly done.
The principles fought for and
won were never hIed. The South mas
never honestly accepted the results OF
the war IN their entirety. They have
accepted them only so far as they
suited their purposes. By means OF
the same subservIeney of the Northern
Democracy TO the dictates of the South
that existed before the war, the South
still intends 70 have her own way.
Those States were taken back into the
Union in a sort of half-baked condition.
They should have been roasted" until
thoroughly done. But the North
listened % their honeyed words of peace,
sweet peace-just as many listened TO
Grady's elOquence afterward-put i'm
plicit faith in their ratification of the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments and-"got left" No
plain, uncertain provisions for the en-
forcement of observance Of those
amendments were Incorporated with
them and they have been evaded with
impunity. The South has now grown
so bold in its evasions OF the amend
ments, that her Gradys and her editors
make no further concealment, be-
cause the South, just as she did
before the war, counts upon the same
Northern Democratic copperhead SYM
pathy and assistance IN the attainment
of her ends, that she received then.
The New Orleans States declares the pur-
poses of the South, as follows:
"The people of Mississippi do not
steal or rob ballOt-bOxes as Gen. Chal-
mers has charged, but they do suppress
the negro vote, and this fact they make
no effort To conceal.
"The attempt to enforce the fifteenth
amendment in the South failed, and
the Federal election law, If it is enacted
by Congress, will also fail of its pur-
pose"
The Republican party fought for and
won the principle of implicit obedience
to the Constitution, IN opposition to the
principle of notification. The Repub-
lican party must take another bold
stand for the principle, if the whole
ground of the war has to be gone over
again with ballots or bullets. The Con-
stitutlon is not a farce. 1t does not
grant right for nothing. 1t does not
stultify itself by giving vote but not a
canvass. The right to vote carries with
it the right to have that vote cast and
counted, and not Suppressed" Ifthe
purpose of the South is to suppress the
votes of American citizens, the North
should meet that purpose with pur-
pose to suppress it. The fight this year
should be along those lines. The next
Congress should be so constituted as to
decide the question of suppression"
| forever.
If all the brains, craftsmanship and
loyalty of the country is so concen-
tTated and crystallized in the South,
that they should have the virtual die.
tation of National affairs, then let the
people of the North side with THEN
allies, the Democratic party, and retire
the Republican party from power. If
however, the doctrine of obedience tC
the Constitution, in its entirety, is one
worthy of sanction; if It Is dangerous tC
good government to allow one section
to override provisions that do no
please It; il the North with its Intelli
gence, wealth, resources and unfinch
ing patriotism to the Federal Constitu
ton, ls entitled 10 any consideration II
the management of National affairs
then the people Of the North should
stand with the Republican party IN 1T
determination 10 put down the treason
able notification principles of the
south and It's stolen representation il
Congress and the Electoral College, BY
means Of It's counted voters but sup
pressed votes. The work of the wal
should be finished.
NOT YET APPARENT.
/ We don't know why anybody should
he surprised at the discovery of salt ir
Ohio. Ii you want TO make a discover
wat IA a discovery just discover some
thing that that state can't produce