New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-07-18
WHERE WILL THE SOUTHERN WINGS GOT

WHERE WILL TIE SOUTHERN WINGS 60
There was always in the South two vel
marked schools. The one favored all thu
progress of modern civilization, with thu
rigid Limitation of political powers in th'
hands of the department to which the con
stitution had committed them. This
party, like John Hampden, stood for thu
rights of the people. 1t was called the
Wing party.
|. The other school believed that the vel
fare of society consisted in maintaining
the usages of the past without change. Il
believed that the governing powers could
be best reposed in the hands Of perma.
nent class of superior intelligence and
virtue. The patriarchal and feudal rela-
ton between the chief and the dependant
was taught to be the most admirable in.
stitution. They inveighed against manu-
features as of immoral tendency, and
preferred buying in foreign markets and
using foreign ships. With them agriculture
was the only pure condition of politics
or morals, and slave agriculture the
most perfect system of subordination and
peace. The estate" embodied these ideas
under the administration of those states.
men, and the rights of the States meant
with them the maintenance of the patri-
archal system of which these statesmen
were the opponents.
In the war which the Southern Wings
made against what they deemed the
usurpations of President Jackson, this
State rights class were adopted into the
Democratic party and the combined title
was adopted of 'the Democratic States
rights party"
The Wing party Of the South. As q
party of progress, naturally advocated
the introduce ion of Improvements com.
mon in Europe, and copied in the North
ern States OF the Union. They looked
upon Northern men and systems with
more federation than the Southern DEM
ocracy did, and were seproached as Fed
eralsts, Abolitionists, Yankees and vision
airy philosophers. The South was warned
against them and was exhorted to stand
by its old customs and its peculiar insti.
tutions. and to discard from confidence
all who held Northern ideas or enter
tanned Northern affiliations. These Wings,
however. proved themselves as sesolute
and efficient ia war as their opponents
and although the States rights DEM |
ocracy appear to have nearly mono
polized the civil administration of |
the Confederate government, the Wings I
were accorded thsie fair share OF |
and glory in the field Under
such separation OF sentiment. the Wing !
was the advocate Of popular and primary
education. and the State rights Democrat
the enemy Of oil the Wing was the advo.
cate railroads, work shops and gene
"a! industrial enterprises few ex-
amples can be given in the whole South
n which leading State rights Democrat
sver advocated any measure Of industrial
'rogress As y sta,u quo party. Democ-
acy wished 40 change and would tolerate |
10 experiment.. II was stationary on
principle. With the motto Of Mlpole,
did not care TO disturb things al rest.
{ is very plain now that if the Wings Of
he South had controlled its government,
here would have been more progress and
acre power. The war, from the doubt ofits
esults might ha We been possibly post
oned or prevented by successive compro-
lises The Southern States would have
cen better prepared for self-defense and
railroads, work
hops and coast and river shipping. The
democratic party. in keeping down all
rogress and all preparation, thus pre-
ared the South for invasion and dis
oled it for defense. II Providence de-
gned that the eolored FACE should be
besated by force Of arms, it could not
ave more effectually produced that re-
lit through human agency than by CON- y
itting the maintenance Of bondage to Il
70 State rights Democratic party Of the
,uth. la
The questions. however, Between sec G
'ns and parties so far as related to slavery
we been authoritatively decided by the a
st srbites to whom the appeal has been Il
ade- II is not likely that either party n
II ever move for new trial. q
The future policy of the Southern States i
ust be fixed II must either fall into the Il
lumn Of progress, or it must stand fast O
th the seactionary and obstructive party N
the State rights Democracy. IL
There are undoubted indications that the 10
. radical differences between these two ;"
aools Of opinion are to be renewed in 10
, South, and that the people will be n
lied on to decide to which Of them they III
II accede. 1t may appear singular that n
paper should discuss the al
estion at issue between these two parties. ~
. do SO just because of our deep interest IN
the welfare of the South. We do not vi
ii to see q country Of such vast capac- ri
IS recommitted to the hands of those La
o would again bury their talent in a co
okin. We do so because we believe the tn
publican principles of Thomas Jeffer- he
are to be found in the creed of the IN
publican party more nearly than they liz
re ever been presented by any other OF
'ty in the Union. The Republican party Pr
he natural home of the Southern Wing, tn
upon question between return tn