Daily Republican., 1879-11-17
CozIHa ABOUND FOE GRAHT.
Their MertheRn Leaders, WlIlins
70 Support General Grant.

lb0usn01m Uom0ofAto D1struntlmI
Their NorthePn Leaders, Willis
to Support General Grant.
The Washington correspondent of th
New York "Timss, +" writes as follows
| under date of November 18th:
Conversations with Southern Demo
Gratis show that there il a very decided
feeling of uneasiness among them in re-
gard to the political future Of theil
party in the South, and evidence is moi
wanting to establish the fact that there
Is growing disposition among a large
number Of Democrats in nearly all ths
Southern States to abandon the presen,
Democratic organization. A Southern
Democratic Congressman, now here, Ii
represented as having said that thu
South has borne the brunt of the Dem
ocratic battles since the close of the re-
bellion.
The Southern Democrats have beer
abused and misrepresented because o
their adherence to the Democrati,
faith, but they never faltered in tn.
work. While submitting themselves
entirely to Northern leadership, they
were not permitted to advance any
ideas as to party policy or management
and whenever Southern men suggested
anything in this regard, Northern Dem.
ocrats would admonish them to keer
silence, for fear the Democracy Of the
North would be ruined. The South
was getting tired Of this tutelage, and
would not much longer continue tc
bear the ill-will of the Northern people
in order that q few Democrats in the
North might have something to quarrel
over.
The New York election had prod uced
discouraging effect upon the Demo.
cratic party in the South, and it would
require good management to keep tha,
region solid next year for the Demo.
cascy. "The South to-day" said this
Congressman, "prefers Gen. Grant to
John Sherman Or Roscoe Conkline.
Among the Southern soldiery and those
who formed the Southern armies, there
is great deal of respect and reverence
for Gen. Grant. He is soldier, a brave
man, full of the generosity that always
accompanies true courage. We regard
John Sherman and Conkling as mere
politicians, who would build up a
money aristocracy and let the country
go to the dogs. There is nothing that
could induce the people of the South to
support either Sherman or Conkling.
There is not at present any move
ment in the South toward Grant, and
il such a movement comes it will be
spontaneous and overwhelming. 1t
will be when the South sees that it has
nothing to hope for from the Demo.
cratic Party. When 1t sees that the
people are bent upon having a central
lied Governments stronger Govern
ment-then they will move to It's sup.
port, and let me tell you, the people Of
the South have less to fear from strong
Government than any other section.
They are better adapted to living under
that sort of Government, think, than
the North"
Such utterances as these are frequent.
ly heard from Southern men since the
recent elections in New York and other
States, and, singular as it may appear,
many OF them, convinced that they can
no longer rely upon the Democracy of
the North, are disposed to advocate the
nomination of Gen. Grant as the choice
Of the South for the Presidency in 1880.
Col.McCardle, who is a Radical South.
srn man and Democrat, represents the
sentiments of large number of his
class in the following sentences, utter
I'd to-day: sit seems to nae that it would
os wise craftsmanship for the Southern
Democrats to make some move to break
Up sectionallsm. So long as the Repub-
lean leaders make it appear, as they
10, that the South is solid as menace,
10 long will the South hs the section to
uffer. The Eastern and Western Demo-
rats are very we'll satisfied with a |
old South when q national election
ONES on, but after that the Southern
'sople receive at the hands of this class
4 Democracy only abuse. What has
hs Northern Democracy done for the
outh? We can't get any bill passed as
distinctive Southern measure.
When We ask our Northern friends
0 join with us in passing some meas
re of relief for the Southern section,
'e are told that for policy's sake it must
ot be done. The South for some time,
'r the sake of policy, has followed the
ouncils of the Democratic leaders of
~ north. Aye, and against the judg-
lent OF the Southern leaders. What
the result Our section is blamed
n the extra sessions of Congress, when,
matter OF fact, the leaders of the
Duth opposed it. The South is blam-
by the very leaders whose counsel
le Southern men followed, as a sheep l
oes a bellwether. In view of the
le alarm which the solid South pro-
ices at the North, repeat tina: it ,
Ould be the wisest craftsmanship to
'eak it up, and, moreover, believe it !
ould be wise policy for the Southern I
emocrats to say to the people Of the
orth: t
The South has been and is solid, but Z
It as menace; it is solid because the
'litical leaders of the Republican Par f.
forced it to be, even againsS the will h
a good many conservative Snuthern l.
On. We want to break up sectional
n In the interest Of the whole coun- N N
'. We will now join with you in g. el
sting Gen. Grant to the Presidency, te
tn the hope that by so doing he will
EN- himself President OF the whole N N
antry, and will cooperate with the M
nth in an effort tn obliterate sectional
ling and sectional ha.es." "
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