, 1879-04-17

promptly.
REpUBLIoAN1sM IN THE SOUTH,
We have received copy of very abla
and exhaustive speech mado by tho Hon. j. Z.
DRYAET, Chairman Of tho Republican State
Central Committee of Georgia, ut the orgoniza-
tion of tho Stato Council Of tho Union Laague
Of Amorsca at Atlanta, on the 2d inst. As tho
Council was organized for tho purpose Of
promoting tho Republican cause III Georgia,
and as tho spoeoh embodios m outline Of tho
policy which will govorn tho Republican
party in Georgia, md undoubtedly in tho
ontiro South In future, It assumes much more
than ordinary importance.
It adds greatly to tho interest Of this
policy that the Republicans In laying out
thofr programme plaoo their cause upon n
now bnsis,-namely, tho emancipation Of the
pooplo from the thralldom Of tho aristocratio
olass. They dismiss tho questions Of slavery,
tho preservation Of tho Union, and tho citi.
zenship Of tho negro rs forever Settled, and
lay ont two new issues. 4ho first of these
ia tho creation Of public sentiment
in tho South a1nong Its white peo-
plo III favor of tho proper caro-
Of the lffo and rights of the citizen. TO
create such sentiment 1t is claimed that
mora must ho dono to educate tho massos.
In emphasizing this point suggestive conf
pariRon Is made botwoen Massachusetts and
Goorgia. 1u tho fornor State, eight In
ovory one hundred people aro unable to read
and wrlto, wl'ilo in Georgia tho proportion is
fifty-six to tho hundred, or moro than ono-
half tito population. To mako It still moro
significant, the comparison Is made between
Georgia, the wualthicat Of the old slaye
States, and Maino, Kansas, Nebraska, and
Minnesota, which mny bo counted az amonc
Tho poorest Of tho old free States. The
number OF iltitorato persons in Gooruia ID Eix
times as great as in all those Statos. It 4,oy
be answered. TINT nearly half tho population
of Georgia Is co!orod, and tl,at thero ase
very fow colorcd people in Tho four States
named ahoyo; but in reply 1t may be said
TINT moro than one-fourtl of tho white pop-
ulation Of Georgia arc illiterate, OF twice rs
many rs III all four Of tho othor s,otea.
though their population Is three times aa
broat as that OF Georgla. Again, though
their wealth Ia but threo times greater, they
raise ninotoen tl1nos as much money per an-
NUN for sohoolB.
The responsibility for this ignorance is
boldly olargol upon tho ariBtooratjo LEADERS,
Of tho South, and with 1t tho responsibility
nlHo for tho p1osont condition Of TINT Beo
tton. III tho language OF the now platform,
thoy havo planned md worked for a class,
but have been indifferent to tho ,ntorests of
the masses. They forced tho poor into tho
Confederate army, md allowed my rich ,nan
who had hfteon slavoa to stay at home, They
appropriate money to support colleges for
tho rich, but establish no FREQ schools to odu-
cato tho poor. Thoy oxompt Tho property Of
tho rich from taxation, bnt tnx oven tic uota
mud kettlcs in the cabins Of lilo poor, Unou
tllsa point they mako their Eeooud issue, md
claim for tho people right inlegislation apd
government equal to that Of tho ar'stoyratio
class as represented by srxpnEss, HENRY
EunANR, tho General Agent of the
Southern Historical Society, which
was organized to keep alive tho
principles Of tho Lost Cause, HAMPTON,
pnEsToS. BEN Hull, VANCE, Dur1xu, Coll
QUIT, GARLAND, HARRIS, md Gonpox, oil
OF whom aro tho champions of tho Lost
Cause, md now control tho Solid South.
Tho ar|atocracy Of tho South numbers not
moro than ole million people, tho common
ally not loss than thirtaon millions, As tho
ar'stocracy In MI countries aul at all tinlcs
has bcen tho onen,y Of civil aud religious
liberty, 1t is not surprising that thero IL o
foo'lng OF onmity between II a,1d tho CON.
lnonalty, North and South, and betwoen
Northern and southorn civilizations, tho ono
having been founded upon tho FREQ school
aud froe labor, tue othor upon slavory mud
popular ignorance. Aud yst how inoon.
sistont this worry aristooraoy Ia, Ia vol ahown
ny tho following foroibla statement from, the
addrpss,
- w ssnd North for the fertilizers to elyo 1lfo
to our originally fertile, now IsadeRea sol Tor tho
tools to work cur 1a4s, for tho food 10 feed our
people and stock. Our physicians send thsrs for
medicines to heal the slck and fos tho instruments
that secure skill in their profession, our lawyers
send tAusu fur baoks tuat they may learn how tu
secure justleo 10 our peUp!o; our preachers send
there for commentaries On lhe Ablc that they may
be prepared tho better to lead tho poope to cnar:
our edors send North for tlo tYps and The presses
lhsy uss IN a6uslng tho Northern people; anu cur
atssUcsatlc leadOrs with Northern hats M their |
asats, Northern coats on thuts backs, Hosthusn
shocs on their feet aud Northern 1awulry to aIorn
thett per~ons well AROUND, Leuuuncu tho North
81 P1EsToM DID, mud boast ot their superiority oyey
tho statesmen OF that section. IL IL time that these
a'cs stoppcd th!s hombastlc uonuensc, and went to
work to improve tho condition Of our people by In.
e'easlaS Tue antsltlgonco Ut hs ,aassns. us slak.
ing our section wealthy and powesfut.''
III making sheso two issuoa, the spread OF |
education aud tho rights OF tlla colpmonaity.