Year: 1875

way; for they would be, in respect to the South, largely under the control of Southern men, who are not always wise, and who are nat urally somewhat incapable of a deliberate diagnosis of the dis ease from which they are suffer- ing" Indeed! By what train of reasoning this conclusion is reach ed this powerful reasoner leaves us to surmise. The admission that the democrats would certain ly "give relief to the Southern States and thus to the entire country at large" is of itself . greater argument in favor of that party than can be adduced in favor of the republicans. Why we should believe that the dem- ocrats would afford this relief Sin q bungling way" and why South ern men are naturally somewhat incapable of deliberate diagnosis of the disease from which they are suffering" we are at loss to know. Wherever the Southern States have gone into the hands of Southern democrats they have began to revive and new life has been infused. Confidence has been restored, peace prevails and the various industries are thriving as they never did under carpet-bag republican rule. So much for the "bunghng way" of Southern men. If the policy for which Southern men have con- tended, had been put into effect at the beginning of Grants first term, the country would have been spared eight years of strife and alienation between the sec tions and millions of dollars ex- pended in trying to enforce Grants oppressive. tyranical and foolish policy toward the South At every step the republican party has shown themselves wholly in capable to furnish an administra- tion and a policy such as the best interests of the country has de- handed. All their policy has been policy for party. And this incapability still clings to them. The journal from which we have quoted, rebukes them of this in capability and acknowledges that it still exists in the following words:

 "The republican party is still committed to oppressive measures. Its members last spring passed the Force bill through one house of Congress, and would have passed it through the other had not every expedient of delay been brought into acquisition. They did pass the Civil Rights bill, which is not only a dead letter in the South, but has destroyed the republican party in several of the Southern states. Many of its prominent leaders, such as Ere linghuysen, Conkling, Logan and others, supported the Presidents Arkansas policy, which was only defeated with great difficulty.

 Now there are probably few voters in the country who at this time do not rejoice that the Force bill and the Arkansas Message failed. Everybody now sees that that they were dangerous projects, not in the least called for by the existing state of things in the South, and inexcusable blunders as part of the party's policy. Yet the party remains not only re- sponsible for them, but commit ted to them. So far as action by the recognized leaders goes, we must believe that they would still, if they had power, pursue this policy; and certainly the ad- ministration has changed h noth- ing toward the South"

 This is the record the republi- can party has made. This blum dering and oppressive admins. tration has had, and yet has, the endorsement of the republican party. The only.display of virus, and the only disdain of concilia- tion we see to-day, comes from the republican party. The dis, graceful manifestation of the sec tional hate which animates the Grand Army of the Republic, | solid republican organization, as