San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-11-29
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The Southern States have been kepi
united politically BY The asarsasiyt
course, The gross iIustiss. Aad III
wilful misrepresentation ef NE r6pub.
lioan managers. whose scheme 4 70
solidify The North BY exciting ssstic6!
| al prejudice. and thus prolons thsir
possession Of power. ItbaEams they
arc playing, and nothing bats s.ne.
Take sway thn pressure ssd. ALLOW
natural causes 10 operats In THAR own
way, and Il would b entirely beyond
the power Of The Democracy to bold
the South together. Even nov. on tie
eve Of . presidential slsstiou, there
arc elements q work whioh threaten
disiutsgratiol IN some Of these Ssaass.
The Rspubliesa organization has
been kept alive since its true mlnion
was ended BY the uss Of the publis
patronage and BY sectional crusade
against the Sauth. III leaders are now
struggling with desperate energy 10
hold on 10 the Treasury and 10 the Of.
fioss four years longer. They will not
scrupls to employ any means, however
violent. corrupt Or dangerous, to retain
this power. And they have the whole
machinery Of the Governnsnt 70 ope.
ratio with. Q creature Of their own in
the White House ready 10 obey orders,
and John Sherman to manipulate the
returns, with the experience Of 1876
to guide him.
Virginia was recently convulsed BY
. bitter controversy between the hon
est men of the State, willing TO pay
her debt on . basis which the Lesisla.
ture had accepted, and q faction Of 90.
called Readjustors, Who proposed 10
nenndiaiA THE nhlis. iinn snd IN rssiAaI
the law. The Republicans made cap.
ital at the recent elections in the North
by charging the Democrats with aban-
doning their old hard.money faith and
adopting strange gods to worship. Not
so in Virginia, however. The main
body Of the Republicans. white and
colored, voted for the rspudhtors'
ticket, and were thus enabled, BY going
over to the snti.debt faction of Demo.
crats. to carry . majority in the Legis.
lature.
Fortunately for the character Of the
State, tho Governor Of Virginis may
be relied upon to veto any obnoxious
measure this scalswsg combination
may pass. But the disgrace Of an st.
tempted violation Of the contract will
remain to damage the credit Of the
State. if not 70 eonsign il 70 the dis
honor which attaches to Louisians for
q Aagrsnt breach Of good faith.
Here il . cause Of serious dissension
in Virginia. There are different oaus-
90 operating in North Carolina, South
Carolins, Louisiana. Mississippi, Flor.
ida. Tennessee and other Southern
States, which, if freed from the artid-
cial solidity" produced BY the as-
saults Of the Republican Managers,
would break loose from the trammels
Of party, assert their independence and
vote on oil other questions according
to their merits.
It il at least comforting TO know
that after the next Presidential Goa
test there can be no solid South. %
opposed to . solid North. The poll
tics Of the country must be changed
By natural laws, and thereafter the
country will divide in opinion - to
the best mode Of promoting the mate:
rial interests connected with national
growth and development. The census
Of 1880 will eliminate sectional strife
from the struggles for future ascend.
ency.-lN. I. Sun. rr7,..