The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-10-26
Sectional Hatred FOstsred BY tho Re-
publican Party.
To the RdltOr OF TNN ApVoOATR:

On seeing 80 MuCn IN republican pa-
pSrs of late concerning the lawless &C
tlons in the south against Gen. Weaver
and free speech, In which they think
they have gained a great deal Of cam
pAlgn thunder, leads US to make some
lnqulEies as to the reasons for those con-
ditions, either north or south; and when
we look back over the past history Of
this country for twenty five years and
see who have been our rulers and law
makers, we can very easily trace the
cause home to where 1t belongs. II those
conditions CT the suppression Of free
speech exist in the south to-day, the re-
publican party Is responsible for the
condition. Every presidential campaign,
and many Of the local campaigns for the
past twenty and twenty five years has
been conducted on the "bloody shirt"
Issue, in which they have proclaimed
long and loud the doctrine Of hate and
malice, thus klndling the spirit Of re-
tsllatlon in the hearts Of our brothers In
the south which had fed the selfish ma
tue aud filed their minds with preju-
dice hard to overcome. The leaders and
politicians of the republican party are re-
sponsible for this condition to-day; 1t Is
to them mainly that the doctrine Of hate
is attributed, and they have proclaimed
It from the stump and preached 1t from
some pulpits all over this nation, and
mems minds have been poisoned with
personal prejudice to such an extent that
violence Is often the result.
No wonder that Senator Ingalls, said
that the "Decalogue and golden rule had
no place in American politics" for 1t has
not under this system been adopted.
The new dIspensRtion Is not considered
by this much boasted party Of progress
"An eye for an eye and tooth for
tooth" Is the motto taught and practiced
by the leaders Of this party. II this
&. o. p. wants to see q better condition In
the south, let them cease their abuse,
Danish from their minds this sectional
hate, and try to have little regeneratlve
forgiveness for mankind; and il their
brothers in the south err In manifesting
any sectional hatred, the 6. o. p. being SO
much more enlightened, should try 70
teach them better way, at least by ex-
ample. II this had been the rule adopted
since the war has been over, this feeling
Of sectional hate and malice caused by
the war would have been overcome years
ago. But no; this was scheme con-
cocted by designing politicians to keep
the people divided in order to rob them
with high taxes and high interest, and
had the decalogue and golden rule been
adopted all these years, the present Sys-
tenn could never have been fastened on
the American people. Under this rule
no one would seek to rob another through
the so-called legitimate business rules.
Men who are engaged to teach right
eouSneSS and try to regenerate mankind
30 that they may adopt business rules
and methods In harmony with the prln-
clples as taught In the "Sermon on the
Mount" and then vote and use their
time and influence to help perpetuate a
party that read the decalogue asd golden
rule out Of their platforms, are sowing
seeds Of damnatlon over their own heads,
and many of this class Of men to-day
have become as q sounding brass and
tinkling cymbsl. But they must re