Year: 1877




is a fact so clear and demonstrable that
no intelligent man will call il in question.
Leading Democrats openly avow the fact,
and praise the President for so doing
Whatever, therefore, be may have been


in the past, he is not to day the exponent
OF Republican doctrines. This truth is
an unpleasant one to the majority Of Re.


publicans, but il is not the part Of wisdom


to affect to conceal il, or to seek TO blind


the people TO its consequences Nobody


is stupid enough to be any longer de
ceived by the foolish lie that the mem.
bers Of the Republican party are in hear.
~ accord with the President The great
mass Of Republicans were not only sur
prised, but shocked when they were FIRST
made aware of his Democratic tenden-
cies. In fact, such was their amazement
that az first they were disposed to doubt
the evidence Of their own senses. and IL
is only recently that they have been
able to fairly comprehend the magnitude
Of the surrender. And now, to crown
the iniamy, adding insult to injury, the


friends OF the President urge rs the only
means Of saving the Republican party


from disintegration, that we follow him
in body over TO the Democratic camp.
We demurl Those of US who have
fought under the Republican banner
during the last two decades are in love
with the old party. The memories OF its
battles and victories are hallowed ones.
We revere the name Of Lincoln and hon
or that Of Grant. And having given the
best years of our lives to its service we
have no idea Of forsaking either the par
ty or its principles in order to follow a
President who has gone of after strange
gods. There is no necessity for so doing.
Nrs Ia1 a..
dent nor has he the right OF power to
pronounce sentence Of condemnation or
death against H.


But we are told that IL Republicans
refuse to sustain the President the Dem.
ocrats will come to his support So be
it, IL injustice is 10 be done, By all
means let il be done in their name. II.
however, the alternative were presented.
whereby we must abandon either our
principles or our party then we have no
hesitation in saying that we should let
the party slide. Between death aud |
shame the choice can neither be dubious
nor difficult When the rights Of hu. /
manity are surrendered let il not be
done in the name Of this once grand and |
glorious organization.


But no such necessity exists Ours is 4
n government by the people. The Pres. 4
ident is not a master to be obeyed. but a 4
servant to execute the public will When I
he fails TO do this be is the last man who .
ought TO be followed. And then, an ac. .
cidental President is not unfrequently a .
man Of inferior mental powers Thou.
sands in the ordinary walks Of life may
outrank him. Such men don't lead the .
public thought. Why should they the
public judgment7 IL is time that men
OF sense had done with this cry that we
can only save the party by following the
President. The fact is the party can on
ly be saved by saving its principles-by
standing for the rights Of humanity


But say the friends of the President.
in so far as his Southern policy is con.
cerned it is thing Of the past, and
right or wrong. cannot be
changed, and hence il Is Just as we'll to
pass II 10y without any words Of censure.
Since when have Republicans thought il
worth while to approve Of everything
they were unable TO PREVENT II
wouldn't have been all the same to Kan.
sas and to history IL the people OF this
country had approved President Pierce's
order dispensing the Free State Legisla.
iure summoned TO meet at Topeka on
the 4th Of July, 1856 II wouldn't have
been all the same for the cause Of human.
ty If the people had approved the policy
Of James Buchanan when he affirmed
hat the President had no power to co
arce a State. We can comprehend the
act that murdered man cannot be res.
.ored to life, but we have yet to learn
hat this Is any reason for condoning the (
rhine Of the murderer Ia


We are also told that the President is
,nly carrying out the policy enunciated
n the platform Of the Republican party ]
md in his own letter OF acceptance.
Nothing could be more false


There Is not one man in a thousand in
he Republican party who ever conceived
hat any man acting as President could Z
~ any possibility be stupid enough TO '
pursue a policy calc lated to invalidate Z
iis own title to the Presidency or issue
IN order designed TO prohibit a large and 2
espectable class OF men from exercising
he plainest and most sacred rights Of
The man who can find the
power for such an order
AN find at the same time the power to y
,rohibit these men from going TO the
,olls. Any postmaster in the country q
las the same right TO issue an order for
bidding the President journeyings and '
peeches as the President has to forbid c
lis attendance at the primary conyen- I
ions Of his party. And the order in the i
me case would be just as binding as in !
he other.


Most amazing OF all perhaps, is the Sc q
enc confidence with which these peace
owing and sanity "reiormers' assure Us )
hat "the war is over" They evidently / \
egArd il as a fact that has not yet dawn. {
a upon the beclouded minds Of the I
masses. We ought perhaps, to express I
'ur gratitude for the information. And 9
-et, we have some faint recollection Of /
laving once before heard that a couple c
# pretty distinguished gentlemen met Z
lnder an apple tree at Appomattox. Sc O
iously. we must be permitted to inform 1
hese painfully pious gentlemen that we v
knew quite as well, perhaps, as they q
when the clash Of arms ceased. But We 1
.lso know that the old conflict between a
ustice and injustice, between truth and
.rror, between good and evil, J. not over. d
lor is il likely to be so long as they re-
main TO mislead the people In all ages '
nan has, in one form or another. been v
rodden in the dust, TO please some ruler {
Thank God, the people rule here, and :
hey are under no possible obligation TO 4
ollow any man unless he leads where
hey direct And the duty which every c
Republican owes his country, at this I
line, is TO speak his own thought, and q
rot anothers We can conceive-under a
he old order Of things at the South-oi- 1
negro working in the cotton field, un- .
Ter the lash OF his master, without an alb
olute loss Of selfrespect or manhood (
but the man who voluntarily surrenders, :
or the sake Of position or even Of party. /
he right OF free thought and free eN
preston is too ahiect to awaken any 9th
n feelings than those Of contempt


Uncle Jesse Lyon married a second
wife the third day after the funeral Of |
his first whereat the neirhbor- serenad- |