Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1869 — Republicanism in the South. [ARTICLE]

Republicanism in the South.

riUa mm&s MiOUcago mill other cities under Republican administration that the superiority of Republican over Democratic rule is shown by contrastin'” it with Ihc.tole of cities ilfnder Democratic administration; not only in th? Northern titptetl, Where Republicans have held the reins of power, that the same fact is demonstrated ; but the present prosperous eoodttfae Of the' South *hrt*a the same truth, and, considering alt thfc' dreumstan•ces, in a manner in the highest degree remarkable. Upon„Ui£ wljpltv the NpuUtjM*,fever more than ftfa mw. dfit be true that it i*updertJ«; control of “oarpete' baggers ants sca&w*gß,’Uh«ai the South is tmder a lasting debt of gratitude to carpetbaggers and scalawags, _ Railways have been built, repaired, and improved ; towns with a of »fqgrcs»,fioUjJii the crop* we Superior to any of previous years; manufactures have been started; commerce has been placed upon the footing of active operations; systems of pop*uw»i have become successful ; ivheft were for- * merly misery, degradation and unthrift, *»< wilf tuofe to

come out of a vast scene of deeolation caused by the curse of slavery and the ravages of war, In a few short years, is a Cd result which could have sprung hut the greet source of prosperity among any people—the irresistible )K>wor of ffee-Ideas and free Institutions. Tim Bdhth I* prosperous because It URepublican andfrae. That it is not wholly prosperous ; that scenes of terror and outrage occur Which demand the most vigilant care to prevent becoming more frequent, and the most . Inflexible determination to punish, wo may readily admit. But these things arc due to the fact that Republican Isnt has not fully triumphed: that J,he old crime and barlmrism hare not been all swept away. Ihe politicians pf the South lack the capacity of party organization and party management. They have in Virginia and Tennessee utterly ami disgracefully failed In these respects. But this is a mere temporary evil, which will in due lime cure Itself. The great fact remains that in four years the Booth lias tlono luorelo place itself on a firm liasU of prosperity and national wealth, being thereto Inspired by Republican ideas, than It ever accomplished in fifty years, under the Inspiration, If there ever was inspiration from such n source, of bogus Democratic ideas. And this is a fact which all the abuse of the Republicans personally, which all the satanic sheets in the country can manufacture, will be utterly unable to answer; as it Is also a reason for the better organisation and management of the party at the South, and the vigilant watching of those who would divide It on trifling occasion at the North. — Chicago Poet.