The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-11-01
SOLID sourHERN SENSE.


journal. the Atlanta Constitution, has
carefully read and inwardly digested
the Ohio election returns. They have
been a bitter and nauseous dose, but
have been taken down m~anfully, with
out the admixture of anything to
sweeten or mitigate the taste. The re-
suit is some what striking. The candid
editor is obliged to admit that the is
sues passed upon in Ohio, latter a can
vass in which every citizen had an OPP
portunity Of hearing the arguments on
both sides, were deliberately invoked
by the democrats in the extra session,
and the extra session itself was brought
about largely through the influence of
Mr.. Thurman, who was anxious to
foitify the party in his state with a
popular platform of principles. We
must accept the result, therefore, pre-
cisely as it stands; and the people of
the south will do themselves great in
justice If they misinterpret the situa-
ton by endeavoring to explain why the
result should have been otherwise, or II
they fall into the argument which pro-
poses to prove that the situation is not
as bad as it appears to be-"
More than this, the Constitution says
Of the northern uprising against the
revolutionary programme of the demo-
Gratis at the extra session, that 1t could
not be met by argument. "We may as
well have argued with the wind" it
m%ournfully exclaims. And it thinks
that lit is enough to know that upon
all the issues in which the south is sup
posed to be particularly interested, the
people Of Ohio gave a verdict in favor
Of the most pronounced s~talwartism,
and they voted, too, knowing their YER
dict would have a decided-perhaps a
observation-disclosures on the campaign
Of 1907
This being the situation, 1t wants to
know what the south is going to do
about 1t. Its answer is somewhat
vague, but 1t is also suggestive, and
may well occasion anxiety to northern
democratic politicians to whom a solid
south is an absolute necessity. This II
it's language I'LL
Wholly apart from politics, we have a live.
ly interest In breaking down the sham barri.
ers OF sectionalism which the politicians
OF both parties have raised and which
they are seeking to perpetuate. Our material
re. ources must be developed, our business
must be enlarged, our prosperity must be In
sured. We must recognize facts and provide
against them before proceeding to show why
they ought not to exist. We must begin to
regard politics less from a sentimental and
more from q business point OF view. In short,
the southern people, apart from political
parties. must begin TO look out for them
selves and to provide for their own comfort
In other words, the south is begin
ming to find its solidity very expensive.
1t ~provokes sectional animosities. 1t
gives new life and power to the repub-
lican party. 1t discourages the inflow
Of northern labor and capital. And it
is certain, in all ways, to defeat its own
ends.
When the intelligent southern men
come to see the situation as plainly as
this Georgia journal has done, they will
generally agree with its political advice.
All that is needed is for New York TO
give such an emphatic majority for the
republican ticket as will compel every
southern man to recognize the facts SO
clearly shown by the Atlanta Constitu-
tion.
True conservatism for the north is In
making on the 4th of this month such a
tremendous demonstration Of the hope
lesness and folly of southern solidity as
will bring it to an end. And when the
south ceases to be solid and becomes
practical, a new era Of prosperity will
be opened to the south.