The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-12-29
THE PRESIDENTS SOUTHERN POLICY.
A CANDID VIEW.

The January number of the Aaastit
Monthly has an article on the results Of
the Presidents Southern policy in South
Carolina, which is we'll worthy Of care
full perusal. The writer is resident Of
that State, and evidently knows whereof
he speaks. As We wish our readers to
understand as fully as possible just what
condition of affairs exists at the South,
we give below q few paragraphs which
represent the substance of what the wri.
ter has to say:
"In South Carolina there are five very
noticeable results of the Presidents pol
icy. First, the decreased expense OF the
State Government and its increased pu-
rity and efficiency; secondly, q great
decrease of crime and disorder. marked
increase of material prospe ity, and q
striking renewal of public, social and
military spirit among the whites; third
ly, the utter extinction of the Republi
can party, and revival of the old polit-
cal intolerance; fourthly, q renewal of
interest in Federal affairs on the part of
the whites; and lastly, the Punishment
of the negro from politics and his en-
HANGED material prosperity"
He discusses all these points at some
length, and the following extracts fairly
represent the spirit of the article:
Whatever names parties may here
after bear in South Carolina, whatever
local issues divide them, or whatever
may be their assumed general principles,
one thing may be safely predicted: The
whites, in the future as in the past, will
not tolerate, unless forced, any party
which aggressively and in real earnest,
advocates negro rights, or in the same
manner denounces the past conrse of the
The whites have learned that separa-
ton from the Union is thing attended
with difficulty and danger of such mag
nitude that nothing hereafter, except
the absolute certainty of success, at
small cost, and unattended by risk of
invasion, could induce a secession. Con-
separation is rarely spoken of. |
and when spoken of, is dismissed with a
sigh or laugh, as something which,
however desirable once, is now out of
the question.
Zeal for the Confederacy, and rank in |
The Confederate army are every day |
in the papers or before the con-
as the highest possible recon-
Of candidates for Office.
There is very significant reluctance
among the white military to march or
parade under the United States flag; it
8 rarely done, and causes much asper-
ion from the spectators, State banners
,eing generally used. This is not sur
,rising when three-fourths of Southern
traditions relate to the war, and when
very family has life of Lee and Jack
on on the center table, and their por-
rats on the wall But secession being
everybody is full of sugges,
ions az to how we should make the most
# the situation in the Union.
The concluding paragraph of the arti
lie is as follows:
READERS of this paper may find them
elves left in some doubt as to the senti-
nents of the author on the policy whose
esults are recountod. Nor should they
'e charged with lack of discernment.
)ver the first and second results stated,
he author is inclined on the whole to
ejoice. In the third, fourth and fifth
esults described, while he finds some
Kings to approve, he perceives much to
eplore. Consequently, he knows not
ghat to say at present. His mind is not
made up."