Show SECTIONALISM RAMP ANT Says the Republican Gunnison Review Press Yes thero is a New South but the old spirit survives and is rampant on the occasions oc-casions of unveiling statues to tho rankest rebels John O Calhouns spirit probably waved the stars and bars with great energy when on the 26th a monument to the memory of this the deepestdyed traitor of all was unveiled at Charleston S 0 The above editorial expression is characteristic char-acteristic Republicanism It would be recognized by the average American citizen citi-zen as Republicanism should he see it traced over an anonymous signature It is instinct with the spirit of sectionalism whose breath is the breath of the R publican pub-lican party It illustrates the incapacity of Republicanism to grasp any but sectional sec-tional issues and blazons the hate the Republican party bears to a united Nation Na-tion The partisan vision of Republicanism Republican-ism can behold only the past To the present it is hopelessly blind It sees nothing and knows nothing but what is behind it Bearing the birthmark of fratricidal strife it knows only visions of blood Its National polity is the setting of brother against brother and its party hand is the hand of fraternal slaughter The ReviewPress does not stand alone in the expression of the views for which we give it credit Republican organs or-gans all over the country are indulging in similar manifestoes The South is to be attacked sectionalism sees an opportunity and the old vulture spirit rises to the occasion But it is not the Old South that is attacked at-tacked It is the New South that is vindictively vin-dictively assailed It is a regenerated South It is a section of our common country that has in the last decade brought almost unequalled honor to that common country It is a section from which the footsteps of progress echo throughout the world The New South is the wonder of the age No land ever developed more rapidly and no men ever proved a truer manhood than have the land and men of the New South No section of the country today is more prosperous and no Americans are more loyal to the Nation But all this must be passed by It is not Republican work and has not resulted from Republican Repub-lican methods Sectional vengeance E is the work of Republicanism and sectional hatred is the only method 4 it knows Years of progress and prosperity pros-perity years of amity and concord are obliterated and again is bawled in the ear of the nation the terms rebel and traitor And what is the occasion of the resounding of these watchwords of civil strife Why forsooth the people of South Carolina have dared to honor the memory of the greatest son of the Palmetto State That is all A statue sta-tue of John C Calhoun has been unveiled on the streets of Charleston 40 isejhcs have been made eulogizing the career of one wteS z S SYnscfiBed for all time upon the roll of National fame And for this the people of South Carolina Caro-lina are once more rebels and trait > ors The unveiling of a statue of Calhoun Cal-houn is a National event As long as the world endures so long will be heard the name of John C Calhoun History judges not from a sectional standpoint and its verdict on the mighty genius of Calhoun will know no North no South Ho will receive the homage of future ages as one of the greatest ef Americans and as such a united American Nation looks upon him today |