Daily Kennebec journal., 1877-09-05

INorthwest-civil service, specie payment, &c
have no place in the political programme of the
Southern statesman. His object IS the sggran-
| dizement and elevation of his section. 1t is not
to make it an integral and harmonious portion OF
great country, but to make the wealth and gran
deur of the whole L Mon subsidiary to his schemes
of sectional advantage The facts which point to
this conclusion are as plain to an observer among
them as is the meridian sun. The people who
contracted debt of more han twenty five hun
dred millions, and gave the lives of half million
of their best and bravest children to establish
Just and equal and permanent Union OF these
states, do not all, bu, 1t does seem that thcy
know enough to arouse their dlstruJ, and TO put
them upon their inquiry. 1t was the will OF the
American people that the negro should be eleVat-
ed to American citizenship: the Sonthern otaVes-
man has trampled upon his citizenship, anu Ie,
stored him to a state but little better than chatter
slavery. The United States guarantees fepuon-
can government 90 each State; how can repubh-
can government tolerate social and business pro-
scriptOn, violence and murder, as legluhA'e
weapons of political warfare Organized anu sue
cessiul resistance to the fiscal laws OF the govern
ment is made, and, iD this State, the machinery
of the State courts is put in operation TO Cypress
the agents of the government and to intlnidaIe
them in the discharge of their duty
An ignorance Of political and economic laws has
rendered the Southern masses singularly htted 10
bear the yoke of an oligarchy. The people nave
very little political information, except such as
IS obtained from the discussions on the hustlngs
or from the local newspapers, which derive thelr
main support from assessments on politicians and
contributions of the landed proprietors Notwith
standing the South has large press in proportion
to It's population, yet few are self-sustaining, or
rather supported by bona fde subscription list and
a large majority of Southern newspapers IS PAID
for by men holding office or wanting one: What
sort of opinions are maintained by hired journals
can easily be conjcctured. The iree-born masses
OF the South are but little better than ierocious
children; they are wrought upon by their leaders,
who play upon their passions incite them to vio
lence, and who are like the dial which
"Spoke not, but made shrewd signs,
And fully pointed to the stroke OF muldei.
Their extreme poverty and habitusl ideness
make them dependent upon some land owners for
the shelter OF home.
These and other causes have made the Southern
whites almost unit. Opposition has been crush
ed out, and the spoaton of the ignorant colored
race of their political rights will be followed by
the prosecution of every white who heretofore
has and continues to prefer the Union to the
South The tentative policy of the Adminlstra-
uon has paclied the South--pached II As the cry
ing baby wished to be who bawled from Us nurs-
cry, Mamma, the nurse won't quiet me- ms
poncy Is no longer tentative. IL has passed into
history, nor can the President undo 1t. Every
true supporter OF the Constitution and the Union
IN the south feels that the high and generous Pur-
pose OF the President is not practically attalnabe.
tie feels that 1t Is evokng political ideal In the
him. But still he may be mistaken. The pat
riotsm OF the Southerner may grow from Sec
ti0nal fealty to a national passion. He may learn
in tiEe to submit TO laws which, though he disap-
proves, be obeys, because he reyerences his coun-
Try. But that tune has not yet arrived.
In the meantime, the nation IS confronted with
problem of immense interest 1t has to decide
whether ii will succumb to section less than one
third population area, and less than tenth
in material wealth OF the whole. Most OF the
advantages which an enterprisng body can
use to lead to success are with the south A large
majority Of the balance of the nation doubts
whether such a contest exists. A large minority
denies It, and thousands are in sympathy with the
South. The demands at the late Postal Convention
at Old Point point out distinctly and positively
what the Southern Representatives of the next
Congress expect. Any scheme, good or bad,
which promises to pour the money OF the nation
into the lap of the south will be insisted upon
The pa amount question is, How will the coun-
try meet these demands 7 ).
WILMINGTON. n. C., Wednesday, Aug. 10. 1871.