New-York tribune., 1879-02-01
regarding capitulation. His wife has not. What
woman ever hadf And our soldier President is I'D
his politics under petticoat government.
DEMOCRATIC PLANS FOR NEXT TE1R.
PLAIN TALK BY A sOUTHRON.

Democrat who Is really IN tne secrets vi Ills parry
can be induced talk with frank unreserve to the
correspondent of Republican journal and 1t Is
therefore difficult to get much below the surface
and learn inst what the political purposes of the
:" Solid South" are. The gentleman who Is quoted
below is resident of one of the Gulf States, the
owner and manager of large plantations. and has
been an active participant in National politics since
before the war He is intimately acquainted IN the
| North having spent much time on thS side OF the
! Potomac and while he holds no official position, he
| is widely known in political circles. In what he
SAYS about the prospective policy of the Southern
! Democracy he undoubtedly represents fairly the
prevailing sentiment in his own State and OF those
that adjoln it. Having just arrived in Washington
the gentleman sought from the correspondent OF
TnE TRIBUNE some information in regard TO the
feeling in the Republican party Of the North on the
Southern Question in the phases which it pre-
sents the probable political legislation of the PIES
ent session. and some other kindred subjects and
then the tables were turned upon him with the fol-
| lowing question:
Glow does your party mean the Southern por-
ton of it, propose to treat the financial questions
which assume are sure to be discussed from TINS
time until after the close OF the next Presidential
campaignf There is great difference OF opinion
among your leaders on these issues do you expect 10
harmonic them I"
might as well tell y0u frankly. sald &c, that
we people of the South have no opinions on finance
which we will not surrender IN hve minutes Tor the
sake of success. We are opposed to the National
banking system. and we desire to rccStabsh state
banks. We want currency that has neither wings
nor legs aud that will stay where 1t Is issued. tive
us that aud we Will allow you Northern and Eastern
people to retain the National banking system III
your own States and We will pay any adverse bal
ances OF exchange IN current lnhus vi c"'hSo We
should not expect TO make our State bank notes
lcGal-tender "ut If we allow you to have the kind
of money you want, you ougit 10 nave lo o"J''''o"
to permitting us 10 manage our own p"N''E - sun
ourselves assume 'ha' Il 'he ~ per cent '"N VI"
circulation oi STATE OahNs was I'h"''", "U w"
England or Mlddi' Ht'Ie 1t 3'S'''"e N""' ,""'
bank. Your system, lAcrtiOIe' "ou4u AoV o' "i'
turbed."
But yon could not expect TO cary N'"- i"'n VI
New-Jersey on any socu hnahch' P'''i'i'' d. '''''
40 you propose 10 give u' '"''' "'"''S ~ '''
puDllcahSF o.
les; we 'di "il'I" ~ 10 81 J., wv '' N'''' ~.
Ih"iaua' lIIiiioIN' "Hu PcIi'I' '',''' ,'',"'
Yves eih states are '' In'' oPP"s'' ~ '"' M
banking system as we Oh lho SCUM are al" -
tell you what We shaiI uo' Oul people III O'ho VIII
make an anti-Nationd-bank platform III ihcF Nt'te
Convention tins year. ana 2" 10 me people Oh Una.
issue with MI thurman as our SIan'"l "-oe'ie'. II
we win, the Presidential election OF h'A' year Is "S
gooi as ours lor we snal ru' 'lo '''h' 'u"' ''''o
the National platform"
But II yon lose You KNOW lhal lne heP"pH-
cans have always carried Onio when The issue has
been >quarcly made between hard and soft money,
or between what may be called the Eastern policy
and the 'Oho ldea,' under which term all of your
Democratic ideas of financial revolution may be IN
cludrd If YOU os. will not that insure your defeat
~ 1880 ?,
-, ~ - =, 49, 9. Nv,.lor ,.1l I,o~o O
OA' no. was 'he IePS' "cS""i ''''' ,"'
year in which TO perfect new arrangements IL our
anti hank crusade fails in the West we shall be-
on,o ~ h,rlas+ of bard-nouev men form an all-
C"uo ''' "' VI ~ -
auce win the Eastern Democracy anu Ihd"c Stl'hc
for New York and Ncw-Jersey. The one thing for
winch our peopJe care more than anything else is
r,i,t,a,, ,f ,,.h.+ vca c,u our .autonnmv,
me PIeSeI '"''oH "i "'n' We 0'
We propose 10 manage our local affairs III our own
,,oc and ,vithout the Interference of the General
+, 49,. 49, ! . .,,., .j,, ., s,,,r.,,l,r o,.,r,.
~ -
other political question for that."
" nat Interference III your local aiaiis has AIKEN
..,: H.. no. +,.,. .-.or. ?" Io.l.l
pl"'0 vim" '' ''
oh 'heIe "i' Sot" laws ""'"' ''-''''' an"
the supervision of elections, which we want re-
,ool.d Our friend. intend to STRIKE at the test
PNi'" ~ i. ,: L., -
oaths 'hS seNNioh "S dV'". IL IcP'"'inE ''uH' w
one of the Appropriation bills. we may postpone
,r atark uuon the election laws until another ses-
. M, ,.,, ..ro constontl,. sandinC committees
ei"h IN" -" q" ~ ''
into our States to investigate thus Strrlhg up our
peope and causing alarm.
:. m, ,,, r.,l l,, ex,ect IN carry tho next Prcsi-
80 ~ eI1,,,r,, .,
uehtl"I eIeo'Ion
Certainly. we nave TWO chanceS 10 your one
We can rally Onr voters Just as well under Bayard
1r , ;f wv, fu ~ o,,r Wostorr
rs u"uel lnui"i''' "" - W. ~ " "
alliance then still have a chance 10 unite with
fbe Eastern Democracy and make the race with
H. ~, South :. s,ld opd will remain so You
LII io nIobir to make ouv iInrressiou upOu it, no
that we snail have the machinery OF elections in