Year: 1876

tFrom the Raleigh On. Co. Constitution


Tie NATIONAL REPUBLICAN of q recent
date contained an article in relation to Judge
Settle, which was calculated to leave the i'm
preston that that gentleman would not accept
the nomination for the Vice Presidency, If ten
dered him, and that this determination was
based more or less by him on a concession Of
inferiority in Southern Republicans to North
ern Republicans. We have no idea that 1t
was the intention of THE REPUBLICAN to pro-
duce this impression, but 1t is nevertheless
true that some of Judge Settles friends have
been so impressed by the article referred to.


We feel sure that Judge Settles position in
this matter is as follows: He regards the Re-
publicans of the whole country as equally at
tached to the Government, and equally deter
mined to preserve it at all hazards. He
acknowledges no inferiority in Southern Re-
publicans to Northern Republicans; for, while
The great body of the Northern Republicans
fought to preserve the Union, and incurred
very great sacrifices of blood and treasure to
preserve 1t, yet at the same time there are
Southern Republicans who also fought and
made sacrifices under the national flag,
while the great body of them have
endured, and are now enduring, such


fiery trials on account of their devo-
tion to the Government as have not been
encountered and endured by many Of our
hCpuDllCdu OOuLucEu hc-
publicans, In word, have as much In all
respects to attach them to the Government as
Northern Republicans have, especially when
we remember that their safety, If not their
very lives, are involved in the continued
ascendency of the National Republican party.


But while Judge Settle would feel compii-
mented by any vote that might be cast for him
in the National Convention, and while he
could not refuse a nomination for the Vice
Presidency if rendered him, yet he deems such
a result as not at all likely TO occur, and, on
grounds of policy, he believes, with the great
body of our Southern friends, that neither OF
the candidates should be selected from the
South. The Democrats will not risk South
eru nomination, and there is no binding reason
why the Republicans should incur the risk.
We mus. lay aside every weight, no matter
how apparently light, in order to win this
race. In fine, while Southern Republicans
acknowledge no inferiority to their Northern
brethren, and feel they could trust them
selves, and deserve to be trusted with the ad-
ministration of the Government, yet they
prefer, on grounds of policy, and from their
profound anxiety to say nothing and to
do nothing which might ten1 even re-
motely to embarrass the cause, to leave
the selection of the ticket to their
Northern, Eastern and Western friends,
both the nominees to come from the three
great divisions of the country referred to, and
not from the South. The Southern Republi-
cans are not disposed to ask for anything at
this crises which might be calculated to put in
jeopardy, to the slightest extent, the great
national cause. They will have a right to ex-
pect, however, after the victory shall have
been won, that their claims shall be considered
in connection with the Cabinet, the Supreme
Court bench, and the diplomatic service, in
regard to which they feel they have not thus
far had full justice. But meanwhile our motto
should be: Everything for the cause; moth
ing for sections or for men," We must defeat
the Democracy at all hazards, anu thus per-
petuate the Government which Washington
established and which Lincoln and Grant and
the loyal people have preserved.