The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-12-27

TttE Duty OF TfIE NORTH.
Why is the south solidY Because
the south is hungry. But why is il
solidly democratic Z Because il can
use the democratic party as its feed
trough. Democratic victory means the
feeding Of fifteen very hungry states
at the expense Of the rest
The hunger is not denied The
claims which come up, in numbers are
as the lice Of Egypt. whenever dem
ocratic congress assemblies, are not
hidden. The official journals Of daily
proceedings show their nature il
man has lifetime Of leisure, he can
count them, and guess at their amount.
Few will be passed. men hopefully say.
But every one has set ofvery hungry
men behind it. Every one is presented,
not because democratic member
wants to do stupid thing, or is SO
blind as not to see that these things
hurt his party, but because he cannot
hope to exist politically unless he pre-
sents and urges it. The dull men are
those who fancy that these southern
claimants are not in dead earnest when
they ask for money. For they are poor
The war took slaves and struck down
industry. Reconstruction was worse
than war The one thing that no man
can guess is how much the south really
wants. 1t wants canals the north has
them. 1t wants railroads the govern
ment has built many at the north. 1t
wants rivers improved, and harbors
deepened; commerce goes to New
York instead Of Norfolk, aud to Boston
instead of Beaufort, men fully believe
only because government has not been
fair. 1t wants levees; northern farms
are not flooded 1t wants payment for
Losses ia war; northern citizens have
been paid. That these and many other
things are desired, really and intensely
by great many men who have votes
aud influence, is sheer folly to deny.
But what are we to do 1t would
bankrupt the government to pay half
the sums demanded. Generosity is
very well, but we cannot give what we
cannot get. The United States cannot
borrow dollar, with southern policy
as to treatment Of creditors. A single
bill, sustained by nineteuths of the
southern voters. has already stopped
the sale OF bonds, though a veto is yet
to come Pass it, and 6 per cent bonds
would find no buyer at par. Pass with
it bills to open rivers aud harbors, dig
canals, raise levecs, construct railways
aud pay war claims, and the United
States would be safe not to borrow a
dollar at any price these things
mean bankruptcy. 10 the people Of
the north, whose banks and trust funds,
whose savings, industries and com
merce have come to depend absolutely
upon the public credit, this means ruin.
OF course, southern industries would
go down with the wreck, but how few
at the south can see it? Votes in con
gress give warning. No intelligent
care for their own interests will keep
southern men from voting away the
credit and prosperity Of the country,
If they have the power. Some are in
telIigent and patriotic. But many are
vindictive. and many are ignorant.
A democratic south makes absolutely
necessary a republican north. The
blame OF sectionalism rests with those
who insist upon solid south. As long
as the men Of that section make de
mands upon The public treasury which
threaten bankruptcy, as long as they
assail the credit Of the nation by their
votes, 80 long there must be solid
north. Every industry demands de
Tense. Millions Of frugal workers
whose savings are 10 peril, demand
protection. All that we have created
gained OF accumulated during a century
Of free institutions. free labor. and bold
invention aud enterprise is at stake
with the credit Of our government. a
long as democracy means a solid anl
hungry south, republication must near
a rallying 81 every instinct. every in
ierest. and every sentiment Of pride Of
sense Of deity throughout the northern
states. TO protect the honor and credit
Of the nation. IN. y. Tribune.
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