Year: 1877

The purposes of the Southern democra-
cy, as they appear from the signs in the
political horizon, are such as ought to ar
rest the attention of all northern men who
desire the prosperity OF our common
country. We are not surprised to see
therefore that even in quarters which have
been careless hitherto as to the danger of
a solid South, there is now wholesome
fear owing to fresh developments of the
designs of the southern democracy, of the
results likely to follow the concentration
and solidiiying of all political power in the
South in that party. The following letter
written at Wilmington, North Carolina,
and Published in the New York Times of
Monday, representing what may be ex-
pected at the October session of Congress
is one to which we desire to call special
attention. The writer says:


The Southern democrats of the next Congress
are no longer reticent upon their intention of en-
forcing their claim to share Of official spoil for
this section. In the last House the more uncom-
promising of them broke away from the tempor-
izing, yet sstute, leadership Of Hill. Lamar, and
others, and introduced appropriation bills for the
benefit Of the South which would have depleted
the Treasury. But move will be made in Octo-
tober which will sstonish the country for its i'm
mensity, its solidity, and its persstency. The
revenues Of the government sought to be par
celed out to the impoverished and needy ex-Con
federstes; and considering the compactness Of tn c
friends Of the scheme and the apathy OF those most
directly interested in opposing its chances of
success are far less probematical than one year
ago.


Influences, secretly and seduously exercised
have been at work in the South from the time the
last rebel army surrendered to an extent of which
distant or superficial observers have no notion, de-
signed and calculated TO restore, II unchecked the
unjust preponderance of this section in the gov.
ernment. The Southern statesmen and politician
have SO far unerringly worked to this end. From
the time they bent in affected submission to the
Reconstruction acts to their equally affected mod
GRAFTON on the Electoral Commission. they have
had the rare fortune Of making no bunier They
have contracted alliances iu the North with any
party which offered to assist and promote their de
sign. They regard the North, whether republi
can or democratic, ae their enemy, as hostile t,
the interests and the progress of the South. The,
have calculated their most efficient auxiliarie
the supineness and faction Of the North, whic
they foresaw. What perhaps. has been the mos
important factor in producing the present powe
Of the South in the affairs Of the Federal Govern
ment, was the readiness of many Of the anti-sla1
cry leaders and snte-bellum republicans to cred
Southern professions of loyalty to the Union-pro
fessl0ns which began and which were loudest be
fore the graves of United States soldiers slain il
defense Of the Union, were clothed in their frs
garment of verdure. These rants of patriotism
acts relieving the disqualifeations for boldin,
Office imposed by the fourteenth amendment re
mitied 10 the Southern leaders the government o
their se ;tion; their participation in the Fedora
Government followed a. q matter Of course, an(
within less than eight years after the doors o
Congress were thrown open to the admission o
ex-rebel Colonels the amazing spectacle is pre-
scented of their domination n one branch Of ii, o.
their control Of the purse Of the nation, and o
tbcir absolute refusal to appropriate dollar to tn,
support Of the army. 1t sas to the army they
owed their defeat in the field Of battle, and whei
the opportunity was presented these ex-rebels die
not hesitate TO make their influence felt and thei
revenge acknowledged.


The Issues which divide the minds OF The res
supporters Of the government ia the North AT