, 1876-07-01
One Cause OF lhe rEard Ti.aes.

Among the oanses which have brOught on
the aaTd times Of which the country Is now
complaining, there is scarcely a single one
that has been more potent than the disturbed
con ditiOp of affairs il the Southern States
Although it Is eieven years since the var
closed with the triumph OF The Uaion arms,
little progress, comparatively speaking. has
been made iu the Soa,h in the direction of
repairing the rlvages Of the wag. II three
years hai been employed as they might have
been, the Sou horn demand far Northern
manufactures and products would now ho far
in excess of what it is, But the republican
party. by lis legislation, made the South an
inviting feld for political scallawags and
adsentuIers, who imposed upon the ere3uiijy
of the blacks and obtained positions through
which they could rob aud p'undcr the people,
and the history of nearly every Southern
State for ths past eleven years shows how
mercilessly they have been robbed and plum.
dered. These rasoally demag ,sues poisoned
the minds of the negroes against their late
mas'ors, and Incl Cd them to shiillessness aud
indolence by Promises Of land and mules
from the United S,a'es government. The
section was made the scene Of political Ggita-
lion aud strife, when sound policy dictated
that there should be grand general effort
on the part Of whites and blacks to build up
the country aud restore prosperity. Conse-
quently, badly off US the South was at the
close of the war, atfiirs grew worse, Instead
Of letter, with every fresh political adven-
turer who went thtro to wax fat and grow
rich through sharp practices in the official
position to which the good will of the admin.
isrra'ion advanced hi;n. or which ho secured
through the support Of the masses OF the
blacks
Have the business mon of the North ever
considered what an immense loss has been
sustained in consequences of the harassing TO
which the South has been subjected ? The
energies of the people have been diverted
from Legitimate industry. The blacks in
large numbers have been allUred from the
plaaiatIons into the cities and towns, where
they exc out scAn'y livelihood IN any man
ner. The " bites have bera Impoverished by
the taxation Which political seallawags i'll
the name OF the republican parry, have in
passed npln them; anI next 10 the problem,
Of obtaining a bare subsis cuce, the one which
has gwen them most concern, and which
they have fonnd most diffi :ult TO elncidaie,
his baen that OF obtaining duo weight IN
The management Of their own local affairs.
II they had been & fair start years ago-if 1t
had not been The settled policy Of Northern
republicanism so set The two races In The
South IN antagoui-m-no Northern visitor
to q Southern Stale will ROW return heart
sick because uf the pitiab!e condition Of the
people. On the contrary the demand from
the South for Nor .hern pruduc would be far
h,yuud anything it had ever before attained;
the SJuth would have rcgained is wonted
prosperity, wUuld offer "a most inviting tisld
Tor immigration from The Nlsih and iron,
Europe, wOulI consume & large part of the
products which ale now IN such praigse sap
ply and in such nesgre demand as TO cause
siagaatioa and depression; and instead Of
hard times la both sections there would now
be a restored Union Of States, with prosperity
aud con'eutmens general throughout It's
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