National Republican., 1878-11-16
SECTIONAL POLITICS.


The Staunton Valley Tirgiaidn takes the
following sensible view ofthe "Solid South"
In three States Of the South Mississippi.
South Carolina, and Louisiana-where there Is,
II Is reasonable TO presume, Republican ma
jority Of over one hundred thousand, consti.
tuted mostly Of colored people, there will not
be single Republican representative In the
next Congress. All solid" for tho Democracy.
IL Is not question whether the negro ought
to have the right to vote. That Is a guarantee
OF the organic law Of the nation. Tho question
Is whether the citizens of tho South as we'll rs
the North should obey the laws, aud rs an
affirmative assurance camo from the South as
to this point on the action Of the President In
removing all restriction 10 local selfgovern-
ment," 1t was expected by tho country that the
pledges would be faithfully carried out. The
enfranchisemnet Of the negro gave to tho South
an increase Of twenty-five representatives In
Congress aud the Electoral College, yet this
element of political strength has been sub.
stantially disfranchised, while the power predi.
Gated upon 1t Is exercised.
The Northern and Western people SEQ and
feel this. and tho result Of the recent election
tolls very plainly that they are going to be in.
fuenced by 1t. A solid Democratic South Is
fatal mistake for the South ITSELF aud now that
there eau be no appeal to tho deep feeling Of
aversion entertained for the location Of the
military in tho Southern States, we may cx-
pcct solid " Republican North aud West TO
confront " solid " Democratic South, aud that
Is to determine the laws aud the adminstTa.
tion Of the country for many years to come.
The Northern people will not tamey submit
to seeing the political power Of tho South in.
creased over that Of its former proportion,
based upon tho enfranchisemcnt of the negroes,
while their own power remains as II was, when
FREQ ballot Is denied the enfranchsed class
that secures this Increase. Sections are Jealous
Of political power, aud when one has Its i'm.
portancc advanced In this respect, the other
must know that 1t is legitimate and In accord
ancc with law aud the Constitution.
We have before us the first number of Col
onel FoRSEY's new weekly publication, enti-
tied Progress, and as a specimen OF Typography
1t is omblcmatical of the progress that has
marked tho "ast preservative Of all arts 1"
since BESJAMIS FRANKLIN piled its mystic
ries in Philadelphia. 1t is ono Of the most
beautiful and chaste specimens of journalistic
printing extant. Colonel FoRSEY says In his
prospectus that the Progress Is designed for
"mcn and women" Its initial number Is
largely devoted to art, trade, finance. law, and
such like trivial Subjects and its utterances
on those topics are In the vein Of humorous
imitation Of the new weekly papers Of London.
Ono Of its paragraphs assures the reader that
the recent elections make GRANT the Rcpub-
"lican candidate for President In 1880. Ho is
"no longer the dark horse, but the assured
winner, if he lives; and it is on the cards
" that he will solidfy all tho old free States
and divide the South" We predict great
success for this new enterprise